AcWxRADAR
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- May 22, 2009
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- Age
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- My Satellite Setup
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Fortec Star Dynamic STB
Coolsat 5000 Platinum STB
Winegard DS-2076 antenna
Invacom QPH-031 LNBF
PowerTech DG-380 motor
soon to add:
GeoSat Pro 1.2M antenna
- My Location
- Nebraska, USA
Hello,
I read about the IPBox 9000HD Plus in TELESatellite magazine. I am very interested in this receiver, but there is not a direct outlet for these receivers in the US or Canada yet (that I know of).
I was pondering ordering one to play around with from a shop in the UK, but they seem resistant to sell.
They state that it is not for NTSC signals, but I am not looking at NTSC signals. We have mostly ATSC satellite signals (DVB-S and DVB-S2) here. The NTSC stuff is being phased out.
Everything that I have read from AB-COM's site regarding specs indicates that it should work for our free satellite signals here. The only two problems I would have to contend with are the AC input voltage considerations and the SCART outputs.
I would have to modify the line input circuitry to accept our voltage level by using a step up transformer.
As for the SCARTs, I assume I could just ignore them as I would be using the HDMI, YPbPr or S-Video outputs, so that is not a problem to simply leave the SCARTs as unused features.
Am I missing anything that would prevent this receiver from working with free to air signals here in the states? They transmit linear polarized downlink frequencies in 10.7 - 12.2 GHz FSS band with symbol rates up to 30.000 MS/s and are unencrypted. My Invacom QPH-031 LNBF converts this to 950 - 1450 MHz which works fine with my digital satellite receiver that I currently have.
I have several issues with my current system, one is that my receiver does not support 8PSK signals and there are many channels which are switching to this now. Also, my last two DVD/HDD recorders have failed miserably for me (they worked great for about a year each, then died a horrible and grotesque death about 2 months after the warranty expired).
With the internal HDD and dual tuner of the AB IPBox 9000HD, I would have everything I need with a few advanced amenities.
If anyone can shed some light on this receiver, I would be very grateful for the information!
I would like to state that I am new to this site and this is my first post here. I hope that I have adhered to the rules as I was a little uncertain about the North American providers discussion. I assumed that this inferred the pay subscription providers.
I am not referring to the signals from these sources. The signals I receive are what we refer to as FTA (Free To Air) signals which are unencrypted and available to all. I understand that Europe has a very great selection of FTA broadcasts, so I hope that our stateside counterpart is acceptable to speak of here.
I am a member of a similar forum in the U.S. where the same rules apply, we generally refer to the negatives as "hack talk" and that is not allowed.
Thank you,
AcWxRADAR
I read about the IPBox 9000HD Plus in TELESatellite magazine. I am very interested in this receiver, but there is not a direct outlet for these receivers in the US or Canada yet (that I know of).
I was pondering ordering one to play around with from a shop in the UK, but they seem resistant to sell.
They state that it is not for NTSC signals, but I am not looking at NTSC signals. We have mostly ATSC satellite signals (DVB-S and DVB-S2) here. The NTSC stuff is being phased out.
Everything that I have read from AB-COM's site regarding specs indicates that it should work for our free satellite signals here. The only two problems I would have to contend with are the AC input voltage considerations and the SCART outputs.
I would have to modify the line input circuitry to accept our voltage level by using a step up transformer.
As for the SCARTs, I assume I could just ignore them as I would be using the HDMI, YPbPr or S-Video outputs, so that is not a problem to simply leave the SCARTs as unused features.
Am I missing anything that would prevent this receiver from working with free to air signals here in the states? They transmit linear polarized downlink frequencies in 10.7 - 12.2 GHz FSS band with symbol rates up to 30.000 MS/s and are unencrypted. My Invacom QPH-031 LNBF converts this to 950 - 1450 MHz which works fine with my digital satellite receiver that I currently have.
I have several issues with my current system, one is that my receiver does not support 8PSK signals and there are many channels which are switching to this now. Also, my last two DVD/HDD recorders have failed miserably for me (they worked great for about a year each, then died a horrible and grotesque death about 2 months after the warranty expired).
With the internal HDD and dual tuner of the AB IPBox 9000HD, I would have everything I need with a few advanced amenities.
If anyone can shed some light on this receiver, I would be very grateful for the information!
I would like to state that I am new to this site and this is my first post here. I hope that I have adhered to the rules as I was a little uncertain about the North American providers discussion. I assumed that this inferred the pay subscription providers.
I am not referring to the signals from these sources. The signals I receive are what we refer to as FTA (Free To Air) signals which are unencrypted and available to all. I understand that Europe has a very great selection of FTA broadcasts, so I hope that our stateside counterpart is acceptable to speak of here.
I am a member of a similar forum in the U.S. where the same rules apply, we generally refer to the negatives as "hack talk" and that is not allowed.
Thank you,
AcWxRADAR
