Guide: How To Identify A Starview 4 USB Clone

[Zemme]

Hi Folks

This photo guide will help you identify a cloned Starview 4 USB.



Enjoy

[boomer39]

Originally Posted by Zemme

Hi Folks

This photo guide will help you identify a cloned Starview 4 USB.



Enjoy

the box i am having trouble with has a silver heat sink but seems to be in a slightly different position,do all boxes have a heat sink??

[Zemme]

No, Genuine Starview 4's do not have a heatsink.

Only the cheap chinese clones have a silver heatsink. As the heatsink itself is square, you may find that the lines going horizontal or vertical.

The processors that the clones use have not passed the quality control, i.e. The processors yield temperature exceeds the recommended value. Therefore a heat sink is used to keep the temperature down.

I will take photos of both genuine & clone receivers side by side, and post them here in a couple of days.

Whats the problem that you are having with your clone? Did you install v1.10 on it?

[boomer39]

Originally Posted by Zemme

No, Genuine Starview 4's do not have a heatsink.

Only the cheap chinese clones have a silver heatsink. As the heatsink itself is square, you may find that the lines going horizontal or vertical.

The processors that the clones use have not passed the quality control, i.e. The processors yield temperature exceeds the recommended value. Therefore a heat sink is used to keep the temperature down.

I will take photos of both genuine & clone receivers side by side, and post them here in a couple of days.

Whats the problem that you are having with your clone? Did you install v1.10 on it?

thanks mate. got 2 from bubble supplies last week, used them before. seem ok . put 1.07 both at my place,no probs, both worked fine. got them for 2 mates. 1 works ok , other doesnt. he has live feed, checked myself. took it home . cant get get any sound or pic on tv. box switches on ok, and can change channels on front display, but cant get anything on tv. looks like it is a clone, but why would it work before at my place?
ant get into menu cos i cant see a picture so cant put fta stuff back on!!! am going to send it back tomorrow and plead ignorance.
have checked scarts etc, they all work fine on my setup. even tried them red/yellow/white tings from box to tv. no luck. thanks for the help again...

[Zemme]

I compared a clone & a genuine receiver this evening. The clone is a piece of sh*te honestly. The material used to make the entire unit is of poor quality.

I wanted to stage a senario where i was intending to brick the clone by installing the v1.10 software. I turned it on for the 1st time & got the 8882 error. I got my 8882 jtag out and went to fit it into the mainboard. The 8882 jtag connector does not even fit on to the mainboard.

I hear the clone sellers will need to solder a chip on to the mainboard to get this sorted now.

My advise keep away from these dodgy sellers who dupe you into buying a genuine receiver which is actually a CLONE

[waqasahmed]

Originally Posted by Zemme

My advise keep away from these dodgy sellers who dupe you into buying a genuine receiver which is actually a CLONE

aka dont buy your receiver from places like eBay just because you save between ten and twenty pounds!

[boomer39]

Originally Posted by waqasahmed

aka dont buy your receiver from places like eBay just because you save between ten and twenty pounds!

would never use flea bay but the cmpany i use, i've 4 sv3s andnow 5 sv4's and this has been the only dodgy one. but cant suss out whyit worked for me at home originally....

[Yorkshireboy]

Bubblesupplies were notorious for shipping Clones previously, they bleat on throughout there website that they sell only Genuine Items and no Clones (Not quite true)
It’s looks like there back on the Clone bandwagon.
If people are aware of what there buying that’s fine I guess as that’s there choice but I do think for the sake of £5-10 it’a false economy.

Clones Have and do get killed on a regular basis.

[Yorkshireboy]

One of my friends just bought a Eurovox EX1000 from Bubblesupplies, that's a clone also.

Do a little research before buying from this supplier.....

[Zemme]

Originally Posted by Yorkshireboy

One of my friends just bought a Eurovox EX1000 from Bubblesupplies, that's a clone also.

Do a little research before buying from this supplier.....

Yorkshireboy, the Eurovox EX1000 SL has been cloned since February 2009. The only way you will find out if you have a clone is by installing the February 2009 software update. The bootloader will be erase & the cloned box will look like it has no life, i.e. it will look dead.

Alot of the well known traders who had reputation for selling genuine receivers only, have now started selling clones. There are only a handful of 4 or 5 traders left now who only sell genuine receivers. Cheers