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    VU Solo SE not starting up

    Does anyone know what I can do to get this box up and running?
    Was working fine this last night, now when turned on it sits at the VU logo sign and does nothing.
    Switched it on at the back and pressed the front blue button as the usb stick has the backup on it.
    ?????

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    No such receiver called VU+ Solo2 SE. Most likely you have a clone.


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    Vu+ Ultimo 4K with 3TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Twin Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 4K with 1TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 2 with 1TB HDD 'White Edition', 2x DVB-S2 tuners
    Mut@nt HD2400 with 1TB HDD, 4x DVB-S2 tuners
    Fixed 28.2E Technomate 65cm Mesh Satellite Dish with Inverto Unicable II/JESS LNB and Inverto Unicable Splitter
    Fixed 28.2E Sky Zone 1 45cm Satellite Dish with Octo LNB
    (All receivers installed with the latest Dev build)

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    [QUOTE=Andy_Hazza;467882]No such receiver called VU+ Solo2 SE. Most likely you have a clone.


    Apologies Andy, Solo SE, purchased from WOS.

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    Phew. Do you know what image was on prior to the receiver just sitting with the VU+ Logo?


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    Vu+ Ultimo 4K with 3TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Twin Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 4K with 1TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 2 with 1TB HDD 'White Edition', 2x DVB-S2 tuners
    Mut@nt HD2400 with 1TB HDD, 4x DVB-S2 tuners
    Fixed 28.2E Technomate 65cm Mesh Satellite Dish with Inverto Unicable II/JESS LNB and Inverto Unicable Splitter
    Fixed 28.2E Sky Zone 1 45cm Satellite Dish with Octo LNB
    (All receivers installed with the latest Dev build)

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    Openvix 5 1 019 Release Vusolose Usb (74.6M)
    Was always kept up to date.
    Tried re-flashing with 2 different usb sticks which had backups on, ones i've successfully used before and did not work, I also re-formatted them to fat32 and tried again.
    Should I re-flash with an earlier image ?

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    VU Solo2 SE not starting up

    To flash an image, you should only have the one usb flash drive inserted (fat 32 formatted and with the latest image (extracted) to the root of the usb flash drive) then power off via the rocker switch, then power back on and the LED light will flash slowly which indicates it is flashing/installing the image. After a few minutes, when the LED light rapidly flashes, you would then power off via the rocker switch, take out the usb flash drive and power back on. Is this what you are doing?


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    Last edited by Andy_Hazza; 15-03-18 at 10:33.
    Vu+ Ultimo 4K with 3TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Twin Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 4K with 1TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 2 with 1TB HDD 'White Edition', 2x DVB-S2 tuners
    Mut@nt HD2400 with 1TB HDD, 4x DVB-S2 tuners
    Fixed 28.2E Technomate 65cm Mesh Satellite Dish with Inverto Unicable II/JESS LNB and Inverto Unicable Splitter
    Fixed 28.2E Sky Zone 1 45cm Satellite Dish with Octo LNB
    (All receivers installed with the latest Dev build)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Hazza View Post
    To flash an image, you should only have the one usb flash drive inserted (fat 32 formatted and with the latest image (extracted) to the root of the usb flash drive) then power off via the rocker switch, then power back on and the LED light will flash slowly which indicates it is flashing/installing the image. After a few minutes, when the LED light rapidly flashes, you would then power off via the rocker switch, take out the usb flash drive and power back on. Is this what you are doing?


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    Yes, exactly that, have done it loads of times, seems the box isn't picking up the USB sticks.
    This is a friends box so will ask him what he did to it.

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    Hhhhmmmmmm strange. While the usb flash drive is not inserted, will the receiver boot?


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    Vu+ Ultimo 4K with 3TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Twin Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 4K with 1TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 2 with 1TB HDD 'White Edition', 2x DVB-S2 tuners
    Mut@nt HD2400 with 1TB HDD, 4x DVB-S2 tuners
    Fixed 28.2E Technomate 65cm Mesh Satellite Dish with Inverto Unicable II/JESS LNB and Inverto Unicable Splitter
    Fixed 28.2E Sky Zone 1 45cm Satellite Dish with Octo LNB
    (All receivers installed with the latest Dev build)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Hazza View Post
    Hhhhmmmmmm strange. While the usb flash drive is not inserted, will the receiver boot?


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    Nope, tried that already.
    If I cannot fix it i'll get him to send to back and he'll have to pay for an expert to fix it, my knowledge only goes so far.

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    It’s most likely a usb issue. I hear/see loads of peeps having issues with usb flash drives. I always use Kingston/HP branded ones and they’ve never failed on me.


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    Vu+ Ultimo 4K with 3TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Twin Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 4K with 1TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 2 with 1TB HDD 'White Edition', 2x DVB-S2 tuners
    Mut@nt HD2400 with 1TB HDD, 4x DVB-S2 tuners
    Fixed 28.2E Technomate 65cm Mesh Satellite Dish with Inverto Unicable II/JESS LNB and Inverto Unicable Splitter
    Fixed 28.2E Sky Zone 1 45cm Satellite Dish with Octo LNB
    (All receivers installed with the latest Dev build)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Worzel View Post
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    Openvix 5 1 019 Release Vusolose Usb (74.6M)
    Was always kept up to date.
    Tried re-flashing with 2 different usb sticks which had backups on, ones i've successfully used before and did not work, I also re-formatted them to fat32 and tried again.
    Should I re-flash with an earlier image ?
    Image backups created using the Image Manager on VU Solose don't create the force.update file needed when flashing via USB stick.


    Extract force.update file attached & send to your USB stick vuplus/solose
    Attached Files Attached Files

    Vu+UNO 4K SE [OE-Alliance-4.4 Firmware 5.4-010-Build Oscam-r11693-798][with keys]
    Vu+DUO 2 [OE-Alliance-4.4 Firmware 5.4-003-Build Oscam-r11572-798][with keys]
    Vu+SOLO 2 [OE-Alliance-4.3 Firmware 5.3-039-Build MGcamd]
    Vu+SOLO SE [OE-Alliance-4.4 Firmware 5.4-003-Build MGcamd]

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    aaaaa. nice one, had issues away back with this box, and was wondering why it wouldn't flash..cheers m8..
    What else can i say !!.....


    You can`t please all of the people all of the time...so...dont even try........ ...


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    Couch flash?
    Octagon SF8008 4K, VU+Duo 2..
    Edision OS MINI,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashley69 View Post
    Couch flash?
    Stuck on Vu+ Boot Screen so unable to “couch flash”.


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    Vu+ Ultimo 4K with 3TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Twin Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 4K with 1TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 2 with 1TB HDD 'White Edition', 2x DVB-S2 tuners
    Mut@nt HD2400 with 1TB HDD, 4x DVB-S2 tuners
    Fixed 28.2E Technomate 65cm Mesh Satellite Dish with Inverto Unicable II/JESS LNB and Inverto Unicable Splitter
    Fixed 28.2E Sky Zone 1 45cm Satellite Dish with Octo LNB
    (All receivers installed with the latest Dev build)

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    Quote Originally Posted by ^^COMPASS^^ View Post
    Image backups created using the Image Manager on VU Solose don't create the force.update file needed when flashing via USB stick.
    It doesn't create it for other images either.
    If it is required then it should be created, so if it isn't that's a bug. There's no point in creating an image backup that can't be used.

    On my two boxes I get a front-panel prompt to press OK if I wish to flash (at least I think I do...a long time since I've done one). But if there is no way to produce such a visible prompt then that needs to be catered for.
    Last edited by birdman; 16-03-18 at 14:32.
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