USB Saorview receiver ($7.40 delivered)

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

How did you get it to work in the end?
I have the same problem you had, no indicator lights working on thee USB dongle.

the lights don't actually come on until it is actively tuned into a tv channel, so it's a bit of a PITA trying to find out if it's actually working properly or not.

the easiest way i've found of getting it set up is to plug it into a win7 machine as this has windows media centre built into it and will usually pick up the drivers on its own (depending on what version of win7 you have) but will also happily pick up the drivers off the CD in a pinch.

once you've got the drivers installed, just run windows media centre and tell it to search for channels and you're done. if there are any available, it will find them after a few minutes scanning once you've given it your geographical location.

Lads, this is driving me nuts.
I can't for the life of me get this to work on my Windows 7 laptop.
I actually got two of these and none work. :pac:

I've tried using it straight out of the box with Windows Media center. Gone into the tuner settings on WMCentre but it doesn't pick it up.

I've tried loading the driver. I get a "not responding error" while installing but i'm still able to click "finish". Not sure if this means it installs tbh. Still doesn't work.

And i can't install the Blaze software at with on this device.
Just get an error message (i've changed the Chinese characters to English as well).

Pissed off now.
People here saying it works with W7/WMC out of the box.
Why doesn't it work for me?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks.

Guys is anyone following this thread still waiting on theirs? I ordered on the 9th dec and still no show. I see others have recieved there's with order dates after mine.
I'm guessing it's gone missing. What's the best port of call now? Paypal dispute or buyin coins direct?
Thing is I was going to order another if the first worked and I still want to order 2

polaris68 wrote: »

The aerial supplied with this will only pick up a strong signal. You may need to connect a conventional UHF aerial to the dongle, go to your attic, point the aerial in the direction of the nearest transmitter and do a scan with WMC.

Maybe.
The odd thing is my old one of these worked beautifully on its own for a few months and then suddenly stopped picking up channels.

Mine arrived today

howardmarks wrote: »

Guys is anyone following this thread still waiting on theirs? I ordered on the 9th dec and still no show. I see others have recieved there's with order dates after mine.
I'm guessing it's gone missing. What's the best port of call now? Paypal dispute or buyin coins direct?
Thing is I was going to order another if the first worked and I still want to order 2

I'm still waiting on mine. I ordered it on December 22nd though.

rarnes1 wrote: »

Anyone in Galway city order this?

Wondering what the signal is like.

I'll let you know whenever I get mine!

Got mine today... Not working though it scans for channels for about an hour and comes up blank!

If you have decent broadband, this is sort of useless really isn't it?

Aertv.ie has the same channels online doesn't it? Considering you're restricting yourself to A - plugging it into a laptop / PC (which you could then plug into your TV I suppose) B - hoping you actually get a signal, aertv is a better solution IMO. (though does it have a recording facility?)

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

If you have decent broadband, this is sort of useless really isn't it?

Aertv.ie has the same channels online doesn't it? Considering you're restricting yourself to A - plugging it into a laptop / PC (which you could then plug into your TV I suppose) B - hoping you actually get a signal, aertv is a better solution IMO. (though does it have a recording facility?)

So Aertv is limited to decent broadband + PC;
The dongle is limited to an aerial +PC

.... and one is useless and the other not?

Have you tried getting HD from Aertv? ..... good luck with that!
A large number of people have limited download allowance ..... which Aertv will eat into very very quickly.

Want to record something to watch later? ..... in HD on a large TV ..... Aertv is of no use, if you want a decent picture ..... if you manage to record it.

Of course if you want to watch TV on your phone, then something like Aertv would suit I guess.

So, no, it is not useless.
In fact it is a great way to watch quality TV pictures on a PC, or to record a film for later watching on a TV.

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Connect it to an outdoor aerial and scan again .... ?

Thanks for the suggestion but if I had an outdoor Ariel I would not have purchased this

My "New problem is that I keep getting the "blue screen of death" now when it does a scan! Anybody got a 2 cents on that matter?

Pov06 wrote: »

As someone mentioned on Page 1...

THIS WILL NOT WORK IN IRELAND, BECAUSE WE USE DVB-T2 STANDARD CHANNELS AND NOT DVB-T.

It may find channels, show teletext and EPG, play sound BUT no video will show.

Or it may just scan Analogue based channels, which will be gone by October 2012.

How are some people picking up the Saorview service then?

colmtheperson wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestion but if I had an outdoor Ariel I would not have purchased this

Do you know for a fact that you have the signal strength in your location to receive the broadcasts on that small aerial?

Lack of signal strength indoors is common ...... which is why most aerials are positioned outdoors and up high to avoid obstacles.

polaris68 wrote: »

I got this:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/180550379298?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_2778wt_952

For me, even a "rabbit ears" aerial was a large improvement on the supplied aerial.

Weird, first time I clicked your link it told me boards.ie banned me, second time I went to ebay.