Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

bappelbe wrote: »

try checking if the bandwidth is set to 8mhz
menu-setup-service searching-Manual scan

saying that I notice mine is set to 7mhz in championcs AR-P backup - but I had to set it to 8mhz in HDMU

Got it sorted - many thanks.

Totally as an aside - left the missus alone with it for a day all working fine.
Came home to blue murder and most - not all - of the channels gone.

Reverted to Spark for now and i have a backup of that which I will use if it gets messed.

Note to self: Dont let the missus push any button she can find when there is no image on the telly

Question for experts - Spark is working fine but repeated scans have failed to reveal CBBC. Works fine in Enigma 2 (before the missus got to it). Any ideas?

FlexMcMurphy wrote: »

Not sure if this is the answer but in Spark I had trouble tuning in RTE1+1 before 7pm as it is not "on air" until then. CBBC transmits from 7am to 7pm.

Flex

yup, had the same issue, you wont get BBC3 or BBC4 scanning during the day for the same reason

FlexMcMurphy wrote: »

Looking at the specs of the Alien2 again I see it doesn't have a gigbit ethernet port.. only 10/100. This is probably a bottleneck when it comes to streaming from it.

Does anyone have rock solid HD streaming over Wifi? What sort of cabling (e.g cat 5e, cat6), router (e.g 802.11-N, dual band) and wireless card (e.g triple steam) do you have? I'd like to upgrade my network to better support streaming and going to get a new router but not sure which to buy.

Flex

Yeah I have rock solid HD streaming since I got a new router a few days ago. I have a 200Mb TP Link powerline adapter going into the box and using a Vodafone (Huawei) HG658c router which is 802.11 b/g/n. Its a new router they are providing for VDSL upgrades. I have a 5 year old PB Easynote TJ65 laptop with Atheros AR5B91 wifi card, nothing spectacular. I'm on HDMU 11147 image. I left it streaming RTE TWO HD for 6 hours yesterday over wifi and was perfect throughout.

I also got to stream a different channel on my laptop from what was showing on the TV. It worked for channels on different polarities and on both HDMU and AR-P. I think the key is the way you configure your Tuners.

If you are connecting ONE cable from a UHF aerial and TWO cables from a satellite dish to your Alien2 then this is how you configure the tuners. Tuner A = UHF aerial. Tuner B and C = Satellite cables.

Menu > Setup > Service Searching > Tuner configuration.

Tuner A:
Configuration Mode: enabled
Terrestrial provider: Europe, Middle East, Africa DVB-T frequencies
Enable 5V for active antenna: off

Tuner B:
Configuration Mode: simple
Mode: single
Satellite: Astra 1N/2A/2F/Eutelsat 28A (28.2E)
Send DiSQqC: no

Tuner C:
Configuration Mode: simple
Mode: single
Satellite: Astra 1N/2A/2F/Eutelsat 28A (28.2E)
Send DiSQqC: no

Flex

Big Wex fan wrote: »

I've downloaded a backup image with a lot of the plugins already installed but the author has disabled the terrestrial tuner.
The image is SatStation-Alien2-Yoda-Backup-April-2013 - The DVB-T tuner option has been set to 'nothing connected'.
Couldn't see how to change this setting to enabled, newbie here, only getting a feel for it at mo.

Stay away from that image ,its crap.

Anyone else suffering audio dropouts and random freezing under AR-P?

TheTechGuy wrote: »

No but haven't managed to get auto timer working on it, has anybody else had this problem? Tried installing a new ipk but that didn't work either.

Autotimer works fine for me using Championc's image...despite him having an issue with it.

Nforce wrote: »

Anyone else suffering audio dropouts and random freezing under AR-P?

Yes I have tried all (every) image with the Amilko Alien2 and it is freezing and Glitching alot on ITV HD and other channels Recording is also hit and miss somedays when I turn it on in the morning it has locked up.
I just have got fed up with all this and have now invested in the Vu+Solo 2 on Blackhole image 2.3 and its a different machine altogether no dropouts no freezing at all.
Very fast switching between channels no problem recording from cooltvguide and crosspeg.Also it streams beautifully to Laptop and Nexus 7
more important it not frozen first thing in the morning I have it over a month now and delighted to Change from the Amiko Alien2.
I have to say I broke my teeth on this box with Pogs help, although he is not here anymore ,he was a leading light that guided me alot

HDMU is constantly updating although it's sometimes hard to see any differences. Current version is 11151

I tried 11149 over the w/end and it is slower to switch than AR-P but otherwise well behaved.
My main complaint with AR-P is the low audio especially on AC3 even with everything cranked up full.

My GM Triplex on spark sees my wifi dongle but when I switch to E2 doesn't see it at all.
I see GM dongles advertised for around 15E but doesn't say specifically if works on E2.
Is there an issue with these boxes on E2 with wifi or would a GM or amiko dongle work?
I've been using the ethernet thru a repeater but only a temp solution, will probably get a vonets if wifi dongles are an issue.

I haven't tried it on the triplex but I've used it on a dreambox & openbox. Just connect the vonets to laptop, open SW that comes with it. Link it to the router. Then plug it into the STB ethernet port & away it goes. Works a treat on both the dreambox & openbox.