Starview 1 ...i think

[sika]

Ok so I have an old box, all it says is starview on the top left of the box, it doesn?t say 1 or 2 or anything, alot of channels have gone walkies and I don?t know what?s up, I still have a lot of channels but stuff like home and health and zee TV are missing, a buddy says flash it as the info page says 2007 or something and its not updating when it tries.

Cant any body help me determine what box I have and what flash file I need to run?

Thanks

[xant14]

Hi m8, It does sound like a starview 1 to me, there is a guide somewhere on the differences, and I am buggered if I can find it. I know the starview 2 is called 'the box' then there is the box pvr, and the usb boxes.
Anyway.. do you get any pay channels? or are they free to Air chAnnels only?
If you have some pay ones, you may only need to do a re=scan.

If it's only FTA then you need to download a firmware upgrade, and the loader to load it on your box. Plus you need your leads to load it on,
I wont post the firmware link just in case it aint a SV1. but all the links are in the stickies of the starview forum.

[sika]

alrite mate, i was messing around with it last night and i noticed the code has changed by itself, i put in the code and rescanned, set emu on and it worked, all the channels are back, should i do an update so i can stop using a silly code, i dont think its changed for months and months so i dunno why my box happened to lose the code, its happened to my brothers aswell, i've ordered a null modem wire so i can update firmware if needed, what do you think?

[xant14]

Definitely need a firmware update then. You can enter the code manually for a while, which is ok until they start changing them 3 or 4 times a day like they have done in the past. And until your null modem cable comes, study up in the Starview forum.
We all will help you as much as we can, I am not 100% up on starview 1, done a sv2 before, which sounds similar, and a 'thebox PVR' which was usb based. And it was a while ago, and I have the memory of a goldfish tank. It's a bit like riding a bike tho, it'll come back to me, altho I usually fall off in the drive before I hit the road.
Get studying mate, and downloading your bits. the firmware and the loader. All the info is out there, just needs looking for, and I am stumped at where that guide to the starview models is, I seem to think Bulldog posted it... but goldfish forgets.
best of luck

[sika]

Thanks bud, i've downloadefd everything i think i need, lets just hope its right haha, i'll make a post when my null arrives, thanks for being so helpfull, so if i update to the latest fw, it will auto update when the code changes?

[xant14]

yep, sure will. keep in touch thru this thread, that way the post gets bumped, and cleverer persons than me will jump in and help you out.

[stuckylad]

hi m8,got a sv1 clone myself,have had very little trouble with it,when your f/ware is in all will be well,normally when i start to lose a channel or two i do a factory reset, always works,good luck

[xant14]

Oh as I say, I dont know much about the SV1, or even if its the clone.. but make sure the firmware is for your box, or clone friendly, or you may brick it.. Someone who knows about the firmwares will help you.

[stuckylad]

check the red sticky,starview 1au fix,if its a clone it will be the257

[sika]

is there any differance in the fw's from the og and the clone? i mean does the og have any benifits? can i find out if its og or clone? also i have starview 1 then cuz all it says is starview, my wire arrived today s i'm hoping to flash this and my dads box super but first my starview 1

[xant14]

is there any differance in the fw's from the og and the clone? i mean does the og have any benifits? can i find out if its og or clone? also i have starview 1 then cuz all it says is starview, my wire arrived today s i'm hoping to flash this and my dads box super but first my starview 1

I dunno about differences, but you could always flash with the 257 and see how you along with it, swapping firmwares later if you find out if its a clone or not. Bumped mate.

[sika]

my dads bringin up his laptop as it has a serial port o it, i'll flash it with the clone one, how will i know if it works? if it still functions with all the channels then it works? (all channels are on at the moment u see using the code)

Thanks

[smirnoff_rules]

1. Plug starview in at the mains;
2. Plug in null modem cable and join up box with
PC using COM port on PC (there is only one socket for
this on the starview you cant go wrong);
3. Open up GTRom loader or whatever sofwtare you have
for loading image on the box.
4. Click on "BIN File" on GTRom and load the
Auto update BIN File file that you have
(which I assume you have downloaded from here).
5. Now click download button and you sill se the
file being downloaded.
6. Once complete a mssage will apppears saying
something like "download successful".
7.Ideally you should try and get a bin file channel
list for your area and load this as well it will save a lot of time.
8. Alterantively, plug box in and press Menu on
remote, installation, choose your cable provider,
then move don to automatic scan and press ok.
9. Once all channels have been found press exit back to TV screen.
10. Now press menu, parental control, press ok.
Now press i then 2004. Move down to Key Emu and change option
to on. Press ok , then exit back to TV Screen.
11. Go to scrambled channel and wait on keys updating.
12 That should be you.
13. Details how to sort favourites etc is in the

[xant14]

Cheers jok and smirnoff, you certainly know your onions. I know its not my box, but its a good feeling when guys like you share your knowledge.