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gazzag67 said:
How do i get things like I player
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You dont. Buy a proper Freesat box if you want to play with iplayer.
 
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gazzag67 said:
i formated HDD from my PC
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You should have formatted it in the Linux box so it was Linux formatted, not in a PC. In the case of my Duo it had a USB stick formatted in FAT32. Although the receiver could access it, for example for flashing an image on boot, it would not use it as a storage device and needed to be formatted in Linux for that to work.

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Huevos said:
You should have formatted it in the Linux box so it was Linux formatted, not in a PC. In the case of my Duo it had a USB stick formatted in FAT32. Although the receiver could access it, for example for flashing an image on boot, it would not use it as a storage device and needed to be formatted in Linux for that to work.
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When i say i formated form my PC i mean that i used the clarke tech control centre on my PC and clicked the format button like i read i was meant to do. Then i returned to the box and tried to initilaize using remote but get "/dev/sda1 is mounted, will not make a file system here!"

Im really stuck on this one, no one seems to have had the same problem on forums and i dont know how to 'unmount it' if that IS what im meant to do!
 
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I don't know. I formatted and mounted mine from the image. If you loaded the VIX image it would be easy to sort out as you can probably see from the screenshot.
 
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Iv downloaded VIX on my pc run on the box. i was under the impression that you installed it by adding it to the root menu of USB stick and boot the box with it in. It hasnt worked. How do i install it?
 
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gazzag67 said:
Iv downloaded VIX on my pc run on the box. i was under the impression that you installed it by adding it to the root menu of USB stick and boot the box with it in. It hasnt worked. How do i install it?
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Some USB sticks just don't work.

Format the USB stick in FAT32. Open ViX-2.2.0-et9000_usb.zip and put the folder "et9000" in the root directory of the USB stick. Place the USB stick in the front socket of the ET9000. Turn the power off for a few seconds and then turn it on again. Once "image found" comes up on the display press Ok and it should load.
 
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