Vu+ Duo 2 PowerRestart

[bellejt]

nothing wrong with your box.Problem is USB tuner and Vix images.Try Blackhole and all will be working fine.If then not working fine it is the box but if working fine with original image you will pay a lot off money for nothing.Only Blackhole is based on original VU+ image.Google and you will find a lot off topics on the problem.Mentioned in #28

[Larry-G]

nothing wrong with your box.Problem is USB tuner and Vix images.Try Blackhole and all will be working fine.If then not working fine it is the box but if working fine with original image you will pay a lot off money for nothing.Only Blackhole is based on original VU+ image.Google and you will find a lot off topics on the problem.Mentioned in #28

Actually VTI is also based on the Vu+ OI too.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[grantdavey91]

so guys i have a bit of an update, received an email from wos shop today


"Your freezing issue could be being caused by too weak or too strong a signal. You may need to use an attenuator on your feed.
This will not be a hardware issue with the Duo2.
You would have been better you remove one of your satellite tuner modules and replace with a plug and play twin hybrid tuner.
We'd happily exchange the USB tuner provided its returned exactly as new in orignal box etc.. in re-salable condition. You would need to pay the extra and cover postage costs."

I popped out to maplin earlier and bought a 0-20db adjustable attenuator; plugged it in and my agc level was around 70%; turned it down to about 25% which reduced the snr to about 69-74%

haven't tested the power/standby as of yet but am running the cable through the attenuator now

haven't tested yet as got a lot to do today! but will update later when i've had the chance

funnily enough i was talking to a member on another forum yesterday who advised getting a technetix hdu however these are as rare as you could imagine; nothing on ebay or amazon and the one's previously sold as used condition on ebay have gone for over £50

so basically the whole freezing/power issues i am having i am now being advised could be my signal, interference and something about the signal being either too strong or to weak; which i am guessing mine is too strong as without attenuator snr is 90-94% and agc is around 85-89%

any thoughts?

thanks

[grantdavey91]

nothing wrong with your box.Problem is USB tuner and Vix images.Try Blackhole and all will be working fine.If then not working fine it is the box but if working fine with original image you will pay a lot off money for nothing.Only Blackhole is based on original VU+ image.Google and you will find a lot off topics on the problem.Mentioned in #28

hi yes i am looking into black hole, but i am a little attached to openvix as i know it quite well, to be fair i haven't even tried any other image on enigma2 ever, so it's something i will be looking into; thank you

[Larry-G]

If it is indeed a signal issue it just reaffirms how rubbish the USB tuner really is. But to be 100 percent sure backup your current image and flash BH or VTI and see if it works in their images. If it does then it's not a signal issue but a driver related one.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[grantdavey91]

If it is indeed a signal issue it just reaffirms how rubbish the USB tuner really is. But to be 100 percent sure backup your current image and flash BH or VTI and see if it works in their images. If it does then it's not a signal issue but a driver related one.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

my intentions exactly, going to give it a whirl tonight - is very frustrating if is a problem with the tuner though, not like its just a few quid cheap tuner, think it was quite overpriced actually; obviously not the fault of wos shop as £50 is what the rrp at and wos shop selling for £49 but do think this is a bit expensive anyway even if it worked perfectly without issues; would understand price as fairer if usb turbo was a dual tuner but it's not; only switchable; and only 1 input

[grantdavey91]

I .... am ....


.... sooooo .....

HAPPY RIGHT NOW!

the past few days have been an absolute nightmare, but fingers crossed this time it will be okay!!

I am using the attenuator for cable use, and reduced the agc, and hey presto!

left box in standby for 10+ mins, absolutely fine

was always freezing around the 3 minute mark

seems to be absolutely fine restarting gui and rebooting too

I am still using the latest VIX image

Now I really do not want to make any major setting adjustments or changes to the current setup for a good while!

so after nearly 80 posts, which i really appreciate from all of you, honestly thank you all so much for your input it has helped me out a lot!!

IF YOU HAVE VU+ USB TURBO TUNER BUY AN ATTENUATOR!! mine is 0-20db bought from maplin but can also buy them on amazon and eBay

cost less than £5 and obviously totally worth it.

such a relief, can relax, stop panicking and breathe now!

[DaMacFunkin]

Glad it is working for you, but as someone who has had a Duo2 replaced under warranty I will tell you it could be the hardware, mine started with random lock ups , freezes and reboots, till the box would not boot, flash or produce a serial port dump.

[grantdavey91]

Glad it is working for you, but as someone who has had a Duo2 replaced under warranty I will tell you it could be the hardware, mine started with random lock ups , freezes and reboots, till the box would not boot, flash or produce a serial port dump.

Thanks for the info, I have contacted Vuplus directly and they asked for my serial number but I've not had a reply yet

[Rob van der Does]

Indeed .