No respond from vu+duo

[jaja210]

hi just bought the vu+duo with VIX image and i installed the hard drive after that the box started showing the green screen. so i thought i will flash the box with usb stick so i unplugged the hard drive and tried to flash the box .the box read the stick then goes to programming then it just get stuck at starting and nothing happens .thanks in advance .for all the help you can provide .

[portbhoy]

Genuine or clone box? Is there anything showing on the TV screen? Have you tried other images, like and original image. And what version of vix was on the box and what one did you try to flash.

[Donnie]

Did you update the CFE ?

[jaja210]

well i did buy the genuine one but i don't know if it is a genuine or a clone i have no way of knowing .nothing on screen and i did try the original image same respond then i tried the vix latest image .i didn't took any notice what was on the box when it came it was definitely vix on the screen .i used the 2.3.204 .thanks for taking your time to help.

[jaja210]

sorry what is CEF .i am totally new to this .i have just switched from echostar D2510 IP and i was able to program the card and the cam but this is a little hard to understand.

[Sicilian]

Did it come with a RS232 lead and circuit board?

[Larry-G]

sounds like you need to update the bootloader for the box also can you answer the question sicillian asked so we can know if it is a clone or original receiver.

[jaja210]

No RS232lead or circuit board .it only came with a british plug power lead and a two pin power lead remote and HDMI cable plus screw for the hard drive and a manual.

[Maxwell]

Flash the latest bootloader via usb then flash the image, your box sounds like its genuine

[Larry-G]

yes as maxwell said above flash the latest bootloader then re-image the box and you should be fine. it's very likely your receiver was using a older kernel 2.6.18 image, the newer 3.1.1 kernel images need this new bootloader first.

[jaja210]

what a relief i was worried for while ,thanks ,i don't want get this wrong is there a step by step guide i can follow ,what is the latest boot loader number and also the image number .thanks again .

[Larry-G]

you flash the bootloader in the exact same way you flash a image, the bootloader is named duo_cfe_3_0_usb and can be found along with the latest public build image ( version 204 ) in the following thread.

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?14236-Vu-Duo-ViX-2-3-%28Linux-3-1-1%29-Image-Release-s

Flash the bootloader first, then power down the receiver and flash the image.

[jaja210]

hi thanks guys all working now ,i thought i bricked it up before i even had a chance to see what it can do .

[jaja210]

now i have it working can i install the hard drive ,i am i little worried last time i did it did recgnise the drive but i could not format the hard drive is there a way to do that .

[Larry-G]

I'm happy your back up and running, as for bricking one of these boxes it's not that common a occurrence, unless you happen to flash the wrong bootloader.

[pooface]

now i have it working can i install the hard drive ,i am i little worried last time i did it did recgnise the drive but i could not format the hard drive is there a way to do that .

Just install the hdd as normal, and then go to the Menu -> Setup -> System -> HDD -> Initialise, and you should be able to format your hdd there just fine :)