el bandido
03-11-2013, 07:00 PM
The X7 finally showed up today and my first impression of the receiver's hardware are very good! The X7 has both CE and FCC certifications and it was shipped with a North American power plug. The X7 appears to be well built on the outside as compared some other receivers in the same price range.
The blindscan is fast and very similar to the X² in speed and accuracy. I have not done many blindscans with the receiver because there is an apparent bug in the firmware that causes the receiver to reboot when you try to change channels between satellites.
The menu screen that is displayed during a blindscan is very well laid out. Actual blindscan time is displayed along with the transponder signal bars. It also shows every transponder that is logged during the blind scan.
The built in WiFi adapter does not work correctly, but this could be an error of some type on my part. The built-in WiFi will see my networks but it will not connect to any of them.
The weather forecaster is presented nicely and in good detail.
The YouTube works, or at least the small part I tested of it.
I do not recommend the purchase of this receiver right now due to the rebooting problem that is encountered when trying to change channels. Again, This could be an error on my part, but I think I have seen enough fta receivers to know how to change the channels. The receiver freezes then reboots when the green SAT button is pressed on the remote while watching a channel.
I will post more information on this receiver as it becomes available. EB
EDIT: I got the satellite/channel changing problem resolved by deleting every satellite in the list and starting from scratch.
The blindscan is fast and very similar to the X² in speed and accuracy. I have not done many blindscans with the receiver because there is an apparent bug in the firmware that causes the receiver to reboot when you try to change channels between satellites.
The menu screen that is displayed during a blindscan is very well laid out. Actual blindscan time is displayed along with the transponder signal bars. It also shows every transponder that is logged during the blind scan.
The built in WiFi adapter does not work correctly, but this could be an error of some type on my part. The built-in WiFi will see my networks but it will not connect to any of them.
The weather forecaster is presented nicely and in good detail.
The YouTube works, or at least the small part I tested of it.
I do not recommend the purchase of this receiver right now due to the rebooting problem that is encountered when trying to change channels. Again, This could be an error on my part, but I think I have seen enough fta receivers to know how to change the channels. The receiver freezes then reboots when the green SAT button is pressed on the remote while watching a channel.
I will post more information on this receiver as it becomes available. EB
EDIT: I got the satellite/channel changing problem resolved by deleting every satellite in the list and starting from scratch.