cloud ibox 2

[bighun]

it looks like the cloud ibox 3 is another incarnation of the xp1000 sf8 box with an extra tuner and a wifi card it looks exactly like the ibox 2

[ajax2061]

thought as much and noticed that the extra tuner isnt a s2 one, iam in two minds mrs has given me the go ahead to get a new box, moneys tight Christmas round the corner so tempted with a ibox2 but also looking at the nano 2 as I get a rock solid warranty with that box and with some of the reports of iffy boxs......

Atm the nano is winning

[bighun]

i have had my ibox2 about 3 weeks now and it has been rock solid it has no card reader installed which i don`t need it runs cool with a passive heat sink only slight problem it needs patched images just like the original ibox its a good wee box for the money

[lombard]

it looks like the cloud ibox 3 is another incarnation of the xp1000 sf8 box with an extra tuner and a wifi card it looks exactly like the ibox 2

would give this a try if it was dual dvb - s tuner, also taking internal drive would be great

[johnviv]

Good box , thanks thanks to sgt flip flop for bouquets, password >>> xp1000, cheers chaps , prob at the moment cant get all the epg, other wise ,happy chappy .
good spare box . oh ! forgot stayed with open pli 4. line ok too .

[ps2gamer]

The Cloud Ibox 3 promises great performance !
Strongly that the feedback is done on this forum, because I do not wish to re-scammed.
I also hope there will be a smart card reader, and a "USB" port on the front panel.

[jenseneverest12]

Not in the least bit interested in the cloud 3, at least until they sort the issue's on the cloud 2.
Without patched firmware like vix, or openhdf, or atv we will be stuck with the pli image.
What happens when pli4 needs a patch??
We will be stuck with boxes that dont update online.......eventually the drivers will be useless.
unless someone with an indepth knowledge of linux and the required code for the proccessor (is realeased by the factory. ) offers regular patched firmware.
The cloud 1 is a clone of a clone....IE its a clone of a ferrari clone, hence we get regular firmware patches.

Without some real input into this matter by the factory i wont be buying anything based on the XP1000, or any other clone without real surport for patched firmware.

BTW the cloud 3 that looks like a cloud 2 is a total fake. Anyone heard of photoshop??

[Blaahval]

Hello everybody,

I am currently thinking of purchasing this reciever to replace my IPBox 910HD running PGI 1.4. The IPBox is starting to have some issues with freezing etc., and honestly I think it is a bit slow. Hopefully this box with 500 MHz and more memory will be faster. I have also heard that Enigma 2 is generally better than PGI 1.4.

How is this reciever for typical home-use? I don't really have a lot of demands, I only need a single tuner and the option for PVR. Streaming mkv etc. over the local network would be nice but not necessary.

So my question is: Is this the best box out there for around ?70 and is it stable if installed with the correct firmware?

Any input would be great!

Thanks in advance. :-)

[dale1983]

Hi all,

Currently using a cloud ibox (vu solo mini). Its been rock solid since the day I bought it however I now looking to but a second box. Do you think I'm better off sticking with the same box again or do you all think the cloud ibox2 is a better option?

Thanks in advance

[ashleybanner]

So guys,
Image was working fine for 3 weeks, now it's just died on me, white screen on bootup...

tried to reflash and it just goes completely wonkey,
when you flash it do your press ch+ or hold ch+?

[intel]

So guys,
Image was working fine for 3 weeks, now it's just died on me, white screen on bootup...

tried to reflash and it just goes completely wonkey,
when you flash it do your press ch+ or hold ch+?

Heres the flash instructions I found:

Flashing the Receiver. Maxdigital XP1000
***8211; Fully power the receiver down via the rocker switch at the rear of the receiver.
***8211; Insert the USB stick containing the image files into the rear USB port on the receiver.
***8211; Power the receiver on from the rear rocker switch
***8211; Wait for both the RED Recording LED and the LED on the front standby button to appear
RED, once you see this you must press the CH+ located behind the flap on the front of the
receiver to initiate the flashing process.
***8211; Wait for the image to flash, during this time the Standby button LED will appear purple to
indicate that the image is being flashed.
***8211; When the flashing process has completed the receiver will automatically reboot.

Taken from post #152 in this topic

[trinidat]

Hi all,

Currently using a cloud ibox (vu solo mini). Do you think I'm better off sticking with the same box again or do you all think the cloud ibox2 is a better option?

Thanks in advance

Ibox1 :
CPU: BCM 7325
333 mHz
Nand flash: 128 MB
DDR memory: 256 MB
SoC: 65-nm
openGL ES: 1.1

Ibox2:
CPU: BCM 7358
500 mHz
Nand flash: 256 MB
DDR memory: 512 MB
SoC: 40-nm
openGL ES: 2.0

[trinidat]

Menu - plugins - media player - external storage - movie - select item to play by pressing ok which moves item into playlist - then press channel up or down button
which takes you over to the playlist, - move over item to play, hit ok.

This is a rather complicated way to access recordings. At the DM800 remote, there was a button "video". You press it and are straight in your recordings. Another problem with media player is, that picture is gone, when you press "pause" button!

[djrikstar]

Anyone had any issues with their Cloud iBox 2 just crashing? Screen goes black and there is no response by pressing buttons on remote have to turn it off and on via switch at the back. Im running openpli 4.0. Also i have a m8 with same issue there is no pattern to this crashing can be after 5 minutes of turning on or 5 hours

Any one with similar issues or a fix?

[shock2kuk]

Anyone had any issues with their box just crashing? Screen goes black and there is no response by pressing buttons on remote have to turn it off and on via switch at the back. Im running openpli 4.0

Any one with similar issues or a fix?

Yes, i have had the same issues today quite a few times. Im using Lombards image that he posted. If i flash the vix image on there seems to be no problems as far as i can tell so far, so it is either an Open Pli software issue i would guess or possibly certain batches of shoddy units with intermittent hardware issues. Also the picture glitches occasionally on HD channels (free ones like BBC ONE HD).

I guess it's very early days for this receiver yet, but like a few people have said, if the chinese manufacturers don't patch other OS's or the groups wont support 'clone' receivers then i guess we will all end up with freesat boxes .

I did get sucked into buying this because of the claims of VIX etc 'supporting' the unit. I was fully aware that the Ibox 1 was a VU+ clone but as far as i could work out the Ibox II seemed to be decent spec for the money and this thread wasn't started when i bought mine. It was only on plugging it in for the first time it became obvious it was an XP1000 in disguise!

Hopefully due to the low cost this unit will be the new DM800 replacement due to running OE2.0 rather than OE1.6 and patched images will begin to filter through for us all. If not then it serves us right for being tight arses and not paying over ?100 for an 'official' supported sat box.