Please bare with me for I am computer ignorant and don't understand most of the computer jargon that is used here. I have the ACC program installed and I have a file set up with all_channel.dat, antenna_list.dat, DVBS.dat. I do not understand how to open the file to make sat/channel updates. I select the file, hit open and nothing happens. I do understand how to send the data from the PC to the AZ Box Premium Plus and have accomplished that.

I use MAZ 3.2 to edit Channels / Sats. Pretty easy program.
Install, run, enter IP Address of your AZBox, download files, make changes, save, and upload back to AZBox.

Thanks Lak. Believe me, nothing is easy when it comes to computers. So you are saying there is no way to fix the receiver, it has to be done with a computer?

I don't know what's wrong with receiver :)
What is the ACC Program?

I assumed you wanted to Edit you Channel and Sat Lists.

The ACC program send files to and from the AZ Box with the data, at least that's the way I understand it. I was sent a file of sats and channels and I loaded them into the ACC program and sent them to the AZ Box. Now I have the channels I want and want to edit some satellite names, but I can not open the file to make the changes. I have read the instructions in the AZ Box guide over and over, but it's not soaking in. I am missing something due to my inexperience with computers. I don't want to mess with computers, I just want to watch TV. This satellite stuff has always been fun for me, but since I got the AZ Box it has turned into work.

I am not familiar with ACC, just MAZ 3.2.
ACC is just more than a channel editor, so it may be confusing to learn.
I would give MAZ 3.2 a try, it's just the Channel Editor.
You install on a networked PC (AZBox must be on network too)
In the MAZ program, you enter the IP Address of the AZBox, select Download from AZBox, Channel / Sat files will open, make edits, then select Upload to AZBox, and file will be sent - then reboot AZBox for changes to take place.

I know this is really dumb, but how do you make it run in English, ours runs in Spanish, Thanks

Lak, where do I find this MAZ? The only MAZ I know of hit the home run to win the 1960 World Series for Pittsburgh. ;)

OK, I just went thru this, this week. Google - maz 3.2 azbox download.
This will get you a source for the MAZ 3.2.0.0 to download.
Now, the problem with language - if my download had come up in Spanish, I would have been happier....
Click on 'Configuration', top left selection icon, then you can select the language under Options.

Migold,

When downloading from
sites.google.com/site/azboxtools/azbox-editor-tools-programs (https://sites.google.com/site/azboxtools/azbox-editor-tools-programs)

Thee is no "Opcions" from the drop down window to change it to English or any other language

May we ask where you got your download from?
Thank you

filecrop.com/MAZ-azbox.html has a list of MAZ versions. You will need to download and unzip.
When you run the program, select the top left icon (Configuration) and then the lower window (to the right of the column of icons) is Options, there is no 'Drop-Down' in the normal 'Windows' style.

Here's what it does, perhaps we don't understand

Yes, right there in the middle of that pic, two drop down boxes, Estilo: (Font) and Lenguaje: (Language)

When we click the Lenguaja drop down, there's nothing there

sonyajon: Don't know whether this will work for you (as it looks like you are already connected to the internet in your sceenshot), but this was my experience with MAZ. For some reason, it eventually kept the English setup, and I don't have to be on the internet for it to work correctly in English.


http://www.satelliteguys.us/azbox-discussion/238492-new-firmware-youtube-issue-resolved-4.html#post2421201

When we click the Lenguaja drop down, there's nothing there

Sonya,

I had the same problem for a long time. I cannot recall how I repaired this, but I thought I posted the "how" here somewhere. Use the site or forum search feature and see if you can locate my post on it. My apologies, but that was many moons ago and I cannot recall what I had for breakfast yesterday, so I am now as lost as you.

Now, I am trying to recall the whole affair, but my first question for you is "Are you using Windows Vista" on your PC?

Then you might try this... Put an "English language" movie DVD in your PC's DVD player and then start MazEdit. Please do not "Guffaw" me on this one, as I am totally serious. As bizzarre and looney as it sounds, having an USA (English language) movie DVD inserted in the DVD drive, my Vista OS PC would allow the langauge files or at least English to be revealed when MazEdit was opened. Found this by sheer accident and I have no clue why it worked or what it means. Just give it a try and see if it helps at all. No guarantees here, It's just something peculiar that I observed. It made no sense to me, but it was only that way on my Vista OS PC.

Next... I had other problems with Maz and eventually found a different source to download the app file from. It worked and I no longer needed to do anything special. Go figure. Don't know where I got it. You'll just have to browse around.

RADAR

AcWxRadar: I think I just posted (a minute before you!) the thread you are talking about!

Please bare with me for I am computer ignorant and don't understand most of the computer jargon that is used here. I have the ACC program installed and I have a file set up with all_channel.dat, antenna_list.dat, DVBS.dat. I do not understand how to open the file to make sat/channel updates. I select the file, hit open and nothing happens. I do understand how to send the data from the PC to the AZ Box Premium Plus and have accomplished that.

D. Jim,

You cannot edit these files with ACC. MaZEdit does allow some editing, but it isn't very helpful IMHO. I have not found many editors that work with the AZBox at all or very well. But, you can try Wolfgang Litzingers "SetEdit" programs if you have a mind to. He charges $ for them and I didn't get them to work for me very well. But, you definitely cannot do it through ACC, that is just a loader program, basically.

Read the contents of the A-Z Guide for AZBox in the stickies. Maybe it has been updated. Sorry, that's the best I can do at this hour of the morning (tired and lost and way too ready to sleep).



RADAR

AcWxRadar: I think I just posted (a minute before you!) the thread you are talking about!

Keith,

Yes, I see that now. I must have been composing my post while you were doing yours. Thanks for locating it.

I have no explanation as to why that worked, but I swear that it did!

Just try it and it may get you by for the interim. I have installed a new version of Maz now and don't need to do so, even on my Vista PC.

RADAR

Please bare with me for I am computer ignorant and don't understand most of the computer jargon that is used here.


You will need to download and unzip.

What does unzip mean


Thanks Radar, it doesn't work. That's all I need to know. I will stick with what I have been doing. I have refined my method and added a few steps by doing it on the receiver and it doesn't screw up as much as it used to. Sleep tight;).

Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions, they are appreciated.

Jim,

It means a file that are downloading is a compressed file, you have to uncompress it (Unzip)

ACWxRadar:

The DVD trick worked!!!!!!!!!

Thank you and for the Movie Friday


:):):):):):):):)

Glad you have it working!!! I haven't used MAZ to edit and upload yet, so I am no expert. I did get it to download from my Azbox, and that is as far as I have gone yet. Live & Learn....

I've been playing with MAZ for a couple days now and managed to really mess up my receiver pretty good. Started over. A couple things I've noticed. SAVING the channel list and opening it makes it unusable. The only successful edit was accomplished by downloading the channel list from the receiver, editing and immediately uplaod back to the receiver. When you upload back to the receiver it reinstalls the original satellite list for the entire planet as well as your edited channel list. It also assigns position numbers that you have used to other satellites in the world list. This creates havoc with the positioner while you surf the channel setup menu. TURN OFF THE POSITIONER!!. Then go into the setup menu and fix your satellite list.

I'm starting to have this "Love Hate relationship" with my AZBox. It's a sensitive tuner, works well, but the scanning isn't great, misses alot. It doesn't seem to have any kind of channel/guide options that you can use. Is channel selection by channel number entry only?? beside the up/down buttons.

I've been playing with MAZ for a couple days now and managed to really mess up my receiver pretty good. I'm starting to have this "Love Hate relationship" with my AZBox.

That is exactly the reason I am gun shy. Combine a finicky program with my computer inexperience and that's a recipe for disaster.

It doesn't seem to have any kind of channel/guide options that you can use. Is channel selection by channel number entry only?? beside the up/down buttons.

If I understand your question properly, then the answer is yes. Channel selection is only via those methods you described and not by a "Channel Guide". The reason for this is that the channel guide is not present in 99.999% of FTA channels that are available to us in North America. This is not a fault of the AZBox, it is simply because the data stream from the satellites do not provide it (a guide). Guide information must be transmitted down from the satellite for the receiver's options in the guide to function. Since the information (data) is not transmitted, the box has nothing to reveal or work with.

This is not a fault of the box or anything you have done incorrectly in your setup, the information is simply unavailable from the satellite source.


RADAR

I would think you could select the channel in the guide screen even without content showing, but it doesn't work that way, bummer. With no favorites or other channel list options, it makes FTA a little more work.

The AZBox definately leaves a lot of room for improvement. I'm probably going to find a different solution for my wife to use.

What does unzip mean


Jim,

It means a file that are downloading is a compressed file, you have to uncompress it (Unzip)

Jim,

In order to make the data package smaller so that it can be transferred over the internet, the data is "compressed" into a small package of data. When it gets to the receiving end, you have to "decompress" that packet of data so that it can be used. The whole process is referred to as "zipping" and "UN-zipping". You need supporting application files on your PC in order to do this. The two most common are WINZip and WINRar. WinRar is more versatile.

RADAR

I would think you could select the channel in the guide screen even without content showing, but it doesn't work that way, bummer. With no favorites or other channel list options, it makes FTA a little more work.

The AZBox definately leaves a lot of room for improvement. I'm probably going to find a different solution for my wife to use.

Magic,

You can set up a favorite list of channels. That makes things a lot nicer, instead of hundreds of channels to wade through, you only have a few to a dozen on each sat. You can orgainize your fav ch listings any way you like, it is very versatile and works really slick. Read the AZ-Guide and it will inform you of the how-to's.

RADAR

ACWxRadar:

The DVD trick worked!!!!!!!!!

Thank you and for the Movie Friday


:):):):):):):):)

Sonya,

It's rather "bizzarro" isn't it? I bet you never expected such a thing! I didn't either, I found it by sheer accident, coincidence.

Make sure you do not leave a disc in the tray for too long. The rubber or soft plastic gasket that the disc rests on can, over time and with the heat generated by the PC, adhere to the disc like glue. Then you will have major troubles ejecting the disc. My brother's wife did that and now they need to replace the disc drive because the disc is stuck in it (to it).

RADAR

Magic,

You can set up a favorite list of channels. That makes things a lot nicer, instead of hundreds of channels to wade through, you only have a few to a dozen on each sat. You can orgainize your fav ch listings any way you like, it is very versatile and works really slick. Read the AZ-Guide and it will inform you of the how-to's.

RADAR
Thank You very much! I'd been looking for that screen and thought it wasn't there because of the FW version. Now we're getting somewhere!