Vu+ Duo Clone - BH Tuner config

[friendzi]

got a duo clone sat here with latest Black hole image flashed to it

Im struggling to to find any services on 28.2e with tuner A set to single lnb with tuner b set to loopback

when the lnb is in tuner A i get no signal from the lnb when i look at the signal strength etc... but when plugged into tuner b i get a signal but still wont find any services with the tuner config visa versa

I must admit the dish is pretty knackered but i can find all services on my dm500 clone

ive scoured the net and done numerous config but nothing seems to work.

anybody have any ideas?

Thanks

 

[leemoo]

I was having similar problems with mine. I was trying to get it working with tuner A but ended up going with tuner B so if it is anything like mine stick with B. Also, when i first flashed mine with new BH image it wouldn't pick up channels so what i did was just unscrew the cable from tuner B and then plug it back in and try scan again. If that doesn't work just try putting it into tuner A and run a scan but cancel it after about 5 seconds and then put it back into tuner B and run scan. Sounds mad but this is how i got it working.
Or even try starting scan and then screw it in straight away as this also started picking up channels after me doing this as well.

 

[portbhoy]

Have you uploaded a service file to the box to see if that helps?

 

[friendzi]

I've tried tuner b but still no luck. By service file do you mean a satellite.xml?

 

[portbhoy]

I don't use blackhole but under the blue button or pluggins you will find downloads in there you will find settings download one for 28 east set tuner A to simple under that single then 28.2E send diseqc to no ok save settings turn tuner b to not configured reboot box and try bbc1.

 

[digi247]

On Blackhole its Green Button then Yellow Button to access Plugin downloads

 

[friendzi]

well ive just brought the duo round to the mother in laws and she has a sly hd receiver, just swapped the reciever overl to the duo, done a scan and still no services found, im starting to think its the reciver

 

[friendzi]

well thats strange, ive installed vix now and its currently scanning the services and finding them

 

[Ja5]

well thats strange, ive installed vix now and its currently scanning the services and finding them

sounds like no default services list installed, or some strange install lol Had a few problems with bh myself grrr

 

[friendzi]

well if it works ok its staying on the vix image

 

[friendzi]

Ok tuner b seems to work fine and locks onto the sat, but i can not get tuner a to lock on, im always getting tuner failed, could it be the tuner that is faulty?

 

[leemoo]

Someone correct me if I am wrong but would friendzi be able to put a loopback on tuner a and then try recording and also watch another channel on the same transponder and if both work this would prove the tuner is working ok? Would that be a fair test to do to see if it is the tuner at fault or not?

 

[eazi]

Sorry, if I'm asking a silly question but you do have 2 cables from your LNB to Duo?

The have Tuner A set to USALS / Fixed and Tuner B to 'same as Tuner A'

 

[IANB]

Sounds like a tuner driver issue in the BH image mate

 

[friendzi]

ok its a sky minidish with quad LNB, two cables running to the duo clone both tuners, running ViX-2.3.GM-vuduo from the website they give you on the sticker

works with cfg set up and tuner b single lnb and tuner a not configured


When i set tuner A to "SAME AS TUNE B", tuner b still works but then i tried to record itv hd, then switch to another channel on a different transponder and it obvisouly switched over to tuner a but has snr 0% and agc 0% which makes me think its an actual tuner problem, this has been the same on two seperate minidish setups with quad lnb ( mother in laws house and brother)

also tuner a will not lock to a sat whereas tuner b locks perfect

 

[IANB]

Very much looks like the tuner a is faulty. Return to sender m8

 

[friendzi]

thats what i thought, but sometimes on the satfind option i do sometimes get a signal but nothing even close to wanting to lock on. like the setup now on tuner b its locked solid snr83% agc 87% or thereabouts and surely if tuner a is set to be the same as tuner b its should be locked with the same snr and agc? which brings us back to a faulty tuner

 

[digidude]

set both tuners up seperatley

tuner A, simple, single, fixed @ 28.2
tuner B, simple, single, fixed @ 28.2

setting it as 'same as tuner A' activates an internal loopthru, which it why you will only be able to 'see' one transponder while recording

 

[friendzi]

tried that mate, still the same issue. setting it as 'same as tuner A' doesnt not stop me trying to record on a different transponder but when i try to record 1 channel then watch another its flicka to tuner a like it should but i have 0% snr and 0% agc

even in the satfind plugin in vix tuner b is locked solid but tuner a isnt. sometime it will have agc 99% but snr 0%

 

[digi247]

Just to confirm its not a tuner problem can you swap the cable from Tuner A to B and vice versa, this way if tuner A is locked and Tuner B is not it could be a cable issue or even a small strand of shielding on the inner core or worse that LNB input is kaput