starview box and 451e bin file

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  1. sasco

    sasco Member

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    i flashed my starview box today, using GTROM v4, and thebox_UK_H20070709_451eE_api.bin file, now when i turn the starview box on i only loads to a splash screen with THE BOX written on it, i cant access any channels or menus, basically it look like it killed the box, i have flashed this box before and never had any problems

    can any1 help me
     
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    You haven't killed The Box it just sounds like it was a bad flash try it again.
     
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    tried it several times after the 1st flash, i get the error flash failed, retry, checked all cable, all ok, on the front of the starview box all there is a single dash
     
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    That's a bad flash follow this bad flash guide to get it back up and running(hopefully),This might help.

    Make sure you put the box on Stand-By when flashing,

    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.
     
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    followed what you said, the second method worked, but i need a working bin file for belfast and if someone would have the channels bin file
     
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    Dont have one for Belfast here, better of just doing an autoscan and use the SVCE to sort it.
     
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    cant get the 400e bin file to work, tried 450 and 451 wouldnt work either
     
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    You said the box was working?
     
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    yes it worked by getting rid of the THE BOX splash screen, but loaded 400e on and getting no signal becuase it the bin files for dublin, need one for belfast
     
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    I presume it is a SV1 just do an autoscan and turn key emu on, press menu and type 1570 on RC after scan.
     

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