hi gav12345 yes i spoke to him in fact he e mails with addvice as well last night after i said about it lasting 50 mins and rebooted it it ran fine until i went to bed which was about 3 in the morning as i said the thing now it says "epg not loaded"(but it was before) and then it says "waiting for epg" i dont think that is a big problem ?do you?plus if i reflash it do i need the original remote as i am a universal one i picked up cheap?: shocked2