Edision OS Mini Review (North America)

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The Edision OS Mini is a single tuner fta receiver that uses enigma2 as an operating system. This is a 1080p receiver and is not capable of any resolutions higher than 1080p. Setup and operation of the OS Mini is easy. The receiver has two usb ports (front & back) that are 2.0. USB hubs are also supported. External powered usb hubs suggested. The price of this receiver should be around $150.00 U.S. including shipping.

It took me about 10- 15 minutes to un-box this receiver and have it receiving tv channels. Granted I am familiar with enigma2, but this receiver is simple and easy to set up. One nice thing about enigma2 is you do not have to relearn anything when you get a new or different enigma2 receiver because the basic operations of this system will be the same. Satellite files and other items may be moved between different brands or models of receivers that are running enigma2.

I will make an attempt to cover all the capabilities of this receiver. Feel free to ask any questions about this receiver. The internal DVB-S2 tuner appears to be sensitive and will lock the skinny transponders around 1,000 SR. It will support 1 additional USB tuner.

This receiver does blindscan at a respectable speed for an enigm2 receiver. Here is a video of a 97W ku blindscan.

 
Correct. Lnbs with a 10750 l.o. are not supported. They would work but the displayed frequency would be off. The blindscan plugin that has 10750 added to it could be made to work or this new blindscan plugin could be modified to accept a 10750 lnb.
 
I chose an Edision receiver for many reasons and will list a few of them.
(1) Image Support (Firmware)
(2) Running a recent kernel of 4.6.3
(3) Blindscan

Edision has a 2 year warranty on this receiver. It is a China built machine but it has decent quality. The overall build of this receiver is very nice.
Edision also has a reputation for fixing problems or issues. We will see...
 
Thanks, so far EB looks nice and I want one...lol

I'll probably make a section for this receiver rather than having it in other FTA boxes..looks like it deserves it's own section and with the price should be a popular box with new and old E2 users.
 
Looks nice...OK I do not know anything about that model, but think about these things.
Where is the image support?
What is the kernel version?
Where is the blindscan?
Looks like the .pdf that you give does not have the same information as the resellers on Ebay do. Sorry, but nothing I see about that receiver makes me want to buy it.
 
I have not found a 16APSK to test. No mention of this feature in the factory specs.
The OS Mini supports the TBS 5925 usb tuner which does 16APSK. Will check the internal tuner when I find a 16APSK signal.
 
rodder said:
Will the Edision OS Mini do 16APSK
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The answer is Yes and No, so let me explain.

A single tuner OS Mini has a Broadcom BCM73XX Tuner in it. This tuner is not capable of 16 APSK, AND This tuner currently will not blindscan the lower symbol rates such as the LPB Feeds channel on 87W at 11804H, 1250SR. There seems to be some blindscan issues with skinny transponders and this particular tuner so the the lower blindscan for symbol rate is locked out below 2000 symbol rate. (The manual or transponder scan is not locked out.)

Look in the link and you will find a Dual DVB-S2 OS Mini.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Edision-OS-...sh=item3ab1161bb2:g:yLsAAOSwf-VWWa1-#shpCntId

The Dual DVB-S2 OS Mini shown in the link has the original Broadcom BCM73XX tuner, Plus a Montage FTS-260 tuner. The FTS-260 tuner supports at least 16APSK. It also does not have the low blindscan symbol rate issues like the Broadcom BCM73XX tuner does on blindscan of skinny transponders, so the lower symbol rates are not blocked for the FTS-260 tuner.

Who else has a stock tuner that does 16APSK and uses enigma2 operating system? Edision is the first I know of to offer this, even if it is only one tuner in a dual tuner receiver. I am real tempted at this point to purchase the dual tuner receiver in the above link and test it. Be aware that other OS Mini two tuner receivers are available, except that the second tuner is DVB-T which is useless for us.
 
Here are a couple of blindscan tests of the Vu+ Duo2 and the Edision OS Mini. The Duo2 is finding more channels, but the OS Mini completes the job much faster.



Duo2:


OS Mini:
 
Nice! Quite a speed increase. Though, for the die hard dx'er, a usb or pci tuner is still the way to go hunting.

If all the plugins work without problems, it would seem to be a good entry engima 2 receiver to play and experiment.
 
I would like to check the dual DVB-S2 OS Mini. The tuner that does 16APSK is supposed to be a better blindscan tuner.

I do not see any issues with the plugins. Every plugin I have tried works as expected.
 
Hello Guys
Long time no see you, hope all of you are doing just fine, nice receiver EB and the price looks very good, I am waiting for to VU 4K to go down on price it will match my TV.
Do you guys know which satellite has the 16APSK Channels, someone here mentioned the 97 W, I try to scan with the VU and my Miracle Box and didn't find any.
Take care, this site still my favorite.
Regards.
Chewie
 
I think 97 West, 3980H 30000 Is 16APSK. I cannot get that mux because my dish is too small. USB Tuner TBS 5925 is supported now in the Duo2. This add on tuner will give you 16APSK and more.

Solo 4K Is not a good receiver for us. The FBC tuners do not support blindscan right now, and it is unknown if or when they will. Other 4K receivers with better capability will be on the market before Christmas. It will probably be another year before there is much to watch in 4K on satellite so I am not in a hurry to upgrade.
 
I have had the OS Mini for close to a couple of weeks. I noticed that the Terrrestrial USB ATSC tuner was not recognized when I first got it. Now it is fixed as seen in the screenshot below.
Excellent support from SatDreamGr & Edision!

OS Mini Tuner Info.webp
 
A setup video that shows the OS Mini being loaded with an image and set up, including a scan for channels can be found in the link.
https://mega.nz/#!2AMW1YwZ!-D6lPtgC5M92W6SL_DkzpfaWeSzSP8A6L2Q-pRbryTs

I have upgraded to the dual tuner version of this receiver. Looking forward to testing the internal 16APSK tuner.
Edision OS Mini FullHD 1080p Twin E2 Linux Receiver 2 x DVB-S2 USB WLAN
Estimated delivery: Thu. Aug. 18 - Fri. Sep. 2

Item Id: 252079119282

PAID : $165.81 with PayPal
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My OS Mini should arrive tomorrow or Monday..looking forward to expand my E2 knowledge with this..
 
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