wheelz Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Coles at northlands (perth) have a heap for anyone looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick19691503562406 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 looking for one in Melb? Any ideas anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthSeeker Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 looking for one in Melb? Any ideas anyone? Yeah, saw some in my local Coles this morning. But they are now $69. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick19691503562406 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 And which Coles would that be ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Nebular Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I went to Noble Park Coles in VIC but they were $69 and only standard def. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryd Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 If you find a fix, let me know please. The time on mine has been jumping ahead one hour, on several occasions. I would reset the time to QLD time, then press the epg button and after about 30 seconds it would advance the time by one hour. Sometimes it would advance after a couple of hours had passed. I phoned the Yale Prima number 1300 366 155 to see if they knew of this problem and was told that they did. I spoke to Sam who advised me that a firmware update would be available on a cd in a week or two and took my name and phone number and told me he would advise when the f/w is ready to be sent out. So anyone concerned about this time glitch should phone Yale Prima and also leave their name and number to be able to receive the update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) I have found my unit generates quite a bit of heat when in standby. I have an AWA SD STB and a Fortec Star Ultra Satellite STB and both standby at about 1/3rd of the temperature of the MTV. At least it has a rocker switch on the back so that I can turn it off. Perhaps it is the voltage regulators? Anyone else noticed theirs gets hot? Edited March 19, 2009 by Fatty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryd Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Also when I was talking to Yale Prima about the time fault I asked if the timer settings could be modified to be able to set a duration for the timer event, although setting one timer to sleep every day at midnight seems to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pneu Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Does this STB have a native passthrough video mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderwa Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) any else having volume issues ? I have no other sd or hd boxes to compare against, but different channels seem to have wildly different audio volume levels. Is this a SD vs HD broadcast issue, an antenna reception issue, or an issue with the tuner itself ? It doesn't help that the hugely long volume control via the remote is so slow to adjust the volume (on that hugely long volume slider). It makes channel surfing rather hopeless and frustrating. any info much appreciated. edit: cheers for your comments pneu. I forgot to add that I'm just using the rca/composite outputs. Edited March 21, 2009 by enderwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pneu Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 any else having volume issues ?I have no other sd or hd boxes to compare against, but different channels seem to have wildly different audio volume levels. Is this a SD vs HD broadcast issue, an antenna reception issue, or an issue with the tuner itself ? It doesn't help that the hugely long volume control via the remote is so slow to adjust the volume (on that hugely long volume slider). It makes channel surfing rather hopeless and frustrating. any info much appreciated. I'm guessing the box doesn't compensate for the volume difference between MPEG and dolby digital audio tracks. I had a Topfield 7100 HDPVR and it had the same problem, volume levels were so out of whack between SD/HD channels it was intolerable so I got rid of it. Other HD boxes I've had did not suffer the problem. Looks like this box is off my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy001503563112 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 having trouble setting up my set top box is there any special trick to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin 2905 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 having trouble setting up my set top box is there any special trick to it Perhaps post #7 has the answer that you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy001503563112 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Before you give up on it if you think it's not working press with the "res" button and cycle through the different resolutions. were is the res button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin 2905 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 were is the res button I assume that it's on the remote somewhere. I don't have one of these boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeathome Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 It's the small grey button on the lower LHS of the remote just above the red and the green buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeathome Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 any else having volume issues ?I have no other sd or hd boxes to compare against, but different channels seem to have wildly different audio volume levels. Is this a SD vs HD broadcast issue, an antenna reception issue, or an issue with the tuner itself ? It doesn't help that the hugely long volume control via the remote is so slow to adjust the volume (on that hugely long volume slider). It makes channel surfing rather hopeless and frustrating. any info much appreciated. edit: cheers for your comments pneu. I forgot to add that I'm just using the rca/composite outputs. I got two of these last week for family members. Both are using RCA outputs. Volume does change slightly when changing channels but hardly enough to be noticeable (unless you're looking for it). I would try to exchange your box if you can. But I also have a Topfield TF7100 and don't see volume changes with that either - have had many other issues but not that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st3dm4n Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Went into a local coles today, but I wasn't too sure if the set-top box was the MTV HD one as theres no mention of it on the box. Just wondering if anyone out there could help me out if this actual one was the HD one. The model number on the front of the box ended in "767" Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeathome Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Went into a local coles today, but I wasn't too sure if the set-top box was the MTV HD one as theres no mention of it on the box.Just wondering if anyone out there could help me out if this actual one was the HD one. The model number on the front of the box ended in "767" Thanks in advance. The HD STB sold in Coles near me is model MTV819. It has the words "HD Set Top Box" written prominently on 5 of its 6 sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryd Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 The HD STB sold in Coles near me is model MTV819. It has the words "HD Set Top Box" written prominently on 5 of its 6 sides. It is model MTV 819 named HD set top box, I noticed coles has now priced them at $119 so you may have to wait a few months for them to be on special again if they ever have a bulk shipment , most likely if they have only a few left they will drop the price again to clear them. I have picked up a couple of HDD MTV 250H machines this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryd Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 As to the time issue although I am in Qld I have set mine to NSW/ACT time zone marked +10 hrs and it has not advanced 1 hour for 4 days now, I have tried all the other T/Z's and they jump forward or backward by 1 hour almost instantly. still waiting patiently the f/w upgrade advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderwa Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 based in WA if that makes any difference. I've noticed a few issues with time and the EPG:- time - seems to hope about a bit (brief #i# epg) epg - quite often gets confused (esp when channel swapping) showing either the previous channel's now and next (or worse still a combination of the current and previously selected stations now and next) program listings. epg - showing stupid times like 00:00 for both now and next program listings (full epg via button) I can't recall the full details but whenever I've tried to use it, I scroll across to the rhs for a particular channel and never seem to get a full listing for most channels (i.e. i can see what was on from the start of the day, but not that evening's programming schedule) . any news on firmware updates ? how would these be applied ? Digifusion via 4TV had a great system back in the UK (for the full 7day EPG and firmware updates). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw68 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Coles have an MTV High Definition set top box with HDMI on sale for $49.0012/03/2009 to 18/03/2009 http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/10729 My elderly friend bought one of these MTV819 units and has now asked me to help install it. I connected the the antenna socket on the lounge room wall to the STB and the 3 output RCA connectors (1 video and 2 audio) to the same connectors on the TV. Then switched on the STB and the TV. I get a very lousy picture on the TV which appears to be the Menu but all pixelated, and with multiple overlaps and in very pale colour. I then noticed a small green light glowing on the RHS of the display on the STB. In tiny printed writing alongside the light it says: "ERROR". The light is not mentioned in the User Manual, as far as I can see, and so I have no idea what the error might be. Can anyone tell me please? I can't find a manufacture's phone number or web site either! Otherwise, I wouldn't be having to make this - my first post. Can anyone supply this information too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeathome Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I stepped on the remote and its irrepairable. Anybody know where to get a replacement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth1503562821 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I stepped on the remote and its irrepairable. Anybody know where to get a replacement? You could either get a universal remote or order one from a Coles Supermarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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