Re: OT - Sommet digital tv tuner
Nick Rout wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Barry barr...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Hi all, This may be off topic, but there are plenty of gurus who read this list and are interested in tv. My tuner is a Sommet, Code: SHDNZ1. It appears to be a specialised computer.The code running it is held in flash memory, and updates are available to be run from a computer connected to the unit with a serial crossover cable. So far no indication of what the underlying operating system, if any, is. Now to my problems. 1. the clock keeps getting out of sync with the real world. 2. sometimes the number buttons on the remote fail to change to another channel, this can have various effects - unable to select any channel, unable to select 1 channel only, banner showing chosen channel appears but no info and no change. 3. Sometimes the remote fails to work. (NO its not a battery problem) In general the only way to get the unit working properly again is to switch off power and allow it to reboot. Turning off and back on using the power button on the remote usually results in a tv with no channel selected and no display. BTW the tuner is 1 approved by Freeview. General performance is frustrating. Before I try to return it, is anyone else using this tuner, any comments on any of tuners on the market, or other war stories. Any comments appreciated I see this is a set top box. Have you got the latest firmware? I was told so when I bought it last October. Rang Bond and Bond who told me to take it direct to Tisco. They wanted $$$ to look at it which I refuse to pay, so they sent me back to Bond and Bond who are now looking at my problems. Their phone service left much to be desired. Also there are various forums more suited to this discussion, not that I mind it here but you might find more people wth these on, say, geekzone or the nz digital tv forum?
Re: OT - Sommet digital tv tuner
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Barry barr...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Nick Rout wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Barry barr...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Hi all, This may be off topic, but there are plenty of gurus who read this list and are interested in tv. My tuner is a Sommet, Code: SHDNZ1. It appears to be a specialised computer.The code running it is held in flash memory, and updates are available to be run from a computer connected to the unit with a serial crossover cable. So far no indication of what the underlying operating system, if any, is. Now to my problems. 1. the clock keeps getting out of sync with the real world. 2. sometimes the number buttons on the remote fail to change to another channel, this can have various effects - unable to select any channel, unable to select 1 channel only, banner showing chosen channel appears but no info and no change. 3. Sometimes the remote fails to work. (NO its not a battery problem) In general the only way to get the unit working properly again is to switch off power and allow it to reboot. Turning off and back on using the power button on the remote usually results in a tv with no channel selected and no display. BTW the tuner is 1 approved by Freeview. General performance is frustrating. Before I try to return it, is anyone else using this tuner, any comments on any of tuners on the market, or other war stories. Any comments appreciated I see this is a set top box. Have you got the latest firmware? I was told so when I bought it last October. Rang Bond and Bond who told me to take it direct to Tisco. They wanted $$$ to look at it which I refuse to pay, so they sent me back to Bond and Bond who are now looking at my problems. Their phone service left much to be desired. Also there are various forums more suited to this discussion, not that I mind it here but you might find more people wth these on, say, geekzone or the nz digital tv forum? well what firmware does it have? google points me here http://sommetdigital.co.nz/hd_digital_tv_receiver.htm and I assume you have been there. The latest firmware seems to be magello_sommeti_v1.16_080919.bin
Re: OT: Dreaming of O'Reilly manuals
Stalks?? Surely you mean Storks On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:40:03 Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: I had a dream on Sunday that I found the O'Reilly In A Nutshell manual on child raising written by Linus and Tove Torvalds. I was strangely disappointed when I woke up. Has anyone got thoughts on this odd event? Yes I'd like to know what the cover picture is? Perhaps this would be appropriate? http://www.icanhasmotivation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/parenting-520 x416.jpg Like most O'Reilly covers it was white and pink with a picture of some animals. Possibly stalks. -- Quote of the login: My reason tells me that land cannot be sold - nothing can be sold but such things as can be carried away. Black Hawk, (Saulk)
Re: OT: Dreaming of O'Reilly manuals
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:15:45 Olwen Williams wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:40:03 Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: I had a dream on Sunday that I found the O'Reilly In A Nutshell manual on child raising written by Linus and Tove Torvalds. I was strangely disappointed when I woke up. Has anyone got thoughts on this odd event? Yes I'd like to know what the cover picture is? Perhaps this would be appropriate? http://www.icanhasmotivation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/parenting- 520 x416.jpg Like most O'Reilly covers it was white and pink with a picture of some animals. Possibly stalks. Stalks?? Surely you mean Storks I'm a phonetic speller. Usually I can tell which spelling style to use by the context and the origin of the word but that was a tough one. Next time I'll tell my self not like grass. -- Quote of the login: Either I'm dead or my watch has stopped. -- Groucho Marx's last words signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
