mutant v solo2

[degoosefish]

Lads one more thing this could be a deal breaker for the Mut@nt is the remote control universal the missus would do her nut if I had to get the old remote out to turn on telly

 

[ukbob]

Another question re the Mutant HD 2400 remote...
I see the remote is re-chargeable via usb port.
Is it a sealed unit,or can i take batteries out and re-charge in my own charger?
I'll more than likely be ordering one from wos shop tomorrow...

 

[Sicilian]

Lads one more thing this could be a deal breaker for the Mut@nt is the remote control universal the missus would do her nut if I had to get the old remote out to turn on telly

Not universal, but Harmony remote works better than any universal remote supplied with receivers, can be bought for around £30 online.

 

[Sicilian]

Another question re the Mutant HD 2400 remote...
I see the remote is re-chargeable via usb port.
Is it a sealed unit,or can i take batteries out and re-charge in my own charger?
I'll more than likely be ordering one from wos shop tomorrow...

Its not a sealed unit, but battery has to be charged in the remote via OTG USB cable such as some mobiles use. I've had mine for month or two now, never charged it from new.

 

[rico_3000]

I bought the harmony touch like Sicilian adviced above and loving the touch screen remote. It replaced at my remotes even the living room lights I can turn on and off with this remote

 

[ukbob]

I bought the Mutant HD 2400 to replace my tired Vu Duo..

 

[nsw9154]

Well I bit the Bullet and bought a Mut@nt from the sponsors and it arrived yesterday so I am still playing around with it, and I have to say that it's a nice receiver

I also like the lay out of the remote control it's just the right size so that you can operate it with one hand most of the time, and I was presently surprise at how uncluttered and clean the inside was when I went to fit the Hard Drive, and talking about the HD the fitting is rather unconventional as that the sata connection is embedded in to the motherboard but it seems to work rather well
you have to unscrew the backing mount then screw the Hard Drive to the backing mount then plug in the Hard Drive and then fasten the backing mount back in place
make sure that the Hard Drive is aligned up correctly or it will not fasten back down easy sorted, I rather like it and is a nice touch

only one thing that I have noticed is that my cable signal only goes up to about 54% on most channels where as my LX3 signal is at 99% but the picture seems ok so,so far so good

 

[roy0110]

has xbmc arrived for the mut@nt yet?
they said it was coming in november.

 

[rossi2000]

there was an alpha build posted a few days ago

 

[nsw9154]

Their is a revue posted on the forum about the xbmc feature but it dose not seem to work very well

 

[nsw9154]

Well I have had my Mut@nt for about 5 days now and I am very pleased with it but one thing I must ask about the Cable tuners

is their any benefit in having more than one cable fixed for the 4 tuners, I have tried various configurations as I decided to attach 2 cables, one cable to tuner 1 and looped to tuner 2 then the second cable connected to tuner 3 looped to tuner 4 seemed to work ok, but if I disconnect the second cable the signal drops and the picture freezes
so I tried connecting tuner's 1&4 and looping the rest from tuner 1 and I still lost the signal if i disconnected tuner 4's cable

so i set tuner 4 to "nothing connected" and I could not get a signal even with the other 2 cables connected to tuner's 1&2 but if I plug a cable in to tuner 4 even a loop cable, even though it is set to nothing connected I get the signal back and the signal is the same 50 to 54% no mater how many cables I have connected and I was going to fit 4 cables looks like I only need 1

 

[Rob van der Does]

There should be no issue looping through cables for cable signal. Signal strength will drop a bit, but it's signal quality that you should look at.

 

[nsw9154]

Thank's Rob that is what I thought, connecting my LX3 with the same cable I get 99% SNR but on the Mutant I only get 50/54% so I am not sure if it is the 4 way splitter that I am using as it seems the same no mater what output I use for either receivers
my splitter is 5-1000 MHZ would a higher value make it better or worse as I have seen splitters with a value of 5-2400 MHZ, so should I try one at that value

nearly forgot to mention thats why I thought 2 cables might be better as I will only have 1 loop through per cable so the signal should be stronger

 

[maxben]

Are your tuners hybrid C and T2 ?

If so the following information may or may not be useful or relevant.

I read the following on a German forum which I dare not post the link to here, it is referring to the the AX Quadbox HD2400 which is the same hardware as the Mutant just a different badge.

Du kannst die Box auch mit 2x Sat und 2x hybrid Tuner bestellen, von daher kein Problem. Nur 4x hybrid Tuner geht nicht, da kann Tuner 4 nur DVB-C sein.

Hier nochmal der Hinweis Text von dem Sat Shop, wo ich bestellt habe.

(*) Hinweis:*es werden max. 3x DVB-C/T2 Tuner unterstützt, daher ist das Angebot mit 4x C-Tuner so eingestellt das 3x ein Hybrid-Tuner (DVB-C/T2) geliefert wird und der 4. Tuner nur ein DVB-C Tuner ist (oder man nimmt die Variation mit 4x DVB-C Tuner, dann allerdings keine Hybrid-Tuner die auch DVB-T/T2 unterstützen würden) !

Google translate:

You can use the box with 2x satellite and 2x hybrid tuner order, therefore no problem. Only 4x hybrid tuner is not because tuner 4 can only DVB-C.

Here again, the text of the satellite shop where I ordered.

(*) Note: * there are max. 3x DVB-C / T2 tuner support, therefore, the one offering 4x C tuner is set to the 3x a hybrid tuner (DVB-C / T2) is supplied and the 4th tuner is a DVB-C tuner (or one takes the variation with 4x DVB-C tuner, but then no hybrid tuners would also support DVB-T / T2)!

Which I take to read

2 x S2 and 2 x C/T2 hybrid ok, which is what I have.

3 x hybrid and 1 x sat ok

3 x hybrid and 1 x dedicated C tuner ok

4 x sat ok

4 x dedicated C tuners ok

4 x hybrid not ok

I read somewhere else (can't remember where) This issue is down to hardware addressing evidently.

 

[Rob van der Does]

Ah, interesting. According to the German text this issue has only been found after the box had been for sale with 4 hybrid tuners.
It's worth trying the box with 3 instead of 4 tuners.

And indeed: this smells like a hardware issue, but it might be resolvable with a driver update.

 

[nsw9154]

Thank's again Rob and maxben I am going to try it with only 3 DVB-C/T/T2 Tuners and see if the SNR moves above 54% so I will disconnect No4 and let you know (hey that rhymed)

 

[Rob van der Does]

No, not just disconnect; remove the tuner completely from the box.

 

[nsw9154]

Sorry Rob I meant to say remove N04 tuner silly me

 

[Rob van der Does]

OK, good to be sure.

 

[nsw9154]

Well I have Unplugged tuner No4 and the SNR is still 53% so what do I do now, do I leave it with 3 tuners or re-fit the 4th tuner as the receiver seemed to work ok but will it cause other problems we do not know about