Amiko Alien2 / SAB / GM / ST7162 ** ENIGMA ** Discussion Thread

givecredit

same ol sh1te wrote: »

OpenATV has it's own version of CrossEPG built in, not a separate plugin like the others

Unless something has changed recently, you need to install Crossepg from plugins feeds in OpenATV.

championc

FrankGrimes wrote: »

If you were to post that image without autobouqets, you'd be right at the top of my Christmas card list! Thanks in advance!

PM sent - in the hope of being added to your Christmas Card list !!!

MarkR

championc wrote: »

PM sent - in the hope of being added to your Christmas Card list !!!

I'd be interested in that too please Santa.

FrankGrimes

championc wrote: »

PM sent - in the hope of being added to your Christmas Card list !!!

Much obliged!

Looking forward to giving it a lash this evening, will post how it goes.

FrankGrimes

Ah, nuts!

Well, thanks a lot ChampC for taking the effort to share your image without Autobouqets but it just doesn't want to happen Here's the green screen I'm getting at boot up, any ideas what might be the offender?

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/48785/317662.jpg

Technofobe

FrankGrimes wrote: »

Ah, nuts!

Well, thanks a lot ChampC for taking the effort to share your image without Autobouqets but it just doesn't want to happen Here's the green screen I'm getting at boot up, any ideas what might be the offender?

From a quick google of the error

Looks like it possibly be
Extensions/WebInterface failed to load: No module named plugin
Plugin probably removed, but not cleanly in /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/WebInterface

Hopefully this will make more sense to champ than it does to me :-)

Nowso

if your enigma 2 is having issues set up spark and have it as your back up

hallo dare

Anyone that's running hyperion 4 notice that the front display is extremely dim? I can barely see mine. Running the image on an ordinary AA2. Think it could be an issue with the box. If anyone could suggest a fix or plugin it would be much appreciated. Thanks

Technofobe

hallo dare wrote: »

Anyone that's running hyperion 4 notice that the front display is extremely dim? I can barely see mine. Running the image on an ordinary AA2. Think it could be an issue with the box. If anyone could suggest a fix or plugin it would be much appreciated. Thanks

Been running hyper 4 for a while now have not seen any reduction in brightness as yet
if you switch to spark does the display work or is it dim in spark indicating a hardware fault ?
cheers
J

hallo dare

It's brighter in spark but not by a whole lot, still hard to view. I think it's the box.

Technofobe

Seems your not the only one
seen a post #34 in the 7162 & spark thread on here and also on the linux sat support site
where the vFD is failing looks like a hardware issue
is your box still under warranty ?

Last option would be if you were in any way good with a screwdriver you may be able to dissasemble the box and replace the VFD with one from ebay as its unlikley the display was only made for the amiko box

Could also be an assembly issue cant find any pictures of the inside of an AA2 to see if the vfd is on a seperate board
could be loose or somethin daft like that
Bummer

hallo dare

Yeah, i opened it this morning, there's a board just behind the vfd with ribbon cable running to another board on the box itself. Out of warranty at this stage, may just try ebay or somewhere and order a new display. Hope it's not too expensive!

EDIT: just checked ebay, no parts. Contacted amiko via email, so will wait ti see if they can supply the part.

Technofobe

hallo dare wrote: »

Yeah, i opened it this morning, there's a board just behind the vfd with ribbon cable running to another board on the box itself. Out of warranty at this stage, may just try ebay or somewhere and order a new display. Hope it's not too expensive!

if you get a chance to take some piccies of it and any model numbers
I could have a look also if it helps

hallo dare

Technofobe wrote: »

if you get a chance to take some piccies of it and any model numbers
I could have a look also if it helps

Cool, will get at it

Technofobe

hallo dare wrote: »

Cool, will get at it

maybe somewhere like this crowd
noritake-vfd.com

hallo dare

Here's a few pics.

Technofobe

hallo dare wrote: »

Here's a few pics.

could be 1 of them capacitors going duff how are your soldering skills
If you havent put it back togeather you could take some closeups of the caps
they would be cheap as chips on fleabay

hallo dare

Technofobe wrote: »

could be 1 of them capacitors going duff how are your soldering skills
If you havent put it back togeather you could take some closeups of the caps
they would be cheap as chips on fleabay

Seems like a heap of hassle me thinks! I've just now contacted where i go it from, but i have it over a year, so i doubt they'll entertain the issue. Wl have a look late today and see.

Technofobe

hallo dare wrote: »

Seems like a heap of hassle me thinks! I've just now contacted where i go it from, but i have it over a year, so i doubt they'll entertain the issue. Wl have a look late today and see.

Yep cant do any harm would be great if they would sell you a new board or even put you on to somewhere that sells them

The display looks good from the picture
see the spot like a smudge in the top right hand corner near the red led this is the built in indicator that the vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) is good if it was white it would be fecked

Taken from a wiki
Fading is sometimes a problem with VFD displays. Light output drops over time due to falling emission and reduction of phosphor efficiency. How quickly and how far this falls depends on the construction and operation of the VFD. In some equipment, loss of VFD output can render the equipment inoperable.

Emission may usually be restored by raising filament voltage. Thirty-three percent voltage boost can rectify moderate fade, and 66% boost severe fade. This can make the filaments visible in use, though the usual green-blue VFD filter helps reduce any such red or orange light from the filament.

Some people would get great fun out of trying to fix that
keep them entertained for hours

You could maybe try mailing retailer's like tvtrade or swords satelite
see if the have any broken AA2's that have come back
they might sell you a board as I dont think it would be worth their while sending them back to china

hallo dare

Technofobe wrote: »

Yep cant do any harm would be great if they would sell you a new board or even put you on to somewhere that sells them

The display looks good from the picture
see the spot like a smudge in the top right hand corner near the red led this is the built in indicator that the vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) is good if it was white it would be fecked

Taken from a wiki
Fading is sometimes a problem with VFD displays. Light output drops over time due to falling emission and reduction of phosphor efficiency. How quickly and how far this falls depends on the construction and operation of the VFD. In some equipment, loss of VFD output can render the equipment inoperable.

Emission may usually be restored by raising filament voltage. Thirty-three percent voltage boost can rectify moderate fade, and 66% boost severe fade. This can make the filaments visible in use, though the usual green-blue VFD filter helps reduce any such red or orange light from the filament.

Some people would get great fun out of trying to fix that
keep them entertained for hours

You could maybe try mailing retailer's like tvtrade or swords satelite
see if the have any broken AA2's that have come back
they might sell you a board as I dont think it would be worth their while sending them back to china

True true! Just got word back rom retailer, new board supplied is only E20,but thet also said they'd sooner look at the box as it may be a different issue. Interesting. They wouldn't elaborate anymore than that.

Technofobe

hallo dare wrote: »

True true! Just got word back rom retailer, new board supplied is only E20,but thet also said they'd sooner look at the box as it may be a different issue. Interesting. They wouldn't elaborate anymore than that.

For €20 I would take a chance and get a new board as it would cost more than that to post it back

Just out of curiosity
How old is your box and do you leave it on all the time
what kind of standby do you do do you shut it down or just false stand by with the display on
:-)

cyndale

hallo dare wrote: »

True true! Just got word back rom retailer, new board supplied is only E20,but thet also said they'd sooner look at the box as it may be a different issue. Interesting. They wouldn't elaborate anymore than that.

And you wouldn't expect them to either! Personally you are safer getting it repaired by them if you don't know EXACTLY what the problem is and how to fix it.

hallo dare

cyndale wrote: »

And you wouldn't expect them to either!.

Why? If it's something that they are aware of and is a handy fix I'd like to know instead of having to bring it with me to Dublin someday, when it could possibly be fixed on the kitchen table.

Fair enough it's probably a handy €50 for them, but it would be nice to know if this is some sort of common issue that may happen to many a receiver.

hallo dare

Technofobe wrote: »

For €20 I would take a chance and get a new board as it would cost more than that to post it back

Just out of curiosity
How old is your box and do you leave it on all the time
what kind of standby do you do do you shut it down or just false stand by with the display on
:-)

Yeah the chap said to just call into the shop the next time i'm in Dublin and he'll do a swap out straight away, so not so bad.

My box is just over a year old, and i leave it on false standby every night. It's never off off. Maybe it burned itself out????? who knows!!!

gazzer

Anybody any ideas on how to get the hard drive I have connected to my amiko box working again? I'm using the PKTeam image for the last two months. Everything has been working fine until this morning.

I turned on the box and pressed play to get to my HDD folders so I could watch some shows I had recorded and downloaded. Nothing was appearing, only the internal memory folder. I have rebooted and restarted but still nothing. I have a rake of movies and shows on it that I have yet to watch.

Just wondering if anything can be done to get the hard drive back working? I have connected a couple of usb sticks and they are all working.

Thanks in advance

same ol sh1te

gazzer wrote: »

Anybody any ideas on how to get the hard drive I have connected to my amiko box working again? I'm using the PKTeam image for the last two months. Everything has been working fine until this morning.

I turned on the box and pressed play to get to my HDD folders so I could watch some shows I had recorded and downloaded. Nothing was appearing, only the internal memory folder. I have rebooted and restarted but still nothing. I have a rake of movies and shows on it that I have yet to watch.

Just wondering if anything can be done to get the hard drive back working? I have connected a couple of usb sticks and they are all working.

Thanks in advance

Try formatting it on your pc

gazzer

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Try formatting it on your pc

Would I not lose everything though doing that?

same ol sh1te

gazzer wrote: »

Would I not lose everything though doing that?

Yes, If it mounts ok, back it up to your pc first then copy back after
http://www.ext2fsd.com/

Fresh Pots

gazzer wrote: »

Anybody any ideas on how to get the hard drive I have connected to my amiko box working again? I'm using the PKTeam image for the last two months. Everything has been working fine until this morning.

I turned on the box and pressed play to get to my HDD folders so I could watch some shows I had recorded and downloaded. Nothing was appearing, only the internal memory folder. I have rebooted and restarted but still nothing. I have a rake of movies and shows on it that I have yet to watch.

Just wondering if anything can be done to get the hard drive back working? I have connected a couple of usb sticks and they are all working.

Thanks in advance

Can you see the files on your hdd in filezilla? If so copy them over to your laptop and format the hdd.

gazzer

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Can you see the files on your hdd in filezilla? If so copy them over to your laptop and format the hdd.

No. The HDD is not showing on Filezilla:(