Been meaning to write this funny story down for anybody else who likes to try out different fta boxes, just for the sake of experience. Found what I thought was a good buy on an older box, a Buzz 2010Plus, which came out about the time my viewsat did, I believe, 2006. Read Icebergs review of the original Buzz, which lacked a component output, and maybe the ac-3 sound, piqued my curiousity. Googled a little too, box with a different processor than most were using at the time.
So this reciever arrives about 4days after I order it. I phoned this order, the lady said "we'll check it out for you and put the file on it before we send it". Hmmm. I say "I don't want any 'files' put on it, just want it the way it came new" Ok , she said.
Wondering, would any dealer be dumb enough to load hackware and ship to somebody they don't even know? The answer was yes.
The hacker's had invented a way to load Sonicview hacker-files into this buzz, they put the @$! file in it anyway and sent it to me. Started to call them back, then thought about calling Dishnetwork just to see what they'd say. Did neither, thought I could reload it, and revive it. No such luck, spent 4-5hours trying, over two nights. Hackware required a 'new' boot-file to be installed, once it's there, there apparently is no way to go back to the original Buzz bootfile, or firmware.
Can't even load the legal sonicview firmware in it. Many thanks to Brentb for sending me his software, thankfully he had saved all his files as the buzz website is no more. The reciever is just 'ok' for scanning, on ku it goes up to 13000 before it stops, and on c-band sats it starts at 3000, instead of 3400 or 3700, can't change it either. The thing has great video which is the reason I kept it, and the ac-3 works on every channel I've tried. Didn't cost much money, but I got what I paid for, I guess, haha.
Anyone wants the dealer's name, PM and I'll pass it on.Not somebody you'd run across ordinarily anyway. Another lesson in life.
So this reciever arrives about 4days after I order it. I phoned this order, the lady said "we'll check it out for you and put the file on it before we send it". Hmmm. I say "I don't want any 'files' put on it, just want it the way it came new" Ok , she said.
Wondering, would any dealer be dumb enough to load hackware and ship to somebody they don't even know? The answer was yes.
The hacker's had invented a way to load Sonicview hacker-files into this buzz, they put the @$! file in it anyway and sent it to me. Started to call them back, then thought about calling Dishnetwork just to see what they'd say. Did neither, thought I could reload it, and revive it. No such luck, spent 4-5hours trying, over two nights. Hackware required a 'new' boot-file to be installed, once it's there, there apparently is no way to go back to the original Buzz bootfile, or firmware.
Can't even load the legal sonicview firmware in it. Many thanks to Brentb for sending me his software, thankfully he had saved all his files as the buzz website is no more. The reciever is just 'ok' for scanning, on ku it goes up to 13000 before it stops, and on c-band sats it starts at 3000, instead of 3400 or 3700, can't change it either. The thing has great video which is the reason I kept it, and the ac-3 works on every channel I've tried. Didn't cost much money, but I got what I paid for, I guess, haha.
Anyone wants the dealer's name, PM and I'll pass it on.Not somebody you'd run across ordinarily anyway. Another lesson in life.
