Duo clone broke this afternoon!!!!! Help

[cactikid]

i think its time to have a post of working usb sticks and non working ones.

[mdt]

nope mine doesnt ,
the usb for images need to be in front usb, and not other usbs pluged in ,

1 put vix image on usb ,

thats a little biased in it m8.. it should be put image of your choice on usb. regards mdt

[the man]

thats a little biased in it m8.. it should be put image of your choice on usb. regards mdt

well yes

but i had the box stuck on red same as the guy ,
and
that way worked for me ,
once its working then he could just change it if he wanted
sorry for trying to help ,

[cactikid]

just started a post of working usb for solo only,please add working ones and picture and size to help,cheers.

[meggiedude]

well yes

but i had the box stuck on red same as the guy ,
and
that way worked for me ,
once its working then he could just change it if he wanted
sorry for trying to help ,

And from my standpoint I 100% appreciate the help here. I'm willing to give anything a go.

If this fixes the issue, with whatever image, I'll warmly shake ur hand and buy you a beer (albeit it might have to be a virtual one if travel is a problem for you ;-) )
As of yesterday I would have warmly shaken the throat of anyone connected with the selling company and then poured a beer over them.

Any help to get me up and working with this kit is totally appreciated. Will have a look at this after the footie this evening

Cheers all.

MD

[meggiedude]

just started a post of working usb for solo only,please add working ones and picture and size to help,cheers.

Whats the recommended format for these drives btw. FAT32, and empty, save the image, I assume.

One thing to note is that the initial failure I had on this unit was after loading the first overnight EPG which was setup to save to external rear USB pendrive. The files appeared to have saved OK, but might that operation somehow corrupt the image, causing this 'red dot of death'??
TBH I can't see how it would, but it is a coincidence.

[the man]

update (dont ask)
unplug the hdmi and internet when trying to flash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good luck pal

[IAmATeaf]

I feel for you, let's hope you manage to revive the box, if you do then let us know the process that worked for you.

EDIT: FAT32 will be fine.

[DOUGALMCD]

If you are going to try reflash :format usb fat 32 > download image > unzip file > put file on usb > Maybe better trying an older image to see if it comes back first. Presuming it will flash.

[IAmATeaf]

Do you have to create the \vuplus\duo folder structure on the USB?

Don't have a box myself but reading a few threads it seems to suggest creating the folder and then putting the file in the duo folder.

[DOUGALMCD]

You download file unzip it open usb and drag file in hey presto. All done on desktop.
You will see folder and files when you look in usb

[meggiedude]

Sigh

I have tried rebooting with three diff usb drives in the front usb port. rebooted numerous times, also in the back
In end connected the serial port and tried reloading the secret file - success. Then reflashed with updateallflash (both as per instructions on the Ferrari site "HOW TO BRING A LIVE YOUR BRICK VU+ DUO"). These both seemed to complete.
But I still just get single red dot and can't seem to get the USB pendrive to be seen no matter how many times I reboot

What am I missing here??

Can I reload image via serial not usb? or at least see what, if anything its doing on boot??? (hyperterm or "putty" is shown in ferrari vids for this, but a bit lost here)

[the man]

did you unplug the hmdi/internet ?

[meggiedude]

did you unplug the hmdi/internet ?

nothing plugged in but power
How long do you have to leave between each power cycle - you mentioned rebooting 15times for example before yours worked.

[the man]

just keeped on doing it , non stop . till it flashed image


i only use the image on a usb , never flashed the chip ect



what os is your pc.laptop
how are you unzipping the image
what do you have on the usb stick?