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I have just taken delivery of a netstream4sat and have a couple of issues regarding it compared to previous elgato satellite receivers.
The first is that the Mac no longer connects directly to the mac via USB or firewire - it relies on an ethernet connection.
The mac has already lost its connection to the netstream4sat 3 times in 1 day. You have to restart the eyetv software or power cycle the netstream4sat to remake the connection. Pinging the netstream4sat shows that it has not gone to sleep.
The remote control no longer works.
The netstream4sat has two USB ports which don't seem to be for anything at all. It would have been nice if you could have connected a hard drive to it.
I am waiting for a unicable LNB to arrive, as it then promises that I will be able to record up to 4 channels at the same time.
The installation and usage instructions are pitiful, and why you can't set it up from a Mac, but have to use a tablet baffles me.
I am unclear as to how one records a program from an iPad and where the recording is kept.
You need 2 elgato apps on the ipad to use it properly- eyetv and eyetv netstream.
Anybody else using one of these?
The first is that the Mac no longer connects directly to the mac via USB or firewire - it relies on an ethernet connection.
The mac has already lost its connection to the netstream4sat 3 times in 1 day. You have to restart the eyetv software or power cycle the netstream4sat to remake the connection. Pinging the netstream4sat shows that it has not gone to sleep.
The remote control no longer works.
The netstream4sat has two USB ports which don't seem to be for anything at all. It would have been nice if you could have connected a hard drive to it.
I am waiting for a unicable LNB to arrive, as it then promises that I will be able to record up to 4 channels at the same time.
The installation and usage instructions are pitiful, and why you can't set it up from a Mac, but have to use a tablet baffles me.
I am unclear as to how one records a program from an iPad and where the recording is kept.
You need 2 elgato apps on the ipad to use it properly- eyetv and eyetv netstream.
Anybody else using one of these?