mickymcdee
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Right i am a noob still to this forum also to this clever little unit called the silverbox, but here is a step by step guide of what you will need and what you need to do in order for you to be sat down watching tv in less than 30mins.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
1. A female to female null modem cable these are a off the shelf item in your local maplins at a hefty £4.99 lol look here> .
Or if you are ordering via ebuyer they are cheaper but make sure you get the CORRECT cable as you dont want to fook yer new box do ye?.
2. A shaver adaptor with a 3a fuse or better a bs plugtop with a 3a fuse for the psu that comes with the silver box as it has a 2 pin european plug moulded.
3.A male rf plug (normal tv aerial plug) Which your cable feed will be going into.
4.A pc/laptop with a serial com port on
5.A cup of tea
6.QCX_SLF_VER7.10_UK_up_new SOFTWARE
bundled with stblink4 program tool (this will be available to download from this forum now)
7.Connect the null modem cable up from your pc to your box nice and securely! connect power to silverbox run the stb4 link program click on set up comm button then coose port 1 which is mostly used if fails try com2 the software will now read software vers etc that is in the box now all you do to upgrade is click on upgrade software then choose your software which would be v7.10 bin file do not attempt to unplug anything whilst flashing process is going the stb box will dissappear on screen and the led on the front of the box should be flashing red/green rapidly power can now be disconnected and reapplied
thats yer software on anyway.
8.Finding and storing channels nrext thing connect up your box to your live feed via the rf input and scart to tv etc go to menu on remote>user installation>automatic Then coose your network id for your area live qam on 64 auto search ON do a blind search between 50 to 850mhz this will take a long time or if you know your area frequency enter it as the top and say enter 50mhz below what it should be this will take 15mins to search and store when finished press ok to view there you go watch yer tv.
9.Another cup of tea !
I have got all 5 of these boxs working 100% now my friends are very happy bloody love jobs who needs em! :grab:
Whilst they are a few bugs on the current vers 7.10 sware ive been informed software writers are on to it at the moment to sort out etc the futures bright the futures the (silverbox).
A learning curve is allready developing within these and other forums regarding this smart little unit so any quirks,advice,hints,tips etc will be of great importance.
: thanks :
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
1. A female to female null modem cable these are a off the shelf item in your local maplins at a hefty £4.99 lol look here> .
Or if you are ordering via ebuyer they are cheaper but make sure you get the CORRECT cable as you dont want to fook yer new box do ye?.
2. A shaver adaptor with a 3a fuse or better a bs plugtop with a 3a fuse for the psu that comes with the silver box as it has a 2 pin european plug moulded.
3.A male rf plug (normal tv aerial plug) Which your cable feed will be going into.
4.A pc/laptop with a serial com port on
5.A cup of tea
6.QCX_SLF_VER7.10_UK_up_new SOFTWARE
bundled with stblink4 program tool (this will be available to download from this forum now)
7.Connect the null modem cable up from your pc to your box nice and securely! connect power to silverbox run the stb4 link program click on set up comm button then coose port 1 which is mostly used if fails try com2 the software will now read software vers etc that is in the box now all you do to upgrade is click on upgrade software then choose your software which would be v7.10 bin file do not attempt to unplug anything whilst flashing process is going the stb box will dissappear on screen and the led on the front of the box should be flashing red/green rapidly power can now be disconnected and reapplied
thats yer software on anyway.
8.Finding and storing channels nrext thing connect up your box to your live feed via the rf input and scart to tv etc go to menu on remote>user installation>automatic Then coose your network id for your area live qam on 64 auto search ON do a blind search between 50 to 850mhz this will take a long time or if you know your area frequency enter it as the top and say enter 50mhz below what it should be this will take 15mins to search and store when finished press ok to view there you go watch yer tv.
9.Another cup of tea !
I have got all 5 of these boxs working 100% now my friends are very happy bloody love jobs who needs em! :grab:
Whilst they are a few bugs on the current vers 7.10 sware ive been informed software writers are on to it at the moment to sort out etc the futures bright the futures the (silverbox).
A learning curve is allready developing within these and other forums regarding this smart little unit so any quirks,advice,hints,tips etc will be of great importance.
: thanks :
