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Hi guys, I impulsively bought a cheap DP-Lite 500Gb recently, but the purpose has sort of dematerialised. It came without a remote, so selling it even very cheaply might be a challenge. I'm wondering if anyone would want the machine, or might have a compatible remote for it. I don't want to see it l...

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Thanks Peter

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Hi again Legends,

I'm wondering what the go-to version of firmware is for a DP-Lite(500G), and where I might download it from?

Cheers,
Steve

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The 525 looks a bit like a cut-down 785 (which IMO was Logitech's best IR Harmony remote). You can have many more commands on screen buttons than is immediately obvious from the image of the 525. The two buttons below the screen allow you to page through screens with other button definitions. So yo...

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Can you assign a database code to any button, say buttons 1 and 2 for speakers A and B? Any command can be assigned to practically any button or command sequence. The screen can normally be assigned any command or sequence as well. That's great, thank again. This will be a far easier way to get a f...

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MrQuade and Gully, you are both legends. Thank you. How does the availability of physical buttons on a Harmony affect what codes you can utilise from what's available in the equipment database? The 525 has an LCD with surrounding buttons which I gather can be programmed to less common features like ...

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Hi all, I have an RX-V757 I acquired and I'm using it for around the house audio, particularly outside speakers. I'm having trouble using it to full potential as I couldn't find the remote control in the skip from where I recovered it. :D I am thinking about either grabbing a used Harmony to code up...

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I bought a Philips Prestigo for a cheap experiment years ago when Dick Smith were heading into the red. I quite liked it, and when setting up a second viewing room I tracked down three more on eBay for next to nothing. The programming is a bit mind-bending... but once set up they have a nice feel an...

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One struggle I had is that related settings are not always in the same menu location. There's also some new terminology, plus the far broader feature set and scope of settings. It does get far easier and once dialled in to your preferences it's a fine machine to use... however even now will agree th...

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Are your autotimers set to only respond to matches in your Favourites bouquet? Prior to learning of the need to do this I was getting numerous duplicate recordings.

Cheers, Steve

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A few rules of thumb: Set Beyonwiz volume level to about 95% and do not change it. (Achieves equivalent volume between AC3 and MPEG audio.) Prefer AC3 audio over any other format. Prefer MPEG audio over AAC. Thanks for this summary of best practice. I've been chasing a slightly grainy/clipped audio...

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Thanks MrQ... I don't use the supplied remote so totally missed that one

Thanks Geoff... I always forget to check out the web-interface for extra/different settings/presentation.

I always very much appreciate both of your help

Cheers, Steve

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A few rules of thumb: Set Beyonwiz volume level to about 95% and do not change it. (Achieves equivalent volume between AC3 and MPEG audio.) Prefer AC3 audio over any other format. Prefer MPEG audio over AAC. Thanks for this summary of best practice. I've been chasing a slightly grainy/clipped audio...

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Thanks Peter. I figured that the drive would be well fast enough, but some interfaces are slow in "cheaper" devices like entry level surveillance NVRs.

Given I'm wired and the machines both go no lower than Standby, it sounds like I should give it a try.

Cheers, Steve

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Gurus, I have two V2s and they are on a wired network. One has a 1TB drive and soon to have four tuners. The other has only two tuners and I've just been tooling around with a small drive I had lying around. To assist the girl find her shows, I was thinking that maybe I could use the "main/mast...

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Time to test again. Ensure no other recordings are in play. Set off an instant recording on 7HD - bring up the EPG, select the current event, press GREEN>>GREEN. Set off one on 9GemHD, scroll to the current event and select it, then GREEN>>GREEN. Now try zapping to 9HD - you should have success. Sa...

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Thanks MrQ and Geoff... I'll give that a run and see what happens. Don't know if to re-enable Fallback. Maybe I'll wait as it might be introducing complexity that makes any potential further diagnosis tricky.

Mega thanks again legends

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I did have Multiple Bouquets turned off. I turned it on, went to the EPG, selected Favourites then zapped a broadcast. Now if I select EPG I have to select the Bouquet I want. This is not a popular arrangement with my partner, and I don't like it much either... Turn off 'Show bouquet on launch' in ...

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I did have Multiple Bouquets turned off.

I turned it on, went to the EPG, selected Favourites then zapped a broadcast. Now if I select EPG I have to select the Bouquet I want. This is not a popular arrangement with my partner, and I don't like it much either...

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Favourites did not disappear or need repopulating:

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Location Scan produces:

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OK... stand by for tannies and man-tears

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Just out of curiosity: - is there a way to check whether I have a problem with the LCNs, rather than rescanning and re-doing my Favourites? - in Perth, which of the duplicate broadcasts are best used? I have found that the lower ones seem to have a more reliable EPG, however I may be smoking my sock...

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20 seconds later you are zapped to GO, and the same deal, it looks like you aren't using a local tuner for live viewing. Taking another look at the screenshots, it appears the zap to 9Go! wasn't successful as the watermark visible in the background is from 9Gem. Perhaps because it is recording from...

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I assume that you don't actually have a second Beyonwiz T, U or V series box on your network at the moment? Yeah I do have two V2s networked MrQ. I had previously set up Fallback, but thought I turned it off as I was experiencing weirdness like the post topic. I still can't work out the machine log...

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All you need to do is go into your Terrestrial LCN bouquet, and select a channel you want as a favourite and them press MENU and select the option to copy it to your Favourites bouquet. Repeat for all the channels you want in Favourites. Once you have populated your Favourites bouquet, you can swit...

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MrQuade wrote: ↑
Mon May 04, 2020 00:55

Barboots wrote: ↑
Mon May 04, 2020 00:49
Will recordings be in HD?
Yes, it can receive HD broadcasts, and the V2 will just record whatever data it receives.

The "HD" capability is really up to the V2.

This I can understand perfectly

Thanks mate.

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You could easily be right about the bouquets. They are not intuitive to set up as default. I actually wiped the V2 to try to fix the problem I had previously, however it sounds like I have recreated mistakes in a different way. Oddly enough I'm at least finding the correct shows recorded now. I thou...

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Will recordings be in HD?

Cheers, Steve

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Hi all, I have documented a problem I have noted previously. I'm recording 7HD. I'm recording 9GemHD. I can not watch 9HD. I can watch ABC News and SBS HD. I am not in Timeshift and do not have external tuners, nor is Fallback currently set. Is this correct operation? Pictures are in the reverse ord...

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Peter:

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Thanks MrQ, Geoff and Peter, I will set as suggested. I really don't think I changed it, but accept it's possible. If it is actually what I want, am I stuck with duplicates of the resulting recordings? Part of my wipe/refresh initiative was to eradicate glitches I suspected to be with channel mappin...

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What do you have for the 'Timeshift save action on Zap' setting (MENU>>Setup>>TV>>Timeshift settings)? Hi Geoff. It's definitely still default. I think I recall it being "save", but will check. I can see that changing this may remedy the immediate problem, but then means that if the chann...

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Apologies... the image sequence is reversed.

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I had my two V2s mostly working to my satisfaction, but believed that some rookie set-up errors had left a legacy and I felt it easier to factory reset and start again. I also updated the firmware via the GUI to Build 28191106, 19.3-273-g6f501ae I again struggled with the unduly unintuitive method o...

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If you want to record from more different broadcasters on a V2, add a USB (perhaps dual) tuner. Yes, this is perfectly clear... now. However this being a V2 specific thread, content within indicated that a second V2 offered me an overall better solution. What U and T Series machines can achieve wit...

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I've been using it for a while between the U4 and the T3 quite successfully. Deliberately recorded on 5 networks to prove it works. You can only have one fallback tuner, and when you are on the fallback, it can only be used for live viewing. No recording, and no timeshift. I've been tearing my non-...

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FWIW I set up Google Family, bought the Dream EPG for $12, and loaded it on a few devices. I'm pretty happy with it

Cheers, Steve

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It does, sort of. Bouquets (TV)>>Favourites (TV) The "on now" is listed for each service in the bouquet. Select a service and the events for the next 7 days are listed, select an event and you can add a timer. Thanks for that Geoff... I gave up on it a little too quickly. Here's some comp...

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Chrome with OWIF? Thanks Peter... I learnt something that will be useful by looking at that. The "mobile view" doesn't appear to have the EPG feature. Switching to the full desktop version offers the EPG, however the formatting is still a bit unwieldy for "prospecting" for items...

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Overall, I'm quite happy with the basic functionality of WizOS as a link between my V2s and Android phone. It does everything and handles the two boxes fine. However the EPG is quite unfriendly in its formatting unless you turn the phone to landscape, and even then it's hard to pick out the broadcas...

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I am Iron Idiot.

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Could a kind soul please go back a few steps and explain HDMI-IN, and methods for accessing it?

Cheers, Steve

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Is there anything beneficial for the average user in this update? It sounds like it would be easy to give it a miss

Cheers, Steve

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MrQuade wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 23, 2019 12:32

Barboots wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:09
I considered that my long-term idle NAS would have cooled down considerably through lack of disk activity and processing.
The fact that it is cooling is a good half of the problem.

So I should have it set to back up PronHub to keep it busy?

OK... I'll disable spin-down.

Cheers, Steve

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HDDs hate power and thermal cycling more than anything else - just let them run. Would this apply to a lesser degree in the context of a domestic NAS compared to a data centre? I considered that my long-term idle NAS would have cooled down considerably through lack of disk activity and processing. ...

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Definitely keep up the interesting discussion, however I'd only buy the exact device that Beyonwiz sell. I figured it was a long shot, but there's always a chance

As always, thank you.
Steve

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Before buying one new, I thought I'd ask if anyone has a dual USB tuner they would like to sell?

Cheers, Steve

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Yes I'd certainly offer it to Mark before discarding it, and that seems like how it will go.

Cheers, Steve

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