Octagon SF-4008(4K) Bugs, Issues, and Problems

Elbandido can you report something for me, can you see if the tuner shows real time values when it is set to read from tuner? I am trying to make a report for Mutant!
 
Post two screencaps on OpenPLI of this screen
Info - Service - Blue button (Tuner state, tuner settings). I wanna see if the tuner state is updated, since Mutant shows only 10600 or 9750.
 
I found this post about a sf4008 booting issue:
Originally Posted by ki6bu
I think I found the issue, I did the above and now just got home from work. The receiver is still showing booting......
I pulled the thumbdrive out and looked at the files on it. From what I remember doesn't the bootloader or kernel or whatever its called in the receiver decompress the rootfs.tar.bz2 file
and create a rootfs folder with all its sub folders? Well there is no rootfs folder in either sf4008 or fullbackupsf4008.

chuckrcheese:
Hi,
I need to know what you did everything you put in it everything you tried and EVERY mod you did to the unit,
Octagon stated its NOT hardware its a Software issue
I recommended you not play with any files including the rootfs or even look at the files at all.

I have tried to recreate your error and cannot, deep standby

in every version of open8 from openeight-5.4-sf4008-20170420 to openeight-6.5-sf4008-20180226 and openatv openatv-5.3-sf4008-20170106 to openatv-6.1-sf4008-20180226 they all return to full operation with a simple reset of the rear power switch.
the box loads and works.

and YES I have every image.

Logging the loading / boot process and internal board is stating that the CRC hex value is not valid preventing the box from accepting anything from loading any software.
thereby bypassing the install of any old or new firmware and drivers.
also refusing to load the OS that's missing the loading linuxtv thus not booting.

at this point all I see is something not being said about what was loaded to the unit and cannot make it happen to another unit.
If you extracted the rootfs.tar.bz2 and then tried to recompress it then you played with fire and burned yourself.
I know who is spreading these FALSE statements and is on other sites asking for help and the repair files this will not happen and I nor Octagon will ever release them to anyone.
all information on this subject are known to Octagon Support and being closely watched.

anything you can add?

thsnks
CRC
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The sf4008 has some booting issues, but there is no reason for a person to be talked to like this. The chuckrcheese person is both arrogant and stupid to write a reply such as this. He has no clue...

Is this the best Rick Caylor can do when there are receiver problems or issues? Little wonder people in North America have problems with enigma2 when they have replies such as this for support!


Remember: "all information on this subject are known to Octagon Support and being closely watched." LOL
 
I've been following the SF4008 thread since Rick received his initial inventory. Chucky's initial posts were informative and since then has graduated to be Rick's mentor regarding the SF4008. And yes, rather uncivil at tines. But, Rick does not seem to have anyone to turn to for support. Especially not Octagon.
 
There is no need to have an arrogant, idiotic, and blind person as your support. Professional Octagon sf4008 support is available from OpenATV or most of the other image groups. Rick can do what he wants. Just hate to see someone talked to like they are a dog.

Anyway, Time to move on...
 
Recently Octagon has released a new SX88+ and SX8 receiver models. This reminds me of some cheap Chinese companies where the solution to fix existing problems in receivers is to simply release a new model. The SX88+ fixes an audio codec in the SX88, and the SX8 is a very cheap fta receiver (under $50.00 U.S at retail).

No word from Octagon on fixing the SF4008, and the first quarter of 2018 is almost finished. My solution to get a DVB-S2x blindscan in the SF4008 was to purchase a new VU+ Zero 4K. I have completely given up hope that a DVB-S2 blindscan will ever be available for the SF4008, and will probably avoid purchasing any new Octagon products in the near future. My plan is to put the SF4008 in a storage closet once the Zero 4K arrives and forget about it unless something interesting happens.
 
My Octagon SF4008 is no longer scanning any channels, to cable that comes from the dish has plenty signal, change the cable any ways but still the same problem a and b tuners are not detecting the signal, changed the image on the flash and the same problem, I took the cover off and did not noticed and thing fry on the PCB, Oh well not a big lost, it just gives room for a future receiver, My Zero is working very good no hick-ups.
You will like the zero.
Regards.
Chewie
 
Tuner A could not be used like I wanted because it could receive APSK transponders, but could not play the APSK channels.
I could never get my SF4008 to recognize the internal hard drive. I tried several.
The LAN or Internet connection quit working or as intermittent. I used a wifi usb device instead.

All these little problems, plus the coding blunders made the SF4008 feel and act like a cheap Chinese box. I am beginning to think it was made in China. Who knows? It has no marks that state the country of manufacture.
 
The Entry Level Vu+ Zero 4K was released around the first of 2018. It has a single tuner that is very similar to the Octagon SF4008. DVB-S2/DVB-S2X Blindscan was added to the Zero 4K around a month ago. Yesterday I logged my first DVB-S2X transponder in a Zero 4K blindscan .

Octagon was supposed to do what Vu+ has done! Octagon told us that blindscan was being worked and it would be added Over One Year Ago. Today, some people wonder if the next image that is loaded into their SF4008 will cause a bootloop? Others have picture or audio problems. Octagon says nothing and does nothing about these problems or issues. Octagon does not offer rs232 serial support or rs232 serial recoveries for the SF4008 or the SX88.

To say that I am disappointed with the SF4008 is an understatement. I have decided the best thing to do was to put my SF4008 on a shelf and let it sit. Maybe one day it will be something I want to use, but I am not real certain of that. Now I will turn my attention to other brands of fta receivers. I will be glad to try and help anyone that has an SF4008 issue, but as of today, I am no longer interested in looking for updates or solutions for the SF4008.

Best of Luck to anyone that is waiting for updates or blindscan for the SF4008.
 
Well, if you can't or won't provide the promised blind scan, give them another candy to hopefully appease the disappointed customer base until the next receiver is released. Agree, it is a stupid and a desperate move to generate $$, especially if it's needed to capitalize the new claimed receiver release. Then again, it could be an unauthorized individual that has had access to trusted information in the past.

Hopefully, PV will treat it as a customer base in decline and do nothing while Octagon will rectify its extreme mistake.
 
The Powervu thread has been removed from the Octagon website along with almost everything pertaining to blindscan in the SF4008. Sicilian has this to say about Powervu and blindscan for the SF4008:
Theres a bit more to the Octagon SF4008 than illegally accessing Powervu channels and Blindscan isn't even in the specs. Anyway thread closed, you've said your piece.
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https://www.world-of-satellite.com/...tagan-4008-llatest-images&p=470739#post470739
Sicilian is a respected person, and rightly so. I figure what he is saying is there will not be a Sf4008 DVB-S2 blindscan. Not next week, not next month, and not next year.

Talk about SF4008 blindscan has ended on most other forums except one. It looks like chuckrcheese will save the day for Rick Caylor.
https://rickcaylor.websitetoolbox.com/post/blindscan-on-sf4008-status-9646765
Here is what chuckrcheese has to say about a blindscan that does not exist:
Octagon is releasing it in july to the public. Hardware scan.
Mine will not be released until everything is bug free.
just an update .
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Cheers!!
I hope they keep there word,
If its an IPK I will post it here first
but it may be in an image.
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I do not see this chuckrcheese guy doing anything except shilling for Rick. Octagon has told us many times that blindscan would be ready in a week or two, or around some certain date, but it has never appeared. There is nothing anywhere about a July Octagon blindscan that I can find except at Rick Caylor's website, and it is posted by a guy who seems clueless as to how enigma2 operates. Maybe Octagon will actually release a blindscan in July, and maybe chuckrcheese will release his own version of a blindscan that he claims to have? Most likely though, this is nothing more than another attempt to sell more SF4008's for Rick. It is pretty obvious by what he posts that the chuckrcheese person has no idea how enigma2 blindscan works.
 
Glad they purged the post but still sad..... will have to wait a while longer for a 4k receiver that might replace the Duo2 four pnp tuner w/ blind scan and any other goodies the vendor might add. There seems to be nothing else on the horizon. Even the Chinese have slowed down, except for the android stbs.

Last year I was tempted to try out the Vu+ Ultimate 4K or Giga Blue 4k but both never answered my emails; so why bother with them. These companies seem to operate in a bubble mentality.
 
$284.00 For a SF4008 that has several different problems and no blindscan is not good either. Vu+ and Gigablue are supposed to have receivers with multiple DVB-S2X tuners and blindscan that will be released soon. Either one of these could possibly replace the Duo2. We will see...

I do not expect to buy anything else Octagon releases because I have had too much trouble from the SF4008.
 
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