Posts by mozze27

Quote from pheonix

Don't panic yet. just take it one step at a time.

power the receiver down fully for at least ten minutes.

Download the bootloader from the link I provided and prepare the USB stick (make sure you format the stick first using the HP format tool from this link).

http://www.pcworld.com/product…-storage-format-tool.html

Now flash the bootloader, it only takes seconds so dont worry if it's fast.

Then power the receiver down, remove the stick, format it again and prepare the image from the link above and flash that.

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will try that pal got to go out now will let you know later thanks again for your help

Quote from pheonix

Flashing the image alone should be fine, but then again you can never guarantee what people put in some of these so called backups, a incorrectly flashed bootloader however can and will destroy the boot sector on the receiver, and it's not easily fixable.

Have you tried flashing the bootloader since ?. you can get it from here. http://www.openvix.co.uk/index…%2B_Bootloaders/Vu%2BDuo/

Then power down and reflash the image again from here http://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php?dir=Vu%2BDuo/

yes I've tried both of the above still the same theres no response from the box doesn't even read from usb and I've tried vuutil to flash with null modem mounts the image gets to 20% and nothing happens

no my friend got it from another site pal..wish I never listened to him now..proper gutted about my box skint me to buy it

what is was the vix image that came with the box crashed so reflashed it by usb everything fine for a month or so then crossepg wasn't showing epg so I tried another epg from the plugins can't remember what is was called then the image crashed again so I tried a different image a vix back up I think.. it loaded via usb but didn't work so I rebooted the box and was stuck on starting so I tried uploading the bootloader which obviously hasn't worked and now just got the redlight..I bet its my fault for using a different image and bootloader but surely that wouldn't kill the box would it?

so is there no warranty at all?

i'll try that first pal still got the packaging it came in..when you pay that kind of money it should not die in the first year..thanks for your help anyway apriciate it

don't think its a clone paid £249 for it earlier this year and the sticker on the back says vu+ duo sn:d1314901154...well it don't want to be a clone for that money..

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thanks for the advice pal i'll try another usb stick but my box doesn't even say starting just the red led light in top left hand corner and doesnt respond with vuutil with rs 232 lead plugged in?

any ideas what mate tried everything i am pretty much a newbie with these boxes..i was ok with the old dm500s..there's power to the hdd but not even getting starting on the front panel..thanks for your help..

i'm no good at soldering but i know someone who is what is the capacitor part number just so i know wot i'm buying soz if i sound a bit thick this is all new to me..thanks for your help pal hope thats all it is...

will i be able to buy them from maplin pal? could that still be the problem i've tried to flash with null cable no response from the box apart from the hdd trying to boot which i have disconnected to see if that had anything to do with the problem obviously it wasn't so i reconnected it thanks for help bud..

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hi can any1 help my box is dead on red light i can't replace the c807 cap as my board doesn't have 1 tried everything i've read is the box dead forever?

hi thanks for your reply..I've managed to ftp to the box but no logs so I've taken a picture of what it says when trying to boot up
warning skin is missing element state in class screens pvr state.timeshiftstate
removepopupid,zaperror
etc exit code 5 is that any help?

hi guys can any 1 help? I was about to set a recording on epg then my box crashed saying your receiver encountered a software problem and needs to be restarted your receiver starts in 10 seconds that never happened turned the box on and off and it comes up with the same message..is there anyway round this or will it need flashing? the image is vix I am running any help would be much appreciated thanks

can anyone advise me if its worth buying??