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  • #12416
    Anonymous
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    Hi,

    I’m beginning to explore the upgrade options for my Foxsat HDR. I’d almost given up on the USB interface until I found this site.

    I have a Phillips-4Gb drive that is simply ignored by the STB. I bought a SanDisk-2Gb (Cruzer Edge) drive yesterday which IS recognised (progress!), but fails to execute the upgrade when I reboot.

    Before I buy anymore duff USB drives, can anyone tell me which drives they have successfully used to upgrade the firmware?

    Thanks.

    #28144
    Anonymous
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    Hello nasher, I flashed my HD Fox T2 with a 4GB TDK Trans-IT stick. There seem to be a few different versions of it though. Looks like the one in the picture I've uploaded.

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    #28145
    Anonymous
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    I have the same problem as nasher. I tried a couple of sticks but neither worked and I don’t want to buy another without reasonable confidence it will work.

    #28146
    Barry
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    I have used the following branded/unbranded with no issue:

    Kingston

    Corsair

    SanDisk Cruzer

    My Memory own brand

    Various capacities from 2 to 8 Gigs

    #28147
    Anonymous
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    Thanks Barry. Sounds like I was just unlucky. I tried a Danelec 4gb and a Buffalo 64mb (how old!).

    I’ll try one of your list.

    #28148
    Anonymous
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    Thanks everyone for the replies – it’s good to hear that I’m not alone with this problem.

    Barry – I have a SanDisk Cruzer (Edge) USB drive, formatted as FAT (or maybe FAT32). Do you use the windows or linux format for your drives ..?

    #28149
    Barry
    Moderator

    nasher – 2 minutes ago  » 

    Thanks everyone for the replies – it’s good to hear that I’m not alone with this problem.

    Barry – I have a SanDisk Cruzer (Edge) USB drive, formatted as FAT (or maybe FAT32). Do you use the windows or linux format for your drives ..?

    Windows – FAT32

    #28150
    Anonymous
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    Barry – 1 hour ago  » 

    Windows – FAT32

    Do you use the default cluster size?

    #28151
    Anonymous
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    Success ! I think the problem was with the filename on the USB drive.

    The STB will recognise the Sandisk Cruzer Edge drive (but not the Phillips grrr). When I got that far I tried the official FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade_10017.hdf upgrade from http://beta.humaxonline.co.uk/downloads/foxsat-hdr (just to be on the safe side).

    That didn’t work, so I just tried the FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade.hdf file from Raydon (thanks Raydon) and it booted 1st time!

    So I guess it’s the filename that matters.

    Thanks everyone for your help

    #28152
    Anonymous
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    nasher – 1 hour ago  » 

    Success ! I think the problem was with the filename on the USB drive.

    The STB will recognise the Sandisk Cruzer Edge drive (but not the Phillips grrr). When I got that far I tried the official FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade_10017.hdf upgrade from http://beta.humaxonline.co.uk/downloads/foxsat-hdr (just to be on the safe side).

    That didn’t work, so I just tried the FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade.hdf file from Raydon (thanks Raydon) and it booted 1st time!

    So I guess it’s the filename that matters.

    Thanks everyone for your help

    Yes the filename is critical – you skipped looking at the Humax link telling you to rename the file.

    #28153
    Anonymous
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    Yep – a schoolboy error on my part.

    I guess the moral of this story is that if the STB recognises the USB then it’s happy to boot from it – would you agree ?

    #28154
    Anonymous
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    No – The Humax application seems happy with nearly all USB sticks. The loader is much more fussy.

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