Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


irishrover

10 posts

Wannabe Geek


#114006 4-Feb-2013 20:01
Send private message

I've been looking at getting one of these as they seem pretty good with  3 tuners and dual boot spark enigma 2.  I just wanted to know if anyone here has had experience with them and what they thought of them. 

From what I've been told there is no 7 day epg, just now & then so I was wondering if anyone has managed to get a full 7 day epg for freeview and sky up and running?

Cheers,

Create new topic
freitasm
BDFL - Memuneh
79250 posts

Uber Geek

Administrator
ID Verified
Trusted
Geekzone
Lifetime subscriber

  #755767 4-Feb-2013 20:11
Send private message

If they don't support MHEG5 then then you won't have the full EPG, limiting the usability of the box since you won't be able to see what's coming up and program recordings.




Please support Geekzone by subscribing, or using one of our referral links: Samsung | AliExpress | Wise | Sharesies | Hatch | GoodSyncBackblaze backup




irishrover

10 posts

Wannabe Geek


  #755770 4-Feb-2013 20:29
Send private message

Ah I see. What made me ask was I read somewhere else that there was a pluggin that allowed 7day epg on the spark side of the os, I think it was a uk forum, so I was wondering if that would work for us also.

 

irishrover

10 posts

Wannabe Geek


  #756704 6-Feb-2013 20:40
Send private message

Just to add on from my last post, one of the more popular pluggins I've seen to capture EPG data is CrossEpg. Has anyone been able to successfully use this to download the EPG data straight from the sky Optus D1 service?



kegnkiwi
56 posts

Master Geek


  #758732 9-Feb-2013 17:27
Send private message

I am not sure if you want to know if the 7 day epg is working soley for amiko alien or for other sat box's but I have an advance 7 day epg (cross epg) working on 160e on enigma 2 on my tm twin oe.


irishrover

10 posts

Wannabe Geek


#758756 9-Feb-2013 18:28
Send private message

Yeah just looking for general information with any receiver.
Would you be able run me through what you did?
Cheers

kegnkiwi
56 posts

Master Geek


  #758766 9-Feb-2013 19:51
Send private message

Nothing special mate, I have my receivers with me from up in europe both a tmwine oe and a genuine dm800hd.  With the twin I have just installed the latest vix image and all I did was press the epg button and the 7 day listings are there.  Its the same with the dm800 I've had the dreamelite image on there for ages and never really messed with the epg but when i brought it down here just plugged it in, scanned the channels are away it went.

irishrover

10 posts

Wannabe Geek


  #758787 9-Feb-2013 21:14
Send private message

okay, not too clued up on this but on this one theres CrossEPG installed and can be accessed from the epg. When I go into that there's a list of opentv providers which you can download from, all for uk and aus, no nz. I don't think you can use vix on this machine. From what I can see though your DM800hd doesn't support MHEG5 like the Alien2  but you can still get a nice looking 7 day epg so I hope I can eventually get the same on this one.

 
 
 

Cloud spending continues to surge globally, but most organisations haven’t made the changes necessary to maximise the value and cost-efficiency benefits of their cloud investments. Download the whitepaper From Overspend to Advantage now.
kegnkiwi
56 posts

Master Geek


  #758883 10-Feb-2013 09:44
Send private message

If you want some advice on your alien the look up a couple of friends of mine over at forum called satsation.  Look for jimux or conchabair they have wrote an image for your box and have loads of experience with it.  Where all ex-allsats members where we used to be beta testers for technomate products.

irishrover

10 posts

Wannabe Geek


  #758898 10-Feb-2013 10:11
Send private message

I'll check it out, thanks mate

Create new topic





News and reviews »

Air New Zealand Starts AI adoption with OpenAI
Posted 24-Jul-2025 16:00


eero Pro 7 Review
Posted 23-Jul-2025 12:07


BeeStation Plus Review
Posted 21-Jul-2025 14:21


eero Unveils New Wi-Fi 7 Products in New Zealand
Posted 21-Jul-2025 00:01


WiZ Introduces HDMI Sync Box and other Light Devices
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:32


RedShield Enhances DDoS and Bot Attack Protection
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:26


Seagate Ships 30TB Drives
Posted 17-Jul-2025 11:24


Oclean AirPump A10 Water Flosser Review
Posted 13-Jul-2025 11:05


Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Brings New Edge-To-Edge FlexWindow
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Epson Launches New AM-C550Z WorkForce Enterprise printer
Posted 9-Jul-2025 18:22


Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9
Posted 9-Jul-2025 17:46


Nearly Half of Older Kiwis Still Write their Passwords on Paper
Posted 9-Jul-2025 08:42


D-Link 4G+ Cat6 Wi-Fi 6 DWR-933M Mobile Hotspot Review
Posted 1-Jul-2025 11:34


Oppo A5 Series Launches With New Levels of Durability
Posted 30-Jun-2025 10:15









Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.