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I'm looking for the last factory updates for the Viewsat Ultra Lite, as well as a PC program that will allow me to edit the satellites, transponders, and channel list for this receiver (if possible). Searched but haven't had any luck locating any of the original files. Apparently they are no longer in business, or have a different domain now.I did a factory reset, but the satellite list is way out of date, about half doesn't exist anymore or have new names or positions, so that desperately needs updating.
I edited two satellites, and have Galaxy 3C 95W and Galaxy 19 97W (was listed as Intelsat 5 in settings) scanned in just to test the receiver, seems to work great.According to the Receiver Information Menu, the current configuration is:Bootloader: 0.13Main S/W: PFTAUSW-090501ULSatellite U009H/W Version: V0.1Model Name: VS2000 ULTRA LITEBasically, I want to restore it to factory specs, and get rid of what appears to be old hacker junk that is on it.I picked this up for a mere $8 in a thrift shop, and looks brand new, came with the original box, remote, & manual. Thought it would make a great spare or receiver to do dish setups outside due to it's small size.THANKS! I'm looking for the last factory updates for the Viewsat Ultra Lite, as well as a PC program that will allow me to edit the satellites, transponders, and channel list for this receiver (if possible). Searched but haven't had any luck locating any of the original files. Apparently they are no longer in business, or have a different domain now.I did a factory reset, but the satellite list is way out of date, about half doesn't exist anymore or have new names or positions, so that desperately needs updating. I edited two satellites, and have Galaxy 3C 95W and Galaxy 19 97W (was listed as Intelsat 5 in settings) scanned in just to test the receiver, seems to work great.According to the Receiver Information Menu, the current configuration is:Bootloader: 0.13Main S/W: PFTAUSW-090501ULSatellite U009H/W Version: V0.1Model Name: VS2000 ULTRA LITEBasically, I want to restore it to factory specs, and get rid of what appears to be old hacker junk that is on it.I picked this up for a mere $8 in a thrift shop, and looks brand new, came with the original box, remote, & manual.
Thought it would make a great spare or receiver to do dish setups outside due to it's small size.THANKS! Click to expand.Wow, I'm basically in the same situation. I had bought mine from Amazon, but it was SATPRO.TV's web store that has a 3rd party thing, and got a Ku Dish-Rcvr-Meter-Coax package for something like a total $170 including the shipping due to the dish weight and all that, but I noticed that there were 2 different versions of these at the time, because the older unit has the USB in the front, and the newer version has it in the back as your pic shows. So I started noticing that the storefront was using both pics in their advertising, and saw a potential for Murphy's Law to rare it's ugly head. I sent them a mail in the Contact Us thing to PLEASE SEND THE NEWER VERSION OF THIS RCVR AS 2 PICTURES ARE SHOWN AND I DO NOT WANT THE OLDER UNIT. Click to expand.I'm hearing ya. I don't see anything past 2010, but you just basically answered my next question regarding the newer formats in programming ie.DVB-S2.
So the ability to change from S to S2 is not a firmware situation, but different components on the PCB alltogether. I was wondering about that. So I will certainly appreciate your opinion as to what rcvr. I should probably get.
(Something that will be more likely to roll with the changes as long as possible.) I feel so silly, cause I tried to make a descent choice, but I didn't take as much time shopping for a rcvr. As I did trying to learn everything else. I got a little antsy, and leaped before looking longer. (And I thought I did a fair amount of studying all the variables, but there are alot of variables to know.). Sometimes it's a little overwhelming and abit frustrating when your trying to know everything you should, but like I said, I wish I would have known about you folks before I did all my searching.
(I was doing a blind search myself huh?)LOL. But I am glad that you confirmed basically what I had a feeling about, but didn't know the history of all these units, and I was kinda forced to be as frugal as possible while trying not to get something cheezy.
But that boat has sailed, and I've picked myself up, and dusted myself off, and have a better source of information to make better informed decisions. 20-20 hindsight as it were. But Thank You for all your help, and maybe just do like he had talked about making the unit a portable setup station. Then get a nice quality rcvr. That has the bells and whistles that matter, and will have better longevity. BTW, SatPro is still selling the package deals still, but they are different rcvr's alltogether now.
It's a nFusion Phoenix. But my wife would like to be able to record, and all that, so I had tried to explain that recording is done in a different way other than the DVR we used to have from the dish people.
That recording requires the external USB storage, or through the PC with W Media Center, but the storage units start about $50, and then there is the adapters for the PC to connect the PC to an antenna cable, and then of course, a standard DVR, and they get pricey quickly. So I'm stumped as to the best way to go. Now FYI, we do have our internet through the local phone co. And have a DSL2/Ethernet WAN Gateway. (Vision Net M505N), and was reading about some of the factors needed, and this routers capabilities, and it seems that it could aid in the USB connection to it, and the bridge and whatnot.
Thats yet another maze to walk through, and I'm not sure which way is UP. LOL T Thanks again for everything, you have been great! Just don't give up on me. I'll get it all figured out eventually. I'm looking for the last factory updates for the Viewsat Ultra Lite, as well as a PC program that will allow me to edit the satellites, transponders, and channel list for this receiver (if possible).
Searched but haven't had any luck locating any of the original files. Apparently they are no longer in business, or have a different domain now.I did a factory reset, but the satellite list is way out of date, about half doesn't exist anymore or have new names or positions, so that desperately needs updating. I edited two satellites, and have Galaxy 3C 95W and Galaxy 19 97W (was listed as Intelsat 5 in settings) scanned in just to test the receiver, seems to work great.According to the Receiver Information Menu, the current configuration is:Bootloader: 0.13Main S/W: PFTAUSW-090501ULSatellite U009H/W Version: V0.1Model Name: VS2000 ULTRA LITEBasically, I want to restore it to factory specs, and get rid of what appears to be old hacker junk that is on it.I picked this up for a mere $8 in a thrift shop, and looks brand new, came with the original box, remote, & manual. Thought it would make a great spare or receiver to do dish setups outside due to it's small size.THANKS! Click to expand.OK, Here are the files that I found, but I just haven't tried em yet. I'm going to regroup, and get an AMIKO A3 HDSE from KE4EST' s ebay store for $90, and we're going to invest in a Titanium ASC1 as well. With this unit built for the latest system requirements, like DVB-S2 decoding etc., with a Great looking style, with Smart and User friendly environment.
I think I would like to do what you were talking about making the Viewsat a really good portable setup system. I've got a little 5' B/W TV/Radio from back in the day, and it would be a good little monitor, and take a small bungie to clip them together using the openings on the rcvr. And run it over the TV to make a little carrying unit. I have power within reason out there, so it's a do-able thing for sure. Thats such a cool idea, Thanks!
Here is the loader and the others. I'm looking back at these with a little more educated eyes, and anything above ver.12 would be an upgrade (however useful).to this unit. But if you would please let me know if these are useful to you. I think I might go ahead and see what is on there with the loader program. (I think you'll like it), it gives you an editing capabilty, which would be useful to at least correct the names like you said, and see about what it takes to change some screwy locations I see, and or get the system closer to this century lol. It has a (Lets call it Acceptable but not as extensive interface, but I don't have much in my experience to compare to, so I'm going to just let someone that has more experience than myself to guide us in a more knowledgeable direction. I have learned some valuable lessons in this forum, and these folks have alot more experience and can teach us stuff we didn't know that we needed to know.
Take a look at the AMIKO A3, and watch the videos, and you will be very close to be ready to get it out of the box, and rock and roll. But I want to make the very best of the ViewSat if possible, and let it be working for us in some capacity. Good Luck, and let me know how your doing. OK, Here are the files that I found, but I just haven't tried em yet. I'm going to regroup, and get an AMIKO A3 HDSE from KE4EST' s ebay store for $90, and we're going to invest in a Titanium ASC1 as well. With this unit built for the latest system requirements, like DVB-S2 decoding etc., with a Great looking style, with Smart and User friendly environment.
I think I would like to do what you were talking about making the Viewsat a really good portable setup system. I've got a little 5' B/W TV/Radio from back in the day, and it would be a good little monitor, and take a small bungie to clip them together using the openings on the rcvr. And run it over the TV to make a little carrying unit.
I have power within reason out there, so it's a do-able thing for sure. Thats such a cool idea, Thanks! Here is the loader and the others. I'm looking back at these with a little more educated eyes, and anything above ver.12 would be an upgrade (however useful).to this unit.
But if you would please let me know if these are useful to you. I think I might go ahead and see what is on there with the loader program. (I think you'll like it), it gives you an editing capabilty, which would be useful to at least correct the names like you said, and see about what it takes to change some screwy locations I see, and or get the system closer to this century lol. It has a (Lets call it Acceptable but not as extensive interface, but I don't have much in my experience to compare to, so I'm going to just let someone that has more experience than myself to guide us in a more knowledgeable direction. I have learned some valuable lessons in this forum, and these folks have alot more experience and can teach us stuff we didn't know that we needed to know. Take a look at the AMIKO A3, and watch the videos, and you will be very close to be ready to get it out of the box, and rock and roll. But I want to make the very best of the ViewSat if possible, and let it be working for us in some capacity.
Good Luck, and let me know how your doing. Click to expand.I need to check with him to make sure, I think it is the HD SE? I'm a little fuzzy on the exact model, but yeah, I saw the videos on it, and it looks so much nicer than this ViewSat Ultra-lite, and much more versital. More features(Primarily upgrades), but as far as the learning curve, bring it on. It will keep me challenged to keep learning more, but the ViewSat was my first one ever, and jumping a little bit before doing some more homework, I didn't even think about a forum at first, and what ones I poked around with were wanting fees to be a member, and it gave me a bit of an initial bad taste about the forum thing, but I was in a hurry to start sucking up knowledge, that I didn't keep looking for a good forum, and just tried to carry on to start learning about everything else. And like a big kid, being anxious to get my hands on something, I jumped a bit early and got this in a package thing as a starter kit as it were, and unfortunately, it wasn't really the best unit to have for a first unit, but it got my feet wet, and I did get lucky to find you guys relatively soon, so I'm calling it a win win. But my dear wife has been a charm through it all, and she has noticed that trying to be just a little too frugal can sometimes not really save you in the long run.
Although I already was aware of this factor, but you know how it goes. I tried to find the best bang for the buck,. When you need a dish mover, and you see $50 vs $180. You and I know which is going to be the better unit, but you try explaining it to someone that knows money better than they know electronics. So there ya go! But I'm seeing the sun rising on our project now, and I think we are going to be alot better off. But I have learned so much in the last month, that I'm too the level of wondering what I was thinking by not learning more before I shopped, but then she admits that she was anxious to broaden our horizons on entertainment after cutting the chord with the dish people.
I was just happy about saving $100 a month now! But he's gonna get us fixed up, and we'll be searching the sky again pretty soon. I'm kinda bumbed, cause just after KE4EST sent me a board for my VBox7, we ended up sending it back due to a warranty thing, but here I am with a board to a VBox now, but not box to put it in temporarily.lol Ironic isn't it! But thanks for keeping your eye on me, as I need you folks to keep us going. Click to expand.I don't recall getting any word about the files I put up for ya. Did any of those help you?
I did one, and it opened up more options in the rcvr., and even allows for changing key codes. Anyway, I'll have to see where that post was, and see if I did it right. I'm still new here! I have the one with the Ultra-Lite loader but I don't know what the other one does. I'm still learning, but I did get the USALS figured out on it, and can edit the sat names and locations, but don't know how to delete anything yet.
Have had a lot on the plate lately, and haven't been able to get to it like I want to. I did get my ASC1 today, and look forward to getting the AMIKO MiniHD SE, but I don't want to just throw the old ViewSat to the curb. I know that it is virtually useless for a lot of the stuff, but there is still room for it to have some uses.
Anything you could share with me would be appreciated, cause I just had a hard time finding anything that was very useful. Lots of stuff to look through and not knowing just where to look! Thanks again. I don't recall getting any word about the files I put up for ya. Did any of those help you? I did one, and it opened up more options in the rcvr., and even allows for changing key codes.
Anyway, I'll have to see where that post was, and see if I did it right. I'm still new here! I have the one with the Ultra-Lite loader but I don't know what the other one does. I'm still learning, but I did get the USALS figured out on it, and can edit the sat names and locations, but don't know how to delete anything yet. Have had a lot on the plate lately, and haven't been able to get to it like I want to.
I did get my ASC1 today, and look forward to getting the AMIKO MiniHD SE, but I don't want to just throw the old ViewSat to the curb. I know that it is virtually useless for a lot of the stuff, but there is still room for it to have some uses. Anything you could share with me would be appreciated, cause I just had a hard time finding anything that was very useful. Lots of stuff to look through and not knowing just where to look!