New 2015 Enigma2 Boxes DVB-C and DVB-S2 Zgemma Star H1 & 2S

[cactikid]

just seen this posted about zgemma a fire warning.

http://forums.zgemma.tv/forums/zgemma-star-series-discussion/manufacturer-watch/1448-a-warning-to-uk-users

[happy_highlander]

Yep but remember they are very region specific. http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums....php?p=2520513

[redondo5]

Any way of getting virmin channel list without autobouquetsmaker?

[Fano]

Even with it being a chinese build, it's one of the better built boxes i've seen and easily competes with the LX receivers which are korean made with twin tuner being ?40 more. Even the IR sensor on the zgemma is pretty good from what i've noticed.

The Zgemma seems to almost identical hardware wise to the Xpeed Lx2 .
Is there much difference in performance ?

[happy_highlander]

Try installing one from scratch then. I'm not a fan of using backups from another receiver, but it only takes me ten minutes to set one up from scratch. Don't forget to copy the keys folder from the backup because the cfg file will have been modified so that it works.

[Duko]

Have you tried digicons h1 backup to rule out errors in nightly's.

It was that one I used.

[happy_highlander]

Have you tried digicons h1 backup to rule out errors in nightly's. Remember nightly builds can be buggy and on a brand new receiver will definately be buggy. Sometimes it helps just to reflash the same build and reinstall your personal settings backup. The same image can be as different as night and day depending on how the box and usb sick feel at the time of flashing

[maca]

Thats all part of the fun mate

[happy_highlander]

Flash a different nightly build. It may just be a sources file error. Sorry i don't have a sources files for h1and am at work so can't edit my h2 sources file for you to use in h1

[Duko]

Working on h2 just installed tsmedia about 10 mins ago on open atv 5.0.
People should telnet in and do opkg update. It may or may not help

I've tried that and get an error that says:

* parse_from_stream_nomalloc: fgets: Input/output error.

And that means exactly nothing to me as I'm still getting used to these boxes.

[happy_highlander]

Working on h2 just installed tsmedia about 10 mins ago on open atv 5.0.
People should telnet in and do opkg update. It may or may not help

[Duko]

Alternatively you could just bang on openatv 5.0 and it works perfectly.

People are reporting that the plugins are showing 'Down for maintenance' after installing openatv 5.0 on zgemma star H1.
Are they working on yours?

[happy_highlander]

Ok H2 arrived today and first set up showed that plugins will not download when using the image shipped with the receiver until you telnet in and do an opkg update, then everything is fine. Alternatively you could just bang on openatv 5.0 and it works perfectly. Of course it is best practice to do an opkg update after any install. But there you go, mixture of older image and user error

[redondo5]

Just remember on these types of receivers and others that the DVB-C/T/T2 tuner not only does Cable but also Freeview and some Freeview HD and that is why the tuner is equipped with a Female Coax type adapter as you would not fit an 'F' type connector to your Aerial feed would you.

no i get that.. I never requested the actual tuners being changed adapted for that type of connecter - just wanted an adapter included. I remeber even from the days of dm-500c clones and eurovox cable receivers the tuners have always been like that, my point was it would be better to include an f plug adapter rather than other less useful stuff. The biggest selling point of these combo receivers... in particular in the uk market... is the ability to use on cable, not freeview. It was just a small annoyance of mine that I had stuff which wasn't useful (AV cables) and had to order an adapter.

I can't say for certain, but I would take a wild guess that 90% of people who purchase zGemma receivers are doing on the back of information they have heard about using cable to get 'HD channels'. Most of the mainstream methods for watching for freeview are done via other means, like built in tv tuners or small cheap set top boxes. It's not a coincidence that since many 'lost' the 'ability' to view HD channels on satellite, the sale of combo or DVB-C/T tuners has risen sharpley, along with an increase in options from various manufacturers providing these combo dvb-c/t receivers/tuners.

Anyway, speaking to the seller at airsat they seemed pleased with the feedback i gave them and will probably be looking to incluide those f plug type adapters and connecters in furture sales.

[happy_highlander]

The images from zgemma.tv are the open atv 4.2 link which should work perfectly as well as 5.0. Digicon has already upped a working backup for 4.2 and 5.0 on H1 and I've also had both the above mentioned working fine on H1 hopefully H2 will arrive tomorrow and I'll let you know how things go