Services Down Mancester Area

[Axte]

Looks like n3 finally hit

[Fergal]

Why, have you recieved a new card?
Answer yes....then maybe it has
Answer No....then do a scan

[MetMan]

Looks like n3 finally hit

from what i've read ur only at the first stage, transponder freq change, not switch to only N3 stream, try slow scan or bruteforce scan u should get them back for the time being......

[ozzie66]

I'm in South Manchester - lost channels too. I added the latest commando 12 manual update and performed a soft scan. Everything working as it should be so try that mate.

**Update**

I am now in the above position too. Get EPG, but no picture and sporadic sound. Tried fast scan to no avail - now undergoing brute force. Any other suggestions? Not received a new card from Virgin....

Image: Commando 12 with March 2010 Manual update
Location: South Manchester
Fast scan: - EPG and small segments of sound. No picture.
Brute Force: Will report back.

[Axte]

Believe me done everything theres 3 of us in the local area with dbox2 no more than 3 miles apart were all having the same problem EPG is not a problem all forms of scanning work fine and the boxes are picking up the channels just noone seems to be able to get a picture

[gb12]

Hello, Did any of you guys resolve this at all ? In MCR nr Trafford and the same issue.

Flashed to Commando 12 with add-on, brute force returned all channels.

Sporadic sound , EPG good, basically as described in this thread..

Any help appreciated

[Axte]

Nada 2 of us been tryna fix all day used diff images ect just to make sure not sure what vm are upto but its killed the boxes

[Fergal]

Have you checked on the vm status page to see if there is a fault in your area
is your stb working ok.

[ozzie66]

Not had a chance to do my brute force; but I've spoken to a couple of mates who live in near vicinity. One got a Eurovox and the other uses an official NTL box thats been adapted. Both of theirs work fine.

Also, my understanding is even with N3 the FTA channels should work but this is not the case. Hence I reckon its a specific problem to the dbox but as to what it is I have no idea..... (Checked status page and no probs in this area)

[Fergal]

Ftp in and delete your bouquets and services.xml files then in the service menu reload channel list it will come back with no channels found message then try a fast scan.

[ozzie66]

Ftp in and delete your bouquets and services.xml files then in the service menu reload channel list it will come back with no channels found message then try a fast scan.

Done what you have said and everything works! Cheers mate I really owe you one! Now off to watch the rest of the United game!

NB: Please have the courtesy to report back when extremely helpful people such as Fergal above take the time and effort to help you. It also helps other people encountering the same problem later on as to what works and what doesnt.

[zyxro2003]

thx alot ...i hope i will be able to use it now !

[mainy 1888]

a bit dodgy in fife scotland scanning and ending up to many same channels

[Axte]

u no ide give that a try if my damn core ftp would let me delete them

[PaphosAL]

u no ide give that a try if my damn core ftp would let me delete them

If you can't delete the services and buckets files via FTP, then your image has dropped into Read-only mode. You'll need to reflash with your most recent backup.

Cheers- AL