The clock on my new
Mercury II runs slow. Supposedly, the new firmware would correct it.
The receiver loses two minutes a day. This makes it totally useless for recording programs while you are away....which is why I wanted the receiver in the first place. (No, wait. In the first place, my old receiver died...the second place was I needed the timer.)
Anyway, Fortec says there is no clock in the receiver, The software simulates a clock but it can run slowly.
Buyer beware....at least, until they chose to correct this problem.
Mike
(edited to include): Fortec now says the service providers don't keep their time signals correct. Indeed! I surveyed five or six signals from the kU side of T5 and discovered that nearly all had the correct UTC time, but for some reason half didn't translate to my time zone, and the remaining station was off by 25 minutes.
Fortec, please put a REAL clock in your receivers. The last unit I had (Ultra) worked beautifully.
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