Flash your Zgemma box
STOP – Before you proceed, it is assumed you know how to backup your line, OR that you are
installing this image onto a new box.
• Turn your Zgemma box OFF using the white switch on the rear of the box
• Insert the USB thumb drive containing the iPad.tv image into the rear USB port (On the new
Zgemma models you can use the front USB port, but for ease we will use the rear port here)
• Turn your Zgemma box ON using the white switch on the rear of the box
• The display on the front of your Zgemma box should say BOOT, then FLSH – Flashing the image
will take 5-10 minutes depending on your box. Please be patient.
• Once flashing has completed the box will begin to load. It is VERY important that AS SOON
AS your box changes from FLSH to BOOT that you remove the USB Thumb Drive and switch
off your Zgemma box using the white switch at the rear of the box.
STOP – Do not proceed to the next steps until you have removed the USB Thumb Drive and switched
off your Zgemma box using the white switch at the rear.
5. First Time Boot
• Connect any USB drive you will be using for recordings, timeshift and EPG storage into the
rear USB port.
• Switch your Zgemma box ON using the white power switch at the rear
• Wait for your Zgemma box to load (This will take between 1 and 2 minutes depending on
your model)
Set Correct TV Resolution
To ensure the widest possibly compatibility with ALL devices, the VIDEO WIZARD will run on first
boot
NOTE – With any of these settings in the VIDEO WIZARD, if you set a setting that is incompatible
with your TV, the screen will go blank, but will revert to the last good settings after about 30
seconds
• Select HDMI or RCA (Default HDMI)
• Select the maximum screen resolution your TV will support. 1080p is the Maximum
supported by your Zgemma box, try this then work down through 1080i, 720p and so on.
• Select the refresh rate your TV will support. UK standard is 50hz and it’s best to chose this
• Press OK to exit the wizard
You should now see Channel 4 HD
For the next steps, it is advised you work through the iPab Quick Start Menu – as such key presses
described below will walk you through these options. The iPab Menu is accessed via the Red
Button.
To ensure you start with the most up to date software and plugins, it is highly recommended that
you complete all of the following update steps
• Red Button > 1 > Yellow Button – This will run the emergency fixes to ensure any critical
issues are patched – The box will restart once complete
• Red Button > 4 > 1 – This will run the IPTV Player update to ensure you have the most up to
date IPTV player – The box will restart once complete
Ensure the entire screen is visible
• Red Button > 7 (Quick Start Setup) > 1 (OSD Position)
• Highlight the Move Left/Right line and press the LEFT or RIGHT buttons until the left side of
the RED box is visible, then press the LEFT button until the left side of the RED box is NOT
visible
• Highlight the Width line and press the LEFT or RIGHT buttons until the right side of the RED
box is visible, then press the RIGHT button until the right side of the RED box is NOT visible
• Highlight the Move Up/Down line and press the LEFT or RIGHT buttons until the top side of
the RED box is visible, then press the LEFT button until the left side of the RED box is NOT
visible
• Highlight the Height line and press the LEFT or RIGHT buttons until the right side of the RED
box is visible, then press the RIGHT button until the right side of the RED box is NOT visible
The end result you are looking for is for the Blue, Yellow and Green boxes all to be visible, but the
Red box should not be visible
• Press the Green button to save this setting
You will remain in the Quick Start Menu ready for the next section
Initialise your USB drive
STOP –
This will completely erase your USB drive. If you are upgrading your box to use the iPab.tv
custom image and have already initialised a disk that has some content on, you can skip this part.
• 2 (Hard Disk Initialisation)
• Select your drive and press OK Button
• Red Button (Initialise) -> OK Button
• Your USB Drive will now be formatted (Initialised). This may take anything from a few
seconds to a few minutes depending on the size of the drive you have connected
NOTE –
If you see an error message about being unable to unmount your drive, follow these steps
and then go back to the ‘Initialise your USB drive’ section.
• Exit to TV > Red Button > 2 (Fixes Menu) > 7 (Disable Timeshift Autostart)
• You will see a message confirming Timeshift has been disabled
• Exit button > Exit Button
You will remain in the Quick Start Menu ready for the next section (assuming you didn’t have to
disable Timeshift)
Setup a swap file on your USB Drive
• 3 (Swap File Manager)
• Green Button (Create) > OK Button to select the drive to create the swap file on
• Select the size of swap disk – 256mb has proven the best option to chose
• Press OK Button – You will see a message being displayed to "Wait please while creating
swapfile...”- This should take no more than a few minutes.
• Once the text at the top of the screen has changed to ‘Enable Swap at startup’ you should
then press Red Button (Activate) > Yellow Button (Autostart)
• Exit Button > Exit Button > Exit Button - This will return you to TV
STOP – You MUST now reboot your box for the drive to be registered correctly and for the swap file
to work. The correct way to reboot is: Menu > Standby / Restart > Restart (Do not select Restart
GUI as we want a full reboot).
Once the box has rebooted you can continue.
Check the location for Recording and Timeshift
• Red Button > 7 (Quick Start Setup) > 4 (Recordings settings)
• Check the ‘Default movie location’ which should be /media/hdd/movie/ - This should be
the default and as long as you’ve followed the steps above this shouldn’t require changing
• Exit Button
• 5 (Timeshift Settings)
• Check the ‘Timeshift location’ which should be /media/hdd/timeshift/ – This should be the
default and as long as you’ve followed the steps above this shouldn’t require changing.
Virgin Only Setup
Use this setup if you are ONLY connected to Cable (Virgin) Feed.
For the next steps, it is advised you work through the iPab Virgin Quick Start Menu – as such key
presses described below will walk you through these options. The iPab Menu is accessed via the
Red Button.
Set your local TV region to ensure correct Virgin TV channels
STOP –
You might be used to using Auto Bouquets Maker, but the iPab.tv Custom Image works very
differently. Bouquets and channels are managed by custom plugins – The iPab.TV Custom Image is
configured in a very unique way. Please follow these steps carefully. You should only need to make
a change to your region once – The iPab.TV Custom Image will take care of automatically updating
your channel line up on a nightly basis.
Fast Prep
Fast prep will remove the already configured Sky channels and set the Virgin Skin ready for use.
• Red Button > 8 (Virgin Quick Start Setup) > 0 (Virgin Only Skin & Bouquet Fast Prep)
NOTE – This process may take a while to complete
You box will now perform some clean up steps and setup the Virgin Skin (with Picons) for your use.
Your box will restart and momentarily show the Virgin bar at the bottom of the screen but will
appear to be stuck on the boot logo – This is because for the moment, you don’t have any channels.
Create the Virgin Channels and Bouquets
• Red Button > 8 (Virgin Quick Start Setup) > 6 (Tuner Config)
• Select the Cable Tuner (this is usually Tuner B)
• If you have a Tuner Type displayed, Select Tuner C
• Enter the Network ID for your Virgin Area (
Region (If you don’t know what this is, use Virgin
Net ID tool at http://ipab.tv/virgin-netid-search/)
• Ensure ‘Used service scan type’ is set to ‘Provider’
• Change the ‘Provider to scan’ to ‘Virgin Media UK (All systems)’
• Green Button to Save
• If prompted, select Yes to ‘Zap back to service before tuner setup’
• Exit Button (this will return you to the Virgin Quick Start Menu’
• 8 (Advanced Bouquets Management)
• Select Configure
• Change ‘Place bouquets at’ to TOP
• Green to Save
• Select Providers
• Set ‘FreeSat UK’ to NO
• Set ‘Horizon IE’ to NO
• Set ‘Sky ROI’ to NO
• Set ‘Sky UK’ to NO
•
Virgin (UK) – Set to YES
•
Virgin (UK): Region – Set this to your Virgin Region (If you don’t know what this is, use Virgin
Net ID tool at http://ipab.tv/virgin-netid-search/
•
Virgin (UK): FTA ONLY – NO
•
Virgin (UK): generate main bouquet – YES
•
Virgin (UK): generate sections bouquets – YES
•
Virgin (UK): generate HD bouquet – YES
•
Virgin (UK): generate FTA bouquet – NO
•
Virgin (UK): generate FTA HD bouquet – NO
•
Virgin (UK): Swap Channels - YES
STOP – Just double check here that the Virgin options you have set are you region, generate HD
Bouquet, generate sections bouquets and generate HD bouquet
• Green Button to Save
• Scroll down and select ‘Populate Database & Create Virgin Bouquets’
• The scan will start automatically. The scan will take a few minutes to perform
• The scan will start automatically. The scan will take a few minutes to perform create the
channels and bouquets. After which you will be returned to the Virgin Quick Start Menu.
Disable the Sky Bouquet Maker scheduled update
• 7 (Sky Bouquet Maker)
• Press the Menu Button
• Change the ‘Enable SBM Daily Update’ to NO
• Green Button (OK) – This will save your settings
• Exit Button – This will return you the Virgin Quick Start Menu.
Check and Update your Virgin EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
• 9 (EPG Refresh)
• If you see the Help pages on first entry, just click red button to close these
• Blue Button (edit services) > Blue Button (New) > Red Button (All) - This will list all channels
in alpha order
• Scroll down and select PVR_EPG channel (Press OK when you’ve highlighted it
• Green Button to save
• Change ‘Refresh EPG automatically’ to YES
• Change ‘EPG refresh auto-start earliest’ to 04:30
• Change ‘EPG refresh auto-start latest’ to 05:00
• Change ‘Show Advanced Options’ to YES
• Change ‘Wake up from standby for EPG Refresh’ to YES
• Green Button to save
NOTE - If you wish to run the refresh now, go back into EPGRefresh and press the Yellow Button
and select Refresh Now – The screen will go blank for two minutes – This is to be expected.
Disable your Sky EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
• Exit Button > 7 (Quick Start Setup) > 8 (CrossEPG)
• Select Configure
• Change ‘Scheduled download’ to ‘disabled’
• Press the Exit Button once
• Select Sky EPG Providers
• Green Button to DISABLE ‘Sky UK OpenTV (Astra2 on 28.2)
• Press the Exit Button once
• Exit Button – This will return you the Quick Start Menu.
You can now skip onto the ‘Adding your line’ section
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