Worked with older PVR too... with some limitations
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Worked with older PVR too... with some limitations
Always have a look at the first page, I am posting all new info there. I was one of the first people to get the new HD PVR, I was one of the first to find out that it was being released. I have it running off a single lnb and I know what it going on:
The new small HD PVR does work off a single lnb, however you will loose all recording capability if using a single cable. You can still pause live TV though. This is using a normal single lnb in input 1, that's it. Multichoice will not admit that this works but it does. Do not listen to people in this thread telling lies that it does not work or that you will loose channels. It is NOT true, they have no clue, you can watch all channels including HD but can't record while viewing. Further, the TV guide may only display the next 2 shows.
I will test the new HD decoder using a splitter during the next few days. This should give extra functinality including a better TV guide and some recording functionality (but not full).
GUIDE TO SINGLE LNB IS COMING SOON
The new small HD PVR does work off a single lnb, however you will loose all recording capability if using a single cable. You can still pause live TV though. This is using a normal single lnb in input 1, that's it. Multichoice will not admit that this works but it does. Do not listen to people in this thread telling lies that it does not work or that you will loose channels. It is NOT true, they have no clue, you can watch all channels including HD but can't record while viewing. Further, the TV guide may only display the next 2 shows.
I will test the new HD decoder using a splitter during the next few days. This should give extra functinality including a better TV guide and some recording functionality (but not full).
GUIDE TO SINGLE LNB IS COMING SOON
NO, just normal single LNB... How difficult is this to understand?
I did not say it would not work at all, so Tim the toolman taylor, with your single LNB, do you have all functionality ie: all channels and record?
And you must be related to that guy that paid R9k for his package deal!
Read what I have been posting. You can watch all channels, including HD but you cannot record. A splitter will give some extra but not full functionality, a will post a detailed test at the end of the week. Some of us are not after recording, we only want HD.
You're missing the point Boet!
Your reply was in response to:
So please explain how i'm watching ALL channels via single LNB? ie. both Vertical and Horizontal!
Your answer:
1. You are using SATCR
2. Or you live in a complex with a communial dish that has been setup with a network setup, ie: you have to setup networks 2 - 6 on your decoder to move all horizontal channels to vertical.
Fact is:
No SATCR, no network setup. Just a single lnb with one cable, all channels
i'm assuming you responding to Tim's post...
Both i and Tim have single LNB... and working fine!
I have tested this at more than one location with the same result. In an apartment complex with no network setup, in a house with single lnb and in a house with dual lnb but only one lnb connected. All with the same result, you can watch all channels but can't record.
Cloud
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Unfortunately, no-one had the time, and the way the house is designed made it a very difficult job.
Like i said, i only noticed you posts now about your situation, i should have read the entire thread before posting, my apologies.
I know that with a single LNB you will not have full functionality, unless its SATCR or MUD.
This is what i was on about, when you say yours and Tims works fine on a single LNB, i assumed you meant 100% functionality, you know what they say about assumptions right.
This is what i was on about, when you say yours and Tims works fine on a single LNB, i assumed you meant 100% functionality, you know what they say about assumptions right.
No problem, some of us can't afford, don't want to pay for or simply don't have the option to do a dual lnb install. This is why we are reporting on the exact functionality of the new HD decoder using a single lnb
Smurfatefrog
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Just to confirm, they don't deny its possible. They just dont test decoders with incomplete installations, so obviously won't say it works if they haven't tested it themselves
When I phoned they denied it. I explicitly ask if the new decoder will boot and receive channels from a single lnb. I was told no, you cannot use it at all. I asked, are you sure, they said yes! Same story when I asked an installer