X2 Premium HD Jan-25 - Discussion

Costactc said:
Are you serious?
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You tell me. How should I respond to your smug and patronizingly obvious answer?

Not everyone with low post counts is an idiot or a newbie, or likes being treated as one.

I've been playing with sat reception for almost thirty years, and computers since I was storing my programming on punch cards. This ain't my first rodeo.

WoD
 
Hats off to your experience bud but my response was just a quick solution to your problem. Your mistake if you think you're being treated like an idiot, that was not my intention.
 
Costactc said:
Just curious, are you intentionally attempting to get banned?
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To be totally honest with you, if your reply to my earler post today about the EPG is any indication of the caliber of "experienced" users in this forum, and the level of alledged "help" that's considered to be the norm, I really don't see need for me spend time here.

If you want to ban me, then quite trying to threaten me, and so it. I have a recessive "ass kissing gene" so you won't suceed at trying to scare me into begging you to let me stay and stroking your ego. I promise to not loose any sleep over it.

FMW
 
FatManWalking said:
To be totally honest with you, if your reply to my earler post today about the EPG is any indication of the caliber of "experienced" users in this forum, and the level of alledged "help" that's considered to be the norm, I really don't see need for me spend time here.

If you want to ban me, then quite trying to threaten me, and so it. I have a recessive "ass kissing gene" so you won't suceed at trying to scare me into begging you to let me stay and stroking your ego. I promise to not loose any sleep over it.

FMW
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You really are quite amusing. I'd really like to know which site you came from and what the **** you want. I would suggest you go back to where your experience will be appreciated but do stick around if you like as you might be able to enlighten us with your knowledge.
 
Costactc said:
You really are quite amusing. I'd really like to know which site you came from and what the **** you want. I would suggest you go back to where your experience will be appreciated but do stick around if you like as you might be able to enlighten us with your knowledge.
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I found this forum after spending some time with one of the search engines. I didn't come here to stir the pot. At the time I was looking to supplement my old S9 receivers and the new X2 looked like a very reasonably priced candidate.

I wanted to read input from owners and their experiences. This forum seemed to be one of the more informative one on the subject and answered my questions. My primary questions were about ongoing firmware development and customer support. From what I read, both seemed positive. As a result, I bought a couple of the receivers.

I'm still here but to keep an ear to the rail for any weird hardware quirks that may exist in the X2 like the S9 had. It's a lot easier to prophylactically replace a polyfuse here, or a voltage regulator there, BEFORE a failure. The software quirks I just have to live with until updated firmware is released.


FMW
 
There are still some firmware problems to resolve in the X2. But they continue to provide support in correcting problems and adding customer requests to their builds. Unfortunately, as with many receivers, be it a $50 or $600 item, when one problem is fixed another may pop up or an older gremlin may return. This has happened to many of us with many other receivers we have purchased.

The positive point is that they are still providing support and not brushed it aside by issuing a new receiver to the market.
 
eastof111 said:
The positive point is that they are still providing support and not brushed it aside by issuing a new receiver to the market.
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Agreed. Sadly, THAT seems to be a rare thing any more. I like the fact that the I, the II, and the SRT-xxx or whatever the new model is, all use the same firmware. After a while, perfection or something very close, stands a good chance of being achived.

Come to think of it, I never really noticed this prior to the last couple of revisions, if I don't poweroff the receiver after every dozen or so blind searches, it will lockup and require an unplug. I guess that there's a memory managment issue that needs to be resolved.

FMW
 
Perhaps the X2 is not the problem. Did anybody bother to check and see if the EPG is working on other receivers besides the X2?
I checked Ebru using my Duo2 and do not find any EPG info on it except for IMDb. EB

Blank EPG Box
Blank EPG Box.webp

IMDb Query
IMDb Query.webp

IMDb Searc Results
IMDb Results.webp

Ebru Channel Info
Channel Info.webp
 
FatManWalking said:
Sadly, it looks like this January version appears to have broken the EPG that the December version fixed on G-19. Ebru, JN1, RT, etc. no longer have anby EPG information.

Is it just me or my configuration?

thanks in advance,
FMW
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Costactc said:
Just revert back to the December file.
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FatManWalking said:
To be totally honest with you, if your reply to my earler post today about the EPG is any indication of the caliber of "experienced" users in this forum, and the level of alledged "help" that's considered to be the norm, I really don't see need for me spend time here.

If you want to ban me, then quite trying to threaten me, and so it. I have a recessive "ass kissing gene" so you won't suceed at trying to scare me into begging you to let me stay and stroking your ego. I promise to not loose any sleep over it.

FMW
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FMW, I think if you would have taken the advice of Costa and went back to the December file, you would have found that the EPG for those channels does not work with that file either.
I do not run the X2 receiver on a daily basis, nor do I normally view the 97W Ku satellite. I did take the time to check for EPG data on two of the channels you mentioned using two different receivers. To Put it in a simple form, no EPG data seems to exist for these channels right now.

Sometimes the simplest solution is the one that is overlooked and is the one that is ridiculed.
Attached is a picture taken this evening using the X2 with December firmware, tuned to JN1 TV at 97W Ku. EB



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jan 2013 firmware doesn't show any epg data either,so 1 year old firmware had the same problem if the epg exists at all.
I didn't try other brands of receiver.
 
No EPG on any of my STBs on G19 97W Ebru TV, Russia Today etc at this moment

Linkbox 8000HD Local
Openbox S10
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Skybox F3
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Have not upgraded to the January firmware, using the Dec 18 2013, and the date is always changing to different months, days, and years.....But the HOUR or TIME is always on the spot. That is very strange about the Date information.

Is anyone having this anomoly with the December or the new January firmware.

Thanks.
 
Will give the January file a try. Just hate to loose my settings from the December firmware.

Costactc, do you keep you receiver on all the time?

Thanks.
 
No, I don't keep it on all the time although it likes to turn itself on quite frequently. Save all your sat and channel info before upgrading.
 
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