Hi Nodezero, you've basically answered your own question with your knowledge. But as a suggestion, I would also:
01: Reformat your Hard Drive if you have one installed.
02: Do a factory reset prior to installing the latest image.
Other than that you are good to go my friend.
Hi lillo,the original spark image is fine for cs if that's what your after. It works fine for me and a number of others who have this great receiver.
On the other hand if your looking for an E2 image there is no stable one available at the moment, although you can experiment with the few E2 images available.
Hope this is helpful.
Yes the Alien 2 does support CCCam, NewCamd, MGCamd and Oscam. They work with the installed Spark software.
Just install this software via USB.
Hi mate, I found the attached program useful for transfering your lines to Alien2 from the PC.
Hi guys for those who manage to get thier Amiko Alien 2 stuck in "BOOT" Follow these steps and you should be up and running again within 10 Minutes.
First you need the rescue image as previously posted.
Then you need a "KINGSTON" USB Pen Drive, I say "KINGSTON" because I have tried many others and they simply didn't work including HP, RiDisc, PEAK, Samsung and Sony, (although somebody told me they used an ASDA 1GB and that worked fine).
Now another important factor is when using the rescue image, you must use the rear USB port, not the front.
CREATE a folder on your desktop and call it "Spark Rescue", inside that folder create another folder called "spark" (small caps)
UNZIP the spark rescue image and place the "mImage" and the "userfsub" files into the "spark" folder.
FORMAT your USB Pen Drive in FAT32, DO NOT choose the quick format as it will not work
TRANSFER the "spark" folder onto the USB Pen Drive
SWITCH off the receiver at the rear and insert the USB Pen Drive
PRESS and HOLD the OK key at the front of the receiver and switch it back on at the rear
FORC will appear on the display after a couple of seconds
PRESS the RIGHT key FACT should appear on the display
PRESS OK key
YOU should now see U LD flashing on the display
WAIT a good 10 Minutes for the receiver to be back to original factory state (some information on the internet claims that the restore process takes about five minutes, I left mine a bit longer and it worked, so be patient)
If you get different messages then something is wrong with the USB you are using, start again.
Hope this is helpful
I am interested in purchasing an Amiko Alien 2, can someone advise if these are any good. They look fantastic, and are E2 compatible, I'm not familiar with it's own Spark system but any help would be appreciated.
Hi guys, I'm a noob in this section, I'm in need of another HD receiver, for the past year I've been delighted with my GGGHD box purchased from our sponsors, however it's time to move on.
I've been looking at the Newdvb 800 HD and the Gigablue HD800 SE but which is better? They sound very similar to me in the sense of model number.
Can someone please advise, If I get a year out of it I'll be very happy.
Many thanks
