Reply With QuoteOriginally Posted by LeroyPatrol
yes, those problems are a non issue.
this unit is more like a Humax than a dreambox.
I believe there is an auto setting .. Cant check now though...z80?
yes, those problems are a non issue.
this unit is more like a Humax than a dreambox.
i was reading on some European forums and they reckon Octagon stole the image and basicly most of it from the Golden Interstar reciever....have look hear....
look at the remote and back side its almost identical
The Octagon has an eSATA port,
the Golden Interstar does not take any hard drive whatsoever.
Seems like a pretty big difference to me...But the firmware is very similar.
The front is completely different as well....
hi guys what a machine the octagon 918, thanks for all the reviews i got a 500gb hdd drive hooked up and records like a champ, using a whitee can i get the HD channels cause mine doesnt seem to be working but everything else doesnt miss a heart beat
the hd channels seem to be NDS only. I wonder what Austar will do in the future?
Leroy
XCRUISER HDSR600HD twin sat and terrestrial receiver $OOS *
XCRUISER HDSR385 Avant - sold out$OOS UltraPlus DVB-T and DVB-S2 tuners $49 Remotes $OOS
yeah...I settled on a 500gig WD notebook drive.
Here's where all the good stuff comes from for the Octagon.
yeh i got the exact same got a bracket made up to mount it inside works a charm, dam i thought i would be able to get all those beautiful extra HD channnels with my c@rd
You forgot the link buddy
I have 16 250GB sata drives from a from a JBOD upgrade earlier in the week. I think I knoe what drive I will be using
Do these Vantec external enclosures definitely have an external power connecton and can you tell me what it needs pls?
Leroy
XCRUISER HDSR600HD twin sat and terrestrial receiver $OOS *
XCRUISER HDSR385 Avant - sold out$OOS UltraPlus DVB-T and DVB-S2 tuners $49 Remotes $OOS
A pic of your bracket and installation would be nice. I think internally is my preference. Where are you picking up your power?
Leroy
XCRUISER HDSR600HD twin sat and terrestrial receiver $OOS *
XCRUISER HDSR385 Avant - sold out$OOS UltraPlus DVB-T and DVB-S2 tuners $49 Remotes $OOS
yeh sure thing ill get some pics up hopefully over the weekend for now im just using an external power source if i get time over the weekend ill rip out the multimeter and start probing away, geeeez cant be too hard to find a stable point
I am curious about this as I am also keen to see if the files can be seen, located and hopefully made available to burn to external media.
If I remember correctly I remember reading an article in a computer magazine that had found a way to find or see these files for an external burn. If I find it I will post it.
I am still assuming that no one has seen or located these files yet. Has anyone else have any news?
Would love to have a play but I do not have one of these units - Still trying to decide if it is the best choice to be my next decoder to "play" with.
It comes with an external switch mode psu...a small one...so it's a no brainer to connect...and no noisy fan either.
everything is in the box....definitely.
This box sounds great. I really hope the Octagon guys can make the box read XMLTV files when they launch the PVR firmwares. Nothing worse than having a PVR without a 7-day EPG to pick shows and name recorded files correctly!
It's a low priority on my wish list, i can think of a few other nice things, like newcs support.
Word is that it will cum.
OK I have found the article - PC User June 2008
Look forward to hear from anyone on how they go with this.
interesting read checkit thanks mate lets hope it is the same with these units.
the file needed to mount the hard drive on windows
It does NOT work.
The format of the file system is "unknown".
Windows just wants to format the drive.
this is the problem....
and this is with that device driver loaded as well.
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