how to reset your box

[Marley]

use at your own risk
think this is same for the 254 as well
very good read think should be same for 254

How to enter the BIOS setup (bootloader menu) MAG-200/250?


Power off STB MAG200/250.
Press and hold the «menu» on the remote (or the power button on the front panel).
Without releasing the «menu» (or the power button on the front panel) Power on STB MAG200/250.


If there is no image on the screen maybe your TV doesn't support PAL system.
If there is no image then complete next steps:

Unplug power of STB
Press and hold “Menu” button on RC (direct your RC to STB)
Plug power on STB with holding “Menu” button
Hold “Menu” button during 10 seconds.
Switch PAL - NTSC with single press on red button “F1” on RC.



How to see the firmware version and device information?


To enter in BIOS menu.
Choose «Upgrade Menu» and press “right” on the remote control. If this step is missing, go to next step (this step can be absent if the second copy of bootloader doesn't on).
“Device info” and press “right” on the remote control:
“Vendor” - Manufactory identifier.
“Model” - Model identifier.
“Ver. Hardware” - Version of network board realization.
“Serial Number” - Serial number.
“MAC address” - Physical address of network interface.

“Loader Info” and press “right” on the remote control:
“Version Number” - Bootloader version (if the second bootloader is on, then you will see the second bootloader version).
“Date & Time” - Date and Time of bootloader version.

“Image info” press “right” on the remote control:
“Version” - Software version.
“Description” - Full version description.



How to reset BIOS MAG-200/250 to factory settings?


Enter The BIOS.
choose “Def. Settings”.
press the right.
confirm by pressing the “OK”.
Select “Exit & Save” to save and exit. STB will reboot automatically.


Maybe, it will be necessary to change boot mode: “NAND”, “NAND2” or “DHCP”.

Change boot mode DHCP/NAND/NAND2.



Change boot mode DHCP/NAND/NAND2


Enter The BIOS.
Select “Upgrade Menu” , right click on the remote control.
Select “Boot Mode” and pressing the remote control right to set the boot mode DHCP, NAND or NAND2.
Select “Exit & Save” and press on the remote control to the right.
Confirm “OK”.

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[BIO]

After the reset (Def. Settings)....

After you factory reset your box, dhcp and tftp loading is the default.
To get back to booting correctly unplug and plug back in the box, then menu into bios again.
Once there go to "Boot Mode" and right arrow to change it to "NAND" or NAND2"
Then scroll down to "Exit & Save" and right arrow, then "OK" to save and reboot.
Mine did an update after it rebooted, so let the update load and it will reboot again by itself.
It will boot into where you see "Home Media", IPTV Channels" "Internet Bookmarks" Etc. screen when finished- just like when you first plugged it in out of the box.

Please note that any time you press the "OK" remote button in the bios, give it time to work because it takes a few seconds.