just lost all channels, has keys changed again?

**destheman** · 9th December, 2008, 09:10 PM

Hi, all,
i have lost all ch, including FTA. Box has only been working for a day.
I a using the Lincsat beta 7.25-full.
Senario: the box froze, unable to change ch, rebooted, screen said
no ch found. scan.
Any ideas?

destheman

**plasterer** · 9th December, 2008, 09:19 PM

You Should still Get FTA channels
Check your Cable input Feed......................Paul

**destheman** · 9th December, 2008, 09:30 PM

I will ftp it to see if the services file is still in the Zapit folder and report back. Either that or the image has got currupted.

destheman

**destheman** · 9th December, 2008, 11:28 PM

not sure how i did it mind.
i deleted the services file in the zapit folder, then restored a copy i had saved. i got some channels back, enabled AU with evocamd, restarted EMU, then rebooted. Now have all channels.
Not sure why the box lost the channels in the first place.
Does anyone know anything about the "lincsat beta 7.25-full" image.
created on 30-11-08.

destheman

**wesb1980** · 10th December, 2008, 09:00 AM

My box has done this thismorning too! Using virgin lite, busy rescanning channels now, they are being picked up so hopefully will be ok

**destheman** · 10th December, 2008, 11:47 AM

Hi,
did you get all your chs come back? why did you have to rescan?

destheman

**peapod** · 10th December, 2008, 12:58 PM

Hi

New to the forums, mine has done this too.....

**BoomBoom** · 10th December, 2008, 01:37 PM

When your boxes are working perfectly why not backup the image and store it safely also your services files. So much easy when it goes tits up

Just a thought

**destheman** · 10th December, 2008, 02:09 PM

Hi, m8, i am sure most people would have the image they are using stored, anyway. so they can reflash if things go tits-up.
Or are you talking about something totally different?
I always have a copy of my services file on my pc, because i need to delete all those waste -of-space channels that are on there. and of course the xxx chs.

Destheman

**briankav** · 31st May, 2009, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by destheman

Hi, m8, i am sure most people would have the image they are using stored, anyway. so they can reflash if things go tits-up.
Or are you talking about something totally different?
I always have a copy of my services file on my pc, because i need to delete all those waste -of-space channels that are on there. and of course the xxx chs.

Destheman

Could u pm me the image because i have no back ups and box has lost all channels. I tried to update firmware it failed and now my channels are gone

**MetMan** · 31st May, 2009, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by destheman

Hi, m8, i am sure most people would have the image they are using stored, anyway. so they can reflash if things go tits-up.
Or are you talking about something totally different?
I always have a copy of my services file on my pc, because i need to delete all those waste -of-space channels that are on there. and of course the xxx chs.

Destheman

save the img once u have added all the necessary files and when u've sorted ur bouquets, etc etc......saving it then will give u an identical copy of the image with all the changes u made....saves u having to start again with the basic img again...

**PaphosAL** · 1st June, 2009, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by destheman

Hi, m8, i am sure most people would have the image they are using stored, anyway. so they can reflash if things go tits-up.
Or are you talking about something totally different?
I always have a copy of my services file on my pc, because i need to delete all those waste -of-space channels that are on there. and of course the xxx chs.

Destheman

...and therein lies the danger, even for guys who have been at it on almost a daily basis for nearly 5 years on dbox2. I always 'trim' my services like you do, to remove all the dross. Then patch the bouquets.xml with any changed Sid / TSid data.

Some heavyish re-arranging of the channels late last week here in Pure by virgin. I did a bad copy/paste to the services file and totally missed one line- a closing xml </transponder> tag. Result? No services!

That's how easy it is to demolish your TV for the night, LOL! Hint: If you've edited your services and/or bouquets files manually, and it all goes tits-up like this- just 'Open' the files with IE7 browser. If it stops short of reading the whole file right down to the bottom, then it's corrupted, so neutrino cannot read it into dbox memory.

But IE7 will also report what line the bug occurs in and give you a very good clue on what the syntax error is, so you fix it easily. It only takes one little missing < or a > or a space where one doesn't belong- and whoosh! Your file is fubarred...

Cheers- AL