STARVIEW BOX - FANTASTIC! BUT 1 SMALL PROB..

"When i did up my house I ran a coax cable from the bedroom ntl box down into the kitchen/conservatory where I have an 26"lcd on the wall; this worked great from the TV out on the back of the old ntl box meaning what ever channel was on upstairs could be watched in the kitchen also. However, I have now connected the coax to the tv out on the starview box & all I can now get downstairs (after lots of fine tuning) is a good picture but with terrible crackely sound which is impossible to hear over the hissing noise."

I have someone comming out to run coax from my starview box to my bedroom tv on thursday!! If i set the audio to PAL I will this prevent the noise problems as reported above?

 

Yes.

 

your help would be appreciated!

 

i solved my problem by buying another starbox which i mounted above the lcd in the kitchen/conservatory with a coax coming via a splitter from the n*l box in my bedroom - i now have 267 channels in the conservatory & the wife can independently watch via the n*l box in the bedroom. PUUURRFECT!

Im not sure that setting the sound to PAL will solve the tv out sount problems from the starview box. I have been told that they have notoriously poor tv output signal therefore your best bet is to use a 2 or three way splitter & buy another box then you can watch whatever on all tellys.

 

PAL I is the system used in the UK, any other setting moves the sound carrier off frequency and cause buzzing/hissing sound.

 

Hi There

Just a big thank you to all those who gave me tha advice that I needed.(skywatcher, fekker, randycat and theberm)
The unit is now working just great. It turned out that the unit was loaded with software version 258 (the latest?) which may have some bugs in it.
I reflashed with 257 and it worked 1st time.
I understand that version 259 is now available but on the basis that 'if it aint broke dont fix it' i'll leave well alone

Best Regards

 

star veiw (help) it keeps showing flash update fail after i press download im getting now where does any one know what to do many thanks.

 

Make dure you have a NULL MODEM cable and that the COM PORT on GTLOADER is the same as your pc and you won't fail.

 

THANKS MATE NEE GOOD IVE TRYED EVERYTHING ITS GANNING BACK SEEMS LIKE A DODGY BOX TO ME IVE EVEN USED 4 COMPUTERS WITH NO JOY CHEERS TREV.

 

Hi, I found the wholesaller selling Starview and with new software at very good price. http://www.i'manidiot.com edited by ddp

 

Hi just a quick question before i buy my starview. Roughly how often do the boxes go down and need updates installed, Any help would be much appreciated, thanks

 

ive had mine 8 months and its never gone down even when the others in the area have. the sv box is the tops once you get to know it.

 

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Originally posted by goodgerj:
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hi there just bought a starview box got it all up and running the only thing im having a problem is that most of the channels are locked like sky movies , sky sports etc.
please can someone help alot of money for what it is if i only get channels 1 2 3 4 5
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Once your scan has completed, either press exit or power off to get out of the screen, then go to Menu and select parental control, from the parental control screen press info button and then put the code 2004 in. This will bring up the hidden option screen.
At this point you need to go down to key emu and put to (on)
Now press exit till you get back to the TV picture.
Change channel to a scrambled channel and wait for the update to run, normally takes about ten to fifteen seconds. When update is complete all channels should be clear.


My problem is that when i go to the parental control screen and press the info button, nothing happens. This is meant to bring up the hidden option screen. but it doesnt come up. is there something i can do because im missing lots of channels...please please please help. if anyone has any suggestions please email me on gooeylue@hotmail.com...happy paddys day

 

press menu 1570 and it will take u there

 

press menu 1570 and it will take u there

 

pressing 1570 still doesnt do anything. how else do i turn emu on. one more wuestion. i didnt get a Null modem cable with the box or a c.d. where do i buy these? and does it matter that i bought the box in the uk and i live in ireland. im really confused..please help

 

Do a factory reset on your Starview. Press MENU & 1570 quickly to bring up the hidden menu. You can buy Null Modem cables on ebay or from Maplin's http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=13509&doy=15m3
it dosen't matter where you bought your box from, they all work the same.