Loaded new firmware tonight - but before I did so checked the green flashing on TV3. Could not see any evidence of it - but installed new firmware anyway to see if I could notice any change to other problems
New firmware
No green flashes on TV3 (but seem to have vanished prior to firmware upgrade)
TV1 pixelisation - noticed it twice over the past hour - so its not as regular as before - but could be result of power reboot with firmware upgrade
Optical audio dropout - have been only watching the news on TV1 so far - but still regular audio drop outs on optical output. No audio drop outs on RCA outputs
Will test other channels and report back if anything of significance.
I use HDMI to feed video to the TV. The speakers on the TV are not all that good.
I have AV receiver for audio that has optical inputs (as well as RCA)
The optical sound from ET is real good (when its there) One of the RCA outputs from ET is quite distorted ( as has been previously reported). The other RCA output on ET is better but not as good as optical
So that is why I am trying to use the optical output
pete9321: no idea...why use optical? just go HDMI...seems more sensible to me...and feed the audio out of Tv to stereo...simple
Does the HDMI output support the DD 5.1 audio? I didn't think it did. When I tried it I only got 2.0 output.
I think it's nonsensical to say it's a signal fault when it only affects the optical/coaxial output not the RCA/HDMI. Then to say "why use optical"? I'd say it's because it suits some people. It's an output available on the unit, it should work.
You say your test unit works perfectly, I've asked before and I'll ask again, what exactly is your setup? i.e. what kind of amp are you running, which audio output are you using (not optical or coaxial, at a guess?). This is the biggest problem I've had wth this unit, I can't watch TV with the sound through my amp because RCA/HDMI won't give me 5.1 sound and coax/optical has occasional dropoffs. It's annoying.
Hinko: For some reason my ET box seems to be having jerky images, I've noted it on C4 and TV3, seems associated with rapid screen movement.
Anyone else?
Will this be fixed with the Fix Pete? (Thank you in advance)
I bought an extra terrestrial last friday and hooked it up. Perfect. By Saturday eve, I too had jerking images on TV3 and 4, Maori and 6. Last night, (Monday) all stations were perfect except slight jerking on Maori.I am convinced its a transmission thing, not the receiver., as I've heard many films are compressed, and the older USA films are in a different format. Now, the green flash. I experienced this Saturday and Sunday, after that,I havn't seen it since. Makes you wonder if it has been fixed at the TV3 end (quietly). Last night I downloaded the repair programme, and got the reading USB, but I didn't get any of the other 2 readings before it said 'boot'. Again, makes me wonder if the problem its supposed to solve has gone away? It worries me now that the unit did not read out as it should, but I did get the word 'test'several times and some numbers, as if it were testing stations.....any ideas ???
Sounds like you didn't do it right. When it works, you definitely see the percentage complete indicator counting up to 100.
Instructions I use are:
Turn off receiver with power switch on the rear panel.
Unzip attached file and place the folder complete, with the two files inside onto a FAT32 formatted flash drive. Check carefully that you have a single folder called AS_HK_DMB_UPDATE with two files inside, and they reside in the root directory of the FAT32 flash drive - MUST BE formatted FAT32. I suggest a smaller drive like around 1GB or less.
Next turn on the receiver with the power switch at the rear. When you see BOOT appear on the screen, push the UP button on the front of the receiver, until you see "USB*" appear (the forth character maybe random). Now release the up button and you should see numbers and letters counting appear on the display. After about a minute, it should stop. Leave it about 2 minutes longer and then turn off power. Remove the USB drive and power back on. Check the firmware version from the Menu/ System Information screen. It should be updated.
If your box is working ok now after trying the firmware update then you're ok, nothing is damaged. You've either managed to successfully do the update, or you still have the original firmware.
Check the menu for the system info/version number and compare that with the update you were trying to upgrade to. This will tell you if the upgrade worked ok or not.
Yeah I use a cheap Rundisc 2gb USB stick with heaps of other crap on it and it works no problems, so the box is not that picky IF it likes the drive. As Bazzer says, you know it is doing it's thing when you see the percentage counting up. This takes a while so you won't miss this part happening. Check the system menu tho for versions as it may have possibly worked already.
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