I was wondering if somebody could offer some assistance. I've just been handed an old Starview box from a friend. Due to an upgrade he no longer requires the box. He told me that he could only get free to air channels. I decided to install the latest software but unfortunately I installed the software for 'The Box' Starview 2. When the box is powered up it runs through the start up with the green bars then stays on one green bar at the right. The tv screen shows 'The Box' and wont let me do anything else. I need to flash with the software for the starview 1 but I feel I've maybe damaged it beyond repair. When I start to flash I receive an error message saying 'flash update fail' Any help would be appreciated
You will need to know if you have a clone or genuine Count the vents on top 18x7 = Clone 25x7 = Genuine 13x7 = 1st Generation Also you can go here to see some pics http://www.freewebs.com/dooby2oon You will need version 4.00 firmware for GENUINES found in "Starvi*w" firmware folder. You will need version 2.57_FIXED firmware for CLONES found in "Starvi*w" firmware folder.
Celtic, looks like the copy pic when looking from the rear. Counting the vents Ive got 7 rows with 18 vents per row. Would you advise downloading the software you have suggested vis the GTRom loader route ? If so, is there a link to these files ?
Confirmed to be clone so I've downloaded the suggested files and tried to download to box with GTRom loader, error message coming back as 'flash update fail'. Box still displaying 'The Box' screen on the tv and the box indication appears to be in an idle state with one green line on the right of the display. Any ideas ?
Yes , put the 2.57_FIXED firmware on to it , you can find this and the GT ROM loader in Eamo's Library link at the bottom of my post
Ok you can follow the bad flash guide below 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. 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.
Celtic, may thanks, all is now working, it did take the 3rd try before the box would accept the download, but after that everything was fine. On another point I currently have a starview 2 box 'The Box' which I purchased a few months ago. I was wondering if there is such a thing as a channel organiser ? I've had to go through every channel one by one and sort / delete, thought an organiser on the computer would of helped speed up the process.
Glad you got it working You can download the SVCE (Starvi*w Channel Editor) which will work on both SV1 and SV2 . You can create a channel dump from your b0x and save it to the PC then open it in SVCE CHANNEL DUMP Connect the SV to the PC and put it on stand-by Open GT ROM LOADER Click "Channel Data File" Then click on "Upload" and name your file , the channels should transfer to your PC Wait till you see the pop up b0x "Download Complete" before disconnecting
