Problems with H2S Wooshbuild V5

[mickh1971]

Bought a Zgamma H2S mid December and got it working finewith Wooshbuild v4. When v5 came out updated the receiver and all great stillworked fine. Only issue I encountered was Mgcamd 1.35 stopping a few times butstart again fine.
Problems started when I went away over new year I powered boxdown before leaving by the rear button. On my return turned power on but thebox was stuck in 'BOOT' mode. Took my USB out the back and rebooted severaltimes but still the same and would not get to the numbers counting up.
Decided to flash with the latest version using the samescandisk 8gb USB I had used initially. The received went into 'FLASH' mode thenafter a few minutes changed to 'BOOT' but again went no further. Readinstructions again and forum posts to make sure I had done things right, triedpowering box off after flashing had completed etc but still no joy. This wenton for a while until I gave up for a few weeks as I have another receiver formain TV (VU+ Uno 4k DVB-C)
Thought I'd have another go yesterday, turned the receiveron and the box booted first time without flashing it again? I thought great andcarried on setting up and when it finished noticed there were no channelsshowing. Checked tuner status looked ok then looked at signal to findeverything was at zero. I knew 100% I have signal from the dish as I hadswapped it out for a sky receiver viewing FTA channels? Checked cables etc alllooked good (LNB in and Tuner A) so thought I would test the SKY box again sopowered H2S down at the rear, plugged in SKY box signal fine all FTA channelsworking.
Plugged the H2S back in powered up and there it was againstuck in 'BOOT' mode and will not go any further. Rebooted again several timeswith and without the rear USB just in case but still no joy receiver seems tobe stuck again.
Sorry about the long post but I am stuck as whatto try next and am starting to think the box may have a fault. Thanks inadvance for your help.

 

[asmad]

Sounds frustrating. It sounds like the box didn't finish setting up after you flashed it. After the first flash you need to remove the usb you used to flash and should insert another into the rear to use as a recording device.

After this the box finishes setting up and does channel scans etc. I would think your box never got to this point. Also, have you the satellite cables connected at the rear correctly? They would be diaganol to each other and not one above the other.

Maybe try flashing an image for your box from the official zgemma page.

Updates Zgemma Star Series - Index of: home/Zgemma-H.2S

Openvix or Openatv which would leave your box how it came from the factory.

After installing one of these firmwares, see if the box boots ok. Remove the usb stick and restart the box a few times and make sure it reboots. You'll not get channels with this setup but it would ensure your box is actually working OK.

If all seems good, try downloading a new copy of wooshbuild v5. Make sure it's the one for H2S and put that on the usb and flash it. Remove the usb when the installation tells you to and follow the rest of the on-screen instructions.

Don't forget to check the rear cables. If the box sticks on boot again, try pressing the rear white button a couple of times. I had a mates box which fails to boot every time but this gives it anlittle kick and gets it going again.

 

[mickh1971]

Thanks for your reply Asmad. Everything you mentioned I have tried apart from flashing with OpenATV so will have a go with that.

When the box did boot it finished completely including channel scan but no channels appeared as it couldn't see a signal. I think cables are correct, one in LNB IN and one in TUNER A. Tried swapping them around but didn't make any difference as expected.

The reason I think it may have an intermittent fault is the fact it doesn't boot again every time I turn off at the back switch? Surely this shouldn't wipe the image? It did restart ok from the menu.

Will try OpenATV first then new downloads of Wooshbuild v5 for H2S although I have tried the latter a few time.

Thanks again