Flash or re-flash you Fortect Ultra Life Time
1. on/off switch from the back of the box, switch to OFF.
2. connect the serial cable from your PC to the satellite box.
3. plug in the power cord of your satellite box.
4. turn the switch from the back ON.
5. after the channel appears at the front pannel, press the ON/OFF button(in the middle) from the front of your satellite box, this will turn it off, wait until you see the time displays.
6. launch your STB Updater Ver 3.31 software.
7. leave the serial port as COM1, and Baud Rate as 115200
8. select STB model as Lifetime Ultra
9. Enter your bin file location, ex. c:\temp\FTA_Ultra_090505_N2_279_api_(NTS C).BIN
note: make sure the path location of your file is correct or your file name is entered correctly. It will fail if it's incorrect.
10. File type radio button should be default at Flash Rom File
11. Click Download and you're good to go
if doesn't go, maybe wrong COM port, try COM2
once the update kicks in, you will see the number jumps in the front pannel of your satellite box. That's the percentage reading. This would take about 5-10 mins to completed.
Important...wait till it's completed, after it said 100% completed but wait till a dialog appears saying "update completed" then click OK. Then you're done. Turn off the box (the back switch).
Plug it back to you TV and you'll get all your channels back.
