Vu+ Solo2

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Thinking of getting a Vu+ Solo2 and have some questions.
1. Has anyone used it with xbmc with the VU pvr plug-in and if so what are your experiences?
2. I will be moving from windows media centre and have a large collection of DVD and Blu ray ISO’s and mkv etc, what are the media centre playback capabilities like?
Thanks

Clareman

I have 1 of them, brilliant box, I would almost go as far as to say it's better than the Ultimo, if I could get a small, cheap saorview receiver it'd be perfect.

1. Haven't used it with XMBC or this plugin, but I have connected phones (Android and iOs), laptops, server and a Windows 8 tablet, absolutely seemless with all, have set timers using the web interface with the tab and android with no problem.

2. Media centre depends on your image, I use Blackhole 2.0 on it and my Ultimo and I have found an unplayable format yet, get Project Valerie, brilliant program and will keep your library up to date.

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Thanks Clareman
Where is the best place to buy, don't want to pay full price and end up with a clone.

Newtown90

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Thanks Clareman
Where is the best place to buy, don't want to pay full price and end up with a clone.

There are no clones of the solo2... Only the duo, solo and UNO have been cloned..

Satboxes.com has them..

Clareman

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Thanks Clareman
Where is the best place to buy, don't want to pay full price and end up with a clone.

I don't think there is any clones available yet.

I got mine from Satboxes.com, couldn't recommend them highly enough, ordered 1 afternoon, delivered the next morning, top class service.

In the interest of fairness, I have ordered off http://www.sat-shop.co.uk/ in the past as well, great service also, with weak sterling you might save a few quid, but if anything goes wrong you will have to pay to ship to the UK.

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Just got one from Satboxes, will report on my transition form Windows Media center to Vu+
Any pointers on the best plug-ins?

Clareman

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Just got one from Satboxes, will report on my transition form Windows Media center to Vu+
Any pointers on the best plug-ins?

Decide on an image and go from there

AutoBouquets for keeping your TV Listings up to date with very little fuss.
ProjectValerie (XBMC type interface)
1Channel has an amazing list of television shows on offer

fguinan

Clareman wrote: »

Decide on an image and go from there

AutoBouquets for keeping your TV Listings up to date with very little fuss.
ProjectValerie (XBMC type interface)
1Channel has an amazing list of television shows on offer

I would add 'onDemand' - it has Rte player, BBC Player and a few others.

Clareman

fguinan wrote: »

I would add 'onDemand' - it has Rte player, BBC Player and a few others.

Very good point, I haven't gotten around to installing that yet

Mistmyr

I got mine from... http://www.ielektroniks.com/vu-solo2-twin-dvb-s2-full-hd.html

First class servive all round...

Took about 5 working days to arrive..

Misty

Tonio

I have a problem on the Solo 2. My channel names are not being displayed on the display on the front panel. I was using Black Hole 2.0.1 up to last weekend and they displayed fine. I changed to Black Hole 2.0.2 REV B at the weekend so I could install the latest OnDemand plugin with 4OD.

Since then the channel names are not displaying. Instead, the display shows the name of the last menu option visited. Even in standby the last menu option is displayed instead of the date and time. I have tried changing skins but that has not made a difference. Everything on the screen - epg, menus etc. - are all working fine.

Has anyone experienced this issue? Is there a setting that can be changed?

red bellied

Tonio wrote: »

I have a problem on the Solo 2. My channel names are not being displayed on the display on the front panel. I was using Black Hole 2.0.1 up to last weekend and they displayed fine. I changed to Black Hole 2.0.2 REV B at the weekend so I could install the latest OnDemand plugin with 4OD.

Since then the channel names are not displaying. Instead, the display shows the name of the last menu option visited. Even in standby the last menu option is displayed instead of the date and time. I have tried changing skins but that has not made a difference. Everything on the screen - epg, menus etc. - are all working fine.

Has anyone experienced this issue? Is there a setting that can be changed?

You didnt happen to install any Lcd Picons by any chance?

Tonio

No. I have Nephilim picons. I just removed all picons now but the problem remains.

iggy

Tonio wrote: »

No. I have Nephilim picons. I just removed all picons now but the problem remains.

Did u change skins?
If u did go back to original skin and see if it works.

Tonio

I tried a number of different skins. I also went back to the default skin but still no channel names or the clock are displayed.

iggy

Tonio wrote: »

I tried a number of different skins. I also went back to the default skin but still no channel names or the clock are displayed.

That's strange.I would suggest flash via USB and start from scratch

Tonio

Re-flashed to 2.0.2 rev A and it is back working again. Either this is a bug with Rev B or something I changed unknown to myself. Strange one as you say. Thanks for the suggestions anyway.

irishchris

Clareman wrote: »

I have 1 of them, brilliant box, I would almost go as far as to say it's better than the Ultimo, if I could get a small, cheap saorview receiver it'd be perfect.

Agree, best box I have ever owned. No real need for a saorview box mate. Just pick up cheap usb dvbt tuner for the solo2 and it will install as third tuner for saorview with full 7 day epg and pvr ability.

Clareman

Has there been any approve cheap usb DVB-T tuners for them yet?

manufan16

Hi Folks

I am thinking of buying the VU+ Solo 2 and I am wondering about what size internal HD to get with it.....

If I have a network at home with NAS drives can it record to that rather than the internal HD?

Cheers

STB

Clareman wrote: »

Has there been any approve cheap usb DVB-T tuners for them yet?

These work fine. Since BH OE2 they work straight off, Recognises it at boot.

Newtown90

Ordered the solo2 Wednesday from satboxes and got it today!

Man is it fast! A really good piece of kit! The internal flash memory is huge!

Well impressed!

Plugged in my cheap USB dvbt tuner, restarted enigma and there it was in the tuner set up!

Using blackhole 2.0.3 hyperspace

dubguy45

I am using BH 2.0.2 on my Solo2. It took me ages to get it setup with certain plugins such as OnDemand. Can I backup everything on the box, upgrade to 2.0.3. and reinstall. I think the answer is no but can someone please confirm.

Newtown90

I'm not sure mate, i don't think so though.

Try this backup image of 2.0.3 for the solo2.

http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/ovz2q7

Has ondemand, 1channel, icefilms, crossepg, coolmans tv guide and so on all installed.

dubguy45

Thank you. Wont be able to try it right now, but will report back.

dubguy45

Sorry, one more thing. Can I backup what I have now, completly, and reinstall if 2.0.3. goes bad. I ask as I have tried this in the past and has not worked. Iimage installed but no settings restored.

kevez

yes install backupsuite 12 and it can backup straight to a usb stick or onto the hard drive its a great plugin

dubguy45

Cheers. Will give that a go.

lucast2007us

How much did the box cost you guys?

Newtown90

Paid just over 330 from satboxes mate

http://satboxes.com/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=191

Newtown90

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Have u heard that cs might be on the wayout due to stuff sky are doing?

Sorry mate can't talk about that on this forum.

lucast2007us

Glenviewjf wrote: »

Sorry mate can't talk about that on this forum.

Oh ye no worries I understand! Could I get xbmc on the vu duo 2?

dubguy45

kevez wrote: »

yes install backupsuite 12 and it can backup straight to a usb stick or onto the hard drive its a great plugin

Got that done. Thanks again.

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Hi All
Have the box a few months now and couldn't be happier with it. One of the big advantages is the speed of channel change and the plugins available, AutoBouquets E2 is super!:D
I have one small problem, when changing channels there is a buzzing sound is there any setting I can mod to fix this?:rolleyes:

saniry

Very good prices on VU can get on www.eurovux.com

swoofer

be wary, no address, no phone number, no mention of returns, cheaper not always best.

saniry

Hi GBCULLEN! If you click on " My Account" you have "Return Request" section, but you have to be Registered-(need account). Thank U!

minterno

hi guys,popped for a solo2 last night and was wondering if anyone has any links for a suitable sata drive,500gb to 2tb,the quieter the better,cheers

darragh_k

Hey. I got mine here and it works well. Very quiet

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0053YLTBC/ref=pe_385721_37038051_pe_217191_31005151_M3T1_dp_1

It's a great box. I haven't figured out half of the features yet. Mine came with BlackHole image on it. Messing about with it now, figured out how to change the channels on the TV from my Mac :-)

Also can stream to my laptop but it's skipping a lot.

And haven't figured out the best way to keep my TV channel list updated, I'm using a few different EPG tools. If you find any good beginner guide let me know.

minterno

tx for the reply,I have vix on my ultimo and its running very well but I might put Blackhole on the solo2 just to see how it looks, I think 'Vuplus community' should have all the guides you need for the Blackhole image,was the shipping free with the drive?

Clareman

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Hey. I got mine here and it works well. Very quiet

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0053YLTBC/ref=pe_385721_37038051_pe_217191_31005151_M3T1_dp_1

It's a great box. I haven't figured out half of the features yet. Mine came with BlackHole image on it. Messing about with it now, figured out how to change the channels on the TV from my Mac :-)

Also can stream to my laptop but it's skipping a lot.

And haven't figured out the best way to keep my TV channel list updated, I'm using a few different EPG tools. If you find any good beginner guide let me know.

If you are getting a lot of skipping either don't try to stream HD channels or enable buffering through VLC player to take the skipping out of the equation.

Get the AutoBouquets plugin, it'll automatically download the channels for you, personally I don't like it so I just do a scan and manually update through DreamboxEdit about once a month or so.

celticsfan

Sorry to bump this guys but i didn't see the point in creating an identical topic..

I'm looking to buy one of these,was gonna use the satboxes website,but a lot of items on that seem to be out of stock for some reason,I emailed and got no reply..

Could anyone recommend a reliable website to purchase one of these from?

cheers

minterno

hi,try satboxes again,he has a high turnover id say and could have some in soon,i got my ultimo there and he was good to deal with, got my solo2 at sword satellites,had to wait 2 days extra as they were out of stock(ask are they in stock before u commit to buy)but found them upfront and good to use

decdev

Got mine from here in about 4 days start to finish
great box

Clareman

Has anyone been able to get in contact with satboxes recently? I've been mailing them a bit now with no reply

minterno

hi guys,im trying to get a usb dvbt tuner working on a solo2 but no luck yet.I have three different usb dvb-t tuners but none are being recognised by the vu,im running vix on a solo 2 ant the tuners are a'kworld2 dvbt 310U' a 'WINTV-HVR H600 hybrid tv stick' and a cheap Chinese one 'http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=82934209&postcount=2852'will any of these work and if so what drivers do I need to download from vix,cheers

michael999999

I have a mx 2 android internet tv box. I've seen a section in it that says vu+ duo frontend. Does anyone know if that means if I get one of these vu+ receivers I can watch thr channels using the android box instraf of paying for a 'subscription'?

deisesat

I buy a lot of stb's per year to resell & was wondering if anyone's bought 1 of the new VU+ Solo2 Clones out of hong kong yet & if there's any issues to be aware of with them being new product? thanks

JDxtra

With regard to recording channels from Saorview, am I right in saying you would need 2x USB DVB-T tuners in order to be able to record any two channels at the same time?

recyclebin

JDxtra wrote: »

With regard to recording channels from Saorview, am I right in saying you would need 2x USB DVB-T tuners in order to be able to record any two channels at the same time?

Depends on which channels. If you record RTE1 you can also watch RTE1+1 at the same time with only one tuner as these are on the same frequency.

RTE2, TV3, TG4, 3e and RTE News now are bundled together on another frequency so you can record one of them and still watch any of the others on this same frequency.

JDxtra

Thanks. So I would need two tuners to record RTE1 and watch RTE2 at the same time.