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Thanks Willy, it works brilliantly!

In case others want to use it, I'll list the steps I did to get it working as you quoted a folder that didn't exist, sorry Willy.
To get a full 7-day NZ epg working with your DVB-T tuner :

• Mount a USB stick in Fat32 format, to store your picons and epg data (this is encouraged by all STB forums for better performance).
• Install the XMLTV-Importer plugin if not already.
• Copy the attached files above as they are (ie. do not unzip .gz file) to "/etc/xmltvimport" (there is no "/etc/epgimport" folder).
• Go to Menu>Setup>System>EPG>Settings and ensure all EIT options are set to "no".
• Within the same window, select "EPG location" and click the left< or right> buttons to select "/media/usb/" then click "Ok".
• Open XMLTV-Importer plugin to configure, enabling "Daily automatic import" and set an appropriate "Automatic start time" when the STB is not in use. I also enabled it to "Start import after booting up".
• Press the blue button (Sources) and select "NZ DVB-T XMLTV" then click "Ok".
• Press the yellow button to do a "Manual" epg import, click "yes" in the following pop up window. Note that you should see the number of events immediately growing,
• Click "Ok" and "Exit" out of all windows to your tv screen.
• Click "EPG" to check that the data has populated successfully. If not, just reboot.
• Enjoy a full 7-day NZ epg!

All credit must go to Willy for responding to my call for help, cheers mate!

Thanks Willy, you are a Godsend!

 

Yes, the site refreshes our local Freeview epg daily from http://epg.org.nz/freeview.xml.gz

It serves a lot of kiwi HTPC users running MythTV, Windows Media Player, OpenElecXBMC, etc.

 

I recently bought a VU+ Ultimo with three tuners (1xDVB-S; 2xDVB-T) and I've attached some screenshots from both tuners so you understand what I see. The Freeview channels vary slightly depending on whether you are watching satellite or terrestrial. The big plus for me (and why I want a full 7-day epg) is that Freeview HD channels are broadcast free over terrestrial, whereas Freeview satellite is broadcast only in SD unless of course you pay for a Sky subscription which I gave up ages ago.

 

Hopefully I've given you the correct info attached. If not, please let me know.

 

Again, thanks for your help.

 

George