I wanted to see how the new Micro-HD receivers performed so I purchased a Skybox S12. This receiver is about 6 inches wide, 4 inches deep, and about an inch and a half in height. The power supply for this receiver is mated to the wall plug, and there is not a display or any buttons on the front of the receiver. The RS232 port is 4 pins on the back of the receiver so an adapter is required to use the RS232 port.
You may post any questions you have about this receiver in this thread. I plan to post some pictures and comment on what I find out about this receiver after I have ran it a bit. EB
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My Review of the Skybox S12 Micro-HD receiver – 12-14-2011,07:30 PM
Last edited by el bandido; 12-14-2011 at 10:19 PM.
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Guest Guest12-15-2011,01:16 PM
Just got mine as well EB, micro definitely describes this unit. I'm going to swap out my power adapter from my s9 and test it out before reporting back.
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Guest Guest12-15-2011,01:41 PM
Just did a blind scan on Galaxy 17 at 91w, scanned in 140 tv channels and 55 radio channels in about 2 1/2 minutes.
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Guest Guest12-15-2011,04:00 PM
I found it quite odd that the CW channels scanned in on Galaxy17 on a blind scan. There isn't any audio or video as pid numbers didn't scan in- keep trying to see where I can insert them but no can do.
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12-15-2011,04:49 PM
Some sat files have the 91 CW channels in them.
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12-15-2011,05:27 PM
How does this stb compare in price to the S-9 or S-10?
Optibox Anaconda, X2, OpenBox-S9, CS8000 and 2 X CW700S, 7 1/2' Perfect Ten scanning 55W to 139W C Band and a 39" Q-Sat scanning 30W to 125W Ku Band
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12-15-2011,05:54 PM
The price is about the same for all Openbox receivers.
IMO, the S12 should be about 40 dollars less because of its size and missing hardware.
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12-15-2011,08:06 PMConnector 1Connector 2Function
2 3 Rx <------- Tx 3 2 Tx --------> Rx 5 5 Signal ground
Connector 1 represents the DB9 connector pins for the computer's serial port.
Connector 2 represents the pins on the S12 receiver.
Only three pins are needed to make the RS232 connector work.
The diagram shown above got the RS232 working on my S12. EB
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Guest Guest12-16-2011,02:52 PM
Very user friendly receiver and remote. I think I prefer its colourful menu to the s9 and its blind scan is definitely quicker then the s9 with the the latest files. I had a slight issue trying to save a couple of sats on the list and had to reboot(no 0/1 button) the receiver by unplugging power cord- worked like a charm. I will report all issues that arise but right now I'm still scanning in sats and I have quite a few to go.