technomate 6900 super

den123

hi guys any reviews on this new reciver

moonbase

After wasting a day messing around with one of these TM6900 "supers" and giving it a good test I have come to the conclusion that they are not worth the money, especially if you are thinking of upgrading from a TM6900 original.

1. There is no selection available on symbol rates in the blind scan.
2. There is no selection available on frequency ranges in the blind scan
3. It crashes and reboots the receiver before completing the blind scan.
4. The ethernet port is dead and has no functionality whatsoever.

The only real new features it has over the TM6900 standard model is the eSata connection and the extra USB port. The other claimed new features such as blind scan and ethernet connectivity do not work. Anyone with an original TM6900 should keep it, there is no incentive offered from the new model to upgrade.

They have rushed it to the market without any consideration for their customers. Anyone buying one of these as currently available is a mug, me included.

Rgds

Robbo

Have you tried ringing Technomate?, perhaps there is some later software for it.


BTW, you forgot the RF modulator, does that work?

soundbite

hello from another mug (hope not). I ordered one last week which hasn't arrived yet. I was expecting the ethernet port to give me network broadcasting like the Dreamboxes as this was the only reason for getting the Super.

I emailed Technomate about it and will post reply.

soundbite

Stil havn't received reply from Technomate Support even though I email twice. My 6900 super arrived yesterday and had no problem setting it up. I did notice the ethernet port link LED flashing during bootup so I assume it is active. I will setup a laptop connection over the next couple of days and see what happens.

Moonbase, you didn't say what you did to test the port. Did you asign it an ip address on you network/use DHCP, try to connect to it from a pc, etc? I'm assuming the unit is classed as a pc node as apposed to a network switch. If this is the case and you are trying to connect a computer straight to it and not through an access point or through a switch, a standard ethernet cable will not do but will need to use a crossover cable which has the RX and TX pairs 'crossed over' (usually green and orange pairs). More info would be helpful.

AndyX

The ethernet connector is not supported in the software yet.
You may want to down load the latest software, just released on the Technomate website as it contains some bug fixes.

mrbean_2008

Have you tried the new "M*G*C" software release...

me thinks you'll soon change ur mind m8 *-)