given nokia box

phantom1944 · 01-06-2010, 06:56 PM

hi ive just been given a dbox multimedia terminal dv3 by nokia
can anyone tell me if this is any good,or guide me in the right direction please
any feed back will be welcome
regards phantom1944

phantom1944 · 06-06-2010, 03:14 PM

anyone advise please?

wullboy · 06-06-2010, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by phantom1944

hi ive just been given a dbox multimedia terminal dv3 by nokia
can anyone tell me if this is any good,or guide me in the right direction please
any feed back will be welcome
regards phantom1944

not much good m8, if your area has gone NAGRA3 ??

Magnu420 · 06-06-2010, 09:31 PM

that was good of nokia for giving you a box

you can still use it as a media center even if your area gone N3

PaphosAL · 07-06-2010, 10:28 AM

In fact, only yesterday I took my trusty old Nokia dBox2 testbox out of the wardrobe and fitted it back into the lounge stack. No scart or ethernet, just cable feed and power.

Why? Coz we missed not having the Standby Clock / Calendar!! None of the other modules (DM500S, VM 2110C, and Toshiba DVD/VCR/HDD combo) have a clock, ffs!

After all the image development this box has seen since Commando 10, it's nice to see it in an honourable retirement doing a useful job, rather than being hidden away and forgotten about...

Cheers- AL

ps: The new Toshiba combo unit is worth a Rant of the Week. It has this pathetic EU Directive Eco Standby Mode, which is almost a power-Off state. No clock in Standby, (in fact no RTC on the front display at all), and no scart pass through in Standby.

The scart anomaly means we can't watch the DM500S with the Toshiba in standby mode. Therefore the Toshiba has to be left ON 24/7. Some power saving! Another prime example of warped EU legislation, ffs!!

phantom1944 · 07-06-2010, 05:06 PM

thanks for all the replies
i now take i its only for gathering dust now
once again thank you all for replying
phantom1944

PaphosAL · 07-06-2010, 06:39 PM

Only useful for gathering dust??? You can watch all the World Cup on it, F1 GP, etc etc... All in glorious digital quality, with full EPG.

Some peeps are never happy...

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