Skybox F5s Recording

[Hadron]

The OP is referring to his USB stick and I haven't checked myself but I am led to believe that a USB stick should be formatted to FAT32 as if I remember correctly NTFS has caused problems for some people in the past and they've been advised to format their stick to FAT32 which has rectified their problems. If NTFS does indeed work ok on a USB stick then I stand corrected. I was going by Shady's Openbox Setup Guide sticky which I assumed would be the same for a Skybox:

Sorry, Missed the bit about memory stick. I thought he was talking about a hard drive.

I've never tried an NTFS formatted memory stick. All mine are FAT32.

[bigade1]

I've never tried an NTFS formatted memory stick. All mine are FAT32.

Yes, same here. Like I said, I've always assumed from reading previous posts that a stick should be formatted to FAT32 and have never tried NTFS myself. I checked the Skybox website for more info but as I'm sure you already know the support there is pretty limited and there's no info regarding which usb formats it supports.

[jmcgu13]

My Software Version is 3601HD_24_12_2013_0614

[bigade1]

My Software Version is 3601HD_24_12_2013_0614

This is why the Epg is displaying the time incorrectly. You haven't installed the latest released software. You need to install the latest software to correct the issue.

[jmcgu13]

This is why the Epg is displaying the time incorrectly. You haven't installed the latest released software. You need to install the latest software to correct the issue.

Would it be possible to send me a link to the latest software? I would appreciate it greatly!

[bigade1]

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f184/new-official-skybox-f5s-f3s-software-released-11-04-14-epg-fixed-412950/

And a short tutorial taken from a previous post of mine:

An upgrade is done at your own risk and you may lose important, irrecoverable files so:

As always, first back up your original files before performing a software update. Using a USB stick that has been formatted to FAT32, enter the " Dump By USB " menu of your Skybox and first select the Image file ( which is your software backup ) and dump to the usb. Then change the image setting to miscellaneous files and select TP_PROG.dbs ( your channel list ) and CCcam.cfg ( your gift provider ) and dump these also. Make sure that you place a tick in each file you are dumping to usb by either selecting OK or the yellow button on your remote. Copy these files to a safe place on your PC. To upgrade, download the new software and extract it using the appropriate programme e.g. Winrar etc., then copy it to your usb stick. Once inserted, navigate to the " Upgrade By USB " menu option, select the image file, making sure it is ticked by pressing the OK or yellow button on your remote, do not alter any other settings and select upgrade. Wait for the upgrade process to finish and the box should reboot. If it does not reboot do it manually by powering off then on using the remote.

[jmcgu13]

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...-fixed-412950/

And a short tutorial taken from a previous post of mine:

An upgrade is done at your own risk and you may lose important, irrecoverable files so:

Will I loose all my channels if I upgrade?

[bigade1]

Will I loose all my channels if I upgrade?

As long as you don't alter the default setting of "Yes" for " Keep DBS Settings " when you upgrade the software then you shouldn't lose your channel list or any other files but it's always a good idea to back up your files just in case it does happen. Even if you was to lose your channels it's no big deal to update them again and I expect that if you've never updated them before then they need to be updated anyway.

[jmcgu13]

Got it working cheers.

Only thing is the epg doesn't work for Movies or ITV?

Using AJ Sat List btw

[Noycee]

Got it working cheers.

Only thing is the epg doesn't work for Movies or ITV?

Using AJ Sat List btw

ive had my box a couple of months im on ajs aswell ive never had itv hd epg and a few movie channels

[jmcgu13]

ive had my box a couple of months im on ajs aswell ive never had itv hd epg and a few movie channels

Crap, will it work on another channel list?

[martin035]

Only thing is the epg doesn't work for ITV?

Using AJ Sat List btw

Sattv5's channel list contains the EPG channel data for ITV/ITV HD however, it's not up to date as AJ's is. You could use Mediabox Editor Studio to copy the ITV channel from sattv5's list to AJ's list to get the best of both worlds or wait for sattv5 to update his channel list , hopefully soon.

Mediabox Editor Studio is available from this forum's download page.

[Slayer2625]

Hi lads can anybody send me a link for a working EPG for my F5 sky box
please

[jmcgu13]

Sattv5's channel list contains the EPG channel data for ITV/ITV HD however, it's not up to date as AJ's is. You could use Mediabox Editor Studio to copy the ITV channel from sattv5's list to AJ's list to get the best of both worlds or wait for sattv5 to update his channel list , hopefully soon.

Mediabox Editor Studio is available from this forum's download page.

Cheers for the help lads.

can I use the editor studio to copy the movies epg as well?

[martin035]

Hi lads can anybody send me a link for a working EPG for my F5 sky box
please

Bit confused, on the F5s there's only the Sat 'now and then' or the XMLtv EPG both are activated by the f5s menu settings, no links required