Need Some Help Choosing a Box.

[gmb45]

Thanks again for your reply's

I will definitely invest in this after Crimbo when the funds are back to normal! The Missus is already on my back about buying a new box and would have my balls on a plate if I had a cheeky dip into the wedding funds for a Sat dish :-/

birds eh ffs, ok fur them to spend 100 tokens on a hair do ffs make up clothes shoes need i go on, bloke wants a sat dish fur a few tokens and wants to rip ya nads off n stick em in ya gob ffs.

[cactikid]

hmm birds on your back now i am worried,wont mention ropes or hand cuffs,at least that box wont say no and you can mute the sound,enjoy it.

[super jumbe]

Hi all, currently I have a Skybox F3S and while I am happy with the quality the EPG is driving me crazy. I'm currently spending countless Minutes/hours flicking channels to find something to watch hence the reason I'm asking for much needed help/advice.

I have been scouring countless forums trying to find the box I need and have been left somewhat, bewildered.

So basically I have came to the conclusion that:

I need a box that has Auto Bouquets - So I dont have to mess around when channels/transponers change.
Need at Least 7 Day EPG
Accepts CCcam
And finally and option to record (Internal/External) Not fussed

My Budget would be around ?150-?200

If someone who's knowledge exceeds mine could possible point me in the correct direction I would be very gratefull.


Many Thanks

I suppose you need the box were you can spend more time on box say no more starview you can not beat

[Aletank]

I bought the solo 2 about a month ago....wish i would of bought it 12 months ago
they are great boxes....i can tell you one thing bye bye to the old messages from the F boxes you get ....no signal...scrambled....freezing picture.......
once you set the box up these will be things of the past ....

I have a Skybox F5 - Isn't the Scrambled message a ................., "The Thing We Can't Talk About" , with it being overloaded etc ?

[gareth1690]

ok, So the box has arrived today! All seems good so far although I am having a few issues.

I loaded VIX 3.0 onto the box ok & ripped apart my old Western Digital My Book for the 1TB HDD and installed that ok.

Basically I am having problems setting up the tuners. I am using 2 tuners but I think I am only setting up 1. To that end how should I set these up as Im obviously making a balls up somewhere along the line?

Also, The VIX menu needs calibrated and I cannot find this option anywhere - By this I mean I cannot see the full menu as if its too big for the screen? The resolution is correct?

Thanks

[cactikid]

tuner config tuner a 28.2-----settings-simple----mode-single----sat-28.2-------send diseqc-no---------tuner b-----settings-simple----mode-single---sat-28.2---send diseqc-no.
check tv not on overscan blowing up picture?
sometimes you might have to adjust picture in system settings---user interface-position setup.

[gareth1690]

tuner config tuner a 28.2-----settings-simple----mode-single----sat-28.2-------send diseqc-no---------tuner b-----settings-simple----mode-single---sat-28.2---send diseqc-no.
check tv not on overscan blowing up picture?
sometimes you might have to adjust picture in system settings---user interface-position setup.

Worked a treat. Found the setting I was looking for its under OSD.

Box is working amazing. I have Sgt Flip Flops Bouquet and EPG setup.

Any other add ons that would be recommeded?

Happy Man :-)

[gareth1690]

Never mind, found a few...Tsmedia & XBMC add-ons! Now I can sell my Apple TV 2 & invest in a Motorised dish as these addons have everything I need! The more I play around with the box the more im loving it. Also after alot of researching I've done away with CCcam & installed MGcamd and what a differance it makes ...................................

I want another one for the bedroom now.

[cactikid]

ha ha and people dont think these boxes are worth it ,its the other things you get on them makes them better.enjoy

[P&D]

@ Gareth1690

Once the box is setup as you want it ...DON'T forget to back it up......with whatever program you use......

So if anything goes wrong you can re flash the box & have it backup & running in 10 min's

[P&D]

@gareth1690

Box is working amazing.

We all need just that little push over the edge....just to find out what we are missing

[ramjet]

Worked a treat. Found the setting I was looking for its under OSD.

Box is working amazing. I have Sgt Flip Flops Bouquet and EPG setup.

Any other add ons that would be recommeded?

Happy Man :-)

plugins

autobouquets - autotimer - tsmedia - ondemand - 1channel - icefilms - crossepg - cooltv epg addon -

just look through the dreambox and vu forums here for advice and help and suggestions - like catseye E2 lists instead of flipflops

[gareth1690]

I need a question answered and have looked everywhere for the answer, I'm not sure if the question will break the rules but if it does then I apologise in advance and admins please delete.

You are Correct it breaks the Rules

As I said I've looked for sometime for the answer but have come up with nothing.

Thanks

[ramjet]

you came up with nothing because the subject is banned which is why there is no info on it

its also one reason the question cannot be answered too

[gareth1690]

you came up with nothing because the subject is banned which is why there is no info on it

its also one reason the question cannot be answered too

Guess ill just have to test the water and see what happens