Apex DT250 with passthrough - Page 9

The poster above was right, I was using CNN as an example. KSTP channel 5 runs a news scroll along the bottom of the screen like CNN and part of it is cut off.

WX+ is a 4:3 broadcast, so the aspect setting on the Apex can't be changed. If you try, you just get an error message; the overscan can't be eliminated.

On 16:9 broadcasts, the normal/letterbox setting will eliminate the (vertical) overscan (there's still some horizontal overscan but that's rarely a problem), but it still overscans on the fill or zoom settings. (On most TVs, anyway. A very few TVs can display the DT250's output without serious overscan; I'm lucky enough to have one.)

If overscan is a real problem but one wants to keep their DT-250, one could always adjust the vertical/horizontal size of the image via the Television's service menu or pots in the back.

Has anyone taken this apart yet? It looks like it has a lot of the same parts as the Tivax STB-T9. Maybe it'd be easier to put RS232 control in the DT250 than S-vid in the Tivax?

Anyone?

Why do you want RS-232? I believe they do have a header on the CB.

Well, for control, for one thing.. and of course for the thrill of unlocking an undocumented feature. =)

Hi I just got a Apex DT250a. It isnt one of my favorite boxes tested. When i go to add a channel manually. say 24 (ill use this as the virt and real # are the same) So i punch in 24.1 i get the picture, check signal strengh, Its good, i get channel info everything seems good, but it wont add it to the channel map. Doesnt seem to matter what channel i do this with. I can watch the channel, but its not in the channel lineup like it should be. Defective? just junky? Any advise? I still like my hisense 2010 the best so far.

thanks.

That's better than the tuners in Vizio tvs. Vizio won't allow any direct entry of RF channels at all. If you didn't scan it, you don't watch it at all!

A friend has one of these that is barely used, but out of warranty.

It won't power on. When it is unplugged the power light blinks red or orange.

Trash can it, or suggestions to try to revive it?

The light blinks red or orange when it's unplugged from the wall?

Yes, a few times, probably until the reserve power bleeds out.