If you continue messing with it, you will get it running again. But who needs the headache? In my experience, the errors continued, I think, because I never had what they call a hub which is used to steal the scrambled channels I believe. Anyway, I sold mine for $50 to a very happy pirate type, then took that $50 and bought a local Openbox S9. Best transaction I ever did. My worries ended over the troublesome Sonicview, and I've been enjoying FTA with the S9 for over a year. In your case, don't buy an S9, buy a microHD now that they are available.