Quick review Miraclebox Premium Twin HD 2x Hybrid Cable

[rossi2000]

yes the duo is old now.

[nezzeo]

Hi
My Miraclebox Premium Twin was delivered yesterday, initial thoughts:
Pro's
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OpenVix all looks familiar and works fine
Responsive GUI
Does what it says on the tin

Cons:
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- No picons with openvix, where can I get these? tried a couple of the picon downloads from plugins but none work
- A slight whirling from the box when its switched on, very very faint but still there. Anyone else notice this?
- USB Infrared eye thing that I use doesnt work quite as well with this box (I keep it in a closed cabinet). I'll maybe look at alternative ones see if I get any mileage - recomendations welcomed.
- Remote layout is different to vu+, sure no one likes change but I really miss the blue button not being in the usual place, you have you stretch your thumb to get to it.
- On HD chans I'm seeing clearing times of 1-2seconds, which feels a bit slow. Is this to be expected on cable? Or is it a box thing? Clearing was definitely faster on a solo2 on Sat. FTA channel zapping seems ok

Setup:
Box: Miraclebox Premium Twin HD (2xDVB-C)
Image: Latest Vix 015 (openvix-Apollo.015-mbtwin_usb)
Network: Gigabit LAN, 100Mb VM package
Hard drive: 3.5" 1TB

[bassethound]

The remote is the only slight let down for me and im only really on about the blue button positioning

try using oscam to speed up zapping

[Joe_90]

I agree - remote is poorly laid out and buttons have a "dead" feel to them. The blue LED in deep standby is bright (have a bit of tape over it). Otherwise, good value for money and versatile with DVB-S and DVB-T2 tuners.I have a bit of a gripe about the recording icon being constantly active, but it can be switched off in Front Display Settings.
@nezzeo - there is a fan in the box, over at the power supply side. This is probably what you're hearing.

[Larry-G]

I agree - remote is poorly laid out and buttons have a "dead" feel to them. The blue LED in deep standby is bright (have a bit of tape over it). Otherwise, good value for money and versatile with DVB-S and DVB-T2 tuners.I have a bit of a gripe about the recording icon being constantly active, but it can be switched off in Front Display Settings.
@nezzeo - there is a fan in the box, over at the power supply side. This is probably what you're hearing.

Don't know about the plus but on the standard quad you can turn the blue L.E.D off which is what I did.

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[bassethound]

I have also put tape over the overly bright blue light i dont know what purpose it has for being so bright

cant see any way to turn it odd in settings

[Joe_90]

Don't know about the plus but on the standard quad you can turn the blue L.E.D off which is what I did.

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Miraclebox - not GB Quad - keep up pheonix

[nezzeo]

Quick Tip, I bought short a coax male to female cable to run between the 2 tuners (loopback) to save on doing a splitter and 2 separate feeds but noticed that the moment the second tuner is connected the signal drops from 99% all the way down to 25% and lower on some channels (not all). Removing it and trying the tuners individually the SNR is always 99%.

Tried a splitter to 2 coax's connected independently and now its always ~99% on all channels. Glad I found this now rather than when I was relying on a record Time

[Sicilian]

Quick Tip, I bought short a coax male to female cable to run between the 2 tuners (loopback) to save on doing a splitter and 2 separate feeds but noticed that the moment the second tuner is connected the signal drops from 99% all the way down to 25% and lower on some channels (not all). Removing it and trying the tuners individually the SNR is always 99%.

Tried a splitter to 2 coax's connected independently and now its always ~99% on all channels. Glad I found this now rather than when I was relying on a record Time

Loopthru works fine BUT best to use decent quality coax and make your own flylead.