vu+ duo2 goes to standby and EPG problem

[sectoid1]

Hi,
I've been having 2 problems with my vu+ duo2 for some time now and I was wondering if any of you could help me. I'm running the newest Hades (I think it's 0.18).

1. My vu+ duo2 goes to standby randomly for no reason from time to time. Sometimes few seconds just after I turn it on, sometimes few minutes after.

I turn it on, it goes to standby, I turn it on again and it goes back to standby. This may happen a few times within a minute but sometimes I turn it on and nothing happens for and hour or two and the story begins. Basically it's completely random and very annoying. Any idea why this may happen?

2. I set my box to update EPG every morning. It does that and then sometimes during the day I turn the box on and notice that all EPG data are gone. So I have to update it manually or wait until next morning for automatic updates. This is very annoying as it also happens randomly. Sometimes EPG stays on for couple of days, sometimes it's gone the same day it updated. Any idea of what may be the cause of it? The information is stored on USB.

Also when I unplug my pendrive and plug it back on, the box doesn't read the EPG data stored on the USB, even when I manually go to options and tell it to load them from there.

Thanks for your help in advance!

 

[2stein]

have you turned hdmi-cec on?
had the same phenomenon until i turned off hdmi-cec.

 

[sectoid1]

It's on. But if I turn it off, won't I have control via HDMI anymore?

 

[Willmoore]

I would start by doing a FRESH FLASH to latest image 3.2.010

 

[2stein]

It's on. But if I turn it off, won't I have control via HDMI anymore?

yes, that's the downside.

 

[2stein]

I would start by doing a FRESH FLASH to latest image 3.2.010

it's still in the latest builds... recreated it last with 3.2.003

 

[sectoid1]

Thanks, I'll turn HDMI-cec off and see what happens.

What about EPG? Anyone has encountered similar problem?

 

[sewalsh]

Adding my 2 cents:
- I had this EPG problem. My vuduo2 would randomly fail to load the EPG after a restart. I moved the EPG cache from USB to the Internal Flash. I haven't had the problem since.
- Random shutdown of the box shortly after startup (from a Powered-off state or Standby). I've had this issue since build 7 of 3.2. I only recently started using PowerTimers to manage the on/off state of my box to save on electricity consumption so my suspicion is with that HOWEVER, I have to delve into the log files to confirm.

 

[abu baniaz]

quite possible that USB disk is failing. can you try with another one?

 

[sectoid1]

sewalsh, my PowerTimers are off, so unlikely it's got something to do with it. Maybe it's got something to do with my TV, but I'm sure HDMI control from TV is off. I'll check that.

Abu, I had this problem previously with my other USB stick so I changed it to a new one, but that didn't seem to resolve the problem.... unless both of them are faulty? I don't want to load EPG to internal flash as it's quite big.

 

[sectoid1]

OK, I turned off HDMI-cec and so far so good. The box was on for about 2h yesterday and didn't go to standby. Hopefully it'll solve the problem.

Will this be fixed in the new release of Hades?

Still don't know how to solve the EPG problem. A this is the second USB I've tested, I don't want to get another USB just to learn that this is not the memory stick fault.

Thanks

 

[2stein]

OK, I turned off HDMI-cec and so far so good. The box was on for about 2h yesterday and didn't go to standby. Hopefully it'll solve the problem.

Will this be fixed in the new release of Hades?
Thanks

i have been waiting for a fix for a year now... the vix guys claim it's a vu driver problem. so, don't expect a fix soon, if at all.

 

[2stein]

by the way: another symptom of that problem is that the box randomly switches to other channels. nice as well.

 

[2stein]

re epg: i have the file on my harddisk... no problems at all.

 

[Andy_Hazza]

Hades is an obsolete image now. To benefit from new enhancements and drivers you are best fresh flashing ViX 3.2-010.


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[sectoid1]

First I was on Apollo and moved to Hades as you guys said Apollo wouldn't be supported anymore and Hades would be the only supported version. Now there is something new again How many more new images will be released this year?

Ok, I'll get the new flash. Are those problems solved there?

 

[2stein]

the standby problem will still be there.

 

[twol]

K

First I was on Apollo and moved to Hades as you guys said Apollo wouldn't be supported anymore and Hades would be the only supported version. Now there is something new again How many more new images will be released this year?

Ok, I'll get the new flash. Are those problems solved there?

You don,t have to update ... It,s upto you
However, plugin updates and features are likely to be only on the "current image" only.
If it annoys you that much you could try another image such as Openpli ..... If its a VU issue, you will not see any change ... But if you do then may be there is a resolution. Not worth trying another open alliance image as I would expect the CEC code to be similar across images.

 

[sectoid1]

I quite like Vix image. I tried blackhole long time ago and had exactly the same issues, so I moved to Vix, as I thought the issues were related to the image. Apparently are not
Thanks

 

[sectoid1]

So after a few days of testing I'm convinced this problem lies in HDMI-CEC. It's off at the moment and the box hasn't gone to standby not even once.

As for EPG - so far so good

Thanks everyone!