Rest NTSC mode on Octagon SF 8008

[Diamond Jim]

NECO is really probably supposed to be "RECO" short for "RECOVERY" mode... Just a mistake, or due to the way the display works making the first character look like an N.

OK, that makes sense. I will go and check that out.

I went down and checked and it is defiantly "neco" in slower case case letters.

 

[Brct203]

IF no picture still then I'd say hardware failure.

I'm also thinking that might be the case. Kinda reminds me of the problem I had with my Edision OSmio Plus a few years ago. It would boot up, I would get the logo but then black screen. I eventually found that if I navigated to the video mode menu and just changed anything, it would usually start working fine - and that this trick had better success on some TVs than on others (quite difficult on my old Sony Bravia from 2007)

Fast forward a few years, the Sony TV eventually died, and we replaced it with a new LG. The MioPlus liked that one much better than the old Sony and most of the time I did not even need to use the menu workaround, it would just work fine.

now we have moved the LG to the bedroom and bought a new Samsung OLED (S84 something), and so far the MioPlus has worked fine, no video problem.

So I'm thinking that maybe the HDMI port is damaged, but depending on the TV and how it handles the HDMI protocol handshake, it may or may not find a mode that works

Maybe it's the same here for Jim's receiver and I would suggest trying it on a different TV

 

[SDA_FL_USA]

OK, that makes sense. I will go and check that out.

I went down and checked and it is defiantly "neco" in slower case case letters.

Jim here is restore instructions provided by el bandido from Legit fta forum.

Go to: TNAP Images - Satellite Receiver Firmware Downloads
(You want:"sf8008-20251129 usb")

Scroll down the page a bit. Find the file named "sf8008-20251129 usb", and download it.
Extract the zipped file on your computer. Wait patiently for this process to complete 100 percent as it may take some minutes.
Copy the 4 extracted files named "apploader.bin", "bootargs.bin", "fastboot.bin", "usb_update.bin" Directly to a "Known-to-be-Good" usb drive. Make surfe the copying process completes as this may take some minutes. Insert this usb drive into the receiver.


To Install:
Position the Rocker switch to Off On back of receiver.
Press and hold front power button in the middle of the receiver, and position the rocker swicth On while holding
the power button in the middle of the receiver. (Front Button will turn Red). Release the button after about 5-10 seconds.(UPdt should show on display)
Wait 2 minutes. NECO should be displayed on the front of receiver.
Using the receiver's remote, Hold directly in front of the receiver, and Press the down arrow button one time. (Down arrow button is directly under the OK button on the remote)
Press OK button on the remote (1)
Press OK button on the remote (2)
Front display should start counting...DO Not Power OFF!!
When the receiver finishes installing and rebooting, you should be in 720p 60Hz video format.

 

[Diamond Jim]

1. I turned the power switch on the back off
2. I held the front power button down and turned the back power button on, the front panel button does not turn red, it remains dark
3. I released the front power button after 10 seconds
After that was competed all the receiver did was reboot and showed the channel numbers.