Spiderbox Owners Chat!

[Mobley3]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

Forget about trying it on Vista, but you may need to try it a few times before it will work,
did you leave it for a while to load? sometimes it takes a while before you will notice any sign of the file loading.

Regards Mobley3

[thecrazybandit]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

Thats a shame the Spiderbox HD9000 will normally come back when using the recovery tool its the HD9900 that had the problems that would not work good luck with Skybox f5

[bam27beer]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

hi

I sadly have also some experience with recovery tools and nullmodem cables (no spider), some tips:
- a said by Mobley3: try to avoid an adapter, but use the RS232 serial port directly
- sometimes necessary to retry the recovery procedure, acan also be important on which moment you turn on your box
- check and set your serial port speed to the port speed of your box (with my other box I was luckt this was in the specs).
- to be honoust: also had a box where it didn't work out, no matter what I tried (while the same worked fine on another box from the same type) - was also F100 and had to send it back (luckily was still under warranty - has something to do with boot-memory and jtag-mem had to be reflashed).

cheers all ,well i found my null lead and have tried it on a xp and vista but no luck ,def on a 9 pin serial and all i get is the f100 on the display tried connecting then loading the file , then powering the stb but still the same , gone for a skybox f5 in the meantime but would like to get it going again

[pan1300]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

hi

I sadly have also some experience with recovery tools and nullmodem cables (no spider), some tips:
- a said by Mobley3: try to avoid an adapter, but use the RS232 serial port directly
- sometimes necessary to retry the recovery procedure, acan also be important on which moment you turn on your box
- check and set your serial port speed to the port speed of your box (with my other box I was luckt this was in the specs).
- to be honoust: also had a box where it didn't work out, no matter what I tried (while the same worked fine on another box from the same type) - was also F100 and had to send it back (luckily was still under warranty - has something to do with boot-memory and jtag-mem had to be reflashed).

[thecrazybandit]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

The repair program works fine but like it has been said use only windows xp from a tower if possible other windows programs seem to have problems make sure are you using a null modem cable find the right port press connect and it should work straight away if if not try turning the box on and off

[Mobley3]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

The general consensus is that it works best with an XP setup. also needs a computer with a proper Com port and not an adapter lead, are you leaving the 9000 switched off until the last minute, it seems that it takes a while to load. I do not have any experience of using the repair tool, seem to have avoided it up to now, you may need to try it a few times before success.
Good luck.
Regards Mobley3

[bam27beer]

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morning , slight problem with my hd 9000 ,
i have the f100 boot problem think it was caused when i linked the 2nd lnb out put to my tv .
downloaded the recovery software clicked com port 1 says its connected and loaded the
hd9000.rs232.062 bin file but its just hanging with the f100 displaying
am using a null 9 pin lead but am using win7 prem been reading a bit think this might be the problem but not gonna change my o/s so is there a way round this ?
cheers

[bam27beer]

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hi had a look but seems i can post but not upload

why not here

> http://www.satlover.eu/forum/all-oth...update-16.html

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no worries, most spiderbox owners
know where you mean.

[thecrazybandit]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

just a quick update ,
found billybits list and a channel editor, a lot easier to do it on pc then a remote and i've got say O,M,G , i'm as happy as a pig in s+/+ !
just wished i'd found this out earlier,
cheers all for your help
only problems is i can't see my post count getting higher btw is there a place i can upload the channel editor if any one else wants to use it ?

I am glad you found the channel list ok Billybits and williams 1 are great lists and the billybits list has been updated todays so its even better

[bam27beer]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

just a quick update ,
found billybits list and a channel editor, a lot easier to do it on pc then a remote and i've got say O,M,G , i'm as happy as a pig in s+/+ !
just wished i'd found this out earlier,
cheers all for your help
only problems is i can't see my post count getting higher btw is there a place i can upload the channel editor if any one else wants to use it ?

[thecrazybandit]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

I would do full search from 42 east to 30 west but try not to blind scan if you can help it you will be surprised how much is out there

[pan1300]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

... is there some info on what packages channels i'm getting ... just looking forward to watching the football the weekend ...

hi bam27beer and welcome

- about the packages: have a try, you'll see you'll getting a lot of packages (really a lot!).
- about the foot: check/****** what's 'live on sat' and you'll directly see what's on on which sat+channel - there are some other site, but forgot their names, use the search function if you want to find them.

[thecrazybandit]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

Welcome to satlovers the Spiderbox is a great box and works well with clines the williams 1 channel list is a good channel list and has just been updated i edit my own list and this works fine for me

[bam27beer]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

hi all first post ,
found this site last night and signed for the premium, and although i've had my box lying dormant for a year , with the info on here i'm all up and running ,well surprised though did spend a few hours reading through the posts ,managed to put the info via the remote ,i'm not sure had to extract the cfg file ,

a couple of questions though is there some info on what packages channels i'm getting and does anyone know of a good channel list ,and also a good way of editing it,
i blind scanned 13,16,19.2 and 28 a whole load of channels and probably about 90% of what i don't need , just looking forward to watching the football the weekend
cheers in advance

[Mobley3]

Re: Spiderbox Owners Chat!

I have a spiderbox HD 9000 have had it for a couple of years worked very well with the gift now going to try with clines. Are there any updates for the software and the text up dates. The box works well with free clines in the early afternoon but after that it is a waste of time. Any advice on what works well ?

As you are listed as a Premium Server member I am wondering why you feel the need to try free lines, surely your premium line gives you anything that would open with them and a lot more stable ?

Regards Mobley3