DSE SD Set Top Box

[Kissing Lettuce]

Not a bad little product

Some questions though.

1.
It isn't mentioned much in the manual but where and how
do you upgrade the software for this. The STB has an
RS-232 serial port on the back. Anyone played around with
this feature?

2.
I can get ABC, ABC2, and ABC Adelaide, Nine Digital, Ten
Digital and the Ten Guide as well as the EPG. The only
channel I can't get is 7.

Anyone know of a decent indoor antenna for this STB? Everything
except channel 7 is working on this.

Oh and do any of the channels do Teletext?








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I drive the very latest hovercar
I don't know where you are
But I miss you so much till then
I met someone that looks a lot like you
She does the things you do but she is an IBM

She's only programmed to be very nice
But she's as cold as ice whenever I get too near
She tells me that she likes me very much
But when I try to touch she makes it all too clear

She's is the very latest in technology
Almost mythology but she has a heart of stone
She has an IQ of 1001
She has a jump suit on and she's also a telephone

Yours Truly 2095
(1981) E.L.O.

 

[Phil Allison]

"Kissing Lettuce"

Not a bad little product

** Yep - got one myself.

Some questions though.

1.
It isn't mentioned much in the manual but where and how
do you upgrade the software for this. The STB has an
RS-232 serial port on the back. Anyone played around with
this feature?

** Ask the nice folk at DSE - they have a phone number.

2.
I can get ABC, ABC2, and ABC Adelaide, Nine Digital, Ten
Digital and the Ten Guide as well as the EPG. The only
channel I can't get is 7.

** But where are you - in a country town ???

Anyone know of a decent indoor antenna for this STB? Everything
except channel 7 is working on this.

** No indoor antennal is good if you are in a fringe area or dead zone.

Oh and do any of the channels do Teletext?

Ch 7 does.



........ Phil

 

[Brissie]

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:44:18 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote:

Not a bad little product

Some questions though.

1.
It isn't mentioned much in the manual but where and how
do you upgrade the software for this. The STB has an
RS-232 serial port on the back. Anyone played around with
this feature?

2.
I can get ABC, ABC2, and ABC Adelaide, Nine Digital, Ten
Digital and the Ten Guide as well as the EPG. The only
channel I can't get is 7.

Does 7 Adelaide broadcast a digital signal?

 

[Phil Allison]

"Kissing Lettuce"

Phil Allison wrote:

** But where are you - in a country town ???

In the metro area. I don't think Salisbury is a fringe suburb
is it?

Anyone know of a decent indoor antenna for this STB? Everything
except channel 7 is working on this.

** No indoor antennal is good if you are in a fringe area or dead zone.


See above

** Above does not tell me if you are in a dead zone of dead spot.

Successful indoor antenna usage is a matter of pure serendipity - depending
on the actual building design, surrounding buildings and particular location
of the antenna.

However, if you have a viewable analogue pic - then the digital one ( if it
exists at all) should be fine.



........... Phil

 

[Kissing Lettuce]

Phil Allison wrote:

"Kissing Lettuce"
Not a bad little product

** Yep - got one myself.

I like it it's quite cool

Some questions though.

1.
It isn't mentioned much in the manual but where and how
do you upgrade the software for this. The STB has an
RS-232 serial port on the back. Anyone played around with
this feature?

** Ask the nice folk at DSE - they have a phone number.

I plan to do just that Phil

2.
I can get ABC, ABC2, and ABC Adelaide, Nine Digital, Ten
Digital and the Ten Guide as well as the EPG. The only
channel I can't get is 7.

** But where are you - in a country town ???

In the metro area. I don't think Salisbury is a fringe suburb
is it?

Anyone know of a decent indoor antenna for this STB? Everything
except channel 7 is working on this.

** No indoor antennal is good if you are in a fringe area or dead zone.

See above

Oh and do any of the channels do Teletext?

Ch 7 does.

Thanks Phil

 

[Chriz]

Once upon a time Kissing Lettuce decided to write:

Not a bad little product

Got one just yesterday. Happy with it so far.

Some questions though.

2.
I can get ABC, ABC2, and ABC Adelaide, Nine Digital, Ten
Digital and the Ten Guide as well as the EPG. The only
channel I can't get is 7.

Anyone know of a decent indoor antenna for this STB? Everything
except channel 7 is working on this.

You forgot about SBS and possibly any other special digital TV stations in
your city/town (Macquarie for me). All stations should also have a guide
station, not just Ten.

Oh and do any of the channels do Teletext?

I assume most do. Ten and Seven seems to have it when I checked.

A roof aerial is recommended, however if analogue reception was good you
should be able to easily get digital with an indoor aerial.

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[Hugh McGuinness]

Kissing Lettuce wrote:

2.
I can get ABC, ABC2, and ABC Adelaide, Nine Digital, Ten
Digital and the Ten Guide as well as the EPG. The only
channel I can't get is 7.

When I set up my mum's STB (different brand, with a roof aerial) it
wouldn't tune in channel 9. I had to connect it directly to the aerial
feed (rather than have it daisy-chained after a VCR and a DVD recorder)
to tune it successfully - I think the VCR was just too much of a drain
on the signal strength. This _could_ be your problem.

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Hugh - to reply, don't c me

 

[Kevin Hendrikssen]

"Kissing Lettuce" <sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:429E95AA.43021C9F@internode.on.net...

Anyone know of a decent indoor antenna for this STB? Everything
except channel 7 is working on this.

Some people have had success using amplified indoor antennas from DSE. If it
doesn't help they'll give you a refund too.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:44:18 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> put finger to keyboard and
composed:

It isn't mentioned much in the manual but where and how
do you upgrade the software for this. The STB has an
RS-232 serial port on the back. Anyone played around with
this feature?

FWIW, here are the corresponding instructions for a Legend model LSD2
STB. At the very least you'll get a laugh out of them.

=====================================================================
Put the cursor on the Factory Setting instruction to enter its submenu
and which shows us as:
Entry needs cypher

System info: to show the software version, date etc. related
information

Restore default: to reset the installation. Note: all the data former
your set will be cleared if you confirm the reset

Software update: to update your built-in software of the device
through PC to box or box to box the two manners; the following is the
operation steps of an instance:

PC to box: connect the serial data interfaces of the PC and the box
with serial cable and make sure that the two interfaces are accordant;
dblclick the '.exe program upgrade.exe as right side

Open the Setup menu and select the correct interface on your computer
(as the right illustration interface COM 1 is illustrated);

Press the OK instruction to pitch on the COM1

Force down the icon UPGRADE to spring out the dialog box with words
"upgrade progress"

Turn off the box and then turn it on to choose the PC to box
instruction to start the upgrade and the upgrading program will be
downloaded to the box.
Restart the box to complete the upgrading.

Box to box: do not connect the serial cable firstly. To pitch on the
instruction of Box to Box in the menu of Software Upgrade, define one
the box that owns higher version software as the master and the other
as the slave; to display the Master Box phrase on the master box,
press the OK key to wait until the monitor display "downloading..."
character. The same operation on the slave box to show the
"Receiving..: character; then to connect the serial cable well to
download the software and the screen will show the pace of download.
After download, the monitor of the slave box shows "Burning...". After
burning, the slave monitor turns into blank screen; the upgrade has
been accomplished

Note: The two descriptions above-mentioned just belong to the samples.
Serve for the reference only. Attention that the process of upgrade
does not allow the power cutting or the STB will be damaged
=====================================================================


- Franc Zabkar
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[Bazil]

I think that belongs in the Chinglish thread...

 

[Phil Allison]

"Bazil"

I think that belongs in the Chinglish thread...

** Staff ( et management) at DSE wisely elected to write their own handbook
for the DSE STB.

How hard can it be for someone to take home the Asian manual and a sample
of the product to play with for a few days - then write out all the
ambiguities and delete all the silly / unneeded stuff.




.......... Phil

 

[AndiP]

** But where are you - in a country town ???


In the metro area. I don't think Salisbury is a fringe suburb
is it?

Next to Elizabeth. May as well be in Port Agutta.

 

[Lord-Data]

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"Phil Allison" <philallison@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:3g7j5gFb31uoU1@individual.net...

"Kissing Lettuce"
Not a bad little product


** Yep - got one myself.


Some questions though.

1.
It isn't mentioned much in the manual but where and how
do you upgrade the software for this. The STB has an
RS-232 serial port on the back. Anyone played around with
this feature?


** Ask the nice folk at DSE - they have a phone number.

You can also email the support email addy from the dse webpage, they will
email you back the firmware .. I got an update for mine the other day.. You
will need a null modem cable to do the upgrade tho, and DSE no longer sell
these ..

2.
I can get ABC, ABC2, and ABC Adelaide, Nine Digital, Ten
Digital and the Ten Guide as well as the EPG. The only
channel I can't get is 7.


** But where are you - in a country town ???


Anyone know of a decent indoor antenna for this STB? Everything
except channel 7 is working on this.


** No indoor antennal is good if you are in a fringe area or dead zone.


Oh and do any of the channels do Teletext?


Ch 7 does.



....... Phil

 

[Chriz]

Once upon a time Lord-Data decided to write:

You can also email the support email addy from the dse webpage, they
will email you back the firmware .. I got an update for mine the
other day.. You will need a null modem cable to do the upgrade tho,
and DSE no longer sell these ..

Is the firmware actually necessary?

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[Lord-Data]

I havnt installed it yet .. still yet to actually get a null modem cable
I've had no issues with mine .. works flawlessly, never crashed or failed ..
I dunno whats added in the firmware ..

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"Chriz" <chrizizhereALL_YOUR_HARDWARE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:429efa5c@duster.adelaide.on.net...

Once upon a time Lord-Data decided to write:

You can also email the support email addy from the dse webpage, they
will email you back the firmware .. I got an update for mine the
other day.. You will need a null modem cable to do the upgrade tho,
and DSE no longer sell these ..

Is the firmware actually necessary?

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I actually used to work for DSE Powerhouse. All I can say is their DSE
branded STB's are rubbish.

Your pretty lucky, considering most that bought them, returned them
with faults.

 

[steam3801]

On 2 Jun 2005 17:44:45 -0700, cmwmjt@netspace.net.au - in a blinding
flash of brilliance - wrote:

I actually used to work for DSE Powerhouse. All I can say is their DSE
branded STB's are rubbish.

Your pretty lucky, considering most that bought them, returned them
with faults.

<Reviews cmwmjt's previous posting history ..... Wonders : now why am
I thinking about a credibility issue here .....>

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ASCII a silly question, get a silly ANSI

 

Kissing Lettuce wrote:

Not a bad little product

I find the debouncing of the on/off key on the box and the remote

really bad. I try and press the button to turn the set off and most of
the time it turns off and then back on again.

 

[Chriz]

Once upon a time dean@impartsp.com.au decided to write:

Kissing Lettuce wrote:
Not a bad little product

I find the debouncing of the on/off key on the box and the remote
really bad. I try and press the button to turn the set off and most
of the time it turns off and then back on again.

Well the Teac ones cost the same (around $148). Anyone own one of these? If
so, are they good or would you know if they're better than the DSE ones. I
may buy another in the future and may try the Teac one.

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[Kevin Hendrikssen]

"Kissing Lettuce" <sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:429FE82D.4365D736@internode.on.net...

Now correct me if I am wrong but I have found if the quality
of the signal drops below 50% the box drops that channel
and the screen says "Bad or no signal"

Yet I find when that happens the signal level is still around 60%
despite the quality level being around 50 or 55%. This is my
experience when trying to get channel 7 digital....

I wonder if that aspect of the unit could be hacked a bit
to make it less picky?

Yes, get a better antenna.

Alternatively, try another brand of STB and hope for a more sensitive tuner.