Need help ...

[anjang1980@yaho]

I have a satellite decoder but i can not find any manual or setting or anything regarding the decoder. So, i need you all to help me or teach me on this one .

Decoder Series : Nortel Colin Series.
Manufacturers : Beijing Nortel Colin Electronic.
Model : DVB-S KL6398

What i need is :
1. Manual ( In english )
2. How to reset or set the decoder. ( In English )
3. Firmware or software to do it. ( In English ) and
4. Cable type. ( In English )

Hope you all can help me with this ..
Thanks ..:D

[simmo]

anjang has PM'd me on this, and I dont know how to help.
If members can help out t'woud be good....

[bassett]

Firstly, this sounds like one of the many chinese clone receivers, that are out there, in which case information is sparse to non-existant, unless you can track down just which receiver it was cloned from. And about the only way is to try and match the software patterns of the menu's etc. Which these days in almost an impossable task, unless you could reproduce them here, and someone might be able to identify them .

Any manuals writern are very basic to say the least, and the stuff from China looses almost any meaning in the translation, as did the korean manuals before they employed english speaking employee's to write them.

Re-setting the menu's to English, is normaly contained in the menu line-up, BUt if everything is now in Chinese script, it will be almost impossable.
TRUE STORY,, I once tried to help someone in the same situation, so i suggested he try a chinese restaurant, sowe carted the receiver and a small Tv set, round three restaurants without any success, No one had a clue, we ended up at the University, in the asion langauge section. It turned out to writern in some obscure Chinese dilect.
All I can suggest is you scrole through the menu's untill you can crack it or fluke a change in the script. At least you won't need to have the thing connected to a satellite to do that.

As for software, your stuck with what's in the receiver, as Chinese are well known for non-existant software, and really changeing it would be quite pointless, as you have no idea what the software installed is capable off. the Chinese are also well known for not supplying software up-dates , it's almost non-existant. They rely on using genuine software fron the receivers they have cloned // copied.

As for "cable type,,, I have no idea what your refering too. sorry.

[JohnK]

Why muck round with something that may never work adequately when you can buy a brand new Strong for less than $150. Maybe $120 for a 4653.

I have found that the Strong is easy to use, has logical menus and supports disecq switches and motorising.

[bassett]

That's all very well John, But our new friend might not be in a position to aquire a "Strong'' and frankly M8, Strong is stone age technoligy compaired with what's out there these days.

[gulliver]

How about posting a screenshot of the menu,in chinese,and maybe my wife can translate for you where to reset to english,and take it from there

[anjang1980@yaho]

Thanks to all member that are willing to help me ..

I just found the way to change the language from chinese to english and now my decoder are in english language. From the decoder setting, there is one menu to set the satellite but i am confius with it. The setting ask me to set :

1. Name of the satellite
2. The Longlitud of the satellite
3. The LNBF hi
4. The LNBF low

My questions, from lyngsat.com, where can i find the number for LNBF hi/low ?

Is there any way to reload other software to my decoder ?

There is 4 pin that label RS 232 behide the decoder and how can i connec to the RS 232 empty pin ( DB 25 or DB9 )? Which pin from my decoder -> which pin of the empty RS 232 ( DB25 or DB 9 )?

That all for now ..

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anjang1980

[anjang1980@yaho]

Why muck round with something that may never work adequately when you can buy a brand new Strong for less than $150. Maybe $120 for a 4653.

I have found that the Strong is easy to use, has logical menus and supports disecq switches and motorising.

Thank you for the reply ..

I have a question for you. FYI, I am from malaysia..

Is there any decoder on the market to be used for 1 decoder to many tv with each channel from the tv get different cannel of each tv ? Is there any other device to be add to the decoder to make it posible ?

[bassett]

Thanks to all member that are willing to help me ..

I just found the way to change the language from chinese to english and now my decoder are in english language. From the decoder setting, there is one menu to set the satellite but i am confius with it. The setting ask me to set :


now your cooking..


1. Name of the satellite

Type in the name of the satellite you want to view and have the dish aimed on, and more importantly are getting a signal from, therefore if your on Asiasat 2. type in "asiasat 2"

2. The Longlitud of the satellite

Type in the position of the satellite, 100.5 degrees for asiasat 2

3. The LNBF hi 4. The LNBF low

If your on asiasat 2 type in 5150, in the low section. leave the high section blank.
If your on Ku band type the value of the LNB in the low section i.e. 11300 or 10750 depending on type of LNB and it's value. The value will be printed on the LNB label.
If your using a Universial LNB type in "low" 9750 and "high" 10600
you may also have to turn on the 22 hurz switch, but mostly this is automatic once you select universial.

My questions, from lyngsat.com, where can i find the number for LNBF hi/low ?

asked and answered

Is there any way to reload other software to my decoder ?

Why, when you have no idea what the receiver is capable off, get the thing running first, and if it is a chinese clone receiver, then software cahnges // reboots will be non-existant .

There is 4 pin that label RS 232 behide the decoder and how can i connec to the RS 232 empty pin ( DB 25 or DB9 )? Which pin from my decoder -> which pin of the empty RS 232 ( DB25 or DB 9 )?

That all for now ..


don't worry about the RS 232 port, that's where you plug in a "nul" cable for software downloads. get the thing working first.

On the subject of software downloads, why do you want to change something, when you have no idea , or the capabilities of the software now in the receiver.
Also software downloads do have a risk factor, sometimes they work and sometimes they convert the receiver into a door stop.

[bassett]

Thank you for the reply ..

I have a question for you. FYI, I am from malaysia..

Is there any decoder on the market to be used for 1 decoder to many tv with each channel from the tv get different cannel of each tv ? Is there any other device to be add to the decoder to make it posible ?

I think what you mean is, can you have a satellite receiver playing two or more different channels on different TV sets.
There are receivers out there that will allow you to run a couple of channels at the same time, Visionnet 8000s, Anglebox, etc, but they are expencive, you would be better of buying another receiver, and run a seperate receiver per TV set.