Menus appearing on Duo without pressing any buttons

[pdlee]

I've had a problem with my duo for the last couple of weeks or so where menus appear without any buttons being pressed on either the remote or the box itself.

The problem seemed to start after I moved the EPG and Picons from the hard drive to USB although I'm unsure if this is the cause or just a coincidence (I've moved the EPG back to the hard drive but it makes no difference).

It isn't a problem with the remote as it still happens when the batteries are removed. I've also reinstalled the latest Vix image, reinstalled Cross EPG and reinstalled auto bouquets which seemed to solve it for a few days but it's now started happening again.

Has anyone come across a similar problem? Could it be a fault with the box which is only a month old.

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

[judge]

are any buttons on the front of the box sticking?

 

[mickyblueys]

Did you do a fresh install or from a back up?

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[Rob van der Does]

HDMI-CEC side effects?

Boys with a R/C standing in front of your window?

 

[basilyoung]

First of all, it would be nothing to do with EPG/Picons ( although these items are best on a usb stick )

A sticking Button or jammed button is a possibilty, but I would of said its more likely on the remote rather than the unit ( but that has been discounted by "no batts" )

where did you get the unit from? it could be a faulty unit, but before going down the road of returns this close to xmass, perhaps see what ever other options come forward from other members

 

[mickyblueys]

Can I just say I disagree about saving epg to USB on duo I believe it to have slowed both of my systems down when I had that setting
I personally find epg on hdd to be better and both my duos run much faster and smoother now.

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[basilyoung]

Can I just say I disagree about saving epg to USB on duo I believe it to have slowed both of my systems down when I had that setting
I personally find epg on hdd to be better and both my duos run much faster and smoother now.

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Thanks for the comment, but this is a matter of opinion, but not really relivent to the main issue, ( not having a "pop" at you )

for now, we need to get the OP,s problem fixed

 

[mickyblueys]

I agree, waiting on response to see if it was fresh install or not. As if it was from back up he may just be re loading whatever bug his system has.

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[Rob van der Does]

Can I just say I disagree about saving epg to USB on duo I believe it to have slowed both of my systems down when I had that setting

In short: impossible.

 

[pdlee]

Thanks for your replies.

Vix wasn't restored from a backup - I formatted the USB and downloaded the latest version of vix before re flashing the box and I initialised the hard drive again as I wasn't sure if any settings which could be causing the problems could have been saved on the hard drive.

HDMI-CEC is disabled and the box came from world of satellite.

I wondered if it could be a bug with Vix but I'd imagine others would have similar problems? Fault with the box possibly?

 

[mickyblueys]

In short: impossible.

Explain how its impossible......oh wise one.

Explain how my eyes deceive me when the evidence is in front of me.

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[Larry-G]

Can I just say I disagree about saving epg to USB on duo I believe it to have slowed both of my systems down when I had that setting
I personally find epg on hdd to be better and both my duos run much faster and smoother now.

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The EPG it self is held in live memory the same as your bouquets are, They are only written to the storage media ( USB ) upon shutdown or bootup, so i'd look to your settings for a explanation. I have my EPG saved to USB on 5 receivers one a Duo and one a Duo LE, none suffer any problems. That said the EPG would indeed work well from a HDD as a USB device.

 

[Larry-G]

Explain how its impossible......oh wise one.

Explain how my eyes deceive me when the evidence is in front of me.

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because as i explained in my original post EPG data is held in live FLASH memory and only read from or written to upon bootup or shutdown times.

 

[mickyblueys]

I know its only read from start up
And held in live memory....but it still slowed both my boxes down when I saved it to USB. As soon I switched it to hdd they run like lightning. When i switch back ...navigating menus is slower. Can't explain why....but they just do.......


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[Rob van der Does]

I know its only read from start up
And held in live memory....but it still slowed both my boxes down when I saved it to USB. As soon I switched it to hdd they run like lightning. When i switch back ...navigating menus is slower. Can't explain why....but they just do.......

Again: impossible. Must be between the ears.
As has been explained (many many times) the file is not even in use when the box is alive.

 

[mickyblueys]

As I said I understand about when it loads and it being in live memory. I'm just saying on my boxes that's what happens.
Some strange things happen all of the time. Just like how it took 3 days to flash Jim blogs solo because his front USB wasn't doing it but he had to use the rear one.

But I suppose that was impossible too.

I am not asking for help on this .

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[Rob van der Does]

.... Just like how it took 3 days to flash Jim blogs solo because his front USB wasn't doing it but he had to use the rear one.

But I suppose that was impossible too. ....

No, it's not. There are more reports around differences between front/back USB ports for several boxes. Has nothing to do with a setting around a file that's not being used.

Please try to contain yourself; foul language is not appreciated.

 

[Larry-G]

Its you're attitude between your ears, it stinks at times.

As I said I understand about when it loads and it being in live memory. I'm just saying on my boxes that's what happens. So don't call me a liar.
Some strange things happen all of the time. Just like how it took 3 days to flash Jim blogs solo because his front USB wasn't doing it but he had to use the rear one.

But I suppose that was impossible too.

I am not asking for help on this . I'm happy with my setup just don't make me out to be a liar, please I can see the results in front of me...you can't.

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There is no point getting into a shouting match and it certainly does not help any one.

I simply stated that the file is not being read from the USB so that can not be why your receiver is slowing down, if you list your exact EPG setup we may be able to help trace the problem.

 

[mickyblueys]

No, it's not. There are more reports around differences between front/back USB ports for several boxes. Has nothing to do with a setting around a file that's not being used.

Please try to contain yourself; foul language is not appreciated.

Excuse me....but what foul language have I used??

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[Larry-G]

come on guys, i know tempers can get a little frayed at times but were all here to help each other, so with that in mind @ mickyblueys if you can post your EPG setup we can look to see how or why it's having the affect it is when used on a USB stick.