Preparation
I’ll presume you have the official Opensat/Celrun FW in your AZBox HD and you want to install E2.
A) For each of my networked devices I reserve an IP address in my router. So, for your AZbug HD one should have something like: 192.168.x.x. This could be in router's --> Setup --> Network Settings --> Add DHCP Reservation --> DHCP Reservation List --> this should give you the address to work with. Write it down, just in case.
Download the latest E2 package and unpack it on your PC [right click --> 7-zip --> Extract here].
C) Install the latest AZUp programme to your PC [usually it’s included in the package].
D) Format a USB memory stick [FAT32] and copy the E2 patch.bin file on it - nothing else!
E) In case you want to go back to original FW, use FileZilla Client to drag & drop DISK2 & PLUGINS folders from AZbug HD to your PC. We call that the "BACK UP"... All your "precious" data will be saved: channel list and so on in DISK2 and all the "plug-ins", so restoring it all back to full functionality, as good or bad as it is with "original FW" will be a breeze!
Put your AZ HD to Standby and switch it off at the back [the black power button].
Let’s put the E2 into AZbox HD!
1) Put the USB stick into AZbox HD and switch on your AZbox HD at the back.
2) Start the usual procedure as if it’s for official FW update.
3) First, the new Linux kernel will be programmed in. At the end of it, AZbox HD will reboot.
3a) Leave the USB Stick in AZ.
3b) Your AZbox HD display will show its IP address.
4) Start the AZUp and put the IP address in AZUp’s box with red numbers.
4a) Click on Update.
4b) One might have to reboot AZbox HD and restart AZUp, if it fails the first time.
4c) When AZUp starts the procedure successfully it will go on for quite a while, as it will be slow but thorough, while creating 3 partitions on the AZbox HD “hard disk” called “DOM” etc. etc.
5) When it is finished, there will be a little pop-up window with the message “Remove the USB memory stick and wait for reboot”. Click on OK and better hurry up to the AZ, to get the USB stick out, because it will reboot, as you will see on the AZ display, even if you do not remove it.
That should do it. E2 should start booting and you should see numbers increasing, all the way to 100 [%]. The fun [and frustrations – for now, until they sort it out properly] starts then…
However, sometimes there may be a glitch somewhere and you may have to be a bit patient, if “Geeko
” message appears on the display, while you are waiting to see the rising numbers and “Ready…” message…
Don’t lose your nerve if it isn’t showing the "100" display status [= E2 booted successfully”] immediately. Sometimes it may take a little while but it will get there. At least most of the time!
2) Sort your Settings out!
Once you see 100 on the display, press the MENU button [to the left of the OK button] on your remote --> sort out the settings, as per your needs, by going to Setup. There are quite a few to go through, including turning ON the „Multiple Bouquets“ option for your channel list...