help dont know what to do .. couple problems! - ABA DSS

**biglouf** · July 12th, 2008

well when i first got this box it was good... i would go through all the channels through every different sat that was scanned and it would not have any problems... one problem is i have heard of the 8882 problem and was wondering if my pansat has that problem....when i do a manual reset of the box and when the screen shows 8888 right towards the end of displaying that it swithes to 8882 then b 11.. then the blue screen comes on and sometimes it will show the box saying epg downloading and sometimes it doesnt... well even righ tnow i just downloaded and used the 606 bin and my channels still dont come up.. it wil say scrambled channels and then no signal... but if i keep flipping the manual reset it will eventually start working but that is really annoying especially when you have to reset the box up to 8 times in a row for it to work!!??

the channels will freeze and i cant change the channels is another problem...

this box worked great but now is no good ... dont know what to do here please help

**storman666** · July 12th, 2008

Do a factory reset a couple times.Remember you will have to scan for all your channels again after this.

**JJudd33** · July 17th, 2008

Heybig
I need some advice.. I downloaded the 606 bin and my channels still say scrambled. I get the angel channel and the help channel to only come in. I can see the programs that are on but it won't come in. I just got the box. What did I do wrong what am I missing,
JJudd33

**JJudd33** · July 17th, 2008

How do I do the factory reset???

**hazwis** · July 17th, 2008

jjudd you have hijacked this thread, kindly start a new post with your question.

factory default is in the menu settings, make sure you write down your antenna settings before you do this as you will have to enter them again.

if this does not work, try loading back in the factory file and then the latest bin.

jlee133541 · July 28th, 2008

biglouf,
You may need to hang out a bit and wait for your keys to roll after the upgrade. For a brief period of time (with certain releases) I was able to enter in a 106 key slot, manually enter my keys, save them and go back to verify they were there. I tried entering in a 106 slot and the keys but they won't save with the latest releast. Neither will the 101 key data when you enter it in the slot they provide. You have to wait for the software to manipulate the keys on this box. I had people tell me that was the case in earlier releases but that was not the case in every release. I always rescan my birds after I upgrade and factory reset. With ECHO you need to have one of Charlies boxes power up all the time to run the LNB's on a 500. Verify your Sat and DISEQ settings. If that doesn't work go back and load 140, do a factory reset and load 609 on top of that, do a factory, verify the sat, switch settings and rescan the birds for channels.
The guide was pretty bad on this box for a long time but is now at least usable. You need to be parked on one of the channels listed below to get the guide to populate properly even on a cold restart from the switch in the rear. It used to work at startup and then you had to be parked on certain channels to get it to function properly inside the EPG. Now you have to be parked on one of the channels regardless. The 250 has good picture, hardware quality but the code has been lacking and not what I expected out of company with Pansat's reputation. It has been improving. They also added some PVR funtions to the box but I haven't tested them since the first release. I wasn't to thrilled with a PVR function with a guide that was barely usable. I used my 250 as a backup for my Visionsat 200 PVR. With the garbage code NORW has been releasing for months it's now a doorstop and the Pansat is my primary. I've had it on constantly for about four days now. On occasion I will have to go channel up or down a couple of times to clear the SC banner (about once or twice in a twenty four hour period). Once the guide populates it seems to stick as long as the box is powered up. You see a few glitches when scrolling through the guide but most of the time they clear themselves when you scroll down and then back or page down and then back up. Here's the channel list that you have to choose from to get the guide to populate properly. Park on one of these and hit the EPG button. Hit the green button and it should start the ticker letting you know the guide is populating. I've also had to hang out a second or two and wait for it to start.

91w (nimiq 1)
CTVDv--53
GLBDv--55
SPCDv--90
Vu-F*--158
ALRT--184
GLB-T--211
CTV-T--212
PPVu--414
FOXNC--507
TLC--521
D-KDS--559
BFVSC--569
A&E--615
STAR--621
SPACE--627
ALERT--731
LOCK--732
BFSHD--805
GXY2--902
GXY3--903
GXY4--904
GXY7--907
GXY18--918
GXY30--930

119w (echo 7)
ESPNA--145
WGN--239
FOXMW--418
CSNMA--424
FOXCN--427
FOXN--436
SNY--438
NHL--544
NHL--550
NHL--552
NHL--554
NHL--557
NBA--572
MLB--627
MLB--636
WGN--881
AUD19--946
SKDL--5802
EPSK1--5814
SIRI--6001
SIRI--6008
SIRI--6014
SIRI--6021
SIRI--6026
SIRI--6027
SIRI--6028
SIRI--6035
SIRI--6040
SIRI--6060
SIRI--6071
SIRI--6073
SIRI--6074
SIRI--6077
SIRI--6080
SIRI--6086

110w (echo 8)
BIOGR--119
VH1CL--163
MLTRY--195
HBOLT--309
SHOCS--321
TMC-W--329
TMCXW--330
FRESH--499
TMC-W--898
TMCXW--899

jlee133541 · July 31st, 2008

This box runs pretty well. Other than having to follow a routine when you download the guide and the garbage you get when you hit the info button while your watching a channel it's fine. You get good info when your inside the EPG so I can live with that bug. I still need to play with the PVR. This box could end up as a front runner with minor fixes.