Zgemma H7s Guide

I've now got 6.2 running I think. I've reverted back to saved settings from the other image. It means I don't have to start from scratch with EPG settings etc. Is that right or have I reverted to the problems I was having before? Thanks in advance.

Hi guys,

I'll have another look tonight to see how the box is after update. On a slightly unrelated note: what has happened to all the channel 5 iterations? Is it possible to get them back? If there's another thread on this sorry. I didn't see one. Thanks.

They moved transponder, The new tuning details are - 11307H 27500 2/3 DVBS QPSK

https://en.kingofsat.net/freqs.php?&pos=28.2E&standard=All&ordre=freq&filtre=no is super-handy for checking tuning details for channels.

Redoctober, I think you missed my point badly, your box has a fault, the image is too old to get support ie its no longer supported, things move on and software changes. This is my guide:

1. Menu, setup, Vix, image manager, yellow button, and box will show 4 images, you want openvix, when that opens you want one at top, ie the latest,
2. Download it. and wait.
3. Next screen that appears , blue button and now box will show slots, 1, 2, 3, 4, and it will show where your current image is. 3 slots will be free.
4. Select an empty slot, and you want to build from scratch, so say no to restore settings, no to restore plugins, .
5. A wizard will guide you through all the next bits, language, screen resolution, select 1081, then network setup and as you had the ip already it will pick that up. Once all done box may reboot.
6. All the left now is to set up DTT tuner and scan the 2 muxes, set up epg so that its on HDD but that openvix is user friendly and may have done that but best to check. To get 7 day epg you may have to enable openepg downloader.
7. A lot of people like to use autobouquets maker and that may be set but if not tell you later.
8. A nice skin can be added.

You did not follow the above. I don't know why but you used restore and that was a bad move and have no doubt copied over the dubious software and your new image is corrupt. You are back at square one.

The openvix image is designed and maintained for UK viewing so it comes pre loaded. The only channels you need to scan are the DTT ones.

Once you have the box as new and then encounter a glitch you can go to WORLD OF SAT FORUM and get it resolved. With the old image it was pointless going to WOS.

If you want to recover the situation you can use a free slot and create a working image that works. To make box like you want it make a note of what you have and did you update the box with old image yourself? All the box needs is a channel list, already installed, epg, already installed, Autobouquets maker already installed. FTP, SAMBA will be enabled automatically. All the rest are addons and nice to have. Its very easy to set up.

I still don't know if you have the correct driver for your wi fi.

When a channel changes you can add it manually via signal finder you don't do a full rescan and if you have autobouquets running daily you do nothing.

Possibly in settings might have been an issue ?

Doing everything from scratch usually fixes things as suited to new image.

I have a box on old image and many channels dont work as they moved and needs reflashing from usb again.

Is your epg going to hdd and not internal flash

For the Record , I had installed openvix 5.x.xxx on my box when I got it a few years ago and never bothered updating it , recently however , it has become glitchy , with some crashes , and a lot of programs on the epg having a description but no title , making it very difficult to record them and if you do record them you get a date and number as the title.

I upgraded Openvix to 6.2.xxx on thursday , clean install , no restores , and its smooth as butter now.

Daily crashes ( vix rotating slowly on top left of screen and no remote response ... ) seem to be gone now.

I guess keeping up to date with VIX images is not optional.

That is a very old outdated image as was 6.4 and now possibly on 7.0 now.

It depends on if you have access to couch flashing thinking not if wizard did not run .

I myself prefare Openvix images and can be Downloaded from World of Satellite

You would need the USB file and a 8gb max size formatted to fat 32 and file EXTRACTED to usb from using a laptop or desktop.

https://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php/downloads/zgemma-images/zgemma-h7/

Openvix manual and guides are also handy downloaded to pc

Sometimes you need a good make of usb like Kingston to work.

@ShaneCS as that was more for you on an old image and who in their right mind are flashing old no supported images.

If you want ATV others could guide you also.

Thanks a lot for that suggestion. I had already done a factory reset earlier, unfortunately, presuming it would be okay as it was a listed option in the menu. In your tip above you said 'power off then power off at rear white button' - I hit power off on the remote control, then pressed the white button, turned it back on and hit menu when 6.0 came up. Unfortunately nothing happened, other than the screen continuing to go blank a few seconds later and giving me the message about no signal. :( Any idea what I could try next?

Just to explain the box came as is ie it has an old version of an openstv image but not a lot is set up. It is assumed the person buying knows the ins and outs.The factory reset may stop remote working. What you will have to do is do a recovery process using a usb of low capacity ie 4gb or 8gb. You will need to download the correct file from the openvix downloads site. USB has to be formatted to fat 32. You will need to unzip file as well.

has box got a had installed.

have you just bought it and can you send it back , did you asK for software to be loaded?

are you handy with these boxes? Using usb is tricky as zgemmas don’t like a lot of usb makes.

Coppers!

Just kidding. The Zgemma is available at Satworld.ie , Satcity.ie and Freesat.ie and probably several other places.

Hi Swoofer, just got the box recently. It's all new to me. No HD with it. I went to this page https://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php/downloads/zgemma-images/zgemma-h7/ and downloaded the file called Openvix 6 2 010 Release Zgemmah7 USB. The other two versions end in Multi or EMMC, so I guess the USB one is correct. When I unzip it I got three files called Imageversion, Kernel.bin and Rootfs.tar.bv2. Does that sound right? If so I'll drag and drop them onto the USB (formatted to FAT32, it is a 8gb San Disk, I don't have a Kingston here but can get one if it doesn't work). Thanks, Shane

San Disk is a good name and i always extracted images to usb stick.

Before doing the epg i would format that usb stick to show as storage on box or a larger usb drive if you want to record on.

Then epg could be setup to store on usb stick. Only remove or install usb devices with box powered off.

Nearly sure i have done images by usb flashing ? Now i couchflash from armchair.

I dont know what format Saorview uses but might be able to plug into a usb port and view recordings maybe from a media player.

I like to buy a 1 foot usb extension to plug into rear and lay cable on top to assist plugging usb devices into easier.

Funny that didn't work for me on openatv to turn off the audio description.