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Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 18 de diciembre de 2024
So I needed this for 2 reasons: One was to be able to combine my SAT rcvr as an HD channel w/ my antenna, an voila it works. I can now watch my local OTA stations combined w/ 1 additional channel, aka my SAT receiver. There is obviously a delay of a second or 2 from when i for example change the channel on my SAT receiver before the video changes the channel or fast fwd, rwd, etc. Second reason for this device was to be able add my SAT rcvr signal as a channel to Sling TV, using the AirTV device.I use to use SlingBox, which was GREAT. You could basically watch your cableTV box/Sat rcvr from anywhere in the world, but since that service has gone away, utilizing this box to essentially 'create' a OTA channel that i can combine with my OTA antenna channels, feed into the AirTV device, an voila, watch my DVR thru SlingTV from anywhere in the world. However, the image is not the greatest when used in this way. It pixelates much like a low signal station would. At least when using SlingTV via 'app's. However if I were to connect to SlingTV thru my computer, an then project that to a TV, no pixelation. shrug. This tells me the signal output is not as solid as it should be. I tired adjusting the gain as well. The other issue was trying to figure out what channel AirTV detected this as. In my case i assigned channel 8-1 an AirTV thinks its network "Unimas", so it was a lot of trial an error to find what channel AIrtv thought my Sat Rcvr was (since slingtv lists channels by network an not channel number), but overall I can deal w/ a lil pixelation for the convenience of being able to watch my receiver thru the FREE sling app from anywhere. (of note the SAT TV also has an app which has a remote control feature, and can also connect directly into the rcvr as well to watch channels, dvr content, etc, but that option is very buggy).Picture quality is a little lacking. I'd imagine the more expensive units might do better, not that this unit is cheap............cheaper than most.
Customer
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 4 de junio de 2022
I've wanted to be able to set up some form of whole house DVR for some time. My cable provider doesn't have an option for whole-house DVR and frankly, even if they did, I wouldn't pay for it. They get enough of my money already. My house is wired with RG6 coaxial cable in all rooms, but I only use it in two rooms anymore, the living room with the cable box for TV and my home office for internet. I have TVs in 3 other rooms that use Roku for program content, including access to my cable provider live TV (no DVR) via their Roku app. Reviewing the specs and user comments on the Multicom 200 unit led me to conclude that it would be able to broadcast over my existing coax cables to provide TV and DVR content from the cable box to my other 3 TVs. I had read the complaints that HDMI with HDCP (High Definition Copy Protection) content would not work without introducing a device such as an HDMI splitter in between my cable box and the Multicom unit. I did not want to do this because I use HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) and HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) to interface to my home theater receiver and a HDMI splitter is likely to interfere with ARC and CEC. For me, the key feature of the Multiocom 200 unit is that in addition to HDMI it also features Component (red, blue, green) video inputs, which do not include HDCP. Therefore, I could use the Component video interface on my cable box to drive the Multicom unit with no HDCP concerns.Before the unit arrived I re-worked my splitter setup in the basement to create a separate coax network dedicated to only the output of the Multicom unit. This results in my cable box and internet connections being the only connections to the coax that goes outside the house and the rest of the coax inside the house is driven only by the Multicom unit. Separating the coax this way probably wasn't necessary but it just seems "cleaner" to me. When the unit arrived the first things I did was change the login password and changed the IP address from 192.168.1.9 to 192.168.0.9, because my network gateway is 192.168.0.1. I can see why there are complaints about the IP address because not everyone is comfortable or knowledgeable about IP addressing and how to change it. That's a fair complaint and I can see why some users got frustrated. I had no issues using the web interface and logging into the unit. I think it helps to use incognito or private browsing mode of whatever web browser you use.Other than the login password and IP address I made no other changes in the web based setup, the factory defaults were fine for my application. The only other adjustment I made was to the Gain setting on the back of the unit. I turned the Gain down to minimum, since the unit is driving a very light load. I connected the Component video cables and RCA audio (using an RCA to 3.5mm audio cable adaptor) from the cable box to the Multicom unit. I plugged in the unit and then scanned for cable channels on my 3 connected TVs. As expected, all 3 TVs found channel 2.1. All TVs have a perfect HD picture with perfectly synced sound. The Multicom unit has been running for over two weeks now without a single hiccup. I like that it runs cool, the case doesn't warm up at all. I have it connected to my home network using an ethernet cable so that I can check in on it periodically or if there's an issue. So far, no issues whatsoever.I also set up remote cable box control for 2 of the 3 TVs using an IR over coax system. It was fairly painful to set up and get working properly but I finally have it working well and am happy with it. Setting up the ability to control the cable box remotely was far more difficult and frustrating than setting up the Multicom unit, so consider that if you are contemplating a setup similar to mine.
MichaelS
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 17 de enero de 2022
I was extremely excited to order this unit. I have an RV and of the 6 TV locations only 2 have HDMI cables. This means that from my HDMI switch box I need to convert from HDMI to ATSC or QAM using a modulator. This should not be a big problem. This unit states that it does support HDMI 1080P / 1080i. The product page specifically states that HDCP is also supported. Unfortunately, after you receive the unit buried in the manual it says that if HDCP content is input then a pink screen is output to connected devices. So, this means that no commercial devices such as Dish Network, Amazon FireTV, BluRay players, DVD players and almost any commercial device does output HDCP protected content. So, unless you intend to input solely user generated content such as for digital displays etc. forget about it this unit won't work at all. Ok onto the rest of the review. The manual is 8.5" laser printed pages in booklet form. The manual leaves a lot to be desired. I was able to figure it out. The web page is actually fairly good. I was disappointed that the network was configured for a default RFC-1918 static address. This is irritating for most non-technical users. I just flipped it to DHCP and it was ok. It would be convenient if there was more diagnostic data on the main screen. However, it is ok to a point. So, if you need an encoder for only user generated content this may be a good choice. For anything else forget it.
Jim H
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 8 de diciembre de 2020
Been wanting an affordable digital modulator for some time. I have it combined with my OTA antenna using a Channel Plus Coax Distribution Panel, but the same can be done with a simple coax splitter. The picture and sound is excellent on every TV in the houseI currently have it fed by a Roku player and it's broadcasting on channel 50-1 where my Tivo Edge can pick it up and pause and rewind or record the streaming channels much better than any streaming DVR could ever think of doing.I think I now need two of the MUL-HDENC-C-100 modulators, One to broadcast the Tivo through the house and one for the security cameras.
tesseract
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 28 de diciembre de 2020
I've had this for 2 weeks and no problems yet. I use ATSC on channel 60 with virtual channel 60.1 and this is mixed with broadcast TV (virtual channels 19,51,56 physical channels 15,20,22). I have 5 TVs connected. 3 of them show the channel as 60.1 (correct according to VCN setting). The other 2 TVs (both Insignia brand) show 60.101 (I thought subchannel numbers were limited to 99 with ATSC). This number seems to come from the otherwise unexplained "Program Number" setting on the modulator.
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