Eurovox Max problem

thankyou i'll have a look

 

Hi all, new to the forums so be kind.

If this is in the wrong area just give me a quick slap and i promise to be good.

Thing is i was offered a Eurovox max {not sure if its blue, red or a clone} but as i lived in a non cabled area they might as well offered me a brick lol

So i passed it on to my daughter, but as the codes kept getting scrambled after about two weeks off her getting this box she soon got fed up of it.

SO, fast forward a few weeks, i have now moved house {nice cabled area lol} and the eurovox ends up with me.

Now if i plug it in, do the search etc. i just get the never ending updating codes message, so i thought that i would get the cables {null modem} and see if i could get it to work.

First problem {it will teach me to look first} nowhere to connect the cable to the back of the p.c. so i bought the connector for null modem to usb, gave that a try but just cannot get the p.c. to connect with the eurovox.

Now i read somewhere, that when i connect the eurovox to the p.c. there should be 4 little lines a bit like this _ _ _ _ {like my graphics skills, good eh} but mine does this for about 3-4 seconds and then just displays the channel number {is this normal} and when i open the firmware prog. and tell it to upload, it just sits there doing nothing {think that the p.c. and box have had some sort of arguement and refuse to speak} now i need to be pointed in the right direction as to what to do next.

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

click on the eurovox help link under my pic it will give you all the help you need,also its the top download button you press not the upload.

 

Just a quick update.

I have followed the guide of HiTeck's sig regarding the Eurovox Firmware & Flashing Guide, thats as far as i can get.

 

did you get a little disc with the usb to serial adapter?

 

Hi karljd

Thats the button i meant to say in my first post, the top download button, but after i press it, and select comm1 it just sits there saying "waiting for the response of your reciever"

 

its the cable then as i said in my previous post did you get a cd with the cable as you will need to install drivers.

 

No disc with USB to serial adapter? should there have been one?

 

yeah there should have been try in here courtesy of celt71 http://www.gilsson.com/usb_drivers_download.htm

 

karljd

Is it a specific driver that i need for usb to serial adapter? as all my usb ports are working fine if i plug anything like camera or bluetooth devices in?

 

just look through the link and find one for your operating system ie xp,you need drivers for the cable even if your usb ports are working ok for everything else

 

Have downloaded the drivers for XP but when i go into Add New Hardware WIzard and it tries to install, it just says that drivers are up to date and closes.

 

ok this is a common problem with the usb to serial adapter,have you followed all the advise in HiTecs thread about assigning com ports and such,i would suggest another read through it and if you still have no luck try and get a friend with a serial port on there pc to flash it for you,

 

hi i had a look but it makes no sence to me sorry i have the jtag i bought but dont no how 2 do it

 

have a look in here http://www.4shared.com/account/file/27596059/aa655b79/Jkeys_2_9_11_Instructions.html

 

hi jst tried to flash my eurovox blue box but cnt get no channels back on wen i do scan gets half way thro then stops peaa appears on box my system info is dvb-xc box stv could sum1 help me plz al the other boxes ive dne are dvb-xc box tda is ther a difference??????

 

are you sure you havn't got a clone?as peaa is a protection error message,what have you tryed to flash the box with?have a look in here to see if you have a clone or genuine blue box you will need winrar to open this http://www.4shared.com/account/file/25134698/99eddb44/Genuine_and_clone_eurovox_blue_Box_Pics.html

 

some off my channels are freezing wot can i do ty

 

try a channel update that usually sorts it out

 

hi karljd thanx for the reply ive cheched the box out it is a clone box ive got 65 channels bk but thats it i avnt got the firmware for a cloned box yet cnt seem to download it