WARNING: This Image has the latest drivers and CAN NOT be installed in multiboot. The image MUST be installed in flash. Black Hole does not support images not installed in flash.

This latest version of the Black Hole series has been entirely rewritten and improved in the code for maximum stability and performance.

Please note that of all images Black Hole now has the best epg system:
- Integrated OpenEpg
- Rytec dedicated epg.dat
- New system epg.dat outside.
This last feature gives the possibility to various forums or communities to create their favorite EPG data files and load them into a web space.
Community members can then download it from our servers.
This feature provides other benefits such as:
Increase download speed of EPG
Download EPG from any channel
Schedule the download of EPG decoder even during standby
Users can customize the providers using Add / Remove function

Main functions of the buttons on the remote

OK button = Skin with simple information
OK button x 2 = Extra Info Skin
Blue button = Black Hole Blue Panel
Blue button and then Red button = Black Hole Epg Panel
Blue button and then Yellow button = System Monitor Panel
Blue button long press = Extensions
Yellow button = Audio menu
Green button = Black Hole Green Panel
Green button long press = Subservices
Green button and then Red button = Fast Plugin Setup
Green button x 2 = Fast Plugin
Button Red short press= access HbbTv functions
Button Red long press= Red Panel (Parallel Universes Teleportation)

Addons

Green button and then Yellow button takes you to:-
Dedicated server for BlackHole addons
Download and install additional packages from the Black Hole server

Infobar / OSD

Analog Clock Gui
Channel orbital location

Advanced Tuner Info: Sr Freq Pol Fec
Signal SNR, BER
Infobar picons

Characteristics of BlackHole Panels
Blue Panel

Extra Settings
Black Hole Speed Up
Black Hole Cron Manager (Manage schedules)
OSD Settings (OSD configuration)
Devices Manager
Usb Format Wizard
Kernel Modules Manager(Kernel module operator)
Inadyn Settings (Configure Inadyn)
Swap File Settings (Configure File Swap)
Hard Disk Settings (Configure Hard Drive)
OpenVPN Panel ( OpenVPN Panel)
Samba / CIFS Panel ( Samba Panel)
NFS Server Panel ( NFS server Panel)
Telnet Panel ( Telnet Panel)
FTP Panel ( FTP Panel)
UPnP Client Djmount
UPnP Server Mediatomb
UpnP Server Minidlna
Pcsc Panel
Tuner Server
Network Browse & Mountpoints

Info Panel
1 - Gui Setting (Gui configurations)
2 - Service Information (information system)
3 - About (info)
Memory (Memory)
Space (capacity)
CPU (processor)
Process (process)

EPG Panel
Global settings (global settings EPG)
Setting Provider (ISP settings)

Green Panel
Fast Plugin Setup (Configure quick access to your favourite plugin)
Fast Plugin (Access your favourite plugin)
Addons (added)
Addons Download Manager (Manager for package downloading)
Online Feeds Settings update
Online Black Hole image update
Manual Install BH packges (Manual installation of Black Hole packages)
Manual Install IPK packages (Manual installation of IPK packages)
Addons Uninstall Panel (Uninstalled packages)
Black Hole Statistics (See connections, top downloads and more)

Characteristics of BlackHole Panels
Red Panel
BH Parallel Universe Teleportation
BlackHole
Avalon
Chaos
Ghost

WARNING: This Image has the latest drivers and CAN NOT be installed in multiboot. The image MUST be installed in flash.

Black Hole does not support images not installed in flash.

This latest version of the Black Hole series has been entirely rewritten and improved in the code for maximum stability and performance.

Please note that of all images Black Hole now has the best epg system:

- Integrated OpenEpg

- Rytec dedicated epg.dat

- New system epg.dat outside.

This last feature gives the possibility to various forums or communities to create their favorite EPG data files and load them into a web space.

Community members can then download it from our servers.

This feature provides other benefits such as:

Increase download speed of EPG

Download EPG from any channel

Schedule the download of EPG decoder even during standby

Users can customize the providers using Add / Remove function

Main functions of the buttons on the remote

OK button = Skin with simple information

OK button x 2 = Extra Info Skin

Blue button = Black Hole Blue Panel

Blue button and then Red button = Black Hole Epg Panel

Blue button and then Yellow button = System Monitor Panel

Blue button long press = Extensions

Yellow button = Audio menu

Green button = Black Hole Green Panel

Green button long press = Subservices

Green button and then Red button = Fast Plugin Setup

Green button x 2 = Fast Plugin

Button Red short press= access HbbTv functions

Button Red long press= Red Panel (Parallel Universes Teleportation)

Addons

Green button and then Yellow button takes you to:-

Dedicated server for BlackHole addons

Download and install additional packages from the Black Hole server

Infobar / OSD

Analog Clock Gui

Channel orbital location

Advanced Tuner Info: Sr Freq Pol Fec

Signal SNR, BER

Infobar picons

Characteristics of BlackHole Panels

Blue Panel

Extra Settings

Black Hole Speed Up

Black Hole Cron Manager (Manage schedules)

OSD Settings (OSD configuration)

Devices Manager

Usb Format Wizard

Kernel Modules Manager(Kernel module operator)

Inadyn Settings (Configure Inadyn)

Swap File Settings (Configure File Swap)

Hard Disk Settings (Configure Hard Drive)

OpenVPN Panel ( OpenVPN Panel)

Samba / CIFS Panel ( Samba Panel)

NFS Server Panel ( NFS server Panel)

Telnet Panel ( Telnet Panel)

FTP Panel ( FTP Panel)

UPnP Client Djmount

UPnP Server Mediatomb

UpnP Server Minidlna

Pcsc Panel

Tuner Server

Network Browse & Mountpoints

Info Panel

1 - Gui Setting (Gui configurations)

2 - Service Information (information system)

3 - About (info)

Memory (Memory)

Space (capacity)

CPU (processor)

Process (process)

EPG Panel

Global settings (global settings EPG)

Setting Provider (ISP settings)

Green Panel

Fast Plugin Setup (Configure quick access to your favourite plugin)

Fast Plugin (Access your favourite plugin)

Addons (added)

Addons Download Manager (Manager for package downloading)

Online Feeds Settings update

Online Black Hole image update

Manual Install BH packges (Manual installation of Black Hole packages)

Manual Install IPK packages (Manual installation of IPK packages)

Addons Uninstall Panel (Uninstalled packages)

Black Hole Statistics (See connections, top downloads and more)

Characteristics of BlackHole Panels

Red Panel

BH Parallel Universe Teleportation


BlackHole

Avalon

Chaos

Ghost


Credits

Thanks to Pedro_Newbie for Backup script

Thanks to the group of Beta Testers.

Thanks to Rytec for providing us with the server with all epg.dat files.

Thanks to MaxZ4 for Integrated EPG loader.

Thanks to Skaman for Cross EPG

Thanks to Lukkino (VDR-Italy) for the source code of OpenTV.

Thanks to Reinh@rd for the file satellites.xml.

Thanks to Littlesat and Pli Team for the original autolanguage and subtitle options code

DISCLAIMER

THE BLACK HOLE IMAGE IS BASED ON THE OFFICIAL FIRMWARE PUBLISHED BY VU+ AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW IT CONTAINS ONLY SYSTEM ADDITIONS & GRAPHIC CHANGES.

THE BLACK HOLE IMAGE DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY EMULATOR, K E Y S, SOFTCAMS OR OTHER SYSTEM FOR VIEWING PAY - TV WITH OR WITHOUT A PAID SUBSCRIPTION.

LASTLY, THE BLACK HOLE IMAGE DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY SYSTEM TO DOWNLOAD PLUGINS OR EMULATORS FROM EXTERNAL SERVERS OR SOFTWARE THAT MAY BE USED FOR ILLEGAL PURPOSES SUCH AS CARD SHARING.

LICENSE (TERM OF USE)

THE BLACK HOLE IMAGE IS ISSUED FOR THE FREE USE FOR ALL USERS PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT BE CHANGED IN ANY WAY AND THAT IT WILL ONLY BE USED FOR LAWFUL PURPOSES.

ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO BLACK HOLE IMAGE THAT INVOLVE UNLAWFUL USE OF THE IMAGE SUCH AS CARD-SHARING AND EMULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED AND CAUSE THE REVOKE OF THIS LICENSE.

This is free hobbyist software and it comes with absolutely no warranty. Use it at your own risk.​

WARNING: This Image has the latest drivers and CAN NOT be installed in multiboot. The image MUST be installed in flash.​

​

Black Hole does not support images not installed in flash.​

​

This latest version of the Black Hole series has been entirely rewritten and improved in the code for maximum stability and performance.​

​

Please note that of all images Black Hole now has the best epg system:​

​

- Integrated OpenEpg​

​

- Rytec dedicated epg.dat​

​

- New system epg.dat outside.​

​

This last feature gives the possibility to various forums or communities to create their favorite EPG data files and load them into a web space.​

​

Community members can then download it from our servers.​

​

This feature provides other benefits such as:​

​

Increase download speed of EPG​

​

Download EPG from any channel​

​

Schedule the download of EPG decoder even during standby​

​

Users can customize the providers using Add / Remove function​

​

Main functions of the buttons on the remote​

​

OK button = Skin with simple information​

​

OK button x 2 = Extra Info Skin​

​

Blue button = Black Hole Blue Panel​

​

Blue button and then Red button = Black Hole Epg Panel​

​

Blue button and then Yellow button = System Monitor Panel​

​

Blue button long press = Extensions​

​

Yellow button = Audio menu​

​

Green button = Black Hole Green Panel​

​

Green button long press = Subservices​

​

Green button and then Red button = Fast Plugin Setup​

​

Green button x 2 = Fast Plugin​

​

Button Red short press= access HbbTv functions​

​

Button Red long press= Red Panel (Parallel Universes Teleportation)​

​

Addons​

​

Green button and then Yellow button takes you to:-​

​

Dedicated server for BlackHole addons​

​

Download and install additional packages from the Black Hole server​

​

Infobar / OSD​

​

Analog Clock Gui​

​

Channel orbital location​

​

Advanced Tuner Info: Sr Freq Pol Fec​

​

Signal SNR, BER​

​

Infobar picons​

​

Characteristics of BlackHole Panels​

​

Blue Panel​

​

Extra Settings​

​

Black Hole Speed Up​

​

Black Hole Cron Manager (Manage schedules)​

​

OSD Settings (OSD configuration)​

​

Devices Manager​

​

Usb Format Wizard​

​

Kernel Modules Manager(Kernel module operator)​

​

Inadyn Settings (Configure Inadyn)​

​

Swap File Settings (Configure File Swap)​

​

Hard Disk Settings (Configure Hard Drive)​

​

OpenVPN Panel ( OpenVPN Panel)​

​

Samba / CIFS Panel ( Samba Panel)​

​

NFS Server Panel ( NFS server Panel)​

​

Telnet Panel ( Telnet Panel)​

​

FTP Panel ( FTP Panel)​

​

UPnP Client Djmount​

​

UPnP Server Mediatomb​

​

UpnP Server Minidlna​

​

Pcsc Panel​

​

Tuner Server​

​

Network Browse & Mountpoints​

​

Info Panel​

​

1 - Gui Setting (Gui configurations)​

​

2 - Service Information (information system) ​

​

3 - About (info) ​

​

Memory (Memory) ​

​

Space (capacity) ​

​

CPU (processor) ​

​

Process (process)​

​

EPG Panel​

​

Global settings (global settings EPG)​

​

Setting Provider (ISP settings)​

​

Green Panel​

​

Fast Plugin Setup (Configure quick access to your favourite plugin)​

​

Fast Plugin (Access your favourite plugin)​

​

Addons (added)​

​

Addons Download Manager (Manager for package downloading)​

​

Online Feeds Settings update​

​

Online Black Hole image update​

​

Manual Install BH packges (Manual installation of Black Hole packages)​

​

Manual Install IPK packages (Manual installation of IPK packages)​

​

Addons Uninstall Panel (Uninstalled packages)​

​

Black Hole Statistics (See connections, top downloads and more)​

​Characteristics of BlackHole Panels​

​Red Panel ​

​BH Parallel Universe Teleportation​

​BlackHole​

​Avalon ​

​Chaos​

​Ghost​​