Jul 12, 2012 Note: Visitors from certain countries might see in-text advertising(underlind words in posts) or pop-under ads. It is only shown to unregistered visitors or members. Technomate TM-5402 M3 HD CI Super+ LAN USB PVR Receiver. Technomate TM-5402 M3 HD CI Super+ LAN. (12 Reviews). Code: TM-5402. Supernatural terza stagione italian names. Purchased this box to replace sky, I was aware I would only get free to air channels so no problem with that side of things, the box was a dream to set up with the option to scan just free to air. My only problem is with the EPG the description states 7 day EPG. Now the box itself has the ability to produce a 7 day EPG but lots of broadcasters dont transmit a full EPG, just a now and next program, some dont transmit anything at all, making it difficult to record future programs unless you set the time and channel manually. Other problem again not the boxes fault, it says will record two programs while viewing a third on the same transponder, to those who are not satellite techy this means you can only record for example bbc1 while watching bbc2 it you try to watch itv instead it wont play ball at all, it seems you need the twin tuner version with a double lnb for that sort of functionality. As mentioned these are not faults with the box itself, but perhaps they could be made a bit clearer for those who just want a straight forward set up to mirror a sky type scenario. I wanted an easy to set up STB with an easy to use EPG. It is none of these. I am technically savvy, but found the manual difficult to read through, navigation via the remotes was difficult, and I certainly could not easily set it up for non technical members of my household. Even when I tell the STB to only scan for free channels, it still lists all the other subscription ones in the EPG. You then have to go through and individually edit out the hundreds channels you don't want with the remotes. Had to try several times because the instructions are so bad. If you're a satellite TV geek, then have hours of fun with it, if you want an easy to set up box that any member of the family can easily find the channel they want to watch or record, forget it. Oh and by the way, you need to buy a separate HDD to do any programm recording. Something the sales info conveniently omitted to tell you. Although I'm not a fan of Humax boxes for their reliability, their EPG set up is simple by comparison. So reluctantly going back to them. Purchased this box to replace sky, I was aware I would only get free to air channels so no problem with that side of things, the box was a dream to set up with the option to scan just free to air. My only problem is with the EPG the description states 7 day EPG. Now the box itself has the ability to produce a 7 day EPG but lots of broadcasters dont transmit a full EPG, just a now and next program, some dont transmit anything at all, making it difficult to record future programs unless you set the time and channel manually. Other problem again not the boxes fault, it says will record two programs while viewing a third on the same transponder, to those who are not satellite techy this means you can only record for example bbc1 while watching bbc2 it you try to watch itv instead it wont play ball at all, it seems you need the twin tuner version with a double lnb for that sort of functionality. As mentioned these are not faults with the box itself, but perhaps they could be made a bit clearer for those who just want a straight forward set up to mirror a sky type scenario. This is an excellent box and is very versatile. However, I have found an anomaly has manifested after the change to BST on the 27th of March. It is no longer possible to record part of a programme by means of the manual timer. It registers that the action has been entered on the timer, but does not perform it. I have tried to overcome this by over riding the summer time change and making the change by using winter time of the rest of Europe and setting the clock by changing the location from London to Berlin, this has partially resolved the problem as it works for the current day only. I am using it to record the 6 minutes of local news in BBC Breakfast time and it is set to 'Daily'. It merely switches on and does not perform any recording and shunts the the next timeslot to the following day, only to do the same thing. A neighbour of mine has found this problem too.
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