Luto area lost channels

[telecom69]

Has anyone in the Luton area lost all their channels ?

[theadmans]

I use an old FTA101 box (similar to Starview) with NTL in the Luton area.

Last night I lost all my channels - including the free ones.

Is this the Nagra 3 update I have read about on the web?

Is there anyting I can do? Is it worth deleting all channels and rescanning?

[telecom69]

Its the only thing you can do at the moment,Ive been working in the night with another member on this same problem with no joy,Virgin have not had any problems in that area so at the moment it doesnt look very good .....this is the thread we were working on in the night if you want to read it Eurovox not working anymore!!!

[theadmans]

OK I deleted all my channels on my FTA101 and did a full rescan.

Got loads of channels back - so I thought I was OK.

Choosing free channels seem to be fine eg. BBC1, BBC2 etc.

However, as soon as I chose a non free channel eg. Dave, Boomerang etc my box locked up (froze). I couldn't even retune to the free channels.

I then had to delete all the channels again and rescanned. I have now deleted all the non-free channels and seem to be OK with the free ones. This will have to do for now.

Does anyone know what this Crypt file is here :-

Nagra 3 Coming Soon -

..I have updated my FTA101 with bin files in the past but I don't know if this file is correct for my box?

[Phil3819]

Originally Posted by theadmans

OK I deleted all my channels on my FTA101 and did a full rescan.

Got loads of channels back - so I thought I was OK.

Choosing free channels seem to be fine eg. BBC1, BBC2 etc.

However, as soon as I chose a non free channel eg. Dave, Boomerang etc my box locked up (froze). I couldn't even retune to the free channels.

I then had to delete all the channels again and rescanned. I have now deleted all the non-free channels and seem to be OK with the free ones. This will have to do for now.

Does anyone know what this Crypt file is here :-

Nagra 3 Coming Soon -

..I have updated my FTA101 with bin files in the past but I don't know if this file is correct for my box?

Did you get your channels back or are you still without them? Someone has asked me what the situation is and I guess if anyone is likely to know, then it's you as you're from the same area.

[theadmans]

Originally Posted by Phil3819

Did you get your channels back or are you still without them? Someone has asked me what the situation is and I guess if anyone is likely to know, then it's you as you're from the same area.

No I'm afraid I did not get my channels back.

The Free ones work but as soon as I touch the Non Free ones the box starts freezing.

I had another go at deleting all the channels again this afternoon and doing a full scan - but same result. I am confused - is this the Nagra update or just some weird problem in the Herts/Beds area?

I have not done a Factory Reset yet as I am a bit nervous about screwing up the box. At the moment I can get Cbeebies which keeps my youngest happy!

[Phil3819]

Could be that a full factory reset/delete everything/full power scan is your only answer unfortunately. It does mean that you will have to re-sort your favourites but hopefully it should all come back ok. The way I see it, if you have nothing now then you have nothing to lose.

[jon77rr]

Hi I live in hoddesdon i have a friend who lives in hertford and cheshunt all boxes have lost channels but epg and channel data is still there!!

[theadmans]

Originally Posted by jon77rr

Hi I live in hoddesdon i have a friend who lives in hertford and cheshunt all boxes have lost channels but epg and channel data is still there!!

...yes I am in Hertford with my prehistoric FTA101 box which has served me well for the last 5 years or so.

I can only get the free channels at the moment. If I pluck up courage I may try the Factory reset tomorrow.

I really would like to know if this is the Nagra update death knell for the box?

[kryptonic]

Virgin Media TV Blog: Virgin Media updated Luton with missing channels.