Amiko A3 short review

[eastof111]

How many radio channels did it scan? What is the total count for this satellite?
Have you verified that it is receiving AAC audio on these channels?

Heck if I know.... they are all in one big radio channel list and not sorted by sat. The new firmware is supposed to have solved the sorting problem, but I haven't upgraded yet.

[eastof111]

I noticed the price has came down already for the A3. I can get one for about $200.00 now. Probably in another month or two the A3 will be around $150-$200.00.
I would rather have the European version of the A3 instead of the American version with the factory default disappearing firmware. The Euro price is better and the features are the same.

For $150, go for it. The more I use it the more I am liking it.

[eastof111]

Upgraded to the latest stable firmware version and they revised and improved the menu system plus other bug fixes. The SD picture quality has been upgraded and looks very good. The radio by sat sort is not available yet except in the beta versions. I think I will wait till the stable version is released for this feature.

[eastof111]

Upgraded to the latest stable firmware last night. Now one can sort the radio channels by satellite. I rescanned 139º and it showed 919 radio channels. It also showed good signals on three transponders, 3743 V 2955, 4131 V 5654 and 4159 V 2955 but it scanned in zero channels

There's a new beta release which supposedly fixes the video and other bug fixes. Will wait till they release it in their stable version.

[el bandido]

It looks like you are getting about half the radio stations.

[chifut]

If you are pointed at Astra ,there are couple thousends free tv and radio chnls ..,but only for Europa ..

[eastof111]

It looks like you are getting about half the radio stations.

Yup, will try scanning again with the next release.

[eastof111]

If you are pointed at Astra ,there are couple thousends free tv and radio chnls ..,but only for Europa ..

I wish I could go that far east but I would need a worm hole. LOL

[Jim S.]

I'm curious as to whether the A3 fixes these longstanding A1/A2 bugs:

1) Timer recordings fail if the dish isn't already parked on the satellite to be recorded.
2) Radio channels cannot be streamed from the web interface (locks up when trying).
3) Android remote-access app doesn't even offer access to radio stations.
4) Box sometimes fails with nothing but an "ERROR" message when channel-surfing a long channel list, requiring a complete powerdown to receive any signal thereafter.

[el bandido]

Joe with all his famous Amiko connections could not fix those problems for you????
I guess you have noticed that there is no support for A1 and A2 now that the A3 is out. You can expect the same from Joe and his crew when something comes out to replace the A3.