Are you looking to install Startimes Dish and decoder, and you need the complete installation settings? This post is the solution. Here, you will see the full and current Startimes dish frequency settings – satellite name, frequency, polarization, position (Azimuth), Symbol Rate, etc for easy Startimes Dish installation. Furthermore, we provided all the different settings that work for all possible locations imaginable on planet earth and I ain’t kidding. In this article, you will learn the complete Startimes satellite TV installation settings. They include frequency, satellite positioning, symbol rate, polarization etc. Startimes satellite TV is also known as the Dish […]
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Let me introduce you to the new DStv triple view system, which is a 3 decoder ExtraView setup. By this new technology, 3 decoders would be linked in one account, married in an extraview while the customer pays only for one decoder. However, how much do you know about the 3-decoder DStv triple view system? This article explains everything you need to know about the new triple view from MultiChoice DStv. DStv Triple View ExtraView has remained active and functional in South Africa and few other African countries for over three years now. Also called the 3 decoder ExtraView, the […]
Have you ever had your DStv decoder malfunction that has defiled all solutions? Maybe you have changed your DStv wires, called in several installationand service technicians, taken the decoders for possible repairs yet, the problems persisted? The solution is simple – a simple light turned off might resolve all those decoder malfunctions. Cable and satellite TV technology engineers have uncovered some shocking revelations that infra-red light sources affect your DStv decoders as well as other TV decoders, causing them to malfunction. This effect is known as the IR Interference. There are many infra-red emitting light sources always around us, which […]
For some time now, MultiChoice DStv has been floating new decoder models with no RF IN nor RF OUT ports. However these new HD Zappa 5 Series decoders are modeled to suit modern Smart HD TVs. That is why they are equipped with the HDMI (High Definition Modular Interface) and the AV (Audio / Visual) array ports. These 5-Series decoders also have the Ethernet ports – this implies they have futuristic internet connectivity capabilities which, has to be activated by the DStv service provider – MultiChoice, before such service would be available on these decoders. Sadly, DStv users who purchased […]
LNB is an abbreviation which means Low Noise Block-down. The LNB is the most important component of the satellite dish. It is the camera-like device located at the pointed mouth of the satellite dish – usually for satellite TV services. Overtime, improvements in technology gave rise to a more effective and compact form of LNB called the Smart LNB. Interestingly, the MultiChoice satellite TV brand DStv became the first to adopt the Smart LNB technology. It is usually deployed in emerging complex DStv connections such as the DStv Triple view ExtraView, etc. What is a “Smart LNB”? As earlier […]
The diagram above explains how you can set up a DStv ExtraView using a device known as the DStv Diplexer or Combiner and for connections involving the DStv Explora decoder and the new Zappa HD 5 series decoder. This kind of systematic ExtraView connection on DStv is very relevant especially for decoders without an RF-IN or RF-OUT ports. Some recently introduced smart DStv decodeers like the 5-Series HD decoders fall within this catregory. If your decoder does not have any RF-IN or RF-OUT ports behind it, and you are thinking of using it in more complex installations like the ExtraView […]
In this Extraview arrangement, we are going to see how to do Extraview with Explora decoder and the new Zappa HD decoder. Although the Zappa HD is newer than the Explora, we shall see in this article how the Explora may be used as primary decoder in the Extraview setup. All these are possible using a small device called the Diplexer. The DStv ExtraView setup is a system that enables us to maximize views on DStv with two decoders while paying little. Of all the satellite pay-TV services, DStv has been at the fore-front of the ExtraView digital satellite TV […]
Recently we just saw the introduction of the MultiChoice DStv new HD Single View decoder 5 Series. Apart from its compact design and Explora-like software interface among other excellent features, this latest DStv decoder is remarkable for its in-built smartcard and the absence of the usual RF-IN and RF-OUT ports usually found behind decoders. Interestingly, the new DStv HD Single View decoder is powered with a HDMI port, ANTENNA-IN ports, aUDIO/vISUAL av PORTS ETC. Under normal circumstances, the RF-IN and RF-OUT ports are very important in the ExtraView Connectivity as well as connecting one decoder to display in multiple TVs. Not strange is […]
As digital enhancement is taking over the TV and entire audio-visual technology industry, more devices are now being built with the High Definition Multimedia Interface or HDMI. Most cable, terrestrial and satellite TV decoders like the DStv HD Zapper and Explora Decoders now wear HDMI output even though some devices are still fixed with the RF or coaxial cable ports in combination. Our present day flat screen TVs like the LED TV, 3D TV, ULTRA SLIM SMART TV, CURVED TV and virtually all smart TVs are not left out in this HDMI output technology. However not everyone still owns these […]
The new DStv HD Single View 5 Series Decoder is the latest in MultiChoice DStv innovative technology on decoders. It has come with a lot of differences in design, functions and smart connectivity from other existing decoders. One marked feature is the fact that it does not have space for RF Coaxial connections – only HDMI. This has caused a lot of doubts concerning the new DStv HD 5 Series decoder’s ability to ExtraView. You may want to read up…HOW TO CONNECT, CONVERT HDMI SIGNALS TO RF OR COAXIAL CABLE SIGNAL FORMAT EXTRA VIEW FOR DSTV HD DECODER 5 SERIES […]