Box locking up

[kevin1]

Update / resolution on freezing issue

I continued doing various tests including the ones suggested by rob, all with no success, no matter what I did i was still getting the random freeze issue. So I took the box to a mates house and ran it for a few days, there was no issues. this told me it had to be either my dish, feed cables or broadband,
I got another mate who is a sat installer to check my dish, and lnb and there was no problem, I also visibly checked my cables which I was happy with.so I narrowed it down to my broadband,

A few weeks ago virmin offer me a discount and new superhub which I agreed to, l was using it for a while with no problems, now all of a sudden i was getting random freezeing. After further testing and keeping an extra close eye on the internet, and super hub, I noticed the super hub was trying to change speed from 2.4 ghz to 5.0ghz randomly and this coincided with the freeze,

BINGO, found the problem!, so it seems ( in my case at least ) the vu+ boxes are either not compatible with the 5.0ghz speed on the superhub or cant deal with the change in speed. I have since accessed the not so superhub and manually turned off the 5.0ghz off and now no freezing for a few days and the box is running smoothly.

Hope this info can be of some help to others.

 

[pac2000]

Is Your Box On Wi-fi???

 

[kevin1]

No its hard wired, but somehow when the superhub was trying to up speed it was causing the solo2 to freeze

 

[baltutis]

If you connected receiver with LAN cable - WiFi band not affect your Vu+ Solo2 receiver.
When use WiFi stick no difference which WiFi band you use (2.4 or 5)
My router (Huawei HG635) at same time fine working with LAN and both WiFi bands.
Vu+ Solo2 fine working on LAN and on WiFi (I use TP Link USB stick).
Maybe something wrong in your settings.

 

[kevin1]

Firstly as said I am not using wifi, and am using lan cable, if you have ever used the super hub you would see that it is a combination modem/ router, the setup options are really simple, theres not much you can change.I have been testing this for weeks now and identified this as definitely the issue. When the super hub decides it can up speed at any random time it causes the box to freeze, if i manually turn off 5.0 ghz option then box runs perfect, its simple as that.

 

[Consetts Geordie]

This seems to be a common fault with the vu+ solo2. I tried everything that you have tried with my solo2 and my box still freezes up. Eventually gave up and bought a new box. Four different members of my family have solo2 boxes at different addresses and they are all having the same problem, has put me off buying a VU+ box.

 

[Sicilian]

This seems to be a common fault with the vu+ solo2. I tried everything that you have tried with my solo2 and my box still freezes up. Eventually gave up and bought a new box. Four different members of my family have solo2 boxes at different addresses and they are all having the same problem, has put me off buying a VU+ box.

Lol, never heard so much noncense. Theres literally 1000's of solo2's out there, this is the first ever thread I've read about anything like this. Most likely somekind of setup error and are u 100% sure you have genuine vu? Too easy the blame the box than find what is actually wrong....


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[Andy_Hazza]

This seems to be a common fault with the vu+ solo2. I tried everything that you have tried with my solo2 and my box still freezes up. Eventually gave up and bought a new box. Four different members of my family have solo2 boxes at different addresses and they are all having the same problem, has put me off buying a VU+ box.

I agree with Sicilian. The Vu+ Solo2 is a rock solid receiver. I have helped setup many of these for family and friends with no issues. Most likely error setting up on your part n your family's too.
Have you tried taking the ethernet cable out and tried viewing the tv to see if the freezing is internet related?


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[gimliaaa]

This seems to be a common fault with the vu+ solo2. I tried everything that you have tried with my solo2 and my box still freezes up. Eventually gave up and bought a new box. Four different members of my family have solo2 boxes at different addresses and they are all having the same problem, has put me off buying a VU+ box.

Definitive is a temp problem. I had configure fancontrol to min speed 1100 rpm and min temp to 33 Celsius and no problem, but only fan noisy

 

[Avalon]

We're still deliberating this from 2014? The super-hub was an abomination, that's been well proven over the years, the genuine solo2 doesn't have a heat issue unless put in an un-ventilated rack etc. with other hot items like an AV receiver/amp etc. I'll agree it has the most ineffective looking heat sink imaginable, but even in less than ideal locations it still functions perfectly even with minimal fan speeds. The problem is much more likely to be the network file system/mount/config.