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IPTV for Zgemma enigma

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Had IPTV before but a loads of rubbish I am after a quality stream. With all world sport and tv on and all Saturday games. Anyone reccomend anyone with the best line.

New to this but wondering about kodi

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Is kodi worth a download onto my Zgemma?

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Hi,
All not sure how this works but keen to get started. 😊

new and green as grass

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Morning all my names gregg heard a lot about the techkings site recomended by many so i look forward to gaining knowledge from the forums and meeting new people and maybe 10 years down the line help others you never know all the best gregg

New to all this

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Hi , got my self a zgemma hs2 , looking forward to getting the most out of it ..... with a lot of help !!!

hi all

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hi all been looking at the questions and it all seems very interesting

v8s line c or n

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Hi, i'm getting a v8s openbox today - i need a reliable line that doesn't freeze. (i have good internet).
Can anybody send me details for a year or 6 month line? i want ALL the channels opened up plus i want to watch all the pay per view channels for for free

many thanks in advance.

newby to openbox 8vs

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Hi guys, just bought a openbox for first time, im curious to know how these boxes work with clines etc, are there any guides here i can read to understand more? Manythanks

Zgemma Star 2s set up

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Hi everyone,
I have recently purchased the zgemma star 2s and from watching you tube videos on flashing, can anyone advise me on which is the best build to install? :whacko:

EPL games on new ROI sky sports?

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not sure if many of you know but a few Sat 3pm EPL games are going to be shown on the ROI sly sports 5 channel.

Does anyone have a way of scanning the new channels in? Ive tried running ABM and nothing. Wondering if the whitelist or something needs updating?

I find this facinating..

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Hi Newbie here.
I'm Zak new to all of this and find it very interesting. Trying to read up and understand what everyone is talking about and make sense of it. Trying not to ask any stupid questions yet. I'll save those for when I have read more posts and have a smattering of understanding. Though I was always told the only stupid question is the one you DON'T ASK..! lol I have just cancelled my sky and have VM broadband. So will need to work out a way to play with some of the toys you have mentioned and hopefully get one working the way I want.
I have to say I don't know very much about this .. sounds like gobildy gook. So I have a long way to go... in a galaxy far ...far away....

Hello From The USA!

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Hello everyone,

There is still a strong satellite TV hobbyist group in the US but we have a hard time finding receivers that will receive our signals properly. We've recently discovered the Freesat V7 which I bought along with several others and it works so good we're buying Goldens and Supers now. I'm the first to buy a Super and my Super is on the way, will get it in about a week or so now. One other member of the group bought a Golden but I don't think he's received it yet.

Our Openbox S9's stopped receiving three of our best channels, the signal goes from 0 to 70 constantly and it turns out it was the S9 because the V7 HD receives them just fine. One is called "Decades" which is a retro type channel that runs lots of older programming and movies. Another is also a retro channel called "Heroes & Icons". Then we lost "Movies!" which is a great movie channel. I'd say most of us spend 50% of our viewing time on those channels.

We don't know the exact cause and some members have examined the streams. There doesn't appear to be anything different but they are not stable at all. For one thing they have 4MHz spacing and the channels would also switch back and forth. Decades would become H&I and then switch back every few seconds. We tested all of our equipment for months trying to fix it (since November 2015), wasted a lot of time.

There are a couple of other channels the V7 produces skips in the AC3 audio, not bad but it does. I hope the Super is able to get all of them, it looks like a fine receiver. We'll use SCART adapters to output other formats we can use. We wouldn't be able to make use of the T2 tuner in the Golden at all, that's why I chose the Super with the loop out. Another member ordered a Super today.

We have very limited channels so when we lose one, it matters, especially if it's three of our best channels. Everything we do is legal, they are FTA channels no keys or anything like that is needed. Many of us have big dishes, 6-12 feet because most of our channels are on C band with Ku being loaded with religion and news. There are a few Ku entertainment channels and great radio stations. Lots of us have motorized 30-40 inch Ku dishes and I have a nice old Primestar 40 inch dish I'm going to install and eventually motorize. Right now I'm using a 7.5 foot C/Ku motorized dish. We do all we can to keep the hobby alive but losing channels causes some people to quit. Without a large group of us we get ignored as a market.

Anyway, sorry that is so long but I figured many of you don't know anything about the satellite hobby in the US. I know a little about the European satellite market, but not a lot. We don't have a Freesat type service in the US. That would be really nice. Ok, so you all have a fine day and I'm going to go look around. My real name is John by the way. I also turned off my ad blocker for the whole domain as requested. Thank you for allowing me to join your community.

John

dsayers2014 openatv image for the H.2H with one set of bouquets

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Openatv 3.5 for the zgemma H2.H with Kiddacs VSkin HD with slyk1hd set it as your skin
And mgcamd1.38 and cccam2.30 with setup guide


this backup has been set to generate one set of bouquets by replacing the non available
sky hd channels with vm hd channels so the channel numbers will be the same as sky 106 sky 1hd and 107 is sky living hd

09/08/2016
PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED BOTH VM AND SKY ACTIVE TUNERS AND SUB FOR THIS BACKUP TO WORK





Set with mgcamd1.38. & cccam2.3 and with all mg_cfg and newcamd.list and CCcam.cfg files needed in place! Just edit your details in and reboot! DO NOT SEND YOUR FILES IN. EDIT WHATS ALREADY THERE



OK. Basically u need a usb or hard drive that can be wiped and devoted to the box.
That will store program guide and recordings and timeshift to rewind TV etc.
4gb is minimum I'd recommend. But more is better.
Once image is flashed and u edit ur newcamd.list file in usr/keys or CCcam.cfg in usr/keys with FileZilla.
Get the permanent USB/hdd onto a PC and quick format it.


download here :download:

Tlashing the box
flash with the zgemma folder only on a formatted usb stick turn of box using back power button insert usb in back and switch on using back button then box should change from usb to flash.


ZGEMMA DISHCABLE'S SETTUP
Plug one dish cable into tuner A(sat). And the second cable into B(vm).
You will need to blug kenable F Type Screw Connector Socket to RF Coax Aerial Male Adapter to plug into tuner b
rf adapter.jpg



Then
Menu, setup, service searching, Tuner configuration,
Select Tuner B: and input your network id
tuner configuration.jpg
Check here for a list of network ids http://www.techkings.org/general-cab...le-netids.html

Please note you will need both sky and cables tuners and subs for this image to
Work
h2h setup.jpg

added info: you will also need a network connection for scanning channels and to unscramble the channels
either use a lan cable, home plugs or wifi adapter. lan cable or home plugs is recommended for a more stable connection
please do not post in this thread regarding wifi adapters as i dont use them so i cannot offer support

USB/ HARD DRIVE SETUP
Box off.
Usb in rear.
Box on.
Blue Button
Harddisk/Harddisk Setup press right
initialisation.jpg
Initialization choose your device and press red to initialise


then convert ext3 to 4 choose your device and press red to convert ext3 to 4
convert ext3 to 4.jpg

Creating Swapfile
I dont think the newer models need a swapfile but if you want to
MENU, Infopanel, Plugins, SwapManager, GREEN, Select your drive, 256Mb, takes a couple of mins to create, once created choose RED to activate and YELLOW to autostart
swap manger.jpg
restart box not GUI

Recording and Timeshift settings

Menu
Setup
System
Recording and Timshift settings
Recording settings
Default movie location should be media/hdd/movie
recording settings.jpg

(If u are using a large enough usb/HDD u may want to go to
Menu
Setup
System
Rexording and timshift settings
Timeshift settings
Ensure timeshift location is showing: media/hdd/movie/timesshift
Autorecord is showing media/hdd/movie
if you want enable Autorecord
Autostart ts after 30secs or whatever.
As it is u must press pause to start timeshift)
timeshift settings.jpg



If you find that the screen is to large/small/off to side:
Menu
Setup
Usage and GUI
Extended GUI
OSD Position
U can change about here. Including transparency of windows.


Running the sat_282_uk_CustomMix.xml updater
Before setting up abm we need to run the sat_282_uk_CustomMix.xml updater plugin
Press portal at the bottom click on the sat_282_uk_CustomMix.xml updater plugin you will have a message saying file downloaded press exit.
custommix updater.jpg

This will ensure your using the latest custommix.xml file to swap the sky hd channels with vm and to add channel numbers on epg

TO SETUP ABM
Menu
Setup
Service searching
Autobouquets maker
Providers. Wait
Sky UK: area. Change from northwest Yorkshire HD to your area HD not sd or custom we need HD to swap with cable by pressing right or left.
You may want to go down and change sky uk channel swap to no if you don’t have bbc1hd and ITV hd versions in your are in.
abm sat.jpg
Then virgin(uk): area change 41064 York(ff Leeds) to your net id
abm vm.jpg
No need to generate other bouquets
Green to save.
Start scan. Wait.
Exit all
Hold power Restart






TO SETUP EPG
I have set-up crossepg for sat and epgrefresh for cable



For crossepg (sat)
Menu
Setup
Cross EPG
Download now. Takes 5-10 mins. Will seem like its stuck on Loading Data. Wait.
Happens automatically at 6.00 am anyway.
Exit all
crossepg.jpg
Hold power again and restart.

For epgrefresh(cable)
Go to all channels bouquet select the vm previews channel and press the green button then epg refresh now
epg refresh.jpg
this is setup to automatically run at 5.30 am.
This is also set to shut down the box after automatic scan at 5am if you want to change this portal, epgrefresh show advance options yes
Change shutdown after EPG refresh to no.





Kiddacs vskin v1.011
Kiddacs slyk1hd v4.009
auto bouquets setup
Auto epg update set
Cross epg setup to hdd
Includes mgcamd, cccam, openwebif, picture player, Media scanner, Dream-Explorer, Iptv Player, epg refresh and cachflush
custommix updater
the latest sat_282_sky_uk_CustomMix.xml is downloaded every time you run the sat_282_uk_CustomMix.xml updater thanks to wooshman for the great help




To install picons if you want


you will need to download srp picons because snp picons will not work


Picons are the little channels logos you see on some screen shots and these instructions guide you through adding them to your EPG and info bars.


First of all check that you have no previous picons installed and if so remove them


From full screen TV:
Press the Portal button -> Red button (remove plugins) -> Highlight +Picons and press OK
Now any picon lists you see in that section need removing. Highlight, press ok and select yes.
Once you have removed any existing picon sets exit right back to full screen TV.


From full screen TV:
Press the Portal button -> Green button to download plugins -> Highlight +feeds and press OK -> Highlight picons.xyz and press OK -> Press OK again


Once you are returned to the list of plugings Press Exit once (the box may appear to hang) press Exit again, Press and hold Standby button and select Restart to restart the box.
When your box has restarted:


Press the Portal button -> Green button to download plugins -> Highlight +picons -> Press the OK button


Scroll right down the list and highlight: srp-full.400x240-370x210.light.on.transparent Press OK, Press OK again. Highlight and Select your external USB device


This takes a little while to download and extract due to there being 7000+ picons and may appear to have crashed. How long it takes will also depend on the speed of your USB device. While you are waiting be patient wait and wait some more.
When you are returned to the menu, Press the Exit button twice to return to full screen TV


Now press your EPG button and in the top left hand corner your should see the channel logo. It will also show up when you press the OK button from full screen TV



Changing the resolution of the box
This backup was made using the resolution for 720 tvs
To change this menu. setup, video, basic settings
go to mode and press right to change from 720 to what your tv supports
video settings.jpg




Idiots Guide for adding your line with Filezilla

On your Box Menu > Info> Network > Get your box IP address
Open up FileZilla Host (top left ) Type in IP address Username root Leave others blank Press Quick connect
Box should then connect to computer Left side computer, Right hand box
filezilla connect.jpg
For Nlines
On right hand side locate usr Double click it Then Keys Double click It You should now see 3 files CCcam.cfg, Mg_cfg and Newcamd.list On Newcamd list Left click/right click Then click View/Edit (It may ask you what program you wish to view the file choose Notepad) You will see 2 samples of what your line should look like either edit your line details or Delete up to CWS = (space either side of =)
Copy and past your line Less the N: in its place
Disconnect from FileZilla By Clicking the X just under bookmarks top of page
Press blue button on remote control >.Softcam press right Select soft cam panel Mgcamd 1.38 should show as default press green to restart
For Clines
Again usr/keys on box Your line goes Complete with the C in CCcam.cfg and start in Softcam panel press right to change cam
Hope it helps

This also has slyk1hd v4.009 to change it menu, setup, useage and GUI, Skin Setup and select slyk1hd

Check here for the latest V Skin HD http://www.techkings.org/zgemma-star...-vskin-hd.html

Check here for the latest slyk1 hd skin http://www.techkings.org/zgemma-star...available.html

Screen shots below enjoy

info.jpg

epg.jpg

channel select.jpg

plugins.jpg
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Hello to all

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Thanks to all for the invaluable info posted.

Best FTP software

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Hi, can anyone tell me what the best software to use for connecting to a Zgemma Star H.2S? I have tried Filezilla but am having some problems connecting.

ATV contacts

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Hi All

Myself and Dangerous have noticed a problem with ATV 5.3 on the new Xtrend 8500. A software bug affecting cable recording if 2 or more tuners.

We know of about 8 boxes between us and all was fine before... :)

Does anyone have any good English speaking contacts at OpenATV? We're not getting very far posting on the general German forum, even when translated back! :)

Cheers

Can't get subtitles to work on OpenVix

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Please can someone tell me how to enable subtitles for OpenVix.

Some reason they won't show on Dsayers image which they did before when i first downloaded his backup.

I changed auto language selection > subtitles all to english but they still won't show.

Have i missed something or not enabled something?

Thanks

zgemma h2s problem

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If I had hair I think I would of pulled it out by now!!!! I had my zgemma working perfectly the other day until my boy decided to accidentally do a full factory reset on it( god knows how cos he's only 14 months old) anyway I've been trying to reflash my box but to no avail! I noticed my USB stick was not being read on my computer so popped to the shop to get a new one and thought to myself let's get a 64 g one so I can flash the box then use it for recordings, I've put the extracted zgemma file for flashing on there and put it in the box but with no joy(the box just boots up without flashing) I think the problem lies with the USB stick being 64 g because you can't format it to fat32???Could any of you brainy people out there confirm this to be the problem or anything else it could be and how to fix it,cheers

Hello Everyone

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Glad to be here! I hope to learn from others and also contribute ideas to the forum. :)

Good morning from the UK

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Hey all,

Recently got into the whole satellite thing as I heard about what could be done with it. I'm pretty impressed to say the least although my journey hasn't been completely free of problems. Hence why I came here. Knowledge is power!

On the other hand, I'm hoping I'll be able to contribute something to this community and maybe help others too, aswell as learn more about this stuff.

Cheers,

D

hello to everyony

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Recently got into the whole satellite thing as I heard about what could be done with it. i would like to learn a lot more about what great things are out there .
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