Vu+ Duo Newbie

[mforbes6186]

ah ok, I've got an old sky box 'shotgun' type power cable lieing around so might just use that and stick a 3A fuse in it. The glass fuse on the PSU is 3.15A so better to have the 3A on the plug IMO. Will let you know how I get on with the new power board, i'm dying to get this thing up and running!

[mforbes6186]

got the power board and all is working now!

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[dell_xps]

What is it your using a sealion or nlion ?

[mforbes6186]

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[dell_xps]

Sent you a pm ok.

[mforbes6186]

thanks for all the help guys, got the box almost perfected but there's one thing that's still stumping me a bit, the EPG...?

I have cross EPG installed and am using the vix image but even though iv'e (think) set it all up correctly I can't get it to load the data in to the epg. It's downloading it fine and it says parsing summaries then when I got in to the multi epg it's all blank, but the funny thing is in the single epg it's got all the programmes for the next 7 days, any idead what i'm doing wrong? I've tried installing other epgs from tspanel but they are all doing the same. cheers!

[mforbes6186]

just to add, when i check the crossepg directory via ftp I can see the following files and sizes,

crossepg.aliases.db 0KB
crossepg.descriptors.db 19,963.9KB
crossepg.headers.db 0KB
crossepg.indexes.db 0KB
crossepg.log 2.1KB

and the contents of the log file are


06/05/2012 12:31:32 SIFTeam CrossEPG Downloader 0.6.2+git290+6defade) (c) 2009-2011 Sandro Cavazzoni (crossepg - An EPG for enigma2 based dvb receivers - Google Project Hosting)
06/05/2012 12:31:32 This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Interactive: OPEN cmd received
06/05/2012 12:31:32 EPGDB opened (root=/media/hdd/crossepg)
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Clearing old aliases...
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Loaded 0 aliases
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Adding new aliases...
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Completed
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Interactive: OK action sent
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Interactive: WAIT cmd received
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Interactive: DOWNLOAD cmd received
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Started OpenTV events download
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Reading dictionary '/usr/crossepg/providers/skyuk_astra2_28.2.dict' ...
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Completed. Read 512 values
06/05/2012 12:31:32 Reading channels...
06/05/2012 12:31:43 Read 937 channels
06/05/2012 12:31:43 Reading titles...
06/05/2012 12:31:49 Read 3.39 MB
06/05/2012 12:31:49 Parsing titles...
06/05/2012 12:31:54 Titles parsed
06/05/2012 12:31:54 Reading summaries...
06/05/2012 12:32:04 Read 12.87 MB
06/05/2012 12:32:04 Parsing summaries...
06/05/2012 12:32:17 Summaries parsed
06/05/2012 12:32:17 Ended OpenTV events download
06/05/2012 12:32:18 Interactive: WAIT cmd received
06/05/2012 12:33:17 Interactive: QUIT cmd received
06/05/2012 12:33:27 SIFTeam CrossEPG DB Info 0.6.2+git290+6defade) (c) 2009-2011 Sandro Cavazzoni (crossepg - An EPG for enigma2 based dvb receivers - Google Project Hosting)
06/05/2012 12:33:27 This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
06/05/2012 12:33:27 EPGDB opened
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Creation time: 06/05/2012 12:33
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Last update time: 06/05/2012 12:33
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Headers db size: 0 bytes
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Descriptors db size: 19.04 MB
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Indexes db size: 0 bytes
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Aliases db size: 0 bytes
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Total size: 19.04 MB
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Channels count: 0
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Events count: 0
06/05/2012 12:33:27 Hashes count: 0

[dell_xps]

Click on cross epg---look for open TV----- look for Astra 28.2, tick it, then press the yellow button to download i think it is, it will change to a radio station, let it download
, check epg, you should have a full 7 day epg :-)

[mforbes6186]

That sorted it mate!

Cheers for all your help, would have been pulling my hair out without it!

[cactikid]

curious if people use surge protection and if not expect it to happen again.

[mforbes6186]

Yes I use surge protectors. To be honest I know the problem wasn't a surge as the protector never tripped and all the fuses were fine on the plugs, it looks like it was damaged in transit and the damaged component shortest something

[cactikid]

ah good you would be surprised how many dont.

[mdt]

ah good you would be surprised how many dont.

i have never used surge protectors in 15 years and never had any problems with any stb/tv ect ect.. i thought thats what the fuse was for although im not too bright LOL, regards mdt

[mforbes6186]

they're kind of similar but do different jobs, a surge protector protects against voltage surges in the mains supply whereas a fuse protects against the device drawing more current than it's rating (usually due to a short circuit/malfunction etc).

some people see protectors as an expense too far but for 20 quid to protect your grand or 2 tv and the rest that goes with it, i'm of the mind it's an expense worth paying, an insurance policy if you like

[cactikid]

same here and added a dirty power cleaner to improve quality of picture and every sat cable is protected also,its the same as driving a motorbike without a helmet.