Basic help required

[cmaskelyne]

Hope someone can help me. I have a new Eurovox EX5000 fresh out of the box. Initially I just want the basic free to air channels but having real trouble setting these up.

So far I have followed the guide (6.887, step 8, 100-870mhz, etc). Whilst scanning the level and quality are both high most of the time (90%+) but drop of occassionally back into the red. The numbers tick up to 770 (I assume the mhz).Nothing appears at the top under CH NUM and the bottom half of the screen just has TP:000. When if finishes I end up with a page that looks like an excel spreadsheet but no channels. I am in the Eastleigh (Hampshire area) with an NTL Pace box working fine so I know the channels are there but just cannot seem to get this tuned in.

Has anyone any suggestions. I dont want to "upgrade" the box in any way yet as I guess this might invalidate the warranty should I need to send it back.

Thanks for any help. PS I work in IS so am reasonally technical (most of the time).

[nibblitz]

Try 6.952 maybe ?

[cmaskelyne]

Thanks - just trying the other two options now - not looking good though.

[philsuexxx]

Originally Posted by cmaskelyne

Hope someone can help me. I have a new Eurovox EX5000 fresh out of the box. Initially I just want the basic free to air channels but having real trouble setting these up.

So far I have followed the guide (6.887, step 8, 100-870mhz, etc). Whilst scanning the level and quality are both high most of the time (90%+) but drop of occassionally back into the red. The numbers tick up to 770 (I assume the mhz).Nothing appears at the top under CH NUM and the bottom half of the screen just has TP:000. When if finishes I end up with a page that looks like an excel spreadsheet but no channels. I am in the Eastleigh (Hampshire area) with an NTL Pace box working fine so I know the channels are there but just cannot seem to get this tuned in.

Has anyone any suggestions. I dont want to "upgrade" the box in any way yet as I guess this might invalidate the warranty should I need to send it back.

Thanks for any help. PS I work in IS so am reasonally technical (most of the time).

Please read .. Ronsters Guide To Flashing Box For Newbies
its all there.. and in forums
Ronsters Guide To Flashing Box For Newbies

Eurovox Max setup

PLEASE NOTE : IF YOU ARE USING A SPLITTER IN YOUR SETUP THIS MUST B E REMOVED for the initial POWERSCAN as the box needs to scan from a pure signal- this will ensure all channels being found. – scanning throught a splitter can result in the loss of 50+ channels.
Firstly before you start to scan the box you need to:-

PRESS MENU
GO TO CONFIG
GO TO CLEAR DATA – IF IT ASKS YOU FOR THE PIN PRESS 0000
SELECT – ERASE ALL CHANNELS
Then it will ask you are you sure so press OK
Then wait a few seconds then press EXIT and EXIT again

What you need to do now is a POWERSCAN.
The following is a step by sep method of carrying it out!

Press the MENU button
Go to INSTALLATION and arrow right to USER INSTALLATION
Type in your pin (normally 0000)
Press the YELLOW button for POWERSCAN and change the mode to FULL from Normal by arrowing right to reveal FULL
Now press OK, this will begin the BRUTEFORCE POWERSCAN which can take up to 40 minutes,but it is guaranteed to find every single channel on the network in your area.

Once done the box will switch to a random channel to indicate it has finished !
You will now have around 240 or more channels (in some cases regions can receive up to 330 channels!)
You now need to switch to a non free channel and let the box update the codes – this could take a minute or two, it will indicate on the screen “updating please wait” once finished all channels will now be unlocked.
That’s it you’re all done … HOWEVER …. If you find that you get no channels at all there is a further adjustment you can make to ensure you get the 250 plus channels that your area box will be able to receive and again it’s quite simple to do!

First press MENU
Then go to USER INSTALLATION
Type in your pin (0000)
Press YELLOW button to POWERSCAN
Then change the mode to NORMAL
Then arrow down to the SYMBOLRATE and if its on 6.952 then change it to 6.887 (or vice versa!!)
Then press OK and it will carry out a scan like the powerscan of before.
If after you have tried this and you still are channels short then keep the symbolrate at the new figure but adjust the scan to FULL and try again

[peterrqt]

why buy a e/v,why not a f/view with h/drive,god help us

[cmaskelyne]

Thanks finally got it working now I can see what else it can do!!