hi.i got thebox from a friend and wanted to update it with firmware but when i whitch it on all i get is the dask constantly going accross the screen whats wrong? thanks
Sorry I dont understand what you mean , also it would be easier if you gave more info , e.g. what b0x you have etc ?
sorry about that. i have starview the box and wanted to upgrade the firmware which i done on other boxes. but when i switch on this box all i am getting is --- flashing accross the screen it doesnt seem to be going into standby or anything just ---- flashing left it on for about 20mts
Ok that indicates a bad flash You can update it and this will solve the problem You will need version 4.50 firmw@re for THE B0X IRELAND found in "THE B0X" firmware folder. You will need version 4.51 firmware for THE B0X UK found in "THE B0X" firmware folder.
sorry me again downloaded..........theboxireland...h20070705 450eE_api.....transferred onto the box and it said download successful. the box went to reboot itself and nothing comes on now. i have switched it on and off a few times ?
When you say nothing comes on Have you got power in it ? What does it say on the TV screen and on the front panel of the b0x ?
sorry about that. nothing comes on on the display, when i switch power on at bacl of box I can hear a click through the tv. once or twice one of the little - lights came on and it seemed to be frozen. (how do i edit the name of the thread)
At the bottom of the posts you should see "Edit Thread Title" If you have a Bad Flash with software have a Read of This might help If you have a bad flash, switch it off then on at the back & make sure its on standby. Then Flash as normal. This also applies to flashing (up & downloading) the channel data file. If for some reason you cannot flash and have set and checked everything else such as ports and connections, then you should switch off at the back wait a moment then on again. Then try to flash again. If for some reason it won't go into standby and you see a constant moving green line. you may want to wait to see if it goes into standby or switches on eventually or re-flash from this state though it may not work. Some users have reported that flashing an older firmware 1st that was working, then trying again may help. If your flash has failed or corrupted try again but 1st flash back the firmware that was on before your failed flash. Re download the firmware just in case you had a corrupted file then try again. If you do flash from the moving green line state at boot, you will see the % increase on the GTRom loader software but not on the Starview. Toward the end of the flash you'll see a Flash Burning message in GTRom. Make sure you wait until all is finished and you see the Download complete pop up message in GTRom. Another method you can use to recover from a bad flash, eg. the box won't boot to standby and is stuck in pre standby, either after about 3 or 4 moving green lines the box sticks with the green line not moving at all or it keeps moving forever. If the box will NOT RE-FLASH as normal from on or standby, try this but it may take a few goes to work. Connect the box to the pc with your cable but switch it off at the back. Load the correct firmware bin file into GTRom & set it to the correct com port, and select App file only then hit Download. Only then switch on at the back to power on the box. It may take a few sec. so wait at least 30 sec. (If it doesn't work 1st time try also waiting a couple of sec. to switch on after pressing download in the loader.) It may take more than 1 try to work, but eventually you'll see the loader kick in and the % bar increase. You won't see the % on the Starview though. Only green lines moving left to right. Towards the end of the flash you'll see a message in GTRom saying FLASH BURNING. Then it will reach 100% and wait for the download complete pop up box to appear & the box will reboot back to factory setup. You will have lost any channel data previously on the box & will need to rescan & switch on EMU and set the box up from scratch. If you don't know the state of the box switch it on see what happens see if there already has been a channel scan done before-meaning there are channels on it working or not. If so tune to an unencrypted channel as above then standby then re-flash.
thanks again got it going. just one other think when i scanned and went to edit channels there was about 60 or so blanks or half the names of channels ie -omedy or sk rts that typw of thinhg was this because of the flash..thew wont delete and channel editor wont open channel dums. does not really cause a problem at the moment because i have not got them in favourites. just curious if this has happened to anyone....changed the thread
