[woodcreeker]

Sonicview SV-360 Elite PVR - Various Help Guides

Setup Help for Sonicview SV-360 Elite PVR

Not all my work but a summary of many good FTA testers work


Bin File Loading

Loading this unit is the same as any other Sonicview unit
you have a choice of null modem cable and loader (handy for if any problem crops up) or using USB stick (recommended - fast and painless)

Loader
Bring up loader software on computer and connect cable (Null Modem). Open the file after downloading and unzipping to your folder so you can find it in the loader and then download from computer to your receiver.

USB
Download and unzip file and put it on your USB drive stick
Insert the USB drive into the front USB port of Sonicview 360 Elite PVR
Press Menu, Choose PVR, Choose USB Drives, Press OK, Highlight file and press red button to upload to receiver.
After the receiver downloads and reboots take your USB out, turn off from back, count to five and turn back on.


Set Time, Locals, Autoroll, Parental Control and all Options you want

Press Menu, Choose System Settings, Choose Time Settings, Select your Time Zone and Exit.
Press Menu, Choose System Settings, Choose User Options, Set all to ON, Choose your Local Area and Exit.
Press Menu, Choose System Settings, Choose Parental Control, 0000, Set all to OFF, and ACC to Disable.

Antenna Setup:
Go into each satellite Antenna Settings and set your current LNB frequency and switch port setup.
You know when you have good signal and quality levels it is time to scan.

Scanning:
Press Menu, Choose Installation, Choose Dish Setting
Start with Tuner 1
Scan using Red button to scan

If runing two cables for dual tuner then the next step is setting tuner 2 and repeat process above.
After scanning the tuners and set up is almost complete.
If options are set to sort by SID then you are done.
If not, sort channels by your choice SID alpha etc.

In case you change the default pin number (0000) on your Sonicview SV-360 Elite receiver by accident or later on forget what the PIN number was, you need to use the Sonicview MASTER PIN to reset the PIN on your receiver.

Here is the MASTER PIN for all Sonicview receivers. 2242

Set autoroll to off under system settings -> user options
* Go to Menu
* Select Entertainment and enter 7890
* CODE will come up at the bottom - scroll down to code then click OK
* Look for CAS < Nagravision>


How to update Softkey on SV via USB

1. Turn Auto Roll off on your STB
2. Download the program
3. Use it to generate a softkey.
4. Copy the softkey on a USB memory stick.
5. Connect the USB key to your STB.
6. Go to Menu > Install > USB Mass Storage.
7. Scroll down to the softkey and push red to install.
8. Reboot the STB using the back switch.


Box To Box Transfer

Have the Master box power "ON", and slave box power "OFF" completely
Connect Master and Slave box with Null cable
User remote control unit pointing at the Master and press YELLOW button and #4 (#1=Main software, #2=Channel list, #3 Bootloader, #4= ALL)
Now power up the Slave box by using the rear power switch and you should see it start transferring

Wait until it finish and reboot and you're set to go


A Few Tips and Tricks

1) Installation/Dish Settings - Easily find that sat - while in dish settings, with a sat highlighted, press the "ok" key, then the "sort" key on the remote, now select "alphabetical"

2) Name your favs - Menu/Installation/channel edit - press "fav" on remote (once for fav1 twice for fav2 etc.) - bring the highlighted bar to the right pane (fav) and press the yellow button on the remote.

3) Set your epg window from 3 hours to 1.5 hours (and vice versa) - Press the sleep timer button (looks like a clock) on remote while in epg

4) Search for a channel by name - Press the "magnifying glass over list button" (under fav) on remote.

5) Search for shows by category - press the Red button once on remote while in normal viewing mode

6) Search for a specific show - press the red button twice while in normal tv mode

7) Change the epg to display only shows in a specific category (for full epg range (up to 7 days)) - press fav button while in epg

8) Enlarge the preview picture while in EPG by pressing the "user" or "cc" button

9) "User" button while in regular viewing mode turns "cc" on/off or press the "info" button then the "user" button to switch the "time remaining" info from a "percentage bar" to "numerical mintues left"

10) Worried the "significant other or kids" will find out what you've been watching? Press the "last channel" button and then the red button on the remote to delete the list.

Some Basic Sortcuts:

11) Green button (in normal viewing) - shortcut to "parental control"

12) Yellow button (in normal viewing)- shortcut to "data transfer"

13) Blue button (in normal viewing) - shortcut to "muti-picture"


How To Convert other Video to play on Sonicview SV-360 Elite PVR

Requirements:
· E.M. Total Video Converter sw (3.12 is the latest)
· Video file

1. Launch E.M. Total Video Converter sw

2. Import video file you want to convert

3. Select video file

4. Select .TS format

5. Select Settings

6. Audio setting

7. when done step 6, go to Video setting

8. Video setting

9. when done, click Save & Apply

10. Choose location where converted file will be save to

11. Click to start the conversion

13. File is converting ….

14. When it done, copy converted file to USB storage, Insert USB storage into SV-360 Elite USB port, Go Menu -> PVR -> USB Drive and press Ok.

[Mace]

Hello...I tried the 'Box to Box Transfer' and upon pressing the 'Yellow' button it displays the 'A/V Settings' Menu (i.e. Tv Type (NTSC/PAL), TV Aspect Ratio)...What am I doing incorrect?

[woodcreeker]

That is strange, guess you did it right, try turning the slave ON, then OFF, then see if the yellow button gives you a different menu on the Master, which is the good receiver. You could enter the menu, there must be a submenu to get into for this, maybe hit the Menu button on the remote, then the yellow button for the shortcut. I never tried this on SV-360 models, myself. If not, report back, I will get something for you for this.

[makmik]

I have a SV 360 E and none of these tricks and tips features are working for me.
I can not find CC or User button on the remote either.

[woodcreeker]

Seems since the software changes and bin rewrites they did many of these features are lost for now. The later bins will reincorporate some or all features back in, or maybe have different buttons to do some of these actions.

[makmik]

I hope they rewrite them in the program, they are good features.

Thanks

[woodcreeker]

They did the bin rewrites for the possibility of maybe adding a new piece of hardware called the Majic Board to the processor board of the receiver. So, maybe if that is plugged in, the features may work again. Or, they have to start adding these features again in later bin file releases. Once the coders do a complete rewrite like they did, features become secondary. Remember the remote was sluggish, so they barely had the remote working on the first rewrite release a couple of weeks ago.

[Rollouts]

stupid question.... for the dual tuner do I need to have 2 lines running from my dish to the receiver? wow thats a distance....
Having some problems with some of the channels blanked out.... gonna try it again

[woodcreeker]

Unless you have a Dish Pro Plus LNB, then you can run a DP Seperator off one line which will give you two lines in at the receiver.

Or else you would need both lines for both tuners.

[Rollouts]

got ya ... looks like I am trying to find a separator....
I followed your perfect scan method but not getting all channels, but if I put my premire back I get them all.... any clues? missing a bunch that say no signal