channel quality up but no channels on foren dvb-t stb

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aaronr76

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#94706 16-Dec-2011 23:19

i recently bought a stb from china CUI8-Ri have been manually scaning for channels i go to the frequencies where the channels are and get channel quality 70-90% but it says no channels found , any ideas

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#558854 16-Dec-2011 23:28

Does it support our tuning standards and h.264?

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aaronr76

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#558857 17-Dec-2011 00:00

i says on the box ethernet playback supports mkv,h.264, rmvb format via lan network playback after transcover software installed on pc.

is that what you mean?

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#558883 17-Dec-2011 07:48

No that wasnt what he meant.

Digital TV is broadcast in many different ways - An australian digital STB will generally not work in NZ.
'Some' overseas boxes may support different standards etc.

An automatic scan will most likely not work.
If you input the channels and frequencies for your location from this table you 'may' get something...
http://www.freeviewshop.co.nz/digital-terrestrial-i-8.html

But the box may not be able to decode our digital tv.

EDIT: Is there a webpage for that product? If so the standards it supports are probably listed. Someone may be able to tell you what it means.

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#558897 17-Dec-2011 08:31

Sorry mate, been there and done that and I highly suggest it won't work.

Your device will play 'files' of our broadcast standard, but not be able to receive this content via the tuner. In my case it was a combo DVD and DVB-T receiver unit that I was trialling. It would play from the disc, but not be able to play from received signals.

aaronr76

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#558915 17-Dec-2011 09:25

oh well , thanks for your help guys

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aaronr76

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#558931 17-Dec-2011 10:51

do you think i could load some other generic PVR HD firmware that will work in New Zealand on to it?

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#558944 17-Dec-2011 12:15

aaronr76: do you think i could load some other generic PVR HD firmware that will work in New Zealand on to it?

No. You would have to replace the tuner, not the firmware.
It's obviously not suitable for our NZ format. What does the manual say?

aaronr76

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#558950 17-Dec-2011 12:46

http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/hdd-multimedia-player-dvr-with-dvbt-hidef-up-to-1080i/
here a link with spec that i found becouse i have no idea what im looking for

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#558961 17-Dec-2011 13:36

DVB-T: MPEG2
Digital TV Regions (23): Taiwan, Italy, France, Germany, UK, China, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland

It would never work. Our DVB-T is h.264.

I also note it only records in 720x576 (Standard definition)

Buy something lOcal that is Freeview certified.. Save yourself the hassle.

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aaronr76

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#558980 17-Dec-2011 14:10

ok yea i suppose i should learn a lesson from this $30 will never buy a one that will work here , ohwell at least iv go a media player now, if i didn't have a revue , thanks for all your help

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#559000 17-Dec-2011 15:30

That link seems not to point to your product.

For what its worth I have a Zinwell box (NZ new) that the firmware was playing up on. Its well known that they sell the same box under the olevia name in Hong Kong. I installed the HK software and had to do a manual tune - the channel frequencies dont match NZ. Dont know if your hardware was supposed to work in HK?

For example I had to work out what channels my freeview picks up on and key in the corresponding frequencies in and then the box would tune in.

Here is a list:
http://www.freeviewshop.co.nz/digital-terrestrial-i-8.html

On the zinwell I had to key in a 6 digit frequency - e.g. channel 33 570000
You also have to enter a 'spacing' of 8Mhz that we use here - the default was 6 or something for HK.

Dont know if yours lets you enter the channel and key in the frequency?

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aaronr76

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#559002 17-Dec-2011 15:39

so for instance if im in taranaki what would i enter(i have to enter a six digit key too)

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#559005 17-Dec-2011 15:48

Well for instance.

I get Freeview in AUckland from Waiatarua (the first line).
So I had to tune in 3 'channels' (muxes).

So I had to key in channel 29 - enter the frequency of 538000 and set the (I think it was called spacing) to 8.
Also there was a priority field which has to be set to HIGH.

So you repeat that for channel 33 570000
and channel 45 666000
and now I have all the freeview channels.

I expect if they add new channels to freeview I might have to manual tune again (certified NZ hardware/software is supposed to pick up new channels automatically)

Dont know what values you can set on yours...

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#559006 17-Dec-2011 15:59

B1GGLZ: No. You would have to replace the tuner, not the firmware.

Nah a digital tuner is usually a digital tuner, it's just that the units often aren't set up to decode that from the broadcast source rather than from an exiting file, either on a network, usb or optical disc.

aaronr76

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#559007 17-Dec-2011 16:04

yea i cant seem to do the on mine, cheers for your help anyway

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