10/30 Firmware release

[rrob311]

I managed to try out the latest firmware tonight. Issues said to be fixed are:

1- New Design and special theme
2- Fix Motor and DiSEq Switch Issue
3- Improve Card Reader and able to read more extension
4- Improve Youtube Function
5- Improve Boot in time
6- Improve Software perfomance and become more fast

The design layout has changed a lot. In the beginning they used to show flags of every country that had a language. These flags are now gone. The 5 1/4 floppy picture (save button in the keyboard) is now gone and it says "save" instead. They also got rid of Pac-Man and replaced him with a back button. I believe they got rid of the cool graphics to save memory. Also the menus have changed and the color scheme has changed.

The Motor control problem seems to have gotten worse. Now I can't get it to move the motor at all after I switch back and forth however the diseqc switch seems to work a little better. Just the motor won't move afterwards. I shut off the box and still don't have any motor control after resetting. Have to go into the install menu and move the dish that way. The only time I can get the motor to consistently move is in the scan menus. The diseqc switching problem seems to be fixed but I would personally be better off using the previous firmware and using the workaround. When I tried to bump the motor in the install menu the dish just started moving. Before you could bump the dish no problem. Now it just goes wherever it pleases. So they definitely need to work on this some more.

I did some blind scanning and it seems to be more detailed. I picked up a 1520SR transponder on 83W Cband so this is impressive to me. I will have to try 99w when I have a chance to my my 13 comtech.

Weather function now allows you to load 4 cities and it works OK instead of losing it's mind. The first time I tried to use Youtube the box froze. So I tried it a second time and it froze again.

Overall this is a good release if you don't use a motor and youtube. But if you are using it for blind scanning and the weather it works well.