Optibox Raptor HD

[el bandido]

I noticed what appeared to be gold plating on the tuner connectors. If true, This is the first fta receiver that I have seen with any gold in it in a long time. Gold and other precious metals is one of the first things I look for on a pc board. All of the Ali receivers I looked at have nothing more than silver in them. PC chips have a bit of gold, but it is on the inside of the chip and cannot be seen on the outside.


Here is a list of features that I have made. This list was taken from the owner's manual and other sources, and it may or may not be 100% correct. I will try to verify this list when I get the receiver.
The receiver is listed as having an intelligent blind scan. I have no idea what this is supposed to mean or if it is better or worse than our current Ali receivers. I am anxious to try it and see what it does!!! EB

The Raptor is Made In Korea.

Supports e-sata Internal HD up to 1 TB

Intelligent Blind Scan

Ability to add PIDs

Separate H or V Scanning

Ability to Manually Enter a l.o. frequency

PIP & Split Screen PIP

Ability to Compensate for Out-Of-Sync Audio/Video

Ability to Record 3 Programs while Watching 2 Others(PIP)

3 usb ports, 1 on the front, 2 on the back

External e-sata connector on the back

Ability to turn Dolby Digital Audio On/Off for the HDMI port

Optional Wireless lan support

Supports You Tube and other free tv services

Optional Plug-Ins, including WebZeal for Internet

[Species]

INTELLIGENT BLIND SCAN!!!!! once you get your hand on it then you will really understand El Bandido

[Guest]

INTELLIGENT BLIND SCAN!!!!! once you get your hand on it then you will really understand El Bandido

Just curious as the difference between intelligent blind scan and the regular blind scan that were accustomed to on our receivers.

[el bandido]

INTELLIGENT BLIND SCAN!!!!! once you get your hand on it then you will really understand El Bandido

Intelligent blind scan!!! Now I understand!!!
The Raptor has a two step blind scan. First it scans for transponders. Then it scans for channels on the transponders it found. Nice!!!
Thanks for getting this Raptor fixed up for me. I will be setting it up and starting a review thread on it shortly!!! EB

[Guest]

That's the norm for Pansat receivers as well.

[easily confused]

Intelligent blind scan!!! Now I understand!!!
The Raptor has a two step blind scan. First it scans for transponders. Then it scans for channels on the transponders it found. Nice!!!
Thanks for getting this Raptor fixed up for me. I will be setting it up and starting a review thread on it shortly!!! EB

How long does it take to scan a sat. The Cative works also does the two step blind scan but it is excruciatingly slow

[el bandido]

Scan time depends on where the satellite is, and how much information it has. If the satellite is empty and located in a quiet part of the arc, then the scan is over quickly. If the satellite is in a noisy part of the arc where other satellites are transmitting lots of information close by, the scan speed slows way down.
With that said, I have not bothered to time the Raptor yet, but my guess is most of the scans have been between 3 and 8 minutes. I will time some of the scans when I move the Raptor receiver to the c band system.

[el bandido]

I would like to know where to find a hard drive to go on the inside of the receiver. I think the max is 1TB. Disc size should be 2.5 e-sata. I am having a hard time finding one like this. EB

[cpr43]

will the Satellite (FTA) and ATSC (OTA) tuners can be both in this box such as olders Coolsats 8000 series???

[el bandido]

Yes. Look at the video and .pdf file in post#10
You can have any two: FTA, ATSC, or Cable.