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Hello,
I am trying to use the Vulkano with over the air channels coming through an RCA digital to analog convertor.
The Vulkano displays the TV signal fine and the generic RCA remote code works to control the device.
However, a big problem is that since the OTA channels are digital, changing channels requires entering "27-1" instead of just 27 (for example).
Is there a way I can tell the Vulkano to always enter "X-1" instead of just "X" when I try to change channels in the EPG? Without the "-1" the device does not actually change the channel. Are any other workarounds possible to make digital channel changing work?
Thanks for your help.
1:33 am
August 26, 2011
REQUEST: Add 'Never' to the 'Keep Alive' options.
I always keep my TV-connected Vulkano Blast on Remote TV streaming, but I don't want to keep the remote STB alive all the time. I only want to send a wakeupcommand before streaming or recording, but I can't enable this feature only as I am forced to choose an interval between 30 mins to 3 hours to keep my STB alive as well. This will cause my live feed to stream continuously, which I don't want because I'm not watching TV 24/7. It's a waste of my internet data usage.
9:26 am
August 26, 2011
REQUEST: add option to import XMLTV data to set up your own TV guide
This will give non US/Canada Vulkano users the ability to create a TV-guide (using EPG grabbing software tools) which works with their connected STB.
REQUEST: automatically sync recorded files on Vulkano HDD with local folder
This may be posted an perhaps I've missed it.
What I would LOVE to see is a separate app for the iphone / ipad that is simply a remote control for the Vulkano so that I can sit in my media room and stream from my vulkano and control FF / Pause without navigating icons on the PC Player.
My Onkyo has an app like this that allows me to wirelessly control the receiver. I think it would be great to have the Vulkano Remote as a standalone, wireless app that would control the, in my case, Blast across the network instead of having to be in front of it.
Gottago
Sorry if this was already listed somewhere the search was giving me some trouble.
REQUEST: Add HDMI input
On that topic does anyone know if a version of this product will be coming out with an HDMI input soon?
Draajen said
REQUEST: Add HDMI input
On that topic does anyone know if a version of this product will be coming out with an HDMI input soon?
HDMI is not the same as other cable hookups. HDMI can not only send info but it can receive it too. So if there was an HDMI input on the Vulkano then your DVR/Cable box, whatever, could actually sense that you are not sending the video to your TV or an approved device and just turn off it's output.
So if they decided to not allow the Vulkano to receive and record stuff they could just turn it off. It is starting to become a huge issue in the UK because a lot of devices are going to HDMI only.
Monsoon still has not fixed the bug, streaming at the highest possible rate, even though we try to limit at certain bit rate. And it is really frustrating, whereby we need to save the upload&download bandwidth for other usage & by trying to connect to the best possible bit rate, it causes the picture to breakup whenever the upload/download unable to achieve min 1Mbps..
Now I am really regretting buying this thing
Yeah, I called them twice and emailed and their answer? They don't consider it a bug. They said just used the default (low) quality setting since that's the only one that works. Very very poor customer service.
Please allow me to disable the "Your TV or it's Cables are not HD" message. I am outputting to the Vulkano from the extra analog outputs on directv hd DVR to avoid having to add cables and change the existing direct hdmi connection between the tv and the DVR. The picture looms just fine when I do this except for that error message that covers up the screen every few minutes.
Thanks
Peter M said
Please allow me to disable the "Your TV or it's Cables are not HD" message. I am outputting to the Vulkano from the extra analog outputs on directv hd DVR to avoid having to add cables and change the existing direct hdmi connection between the tv and the DVR. The picture looms just fine when I do this except for that error message that covers up the screen every few minutes.Thanks
That message is from your DirecTV DVR and it occurs on SD analog outputs (i.e. composite) when the DVR/receiver is set to output an HD resolution. This problem came along with the new HD GUI and the reason DirecTV gave is that they cannot render an HD and SD GUI simultaneously.
Assuming you don't want to downgrade your TV's HD picture to SD, the best solution would be to use the component outputs on the DVR and plug those into the component inputs on the Vulkano.
I believe that you will have to go back through the Vulkano setup after doing so and change it to use component instead of composite. Unless things have changed, this will also affect any custom remote control commands, etc. You'd have to set that stuff up again as well.
KevinD872 said
Peter M said
Please allow me to disable the "Your TV or it's Cables are not HD" message. I am outputting to the Vulkano from the extra analog outputs on directv hd DVR to avoid having to add cables and change the existing direct hdmi connection between the tv and the DVR. The picture looms just fine when I do this except for that error message that covers up the screen every few minutes.Thanks
That message is from your DirecTV DVR and it occurs on SD analog outputs (i.e. composite) when the DVR/receiver is set to output an HD resolution. This problem came along with the new HD GUI and the reason DirecTV gave is that they cannot render an HD and SD GUI simultaneously.
Assuming you don't want to downgrade your TV's HD picture to SD, the best solution would be to use the component outputs on the DVR and plug those into the component inputs on the Vulkano.
I believe that you will have to go back through the Vulkano setup after doing so and change it to use component instead of composite. Unless things have changed, this will also affect any custom remote control commands, etc. You'd have to set that stuff up again as well.
Got home from a trip and changed the cables. Seems to have done the trick. Thanks for the tip. Wonder if now I will need more bandwidth to stream.
