flashing

Hi All

Just received CD & cables to flash a new image But being a complete novice and not very computer literate,in other words I havn't got a clue.The box is a Sagem and is already in dbug mode but has the german settings instead of UK.Has sombody got some spare time to talk me through it step by step please.

Charlie.

 

two ways to flash

via remote control

or using IFA

if the box is up and running then I would recommend flashing using remote control

you need to FTP to the DBox copy a valid UK image (making sure its the correct flash chip version) to the tmp folder

using remote control click DBox button

then into services
then need to find a image restore/backup option - may be differently named

then you need to select write image

and the important bit is to select the option flash image without bootloader

let it do the job - takes about 10 minutes

it will reboot at the end and voila you should have a UK modded image on the box.

these are very simple steps - dependents on how novice or expert you are when it comes to connecting a PC to the DBox

 

Hi there
What do you mean by up & running?The box came from Germany but they forgot to change the image from the German one to the UK one.They sent me a disc with 2ximages &two cables one looks like Ethernet and the other looks like a smaller version of a printer cable.Might be wrong but think it is called a Null cable.That's as much as I know.

Charlie

 

Simplest way is to download IFA from http://www.dboxservice-hallenberg.de/freedownloads.php

Unplug the DBox from mains.
Connect null modem & crossover ethernet cable to PC & DBox
Run the application and chose where the image is on your HD
Choose the network card the DBox is connected to
Click YES to having null modem cable

Click start
Click OK on next message
Plug DBox back into mains & IFA will do the rest.
When IFA is finished reboot the DBox by unpluging/plugging into mains

Job done!

 

Thanks very much for that information will give it a try.By the way do you know how to re-set the time on this forum because it all seems wrong and slightly confusing.I am in the UK by the way don't know wether that makes a differance

 

I have some instructions with screen shots on my website

http://netwave.redirectme.net/dbox/ifa

also includes the English version of the application