Eyebox X5

Costactc

Costactc

Sat Junkie
Just got my new Openbox x5 yesterday. It would be great if we could create a forum for the review of this new receiver as it seems to have lots of potential. It comes equipped with an hdmi cable but a North American adapter will be required. I only tested it out briefly last night and have never seen a menu like this on any openbox/skybox receiver. Blind scan is lightning fast with its 667 Mhz high speed processor:


openbox x5 Features:



High-performance 667MHz 32-bit MIPS 24KEc Processor

Supports MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818-2) MPaHL and MPaML for HD and SD decoding

Supports MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14496-2) extended ASP

Supports H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC, ISO/IEC 14496-10) MP/HPaL4.1 for SD and HD decoding

Supports RealVideo(RealPlayer v8,9,10), DivX 3.11/4.12/5/6/HD, and Xvid,Dolby

Supports WMA and WMA-pro, Dolby MS10 option, RealAudio

Supports various bit rates for MPEG-1 Layer I/II, AC-3 and E-AC-3

Supports HDMI 1.3 transmitter with HDCP, 1080i/p, 720p,576i/p and 480i/p outputs

Supports dual USB2.0 EHCI host controllers with PHY embedded

Supports 1-bit or 2-bit SPI flash memory

IR receiver/transmitter

VFD driver interface

Supports dual Smart card controller interfaces

Supports PCMCIA controller interface for CI/CI+ applications

MHEG5 HD middleware UK DTG Certified

10/100 MAC with PHY

Automatic and manual channel scan options;

Automatic service scan

Channel-change time < 1 second

OSD in many languages and skin-support

Multilingual support on screen menu (OSD): English, French, Deutsch, Italian, Spanish,

Swedish, Danish, Greece, Portuguese, Finland, Holland, Turkish, Czech, selectable

LED Display

Analog audio output: stereo(L+R);

YCbCr available;

1 x Scart (RGB, FBAS or S-Video)

Screen format: auto, 4:3, and 16:9;

Upgrade software through USB2.0 port;

Powerful program management function, parent lock;

Directly bouquet-lists

Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for on screen channel information

Subtitle supported

Teletext supported by software emulation

Parental lock facility by channel and program event

Program and Channel information transfer from receiver to receiver

HDMI HD Video/Audio Output

USB 2.0 Host

LED Display for service information

RTC (Real-Time-Clock)

Time Shift

Video Recording

Recording one channel and Time Shifting another channel (optional)

FullHD 1080p output via HDMI

AVI, MKV, MPG, TS, WMA, WMV, M2TS, FLV, DAT, ASF, MP3 playback

Software Upgrade support via USB, RS232 or Internet

Message, FAQ and User Manual support

Download files from FTP server





Award winning Dual-boot Linux Receiver

Conax Embedded Card Reader

Wireless Network & 3G Modem Support

Full HD-1080p



SYSTEM RESOURCES
Main Processor: 450M Hz based CPU
Flash Memory: Nor flash: 8MB X 1 ; Nand flash:512MB X 1
DDR SDRAM: DDR2 128MB x 2

Tuner/Front-end
Tuner Type: DVB-S / DVB-S2
Input Connector: F-type, Connector, Female
Loop Through: F-type, Connector, Female
Signal Level: -65 to -25 dBm
LNB Power & Polarization: Vertical: +13V/+14V, Horizontal: +18V/+19V, Current: Max. 500mA, Overload Protection
22KHz Tone: Frequency: 22?
 

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Not quite sure about that as I have never tested E2 on any receiver as of yet. I'm just deleting all sats from Europe and Asia and will be testing it out starting at 11w on c band. Here's a pic of the menu, kind of looks like an i-phone screen:


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I have managed to scan all c band sats from 11-99w so far and I must say I'm quite impressed with this receiver. A bit complicated until you get the hang of it, its blind scan is the fastest of any receiver I have ever tested (under 1 minute for all sats and even under 30 seconds for some. Its tuner is quite sensitive and doesn't miss a tp which is quite a relief since you know that all that is out there actually scans in. I'm going to finish scanning my arc before testing out the other capabilities of this receiver.
 
I've been testing the eyebox x5 for almost 1 month now and this receiver is a keeper for me. Its lightning fast blind scan, tuner sensitivity, unrivalled info, accurate clock and internet access have me spoiled. The only 2 drawbacks that I have encountered thus far is a slow channel change and the remote isn't as responsive as I would like it to be. All in all, you can't go wrong with this receiver and it's under $100.
 
I think they mixed up the specs..The X5 is Linux based but not a dual boot machine.

The one I have came direct from X Square Technology and included a USB WiFi adapter and came with a NA plug and auto detects your system, so booted right into NTSC with no issues.

It does scan fast and catches low SR transponders, the IR sensor is weak or not adjusted properly so the Remote control is sluggish for sure.

Software Updates direct from the internet works very well, most of the internet functions work but with some limitations,,IE weather forecast has only major city's.

The GUI is very nice and all the information that we look for is there such as HD,SD resolution, PID and manual entry ect ect.

The satellite list was a mess, out of date and not in any order..Costa was nice enough to send his list after scanning to save me much time.

They are working on a North American list with links I provided and an editor for you PC that they do not have at the moment.

It does need some work and they need to remove the IKS crap so they can import to NA! I am told they are doing just that.

Once they fix a few issues I feel it will be a good box.

BTW I should add this is an EyeBox X5 both the same But I think X Square Technology had to change the name..
 
How many motorized sat positions can you put in it? Most FTA boxes max out at 64. I need more. 99 would be nice to match the positioner boxes out there.
 
yes this eyebox/open box is making me want one to.

if the c band is blind scanning in 1minute or less and not missing stuff I hope the ku band is as accurate and also fast as well... maybe if either Costactc or ViP3R who has this eyebox can try a couple of ku sats out?

my spread of ku is good 72 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 101 103 105 ku im interested in 87 89 91 99 105 ku


87w ku if you can time it and can see if the pbs baton rouge blind scanned in and the ktel channel

these can get missed on 87w for me a lot when I blind scan pbs colors bars is 11802 h 1205 and ktel 12011 h 2169 and how long it takes to blind scan 87w ku. with the rest of the channels t hat come in.


89w ku this sat when you blind scan it many times during the day a lot in the morning and late afternoon there are 8 tp that are active off and on one is the Nebraska local many of us see at night and the weekends. 12192 h 2185

A lot of times I blind scan 89w and even though I have quality on 1 or 2 or even more of these 12192 h tp the open box skips right over them maybe the eye box blind scans them in when there active?

the tp are 12195h ,12192, 12188, 12185, 12182, 12178,12168 12163h all 2185symbol rates and on 89w it seems to take for ever in time to blind scan like 6 or 7 minutes with the open box so how long for eyebox


91w ku to see how much time on this sat mainly this sat at times finds a lot of feeds 6111 symbol rates 3978 symnbol rates no issue except time 4 to 5 minutes


93w ku this sat also seems to drag its ass in blind scan time takes for ever to go through the h side first not that it finds anything takes 7or 8 minutes somtimes



99w ku this is also a lot of feeds just want to see the speed on this one as well for me on the open box is around 3 to 3 and half minutes


105 w ku not so much for speed rather will it find the echo star itc channel that's hard to blind scan in on 105w ku 12123 h 1000


I hope you get these in soon to buy sounds like finaly a box that will blind scan fast and accurate that's all I want in box not to miss stuff thats there and not to take so much time in the blind scan it makes you miss the feeds! 1 or even 2 minutes will kick ass for me in a box
 
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If you do not want to miss feeds then get a good dual lnb that works well with two receivers powered on at the same time. You could have one receiver blind scanning while watching the other receiver.
 
I'm not at home at the moment and won't be till the weekend. If I get a chance I'll slap the eyebox x5 on my ku band feed to test out some of those tp mentioned but only in a few days.
 
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