Originally posted by funkyfive:

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madger,
it gets connected on the back of the pc to the connection beside the blue and pink(on some pcs)or on the back near the bottom and is a mail connection with 5 pins above 4 pins with 2 lugs for screwing in the rs cable. Some laptops and new computers only have usb so you would need to buy another cable to download it.

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Originally posted by chamid:

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Hi
I got the new cable and tried again, but i am still getting the same problem. It comes up as flash update failed. I have tried restarting the box, switching it off from main power but no luck. Need some help please!!!

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Originally posted by madger:

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Originally posted by funkyfive:

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madger,
it gets connected on the back of the pc to the connection beside the blue and pink(on some pcs)or on the back near the bottom and is a mail connection with 5 pins above 4 pins with 2 lugs for screwing in the rs cable. Some laptops and new computers only have usb so you would need to buy another cable to download it.

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Thanks for your help much appreciated, do you know the name of the other cable I need as my computer does not have the mail connection

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Originally posted by akram786:

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desb can u help me fix my box. iv got the cable got the software but when i try to update i get error message flash update failed. and also my computer doesnt recognise my box

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Are you using Vista?? als oyou need a Null modem cable 9 pin female to 9 pin female available from Maplins

using xp and have the cable

Originally posted by DesB:

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Originally posted by madger:

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Originally posted by funkyfive:

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madger,
it gets connected on the back of the pc to the connection beside the blue and pink(on some pcs)or on the back near the bottom and is a mail connection with 5 pins above 4 pins with 2 lugs for screwing in the rs cable. Some laptops and new computers only have usb so you would need to buy another cable to download it.

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Thanks for your help much appreciated, do you know the name of the other cable I need as my computer does not have the mail connection

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Have a look under my sig... starview updating>>>

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Originally posted by DesB:

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Originally posted by akram786:

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desb can u help me fix my box. iv got the cable got the software but when i try to update i get error message flash update failed. and also my computer doesnt recognise my box

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Are you using Vista?? als oyou need a Null modem cable 9 pin female to 9 pin female available from Maplins..

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Originally posted by karljd:

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Originally posted by bluetate:

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Originally posted by karljd:

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bluetate look in the eurovox folder under my pic to check and see if you have the right cables,
scotsbabe look in eamos library under my pic.

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i ave the right cables as i have downloaded firmware once before!am
wondering is it anything to do with winzip as i have just purchased it online as my old one ran out of date/or is it because am using my lap top at a different address,thanks for your time and help karl.

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no it would have nothing to do with any of them,check you cable is secure in your pc and box,also turn thr box off press download turn it back on and see if it moves.

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Originally posted by DesB:

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Think your right Katrl... Bow out gracefully LOL

funny though he is telling people to use the RS232 cable ( The one that comes with the box... the one that doesnt work)
I suppose thousands of people before him who have used the NUll Modem must have been wrong!!

Siltheen ...its all yours!!!

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Originally posted by mankugu:

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I hope someone can help me PLZ.
I bought a genuine starview 3 box a week ago (25x7 vents). Hav managed to connect it to my pc through the com port. I have managed to change the API version of the software on the box to various ones such as GTRom_Super705e and 601e, i have checked this in system info and it has worked fine. BUT when i come to use GTRomV4.0 and run the software and specify the various api files and click on download, i get a pop up window showing zero progress, i have left it for 10, 20 and 30 mins and nothing happens.
Eventually when i click on download button and turn the power ON to the box i get a pop up window

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Flash Update Fail..

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Otherwise i get no message when the power is on to the box and the download button has been pressed.
The system info is API ver:7.05e, Boot ver:8.0 10.Apr.2008.
The nul cable and the port setting must be ok if i can change the API version of the software.

Any help greatly appreciated..

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Originally posted by slitheen:

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Originally posted by DesB:

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Think your right Katrl... Bow out gracefully LOL

funny though he is telling people to use the RS232 cable ( The one that comes with the box... the one that doesnt work)
I suppose thousands of people before him who have used the NUll Modem must have been wrong!!

Siltheen ...its all yours!!!

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Eh? I am telling people to use a serial null modem cable, as stated in my above guide. "Serial Null Modem Cable RS232...not any old serial cable)"

Oh, and 'scotsbabe' - Maplin aren't the only place that sell em, you can get one on eBay or many other places (£2 inc P&P on eBay is the cheapest, I'd bet). But like most places, there's usually more than one type of serial cable on sale...make sure what you buy says "null modem" somewhere in the product title/description.

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Originally posted by funkyfive:

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karljd,desb,scouser,malci,etc
this site couldn't survive without you guys and i apologise if i have stepped on anybody's toes. All the things I have posted have came from experiences I have read on this site or things that happened to me and thought I would save you repeating yourselves.My messages from page 2 of this link (sept) were answered in great depth and I see the problem might be appearing with others with flash failed coming up. Anybody getting this problem look back and check what malci and karljd posted as a reply to me from page 2 in september. There was quite a few things i had to try.

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