gtisi
19-12-2006, 09:02 PM
Hi All,
first new thread so please go easy.
I bought a DBox2 on ebay with Davinci image and what turns out to be 1xl and advertised as avia600(??) chip.
After a bit of faffing about I got the box tuned in and was really happy with what I got. However, a day or so later I noticed that some channels would not tune in immediately, the sound was there but the picture was not. Then after a while I realised that some channels were really poor. They would break up, the picture would be really scrambled and the sound was very high pitched squeaks and clicks and I was worried I might damage my home cinema it is piped through.
I have contacted the seller and read quite a bit. So far I have experimented with different EMU settings (I believe these are soft cams, can anyone confirm?) and Ucodes (I cannot find any explanation as to what these are) and all to varying effect.
The channels most affected are porn (which is rubbish anyway, dvds rock) music which I can live without and shopping (speaks for itself) the main bummer is movies which I love and can watch for about half an hour, then I have to reboot twice and always seems to happen at key moments!
With this in mind I would obviously like to overcome my problems. I suspect the next thing to try is flashing a new image. I have two problems here, firstly I need 8 posts to get one and secondly am a little sceptical about doing this for the first time. I work in IT and have a basic familiarity with UNIX and networking so am sure I will be OK, plus I have read a few newbie step throughs.
So, the reason for my post is to ask your advice:
Have I covered all the basics?
Do you have any advice for a virgin flasher?
Do you think a new image is likely to solve it (could it be hardware related)
I learn quickly and have a good head for this kind of stuff, I've just learnt in the past that preparation can not be underestimated hence my lengthy post.
Any replies will be greatly appreciated.
Si
first new thread so please go easy.
I bought a DBox2 on ebay with Davinci image and what turns out to be 1xl and advertised as avia600(??) chip.
After a bit of faffing about I got the box tuned in and was really happy with what I got. However, a day or so later I noticed that some channels would not tune in immediately, the sound was there but the picture was not. Then after a while I realised that some channels were really poor. They would break up, the picture would be really scrambled and the sound was very high pitched squeaks and clicks and I was worried I might damage my home cinema it is piped through.
I have contacted the seller and read quite a bit. So far I have experimented with different EMU settings (I believe these are soft cams, can anyone confirm?) and Ucodes (I cannot find any explanation as to what these are) and all to varying effect.
The channels most affected are porn (which is rubbish anyway, dvds rock) music which I can live without and shopping (speaks for itself) the main bummer is movies which I love and can watch for about half an hour, then I have to reboot twice and always seems to happen at key moments!
With this in mind I would obviously like to overcome my problems. I suspect the next thing to try is flashing a new image. I have two problems here, firstly I need 8 posts to get one and secondly am a little sceptical about doing this for the first time. I work in IT and have a basic familiarity with UNIX and networking so am sure I will be OK, plus I have read a few newbie step throughs.
So, the reason for my post is to ask your advice:
Have I covered all the basics?
Do you have any advice for a virgin flasher?
Do you think a new image is likely to solve it (could it be hardware related)
I learn quickly and have a good head for this kind of stuff, I've just learnt in the past that preparation can not be underestimated hence my lengthy post.
Any replies will be greatly appreciated.
Si