aVAST ye landlubbers (12-01-12),OSIRUS (11-01-12)
aVAST ye landlubbers (12-01-12),OSIRUS (11-01-12)
Hello,
How is my VAST??
Did I really expect it to be better than Aurora? Yes.
Was I dissapointed? Of course. So many more channels with so much more bad programming, new Wintal pvr 210hd skips the ads brilliantly, we record and delete everything. And how do you read the black epg text on the selected deep blue background, really smart move. And it reboots at least 1-2 times a night, talk about a pain in the proverbial.
Bought a UEC dsd 4121 last xmas, 2 weeks to get activated, my fault mainly trying to get on thru xmas break probably.
AND IT DIED YESTERDAY. 2-3 WEEKS OUT OF WARRANTY. (no lights,zilch,nada........?power supply?.....cant open it, voids warranty sticker.)
The dealer is going to send it back. Will i hold my breath waitng for a replacement? I dont think so.
Will i get another one? I dont really have a choice being well out of Terrestial range.
And the Aurora UEC dsd 990, 4 yrs old and keeps chugging along. (So far, touchwood and turn 3 times.)
UEC have a monopoly i guess. $269 seems a lot for $50 worth of electronics.
Anyone else out there with VAST UEC problems?
Cheers.
The complete failure (power supply) of these boxes seems to be an issue with more reports of them failing as time goes by.
I had one die completely and it was replaced promptly.
There's several issues discussed in this forum.
Apart from the technical issue, I don't understand why you'd be disappointed with VAST compared to Aurora, with all the additional channels, widescreen aspect and far superior PQ.
The program content is nothing to do with VAST or UEC.
I totally agree the boxes are excessively priced just to receive FTA TV, compared to terrestrial offerings.
The biggest part of the cost is licensing fees to Optus, not the equipment itself.
Regreatably too many expect the quality of the PROGRAMMING to equal the quality of the transmitted SIGNAL but unfortunately like the old spiritual says so suitably,
'It aint Necessarily SOOOO'.
Now Jonah, He may well have lived in a Whale but he didnt have the offerings we get thrown to us on Terrestial.
Beware Avast, for there be channels you not given yet such as TV4Me (74/64) a 24/7 Infomerchial shopping/life style etc channel.
At least on VAST you still have the 'Digital Loop' to soothe thy furrowed brow after a hard days of striding the Poop Deck instead of all those pesky advertisments.
I stand unequivicably behind everything I say, I just dont ever remember saying it !!
Rodnic (12-01-12)
Seems there's no pleasing some people....
They whinge when they don't have access to the same programming as others.. then whinge when they get it.
Sure there's a lot of crap programs on both FTA and pay TV... there are other options, go to the cinema if there's one close enough... DVD's.. or just turn it off and have nothing, which brings us back to square one.![]()
gordon_s1942 (12-01-12),OSIRUS (12-01-12),Rodnic (12-01-12),Tiny (12-01-12),william10 (12-01-12)
OSIRUS (12-01-12)
my 4121 is beginning to "lose signal" It will randomly drop out for no reason, and may take several reboots, switching off and restoring factory defaults to come good. The only thing that seems to stop it is switching it off at the power overnight.
By the way, skies are clear and when I plug in Aurora on the strong box it fires up straight away, so there's no issues outside of the 4121.
The box just out of warranty as well and I can't afford to replace it right now.
That being said, if I have to buy a new substandard overpriced box every year it'd be cheaper to use pay tv! well almost - but it'd be less frustrating
Last edited by steveandnadine; 14-01-12 at 08:44 AM.
I would be getting it checked out as soon as possible, (to find out what the problem is....?)
maybe contact the person who sold it to you,
products not too far out of warranty may still have a chance of being covered.....
cheers![]()
Last edited by OSIRUS; 14-01-12 at 09:49 AM.
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Its been reported before the UEC can be prone to power supply problems so location for ventilation may be an issue with them if its not a possible flaw in the design/equipment.
I remember many had problems with the Humax with capacitor failures in the power supply that caused similar problems.
Once the Caps were replaced, mine at least have worked for several years without problems.
A not altogether satisfactory option is for those who are really remote would be to buy a 2nd STB after a few months to ensure if one fails and needs attention, at least your not sitting looking at the wall.
I dont mean to have it sitting in the box gathering dust but connected to another TV eleswhere.
I stand unequivicably behind everything I say, I just dont ever remember saying it !!
domwild (25-11-14)
What is the signal quality reported by your box when it is working? You can see this in menu->advanced options->signal detection. Quality below about 36 means the signal is not clean enough.
Checking the Aurora box is no guarantee that the signal is good enough for VAST. DVBS2 demands a stronger signal and better dish alignment, particularly LNB skew.
P.S: Are you sure it's the VAST box losing satellite signal, and not your TV saying "no signal", as if it couldn't see the HDMI/AV? If the VAST box is having satellite issues, you will see a message on the screen like "E52-32 Searching for signal at xxxxxMHz..."
I can confirm this, as I have seen several installations where Aurora works fine, but VAST signals are very marginal, requiring extremely accurate dish and LNB alignment.
EDIT: Further to that... I would highly recommend a minimum dish size of 85cm for VAST in most areas.... larger for some areas.
Last edited by mtv; 14-01-12 at 03:41 PM. Reason: added info
OSIRUS (14-01-12)
Under the HAS/SSS assistance arrangements, is there a minimum size dish stated or is it left to the installer?
I stand unequivicably behind everything I say, I just dont ever remember saying it !!
This as noted early in this thread is on the money.
A blank purple screen.
No Menu.
No error message.
You don't need to be Einstein to figure out that there is no or faulty connection from Box to TV.
Obviously nothing to do with dish installation!
What cables/connections are you using?
Is it a High Definition TV?
Are you just using the one cable connection for AV and HDMI?
Last edited by beer4life; 14-01-12 at 04:05 PM.
The fact that steveandnadine says they "restore to factory defaults" would seem to indicate that they can see the menu etc on their TV.
For sure if you cannot see anything at all on the TV, no menus etc, then it's got nothing to do with the satellite signal.
HDMI connections often give problems, some TVs have issues synching, particularly with HDCP. If connected with HDMI and you cannot get any picture, connect up with composite to double-check. The problem might be as simple as a shonky (cheap) HDMI cable corrupting data.
Of course, if you do have picture (info-bar, menu, etc) and you can see a "E52-32" error, or it doesn't want to scan channels, then you have satellite signal issues...
Last edited by Buffalo Bill; 14-01-12 at 04:45 PM.
See post #1.
He's seeing the Channel Nos. on the box, but NOTHING on the TV.Originally Posted by newy1234
Last edited by beer4life; 14-01-12 at 05:32 PM.
Buffalo Bill (14-01-12)
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