VU+ DUO 4K SE : can this have two tuners in it? DVB-S2X + DVB-T2 - Does it have CI+ slot? Can it do Multistream?

[Nalleman]

I would wish to bring the Vantage 8000 here out of retirement, the front panel is superb and the picture quality was somewhat better than receivers of the era. It was a slow machine though and awkward menus.

I actually have a new one too. Not much use for it but I have a friend who wants to get German channels on Astra at 19 E so maybe he will get it.

 

[sophie101]

Ok I am sold on the Duo 4k se.

I spent days reading about blind scan on FBC tuners and this looks like a dead-end for me.

I will be gutted ( and my son will get angry) if his favourite channels cannot be found. My 2019 26" Philips TV seems to do a blind scan of the TPs remarkably well. Takes 30 mins per LNB.

The Octogon SF8008 (1Gbps NIC) and the Edison MIO+ MS (100Mbps NIC) are the choices.

Makes me wonder if I can use oscam for a Fransat card in an Edison , but activate it in a TV with the Fransat CAM. Or I am lucky and get the multistream on my 60cm dish from 5W and won't need a card for a few years.

The Edison MIO+ 4K S2X is not an FBC tuner :-)

Is this a better idea?

 

[sophie101]

I just bought an Edison Mio+ 4k MS from amazon. Will take a week to get here, which is unusual for amazon.


Next step need an image to install.

I wish to:

- modify the scan steps in MHz, and the symbol rate interval. By increments of 0.25 Mhz would be excellent.

- see if I can get a Fransat PC7 activated card working. Does oscam do this or is there a better option?

 

[sophie101]

I just bought an Edison Mio+ 4k MS from amazon. Will take a week to get here, which is unusual for amazon.


Next step need an image to install.

I wish to:

- modify the scan steps in MHz, and the symbol rate interval. By increments of 0.25 Mhz would be excellent.

- see if I can get a Fransat PC7 activated card working. Does oscam do this or is there a better option?

I shall start a new thread for this.

 

[cokeaddict]

Just a heads up, you will not find any E2 receiver that officially supports Ci+ for the simple fact that Ci+ will not licence any E2 equipment.

Any box you buy will either require an image with "borrowed" Ci+ licence files included in the image (Vti) or you will need to install the Ci+ helper files package for whichever image you choose to use.

As for blindscan, it doesn't work on any FBC tuner.

 

[sophie101]

Just a heads up, you will not find any E2 receiver that officially supports Ci+ for the simple fact that Ci+ will not licence any E2 equipment.

Any box you buy will either require an image with "borrowed" Ci+ licence files included in the image (Vti) or you will need to install the Ci+ helper files package for whichever image you choose to use.

As for blindscan, it doesn't work on any FBC tuner.

Hi,
Last night I bought an Edison instead of the VU+ Dio 4k, because it was not a FBC tuner. Gives me blind scan.
Do you know if OpenVix has the borrowed CI+ licence files, or is this part of the oscam plugin?

 

[cokeaddict]

Hi,
Last night I bought an Edison instead of the VU+ Dio 4k, because it was not a FBC tuner. Gives me blind scan.
Do you know if OpenVix has the borrowed CI+ licence files, or is this part of the oscam plugin?

No it's not part of oscam plugin.

You will need to do a search as no idea if openvix has the ci+helperfiles

 

[EnoSat]

It is possible to insert a CI plugin into each enigma, but since EDISION does not have a CI slot, it is useless.
The plugin is used only because of the CAM, not because of the card.

 

[sophie101]

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[daro2096]

Hi,

I will never use FBC - it uses a unicable and I have a 4 x LNBs into a switch.

Their web site was pretty unclear about the CI or CI+ slots. Fransat dropped CI and moved to CI+ a while ago.

Same for the multistream.

It's vague

You don't need a unicable LNB to take advantage of FBC. It is true that without a unicable LNB you are limited but even with a universal LNB You can record channels from up to 4 different transponders as long as they are all the same band and polarity on one wired input.

I believe this is correct. Someone more knowledgeable will be able to confirm or dispute but I think I am correct. If tuners B, C, and D are connected to tuner A tuners B to D will mirror the same band and polarity. For example if you record for example BBC 1 North East HD that is low band horizontal you can record ITV1 Tyne Tees on tuner B, Channel 5 HD on tuner C, and CNN HD on tuner D plus any other channels from those 4 transponders on Astra 2 as long as your recording device is capable of keeping up with the data transfer.

 

[sophie101]

I don't record anything. I just channel hop each evening

I got an Edision mio 4k plus in the end.