Best Enigma 2 boxes?

Paul007 · 24-10-2015 4:36pm

givecredit wrote: »

Yes, the only difference is Front Display and extra tuner. They both use the same firmware.

I currently use VIX on it. This €6 stick works perfectly with it:

http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_188371.html

Thanks a lot, gonna take the plunge so.

GY A1 · 24-10-2015 4:41pm

Have the lx1 it's great box and reasonable,
How's the lx 2 working for ya
Looking at twin tuners and undecided between the lx2, Vu solo se v2 or maybe extrend et 9500
Cheers

yabadabado · 24-10-2015 4:49pm

I have the LX2 and its a nice box.

I also have one to sell if anyone is interested.I bought it for a friend but they changed there minds.It was only opened to but Hades on it.

I will be putting it up on Adverts one of the days if anyone is interested.

givecredit · 06-11-2015 4:16pm

GY A1 wrote: »

Have the lx1 it's great box and reasonable,
How's the lx 2 working for ya
Looking at twin tuners and undecided between the lx2, Vu solo se v2 or maybe extrend et 9500
Cheers

The LX2 performs in the same way as LX1, except for the 2nd tuner. It uses the same images as LX1. I use VIX on it and it performs flawlessly(using autobouquetmaker and crossepg). With the added 7 euro usb dtt tuner(link above) its a perfect triple tuner solution for less than €150.00

reni10 · 09-11-2015 12:11pm

What is the best Twin Tuner Enigma2 box at the moment that will give the Irish and UK channels for around €200 or less?

I want to avoid any type of freezing or rebooting etc.

And also where is the best place to order from? Ireland, Germany etc.?

amdaley28 · 10-11-2015 11:04am

Don't forget if you buy from outside Ireland & have a problem it will be more costly to send it back for repair.
I recently had to send a receiver back to the UK for repair under warranty & it cost me €35 because it was over 2kg in weight.
If you can source your receiver in Ireland then its a lot cheaper to post if you have to send it back.

dav32cs · 15-11-2015 12:22am

reni10 wrote: »

What is the best Twin Tuner Enigma2 box at the moment that will give the Irish and UK channels for around €200 or less?

I want to avoid any type of freezing or rebooting etc.

And also where is the best place to order from? Ireland, Germany etc.?

From personal experience I would advise Xtrend Et8000. Can get twin dvbs and third slot free with 250gb HD for £179 from WOS.

If you were going for full three tuners and bigger HD you might get better value on one of the European shops though

stanley1 · 15-11-2015 11:46am

can't understand why they are still putting scart sockets on some of these boxes, well dated by now.

swoofer · 15-11-2015 12:05pm

they can be very useful for attaching an rf modulator

Paul007 · 16-11-2015 5:51pm

givecredit wrote: »

Yes, the only difference is Front Display and extra tuner. They both use the same firmware.

I currently use VIX on it. This €6 stick works perfectly with it:

http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_188371.html

Just a quick one.
Set the dongle up with Vix and it's working but can't seem to get a signal quality reading. Box just shows SNR: 0% AGC 0% no matter where I position the aerial.

Is this the same for you?

Clareman · 16-11-2015 9:16pm

Paul007 wrote: »

Just a quick one.
Set the dongle up with Vix and it's working but can't seem to get a signal quality reading. Box just shows SNR: 0% AGC 0% no matter where I position the aerial.

Is this the same for you?

What version of Vix are you running? Also, have you it set correctly under settings? If you set it to the wrong country nothing will show up, took me a few days to figure this out before

GY A1 · 17-11-2015 2:46pm

Paul007 wrote: »

Just a quick one.
Set the dongle up with Vix and it's working but can't seem to get a signal quality reading. Box just shows SNR: 0% AGC 0% no matter where I position the aerial.

Is this the same for you?

the lx1 and lx2 only have 2 usb slots, 1 at front and rear,
if u had a hdd attached to usb at rear,
would it look awful having the usb dtt stick sticking out the front of the box

Paul007 · 17-11-2015 5:29pm

Clareman wrote: »

What version of Vix are you running? Also, have you it set correctly under settings? If you set it to the wrong country nothing will show up, took me a few days to figure this out before

Vix 3.2.
Everything is set up ok and I am pulling in all the channels, just no getting a signal quality reading from the box.

It's not major issue as I can still view the channels but sometimes I get the odd glitch.

If I had a reading from the box I could peak the signal.

Paul007 · 17-11-2015 5:32pm

GY A1 wrote: »

the lx1 and lx2 only have 2 usb slots, 1 at front and rear,
if u had a hdd attached to usb at rear,
would it look awful having the usb dtt stick sticking out the front of the box

Yeah, it's not ideal. I only have a usb stick at the front but it looks ok.

You could always run a usb cable from the front port to the dtt tuner, might not look as messy.

Zardoz · 17-11-2015 5:34pm

givecredit wrote: »

I currently use VIX on it. This €6 stick works perfectly with it:

http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_188371.html

Is it as reliable as an internal tuner ?

givecredit · 19-11-2015 5:31pm

Zardoz wrote: »

Is it as reliable as an internal tuner ?

Works the very same as internal tuner except it uses one of your two usb slots. The 2nd being on front of receiver. I run the usb hd on front slot connected with usb extension cable.

STB. · 19-11-2015 11:23pm

Zardoz wrote: »

Is it as reliable as an internal tuner ?

By a long shot, No. The firmware is flaky, the devices are subject to all kinds of interference ime.

Clareman · 20-11-2015 10:29am

I'd agree that the USB wouldn't be as reliable, it's external to the box which means it's more likely to be moved, there'd also be intermittent power issues to USB devices, I notice with external tuners you have to reboot your box more frequently than you would need to do with an external tuner. For the difference in price though the USB is fine, I also like the fact that you can use the USB tuner in other devices as well, I've been known to use it in my laptop if I was away from home for example.

givecredit · 20-11-2015 6:02pm

STB. wrote: »

By a long shot, No. The firmware is flaky, the devices are subject to all kinds of interference ime.

This has not been my experience with the Xspeed. In the past with my older Vuo Duo and DM800 I had this experience, but things have improved quite considerably since then.

Off course having an internal DTT tuner would be the best option. But for the price the USB Tuner with an Xpeed 1 or 2 is a reliable option.

The Firmware support for external usb tuners has improved considerably in the last 2 years, since having a cable tuner option became quite popular in the UK.

byte · 22-11-2015 12:46am

Clareman wrote: »

I'd agree that the USB wouldn't be as reliable, it's external to the box which means it's more likely to be moved, there'd also be intermittent power issues to USB devices, I notice with external tuners you have to reboot your box more frequently than you would need to do with an external tuner. For the difference in price though the USB is fine, I also like the fact that you can use the USB tuner in other devices as well, I've been known to use it in my laptop if I was away from home for example.

I have made my Nova stick a lot more reliable on my aging Vu+ Duo by having it plugged into a powered USB hub. So it's getting addtional power from the hub, as I think the Vu was struggling to feed it enough power consistantly.

Newer drivers may have helped also, I'm not sure. What I have works fine (mostly) now.

BobbyT28 · 26-11-2015 7:01pm

UrbanFret wrote: »

I have only ever used vix and it's been perfect. so my philosophy is if it aint broke don't fix it. They have just launched a new image Hades i think it's called.
http://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php?dir=GI-Xpeed-LX/
you might also need to flash the bootloader(no harm to do it anyway)
http://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php?dir=Bootloaders/Golden-Interstar-Bootloaders/

You may have to register to download and in fairness you should as it is a terrific site and offers great support.

How to Flash Golden Interstar Xpeed LX1 and LX2

Flashing the Receiver.
Hi,

1. Format a USB stick to FAT32.
2. Download the image of your choice and extract it to your desktop.
3. Open the folder you extracted to your desktop, in this case named openvix-hades.05-xpeedlx_usb, you will see another folder named xpeedlx, this is your image file. Copy the entire xpeedlx folder directly to the USB stick
4. Fully power the receiver down via the rear rocker switch.
5. Make sure no USB devices are plugged into the receiver at this point.
6. Insert the USB stick containing the image files into one of the USB ports on the receiver.
7. Power the receiver on.
8. When the receiver powers up you will see the message “press arrow UP to upgrade” on the receivers display. Press the '+' button now on front panel.
9. During the flashing process you should see the message “upgrading” on the receivers, DO NOT power the receiver down during this process.
10. If successful the receiver will reboot it self after the flashing process has completed.

Can openvix run on Amiko Alien 2. Love the sky skin much nicer looking than the aa2 skyblue skin

I am currently running Hyperion 4.5 .

Do I need to doing anything special to install this on my box or just flas like normal?

BobbyT28

Clareman · 26-11-2015 7:21pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Can openvix run on Amiko Alien 2. Love the sky skin much nicer looking than the aa2 skyblue skin

I am currently running Hyperion 4.5 .

Do I need to doing anything special to install this on my box or just flas like normal?

BobbyT28

Doesn't look like a supported box on their official page, someone might have made an unofficial version somewhere http://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php/guides-and-tutorials/receiver-usb-flashing-guides/

UrbanFret · 26-11-2015 7:49pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Can openvix run on Amiko Alien 2. Love the sky skin much nicer looking than the aa2 skyblue skin

I am currently running Hyperion 4.5 .

Do I need to doing anything special to install this on my box or just flas like normal?

BobbyT28

No you will brick the box. there are openpli images out there which will be similar to vix images. Google is your friend.

BobbyT28 · 26-11-2015 7:51pm

UrbanFret wrote: »

No you will brick the box. there are openpli images out there which will be similar to vix images. Google is your friend.

Cheers,

The reason I ask, the sky skin on vix looks stunning. Why better looking than the sky-blue HD image on amiko.

What image could I go for to get that image, thus is purely a wife please exercise as she just doesn't seem to want to let go of the sky gui!!!!

BobbyT28

UrbanFret · 26-11-2015 7:56pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Cheers,

The reason I ask, the sky skin on vix looks stunning. Why better looking than the sky-blue HD image on amiko.

What image could I go for to get that image, thus is purely a wife please exercise as she just doesn't seem to want to let go of the sky gui!!!!

BobbyT28

Have a look Here!. If you join I'm sure someone will help.

STB. · 27-11-2015 12:34pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Can openvix run on Amiko Alien 2. Love the sky skin much nicer looking than the aa2 skyblue skin

I am currently running Hyperion 4.5 .

Do I need to doing anything special to install this on my box or just flas like normal?

BobbyT28

Alien 2+ ?

http://www.vix4.com/downloads/index.php?dir=Amiko%20Alien%202%2B/

Don't know what the Openvix lads make of their MIPS images being ported to SH4 but anyhow....

BobbyT28 · 28-11-2015 2:37am

Which would you go for?

http://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/Xtrend-ET8000-2x-DVB-S2

http://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/Xtrend-ET-9500-2x-DVB-S-S2

I am leaning towards the ET8000 so I can run Openvix.

Looks like a nice upgrade from my Amiko Alien 2

Would love to know your thoughts

Regards,
BobbyT28

reni10 · 28-11-2015 8:16am

I recently got the Xpeed LX2 and have the latest openvix on it and everything runs really well.

http://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00FYD3ICA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1448694795&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lx2&dpPl=1&dpID=413yiUDEI+L&ref=

Might be something else to consider for you...

BobbyT28 · 28-11-2015 8:28am

reni10 wrote: »

I recently got the Xpeed LX2 and have the latest openvix on it and everything runs really well.

http://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00FYD3ICA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1448694795&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lx2&dpPl=1&dpID=413yiUDEI%2BL&ref=

Might be something else to consider for you...

I needed up plucking the trigger on the xtend et-8000 happy with my choice. I think it will be and noticeable upgrade to my amiko alien 2

Thanks for the suggestion.

BobbyT28

BobbyT28 · 01-12-2015 7:57am

Hi,

What would be the best 3.5 hdd to use in the xtrend et8000?

Was looking at 1TB WD Green

Thanks BibbyT28

stanley1 · 01-12-2015 12:58pm

why not use 2.5, more space,less heat.

BobbyT28 · 01-12-2015 1:28pm

stanley1 wrote: »

why not use 2.5, more space,less heat.

Any recommendations?

BobbyT28

GY A1 · 01-12-2015 1:31pm

To buy a 2.5 inch hdd is it
On the look out for reasonable hdd also

BobbyT28 · 01-12-2015 1:32pm

GY A1 wrote: »

To buy a 2.5 inch hdd is it
On the look out for reasonable hdd also

Yeah.

GY A1 · 01-12-2015 1:32pm

What hdd u using with the lx2

reni10 wrote: »

I recently got the Xpeed LX2 and have the latest openvix on it and everything runs really well.

http://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00FYD3ICA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1448694795&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lx2&dpPl=1&dpID=413yiUDEI%2BL&ref=

Might be something else to consider for you...

stanley1 · 01-12-2015 2:01pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Any recommendations?

BobbyT28

been using a 500gb WD Scorpio Blue for the last few years in a gigablue quad, still going strong.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Scorpio-500GB-Internal/dp/B001JSSDGU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448975019&sr=8-1&keywords=Western+Digital+Scorpio+Blue+500+GB

Zardoz · 01-12-2015 2:20pm

This is a good deal on a 3.5 inch hard drive
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0088PUEPK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_5&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

givecredit · 02-12-2015 2:11pm

GY A1 wrote: »

What hdd u using with the lx2

The LX2 does not take an internal hdd. USB only.

This one does the trick fine..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Slimline-Portable-Hard-Drive/dp/B008PABFX8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449061868&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+usb+hd

BobbyT28 · 02-12-2015 3:21pm

givecredit wrote: »

The LX2 does not take an internal hdd. USB only.

This one does the trick fine..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Slimline-Portable-Hard-Drive/dp/B008PABFX8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449061868&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+usb+hd

Order box on xtrend box on Sunday, dispatched with DHL on Monday morning. Delivered and signed for in parcel.motel on Tuesday at 13:00. Still have not received it. Nothing on parcel motel to say it was even received into stores. Nothing on website.

Emailed parcel motel but haven't received a reply.

Anyone had any issues with using DHL and parcel motel?

BobbyT28

BobbyT28 · 02-12-2015 4:13pm

Could also be the time of year!

irishgeo · 02-12-2015 6:43pm

parcel motel had crazy delays last year so be careful.

BobbyT28 · 02-12-2015 6:46pm

irishgeo wrote: »

parcel motel had crazy delays last year so be careful.

Fam! Was hoping to O have a play with this before a 10 day streching in work starting Thursday! Ah well.

BobbyT28

Zardoz · 02-12-2015 6:50pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Order box on xtrend box on Sunday, dispatched with DHL on Monday morning. Delivered and signed for in parcel.motel on Tuesday at 13:00. Still have not received it. Nothing on parcel motel to say it was even received into stores. Nothing on website.

Just be aware that the standard insurance coverage with Parcel Motel is only 100 euro.
http://www.parcelmotel.com/extend-liability/

stanley1 · 02-12-2015 7:20pm

They usually text about 7am to say your package is in motel.

BobbyT28 · 02-12-2015 7:25pm

stanley1 wrote: »

They usually text about 7am to say your package is in motel.

I spoke to someone in parcelmotel. They will carry out a search, they new the chap that signed for it in Belfast.

Just hoping it's not lost. I can't imagine it going missing when the signed for it. So it definitely arrived in Belfast just not dub. She did say that they have also cut back on delivers from North so there might be a delay. Fingers crossed.

BobbyT28

BobbyT28 · 02-12-2015 9:25pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

I spoke to someone in parcelmotel. They will carry out a search, they new the chap that signed for it in Belfast.

Just hoping it's not lost. I can't imagine it going missing when the signed for it. So it definitely arrived in Belfast just not dub. She did say that they have also cut back on delivers from North so there might be a delay. Fingers crossed.

BobbyT28

Phew!! Parcel arrived in depot this evening. Should have it tonight or tomorrow morning.

BobbyT28

greasepalm · 02-12-2015 10:19pm

ordered a miraclebox mini sunday and delivered at 11am today by dpd as it might depend on who they use at a different time of year.

BobbyT28 · 03-12-2015 5:56pm

Hi,

Friend is looking for a box similiar to mine, I've mentioned to him that it does suffer from performance issues. I have recently got the xtrend 8000 which is a massive upgrade in performance as far as i am concerned. He can't rellay afford that box.

So could you suggest a enigma2 box that has more ram and flash than the AA" but is cheaper than the xTrend 8000 ?

Thanks
BObbyT28

BobbyT28 · 03-12-2015 6:00pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Hi,

Friend is looking for a box similiar to mine, I've mentioned to him that it does suffer from performance issues. I have recently got the xtrend 8000 which is a massive upgrade in performance as far as i am concerned. He can't rellay afford that box.

So could you suggest a enigma2 box that has more ram and flash than the AA" but is cheaper than the xTrend 8000 ?

Thanks
BObbyT28

What about this, would this be a good upgrade from AA"

http://www.freetv.ie/triple-tuner.html

Quote from description:

"The Edision Optimuss OS3+ Triple tuner has 4x processor speed / RAM and broadcom chipset which leads to greater stability"

reduced from €162 to €115

Thanks
BObbyT28

Zardoz · 03-12-2015 6:11pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

What about this, would this be a good upgrade from AA"

http://www.freetv.ie/triple-tuner.html

Quote from description:

"The Edision Optimuss OS3+ Triple tuner has 4x processor speed / RAM and broadcom chipset which leads to greater stability"

reduced from €162 to €115

Thanks
BObbyT28

The receiver you have linked is the Sab Unix Triple,thats the same receiver as the AA2 .

If your friends budget is tight I'd recommend the Xpeed LX2
http://www.satkontor.de/golden-interstar-xpeed-lx2-hd-usb-pvr-e2-hdtv-linux-twin-sat-receiver-2x-dvb-s2.html?listtype=search&searchparam=xpeed
or the new Zgemma H.2S which has a slightly faster cpu due to being dual threaded.(750Mhz)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Zgemma-H-2S-DUAL-CORE-HD-Satellite-receiver-1080P-Freesat-TV-PVR-/171834979403?hash=item280229b44b:g:cpwAAOSwwE5WX0aJ

Best Enigma 2 boxes?

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