INSTALLING ENIGMA2 USING SPARK PLUGIN IN AMIKO ALIEN/ALIEN 2

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Do you have Enigma2 in your Amiko Alien/Alien2 (STi 7111/7162)? If not, just in case one hasn't yet made it dual boot with Enigma2, here it is.

OK, once you have the Enigma2 as a possibility with SH4 box.....

For instance: http://www.pur-e2.club/OU/images/index.php?dir=6.5/fulan/

Patience is the word one can not overstate with these old beauties... They have their own... rhythm... ;)

PurE2 flashing procedure:

1) Get the image for Alien2 and unpack it onto a USB stick formatted in FAT32.

2) Switch OFF Alien2 at the back switch.

3) Then, USB stick is pushed at the back port of Alien2.

4) We PRESS AND HOLD the OK button on the A2 front panel, when we switch ON the receiver at the back switch.

5) When you see FORC on LED let go of the OK button and press the > (right) button next to OK button.

The installation starts and last some 5 minutes...

Booting might last a bit, too, kinda stuck on 34 or 39 (starting home network?), then 49 (it's starting PurE2 at that point)... PATIENCE!

Go make yourself a drink or summat... :tongue1:

A few tips....

When I finally figured out that it is not going past the 49% I thought that the HDMI cable was not agreeable with my Alien2, so I changed it and then I could see the screen and start playing...

One starts configuring PurE2 at that point... language, HDMI, network etc. Past the wizard and then the real fun starts after a reboot... (See below for more detailed help!)

I have not killed off the Spark OS/partition. But I only use Enigma2 with PurE2 v. 6.5.

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More relevant tutorials for the same/similar boxes....

Install multiple Enigma2 images on a USB stick:

How To Use Image Manager Plugin on All Spark Receivers

In addition, pay attention to these threads, as to how to set up PurE2 in these old beauties...

PurE2 in many images, initial setup:

PurE2 General Setup

How to deal with our funky Full HD skin, Estuary:

How to make our Estuary full HD skin do as you please...

How to mount various devices and which files go where:

Mounting devices/partitions in PurE2's Device Manager and which files to send where!

Expand Alien's limited flash and RAM:

How to expand ROM and RAM in PurE2

Special PurE2 FNC plugins:

Fabulous FNC plugins by Franc (for PurE2 users)!!!

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Sooo, in these old boxes....

-Sat TV is fine!

-IPTV via Ciefp's channel list works fine when Exteplayer3 is chosen in ServiceApp.

-Most FNC (and similar plugins) are working fine...

-Playback from NAS on home network is great!

-Image quality is fabulous!

Oldie but goldie... :)

Delfi, one more time:

SH4 updated with some changes. We hope it works reasonably well and feedback would be appreciated :)