Zinwell 620HD Update - Monday Sept 21??

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casewindow

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#41758 22-Sep-2009 18:45

There was an Over-The-Air update for my Zinwell 620HD yesterday (Monday 21st). Only had one like this before which was mid 2008.

The current version is 1.2.0

Does anyone know what is in this update or how to find out?

I couldn't find much on the interweb..

Shoes2468

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#257625 22-Sep-2009 19:10

Hmm just updated mine but no noticable difference yet.

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#257626 22-Sep-2009 19:20

One I installed yesterday kept on reporting that there was new software even though it had updated to this lattest firmware, anyone else noted this annoying feature. I presume once the update stream is removed from the mux it will stop this, but very annoying.

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#257641 22-Sep-2009 20:08

Are you sure it updated? Just I know three people, plus myself and all updated fine, none of them are reporting update available after being updated.

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#257650 22-Sep-2009 20:28

Well it reported that the firmware was the current one, but unless I said NO it kept posting the request to update every 5min. On the first update activation it seemed to be doing the right thing and rebooted itself after about 5min of freeze.

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minimoke

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#257758 23-Sep-2009 11:04

Same update with my DSE STB. No idea what the changes were - except it wiped my settings so I had to go and reset the audio preferences etc.

HansMoleman

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#257763 23-Sep-2009 11:13

I noticed a lot more noise in the picture than before.
With the previous version I only occasionally had a picture break-up when a car would drive by. And that only with some cars.

Love to get the old version back!

This is on a DSE G7503 receiver with now version 1.2.

Charlie44

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#258042 24-Sep-2009 11:53

Getting a "No Channels Available" after my "upgrade" and haven't heard back from Next yet. These boxes are bit of a thing of the past anyway - better off just using a PC and USB tuner.

HansMoleman

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#258050 24-Sep-2009 12:46

I am running a TV card and the DSE receiver from one aerial.
The aerial is amplified.

Could the STB need more signal after the upgrade?
I'll disconnect the TV card and see what happens.

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#258213 24-Sep-2009 23:30

Charlie44: Getting a "No Channels Available" after my "upgrade" and haven't heard back from Next yet. These boxes are bit of a thing of the past anyway - better off just using a PC and USB tuner.

Got that too. Hit menu, go to installation, then auto scan.
All the channels should come up after that.
After that you'll probably need to put volume back up etc, as in my case it lost all it's settings.

JoeytheBlowy

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#258220 24-Sep-2009 23:52

got the update. no service. Had to do a manual re-scan. I'm tech savy. How does my grandmother cope with that? Ahhhh, the logisitcal joys of digital transmsion are just beginin'...!

HansMoleman

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#258309 25-Sep-2009 12:27

Did another scan and all is well after that.
It must have picked up the wrong frequency the first time.
No more picture break ups now. The signal strength was a red herring.
1.2 has my blessing!