bobobalde
03-08-13, 08:29
Hello,
Just a quick note to start which is thanks to this great forum as reading the guides etc I have setup my Venton HD2 (great box BTW) with no problems.
I just have a couple of questions.
The unit i bought has twin satellite tuners, when i was fitting my HDD i noticed one of the tuners has what i would describe as a classic heatsync but the other one doesn't have one the same (it just has a metal c shape which i suppose is some form of heatsync). I was just wondering if anybody knows if this is normal - it seems strange for the 2 not to be the same. Also when the box is on, the area around the tuners is getting ridiculously hot (not just warm, red red hot - maybe not egg frying territory but probably not too far off). The rest of the box is quite cool. Is this normal, I know my old Sky+ Box got hot, I have an F5 in the bedroom and that can get quite hot as well, but this is alot hotter than those two ever get.
The other question is to do with the EPG - i have used the Auto Bouquet Maker and the EPG is working fine, but i have read some guides saying to use a USB stick for the EPG, it that highly recommended, does it give some performance improvement (I haven't noticed any lag etc on the EPG the way i have it set up).
Cheers.
Just a quick note to start which is thanks to this great forum as reading the guides etc I have setup my Venton HD2 (great box BTW) with no problems.
I just have a couple of questions.
The unit i bought has twin satellite tuners, when i was fitting my HDD i noticed one of the tuners has what i would describe as a classic heatsync but the other one doesn't have one the same (it just has a metal c shape which i suppose is some form of heatsync). I was just wondering if anybody knows if this is normal - it seems strange for the 2 not to be the same. Also when the box is on, the area around the tuners is getting ridiculously hot (not just warm, red red hot - maybe not egg frying territory but probably not too far off). The rest of the box is quite cool. Is this normal, I know my old Sky+ Box got hot, I have an F5 in the bedroom and that can get quite hot as well, but this is alot hotter than those two ever get.
The other question is to do with the EPG - i have used the Auto Bouquet Maker and the EPG is working fine, but i have read some guides saying to use a USB stick for the EPG, it that highly recommended, does it give some performance improvement (I haven't noticed any lag etc on the EPG the way i have it set up).
Cheers.