No Name Box

I saw that box on ebay. Says it can do 16apsk. Does not have network plug that I saw. It was calling my name but I couldnt pull the trigger. Love to see your review.....especially if it turn off after a timer recording. I think it has an ali chip and everyone that I know of has that very annoying bug.

Anyway would love to hear a review...might help my trigger finger pull. :)
 
I only had the opportunity to scan Anik F1R at 107.3w. Of course this receiver booted up in pal and had to revert to my old mini tv to set the proper resolution. It almost seems identical to the openbox/skybox s16 with just the bare bones and yes it as working with an ali chip. Accurate scan(blind) on 107.3w proved to be quite accurate and scanned in under 2 minutes. There aren't enough features on this box to retain it for my main lineup but at under $30, it does the job as well as much higher priced units.
 
I decided to take this no name box downstairs and have it scan c band satellites with a circular feed. To my amazement it hasn't missed a tp yet and its blind scan is faster then most receivers I have tested, exceptions being x2 premium, x2 premium III, x2 premium mini, golden interstar hd and technomate 5402 m3. It is lacking several things that most receivers have like proper info bar and after I deleted all the Euro/Asian satellites I noticed that I cannot name sats so I'm just setting them up as numbers according to there orbital position. I will attempt to record and upload images of some channels it has scanned in.
 
Sounds like you got a good deal for 30 dollars even if it's lacking some features.
 
I managed to figure out the info icon which is identical to the x2 premium and I also figured out how to name my satellites. A scan on the largest c band circular sat on the Atlantic side on an fta scan not all:

Ses 6-40.5w

TV: 130

RADIO: 47

TP: 96


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Costactc said:
Picked this one up on ebay for under $30 shipped:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Full-HD-DVB...ellite-Receiver-Set-up-Box-NEW-/131405682839?


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Hey Costactc,

I just bought this box off of E-Bay a few weeks ago and it just arrived today from China. It's the newer 2015 version with a new Novatek 78211 CPU and Rafael Tuner that claims to be one of the most sensitive tuner that you can find anywhere; -10 to -81dbm. I'm interested to try this on my 1.2M C-Band motorized dish to see how well the channels come in. I figured it wouldn't be set up for the US market, so I planned to put everything in manually.
I really appreciate you posting this thread! I'm glad to see such a small cheap little box works so well and it looks like it puts out a very nice picture!
I might post my experiences on the newer box once I have a chance to take it out of the box and dig into it. I only get home for the weekends, otherwise I would be experimenting now with this. :-)
Is this receiver still working pretty good for you? Have you tried recording with it?
 
Can you test different audio type? Recall rrob got one of this boxes and did have problems with AC3 dolby or AAC audio formats
 
I have one that I use outside for dish pointing. Mine doesn't play the AC3 audio like many others have learned. The scanning and picture quality is fine. I only paid $28 for it last Feb.

Anyone have a source for different firmware? I see no way in the menus to save a backup channel list or SW with the level in mine.
 
Tron 2.0 said:
Hey Costactc,

I just bought this box off of E-Bay a few weeks ago and it just arrived today from China. It's the newer 2015 version with a new Novatek 78211 CPU and Rafael Tuner that claims to be one of the most sensitive tuner that you can find anywhere; -10 to -81dbm. I'm interested to try this on my 1.2M C-Band motorized dish to see how well the channels come in. I figured it wouldn't be set up for the US market, so I planned to put everything in manually.
I really appreciate you posting this thread! I'm glad to see such a small cheap little box works so well and it looks like it puts out a very nice picture!
I might post my experiences on the newer box once I have a chance to take it out of the box and dig into it. I only get home for the weekends, otherwise I would be experimenting now with this. :-)
Is this receiver still working pretty good for you? Have you tried recording with it?
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I no longer am using this receiver. I have several lying around that I don't use. The only receivers I'm using are the ones below in my signature.
 
The seller in China told me the receiver I bought has the latest FW, but wouldn't tell me where I could go to look for updates. I would guess that's classified information from the Chinese government. :-D
 
Interesting the newer models have a Novatek chipset. Mine is definitely Ali based according to the system info screens.

The first thing I did to mine was void the warranty by peeling off the plastic that covered the vent holes.
 
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