Advice Needed Amiko a5 combo uhd hevc h265 dvb-s2/c/t2 usb wifi android receiver

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Good evening gentlemen from a wet Mullion Cove Cornwall. : )

The last receiver I thought of replacing my old Technomate with, was a AMIKO A4K Combo 4K DIGITAL SATELLITE & T2 TERRESTRIAL.

I note there is also a Amiko A4K UHD Hevc H265 DVB-S2 USB Wifi Android Sat Receiver, which does not include terrestrial, but whether this has blind scan or not I do not know.


Back in May I exchanged some posts with members, including one from William-1 who had a AMIKO A4K Combo 4K DIGITAL SATELLITE & T2 TERRESTRIAL in use.

William-1 confirmed that it had blind scan, which answered one of my questions.

I still have the receiver on my eBay watch list, as a possible for this Christmas : )

I note now that there is a Amiko a5 combo uhd hevc h265 dvb-s2/c/t2 usb wifi android receiver.

Do any members have one and is it any better in anyway to the A4 ?

As before it is a 4k receiver KU & C Band with blind scan that I am looking for.

The terrestrial option will be wasted as I have other receivers for SD & HD for that.

My two dishes 1.3 & 1.4 Precision Antennas and mounts have stood up to the SW winds no problem : )

Thank you for your time.

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There is no mention of a Blind Scan in the specs that I have read but the A4K did not mention this either ?
I may take the plunge as there is very little else of interest to me currently coming out of China & the Far East,
The menu's of the AK5 look similar to the A4K with one exception that I noticed a monitor screen on the new A5K,

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There is no mention of a Blind Scan in the specs that I have read but the A4K did not mention this either ?
I may take the plunge as there is very little else of interest to me currently coming out of China & the Far East,
The menu's of the AK5 look similar to the A4K with one exception that I noticed a monitor screen on the new A5K,

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Thank you kindly for the reply William-1,

Was the statement ( I may take the plunge as there is very little else of interest to me currently coming out of China & the Far East,
) just a comment on your own interests, or something I have missed ?

4k will give me some new stations to look for : )

Is it best to reset the memory's on the V box's when using a new receiver I wonder, as I cannot think they will work with the new one.

I have all the sats logged position wise, via cameras on the mount with a scale ?

I wish there was an option to remove all the apps, like Google I assume a lot of them are online rather than via the dish.

If I were listing the reasons to buy, facility's like blind scan would be high up on the list, odd lot this generation to put it mildly : )

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Just a comment of my own interests but this looks like a better bet ? with a Blind Scan & Multi-Stream in a 4K receiver :)
AMIKO VIPER 4K COMBO ONLY £89!
AMAZING SPEC 4K UHD RECEIVER!
TWO YEAR HARDWARE WARRANTY!
FAST HISILICON QUAD CORE 1.6GHz CPU.
1GB RAM + 8GB eMMC FLASH.
TWO TUNERS, 1X DVB-S2X + 1X DVB-C/T2.
GREAT BLINDSCAN & MULTISTREAM FEATURES!
AMAZING MULTIBOOT FEATURES,
BOOT UP TO THREE DIFFERENT IMAGES / FIRMWARES!
INSTALL OPENVIX IN SLOT 1, OPENATV IN SLOT 2, PURE2 IN SLOT 3 ETC...
FAST BOOT TIMES!
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COMPACT SIZE.
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Thank you,

It sounds good and is inexpensive, has any member reading this tried one, it would be good to hear.

I could not find any reviews, a couple of videos but all noise and not in English : )

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Good afternoon from a chilly Mullion Cove Cornwall.

I contacted World of Satellite to ask if the AMIKO Viper 4K51 UHD 2160p E2 Linux S2 Sat Receiver Linux Enigma2 Open ATV 6.3
had blind scan, they replied no, it is a different model from the one you mentioned William.

There are so many of them it is hard to know which to go for.

They said Take a look at the Edision OS Mio models.

It has blind scan and covers KU and C Band, a little more expensive though.

It has built in WI FI and so on, there is so many extras in these box's that I personally would never use, we never watch TV as such LOL

I shall keep looking : )

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Hi Spiff, while I have no idea at the moment about all the latest recievers I am also in the market for a blind scan capable 4K compatible linux box that is cheaper than a VU+. Anything would be an upgrade to me as I currently have an enigma 1 Techomate 9100! If I find out anything myself I will post it here.

While it is nice to have it, the trade off could be 4K, as I don't think there is much on air of any interest. Once you have got a reciever capable of it, I'd imagine you find the channels, put them on, go wow thats a good picture. Then never look at them again. Plus I don't have a 4K TV my display is only 1080i
 

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Good evening Martin01908,

I have been looking around for a couple of days and think I will go for this box, it is £89 plus about £6 postage.

Amiko Viper 4K UHD Linux Enigma 2 2160p H.265 HEVC Multi-Stream DVB-S2X & DVB-C/T2 Combo Receiver

Not on eBay only World of Satellite selling it that I can see.

William1 mentioned it to me.

It has blind scan, there are a few options free with it as attached picture.

I know nothing about any of them, so may go for the factory default.

Any advice on which one would help : )

I base that on the fact that the first thing I do with a new Windows operating system, is to turn updates off : )

There are so many receivers on the market.

I am hoping that the aerial switching between KU and C band is in the right sequence, in that it will switch to the second V box, before it starts to drive the jacks, as the Technomate does.

I shall not be installing it till after Christmas as it is a gift to me : )

I had a 4k receiver a year ago, but the navigation was hard to follow, so I sold it on eBay.

There were some test signals around, that is interesting enough for me, as I think of the hobby like trawling the short wave bands.

TV is total garbage and we never watch it, except Samira TV on Nile Sat, plus a bit of camel racing : )

God Bless Spiff
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Nilesat @ 7 west after the launch of Nilesat-301 will probably not be accessible after 2022 in the UK with a 100cm dish.:(
 

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74 this month, I may not live that long, I should not joke about such things : )

That is a shame, I use it as a test channel to make sure everthing is working OK, it is one of the weaker sats, round 70 quality on an old Technomate with a 1.3 prime focus dish.

It varies between 68 and 72 at various times and days.

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what did you end up with Spiff?
 

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Good evening Manikm99 from Mullion Cove Cornwall : )

A Technomate TM-5402 HD M3 C1 Super+

Which has a much faster blind scan than my old Technomate

I also have an Amiko Viper4K.

There are several options to download different operating systems, installed via a USB stick.

This also has a fast blind scan, I feed it from the second output on the KU LNB leaving the dish driven by the Technomate.

The Amiko is for 4k reception and is just a touch better on signals that are breaking up.

Pleased with both, though I do find the Amiko navigation a bit hard, probably because I do not use it so much : )

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