SBS does indeed work as does ten. But why no guide for channel 9 and
why bother when you have the EPG to program the times and all?
I am told channel 7 do teletext
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17 years ago
DSE SD Set Top Box
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17 years ago
Yes, get a better antenna.
Alternatively, try another brand of STB and hope for a more sensitive tuner.
Alternatively, try another brand of STB and hope for a more sensitive tuner.
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17 years ago
"Kissing Lettuce"
** The signal quality bar indicates how well the MPEG data contained in the
signal is being extracted - there is a degree of redundancy included so it
need not be 100 % to get a perfect result.
Once the data is corrupted by a certain amount the picture cannot be fully reconstructed so the DSE unit momentarily freezes on the the previous complete frame or if the data corruption is on going, it just goes blank.
Basically -go fix your antenna problem - you are on the wrong track .
............ Phil
Once the data is corrupted by a certain amount the picture cannot be fully reconstructed so the DSE unit momentarily freezes on the the previous complete frame or if the data corruption is on going, it just goes blank.
Basically -go fix your antenna problem - you are on the wrong track .
............ Phil
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17 years ago
Once upon a time Kissing Lettuce decided to write:
Does ABC have a guide?
Does ABC have a guide?
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17 years ago
Return it while you still can!
#1: Would not recieve signal at all. #2: Left channel sound dead (Staff member trying to convince me it was my cabling. Produced RCA cable from pocket, inserted into nearest TV, shut him right up) #3: Refund.
From what I've seen, digital doesn't need a particularly strong signal to recreate it on your TV (anything over 60ish percent), you just drop a few FPS on a worse signal. Mine picked up extremely well on rabbitears, out near the blue mountains.
Just make sure you try it out before you buy it. If they won't let you, don't get it. And screw around with it, if you can't change settings without reading the manual, forget it ;)
-mark
#1: Would not recieve signal at all. #2: Left channel sound dead (Staff member trying to convince me it was my cabling. Produced RCA cable from pocket, inserted into nearest TV, shut him right up) #3: Refund.
From what I've seen, digital doesn't need a particularly strong signal to recreate it on your TV (anything over 60ish percent), you just drop a few FPS on a worse signal. Mine picked up extremely well on rabbitears, out near the blue mountains.
Just make sure you try it out before you buy it. If they won't let you, don't get it. And screw around with it, if you can't change settings without reading the manual, forget it ;)
-mark
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17 years ago
So true I find it a prick to use.I find the RF connection in the back of it
a bit sloppy too.
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17 years ago
I have the TEAC DVB420 (I think thats it...) cost $160 at Myer 6 months ago.
Novice user, no electronic skills or understanding... set it up with no probs and the thing has not missed a beat. Oh, not quite true, every now and then (maybe once a month) it will lock up and require off/on to reset. Maybe firmware upgrade will fix that?
Brisbane northside (Strathpine)user.
I'm happy with it but have nothing to compare it with...
Novice user, no electronic skills or understanding... set it up with no probs and the thing has not missed a beat. Oh, not quite true, every now and then (maybe once a month) it will lock up and require off/on to reset. Maybe firmware upgrade will fix that?
Brisbane northside (Strathpine)user.
I'm happy with it but have nothing to compare it with...
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17 years ago
I hope they're better than their TVs. Which look nice but break a lot (like
mine did).
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17 years ago
They will in the next few weeks.
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17 years ago
Not even a summer's day?
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17 years ago
On 2 Jun 2005 17:44:45 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@netspace.net.au put finger to
keyboard and composed:
I wonder how many people buy these STBs in the hope of "fixing" an existing reception problem? How many of these faults were genuine failures and how many were simply pixelation issues due to bad reception?
- Franc Zabkar
I wonder how many people buy these STBs in the hope of "fixing" an existing reception problem? How many of these faults were genuine failures and how many were simply pixelation issues due to bad reception?
- Franc Zabkar
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17 years ago
Once upon a time ant decided to write:
I've had two experiences with Teac in the past and their products don't seem to last as long as better brands. I guess they're on the upper scale of the cheap brand products though because they are known well enough.
I've had two experiences with Teac in the past and their products don't seem to last as long as better brands. I guess they're on the upper scale of the cheap brand products though because they are known well enough.
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17 years ago
Thankyou to everyone that replied and offered
advice.... Problem with 7 digital seems to be
mostly solved now...
Using an amplified antenna
I noticed 3 chips while poking around in the box too but can't seem to find any information via google and am wondering what else to try.
So far I only found info on one of them.
The chips are as follows
Vdata P0442E VDS66164A4A-6
I have found data for this one and it is a I megabit memory chip
Omega STI 5518B0C D1S-G410921 AAAAN VG TWN AA 422
MALAYSIA 29LV800TE-90PFTN 8420 F32
If anyone can help with identifying these chips
Using an amplified antenna
I noticed 3 chips while poking around in the box too but can't seem to find any information via google and am wondering what else to try.
So far I only found info on one of them.
The chips are as follows
Vdata P0442E VDS66164A4A-6
I have found data for this one and it is a I megabit memory chip
Omega STI 5518B0C D1S-G410921 AAAAN VG TWN AA 422
MALAYSIA 29LV800TE-90PFTN 8420 F32
If anyone can help with identifying these chips
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17 years ago
Frank we got our DSE STB about 6 months ago - we live behind a large hill -
Ch2 reception was crap - SBS etc were poor. Reception is now good on all
channels - we get occasional pixelation due to poor signal but it sure beats
watching a snow storm on ch2. I must look at getting a digital antenna some
day.
I can imagine some people taking their sets back as "faulty" due to antenna problems. r.
I can imagine some people taking their sets back as "faulty" due to antenna problems. r.
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17 years ago
On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 16:52:23 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
put finger to keyboard and
composed:
Microprocessor/decoder/chipset by ST Microelectronics. Datasheet is probably subject to a NDA.
Low voltage 8Mbit (1Mx8) 90ns flash EEPROM, possibly by Fujitsu.
^^^^ If this is a YYWW date code, then I expect it should read "0420".
- Franc Zabkar
Microprocessor/decoder/chipset by ST Microelectronics. Datasheet is probably subject to a NDA.
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Low voltage 8Mbit (1Mx8) 90ns flash EEPROM, possibly by Fujitsu.
^^^^ If this is a YYWW date code, then I expect it should read "0420".
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17 years ago
You're one of those really annoying customers.. arn't you .. Ever get the
impression sales people hate you?
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17 years ago
Don't hold it against me because I hate Indonesia(s)
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17 years ago
What's an NDA? And for that matter I did use
google but could not find the Omega chip.
What did you use for your search query?
I tried various combinations of lines in the printed text on the actual chips.
I am realy curious now where are you getting your info?
It's definitely 8420 F32
See here
There's photos of the board in the STB and it's definitely 8420 F32
What did you use for your search query?
I tried various combinations of lines in the printed text on the actual chips.
I am realy curious now where are you getting your info?
It's definitely 8420 F32
See here
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There's photos of the board in the STB and it's definitely 8420 F32
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17 years ago
Well simply the problems stemmed from the cheaply and poorly built
boxes.
The DSE brandname is mostly junk, aside from one or two decent items.
The DSE brandname is mostly junk, aside from one or two decent items.
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17 years ago
Hi again Franc
I think also the Omega chip might also be SGS Thomson see below
I think also the Omega chip might also be SGS Thomson see below
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