new metronic analogue recievers

moosegoose

hi just a bit of info where i found the cheapest new analogue receiver. pixmainia.com part of the dixons group selling for 34.00 inc delivery they come pre installed with all the channels ideal for free british eurosport. i know u can buy cheap from Ebay but delivered to your door step i did not think they were a bad price. i have tried 3 now and all has been good.

Llew

Don't get this bit -

Specifications:
- Analogue Tuner 950 - 2150 MHz
- DVB demodulator
- Audio/Video decoding: MPEG2 ML@MPEG 1 layer 2
- 1 LNB input
- Stereo sound output
- Childproof


DVB?
MPEG2?

Llew

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rolfw

They've just copied the spec from the hybrid Analogue/digital receiver.

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Llew

Shows how much they know about these things

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jamie1992

I bought one of those metronic receivers - they are good, but as I mentioned in an other thread, the picture is very slightly soft.
Also, the pseudo-panda audio de-emphsis isn't wonderful (7 out of 10) and it can only tune to 5.80, 6.60, 7.02 and 7.20 audio subcarriers, so no radio!
I was annoyed by this as I wanted to listen to Sunshine Live on it

moosegoose

i read on another post that a English version of instruction manual can be downloaded as a pdf. but i emailed metronic and they told me that it is not available. if any one has a copy or if some one can post the basics i would be most gratfull .

jamie1992

I managed to work out the basics by myself.
I will assume that you have a dish pointing at Astra 19.2E, with a single "Universal" type LNB, and no Diseqc switch - tell me if this is not correct(!)
As you probably know, the receiver comes pre-tuned for channels on 19.2E - presets are listed in the back of the manual.
So firstly, turn to one of these preset channels and look for sparklies.

If you can see both black *and* white sparklies, then your reception is poor and you need to re-align the dish.

If the sparklies are only black, or only white, then you need to adjust the reciever's offset - if you press "offset" on the remote, the display will show "A 00" for audio. A second press will show "U 00" - U actually means V, for Video. You need to fine-tune the Video offset using the volume keys, to optimise the signal quality. Once this is done, press the "mem" key using a ballpoint pen (the offset value is stored globally and affects all channels*). The display briefly goes blank to confirm the value has been stored.

Now, to tune a channel for Astra:
- select a channel preset
- select the polarisation of the channel using the H/V button (again U on the display really means V for Vertical)
- Press the Freq key once, then keep pressing the volume keys until UnLo is displayed - this means "Universal LNB, Low freq mode" (UnHi might work better for channels RBB and CNN only)
- Press the Freq key again, and key in the last 4 digits of the frequency with the number keys (eg for ZDF key in 0964)
- Press the Freq key again, and then keep pressing the Vol keys until 7.02 is displayed
- Keep pressing the AUDIO key until "St" is displayed
- Keep pressing the TB key (TB means Diseqc ToneBurst) until "Off" is displayed

You should now have reception of your desired channel on-screen. Press "Mem" to store it, then repeat the above steps for each channel you want to store.

Hope this helps.

* Actually it might only affect all channels on a given ToneBurst (TB) mode, rather than globally - I haven't checked yet

moosegoose

thank you jamie that was very helpfull. the receiver was not for me and when i installed it the person concerned wanted teletext which is not supported by this model. so i now have to find a new one with teletext. but thanks once again.

jamie1992

umm... teletext is decoded in the TV, not the satellite receiver!?
Any analogue receiver will pass the signals through.

moosegoose

the old analogue receiver had a text button. it was mainly eurosport teletext. but i think i got a way round it as although digital eurosport is encrypted on 19* the text service is not. so i will fit a analogue digital receiver which has digital text or the metronic and a seperate digital receiver.

jamie1992

There are no analogue receivers with text buttons, so it must have been a digital one.
Eurosport's standard teletext service can be viewed with an analogue receiver by pressing the 'text' button on the TV remote control.

moosegoose

sorry for being so thick i hooked it up this morning an yes the text is on the tv. i kinda missed the analogue era but u seem to be well informed. all the best moosegoose.