If your receiver is missing channles now do this and you should get them back
The new bin's for most receivers will most likely be released sometime today or this weekend. To save alot of time I thought I would post a few suggestions of what you should do before or during the updating process every time you upload a new bin in your receiver.
I do this each time and never have any data loss I just do it this way, in this order, and watch tv seconds after putting the new bin in my receiver not after fighting my receiver for hours or day's.
#1 BEFORE you disconnect your receiver from the TV make a note of ALL antenna settings for every Satellite you can receive. You could do this ANYTIME so its done. I have it all in nice text DOC in my computer.
#2 Download the new bin from the "home" forum for your receiver. Never pay for free info. Unzip the file and place it inside a folder on your computer named "new bin 12-03-09 or whatever the date is.
#3 Go to [link removed] or wherever on the nett you can get one and get a FRESH UPDATED copy of the satfile. Place this file inside that folder you made today.
#5 Use the Loader Program or USB drive to copy the channnel list FROM your receiver to the computer. Place that file indise the folder you made today.
#6 Use the loader Program or USB drive to install the new bin, satfile, and Channel List from the folder you made today.
#8 Connect your receiver back to TV, LNB and whatever else you normaly do.
#9 Using you notes make sure all settings are the same as before in each satallite you can receive in antenna settings.
#10 Turn it to a sat and if need be let it autoroll. Sometimes this step takes 3 min sometimes 10. If you interrupt it by changing channels it will take longer so just let it roll.
#11 Watch tv. Be thankfull it works.
#12 After using the receiver for a while go to the "home" forum for you receiver and report any Bug's or thank the coders for their hard work.
Yes their are a few extra steps here than what some people will say do they do but when these steps are done they save ALOT of time and energy fixing trouble after a data loss. I have 17 sat's scanned with 2700 channels it would take me about 5 hours to get everything back the way I like it. I am sure others will jump here and say stuff like "I never do all that and I never have troube" That is fine I am just saying if you do this you will not have trouble due to data loss or settings being wrong. It takes me about 5 min to do this each time so its not a big deal.
Thanks for this. So, the USB drive will contain 3 files for the update. Two of the files will have the same file extension, both the receiver's firmware file and the latest 3rd party bin file (*.all for the VSPro). Why is it necessary to include the factory firmware on the USB drive? Doesn't the 3rd party bin file completely overwrite the factory firmware? If I do include all of these files, does the receiver automatically load the updates in this order: 1-factory firmware, 2- third party bin, 3- channel list? Thanks.
THANKS A MILLION. I followed your steps above and it is indeed a much faster option. I am up and running withing seconds. Hope you are feeling much better today and you are up and about. Once again Thank YOu
I dont have to do all this FTA Tester. After loading the new BIN, my receiver will start working again back to the old settings. Pl Make sure if you are not using the CLONE of Viewssat.
As I stated in the guide "I am sure others will jump here and say stuff like "I never do all that and I never have troube" That is fine I am just saying if you do this you will not have trouble due to data loss or settings being wrong. It takes me about 5 min to do this each time so its not a big deal. "
I just want everone to have a enjoyable experance here we have seen lots of people losing data. You have been lucky I would advise to back up your data next time.
I have a viewsat ultra receiver...downloaded the latest file and extracted. Added it to usb stick. Installed it on the receiver, everything ok until message "do not power off". Waited for twenty minutes and nothing happened.
Unable to use remote to do anything, and on receiver, no functionality from buttons.
Powered down from switch in back, removed usb stick and repowered.
display shows ---- and no functionality whatsoever.
I probably have to install factory setting file or follow some kind of procedure.
