Lost channels on dreambox 500c (virgin med)

[stussy]

Hi,

Have a problem with my channels on 500c, am not getting some channels like stv, channel 4. But am still getting sky movies ? am using Digital Worldz Dream Neutrino V 2.0 can anyone help.

stussy

[southpaw83]

Hi,

Have a problem with my channels on 500c, am not getting some channels like stv, channel 4. But am still getting sky movies ? am using Digital Worldz Dream Neutrino V 2.0 can anyone help.

stussy

seems to have hit all glasgow ex ntl boxes

just rescan mate :celticparty:

[stussy]

done a scan and reboot and still not working

[father ted]

try looking in all services m8 they may be in there

[RiverTrent]

Same here, just rescan and they all come back

[Saltire]

i found mines after a rescan, but film 4 and film 4+1 have blank screen and service could not be found message, even lists whats on the channel etc, can anyone help with this please ?

[Saltire]

i found mines after a rescan, but film 4 and film 4+1 have blank screen and service could not be found message, even lists whats on the channel etc, can anyone help with this please ?

could it be that i need to add them on a new frequency ?

[Saltire]

now noticed that the discovery channel etc are not there either, I'm now running yet another scan, its like what happens before a major hit happens, gradually some channels go off then they all go off.

I'm not sure though, will report back after this new scan is done in few minutes.

[imsohappy]

now noticed that the discovery channel etc are not there either, I'm now running yet another scan, its like what happens before a major hit happens, gradually some channels go off then they all go off.

I'm not sure though, will report back after this new scan is done in few minutes.

all mine gone
dover kent uk:eek:

[Saltire]

all mine gone
dover kent uk:eek:

rescan mate, bruteforce first.

[cloudnineuk54]

lost a few channels on mine and my brothers last week,then yesterday they all dissappeared,no scanning could bring them back,so i reflashed my back up image and all up and running,im in se kent and this is the second time its happened in the last four months..strange

[Saltire]

done another scan and some of the discovery channels are still not showing, they are there but not showing, and same with film4 and film4+1, thats the only ones i can see that are off just now.

i have had people who are in the exact same area as me check this on they'r hacked boxs (not dreambox's though) and the channels are fine with them.


Hmmmmmmmmm ?

iam doing one more brutescan then i'm sacking it, who gives a sh7t anyway about discovery and film4, lol

[Saltire]

done another scan and some of the discovery channels are still not showing, they are there but not showing, and same with film4 and film4+1, thats the only ones i can see that are off just now.

i have had people who are in the exact same area as me check this on they'r hacked boxs (not dreambox's though) and the channels are fine with them.


Hmmmmmmmmm ?

iam doing one more brutescan then i'm sacking it, who gives a sh7t anyway about discovery and film4, lol

ok I'm sacking it now, thats another brute scan done and some of the discovery channels and film4 & film 4+1 are still not showing.

Fcuk it.

[zanderrfc]

ive tried everything and it wont come back with channels:banghead:

[MetalKettle]

ive tried everything and it wont come back with channels:banghead:

As Ted said. look in the all channels list (go into a bouquet and press the red button), scan down the list and see if the blank/missing channels are there. You may need to copy the working version of the channels to your bouquets.

[Saltire]

As Ted said. look in the all channels list (go into a bouquet and press the red button), scan down the list and see if the blank/missing channels are there. You may need to copy the working version of the channels to your bouquets.

tried that mate, they are not there :(

[smirnoff_rules]

have u a folder called last scanned . r they in there

[Saltire]

have u a folder called last scanned . r they in there

hmmm, whers that folder to be found mate ? DW 2.1 I have

[smirnoff_rules]

if l move right on 600 and down on 500 on bouquets at last one is last scanned ?

[Saltire]

if l move right on 600 and down on 500 on bouquets at last one is last scanned ?

i have two folders in there, ones adult and ones bbc, i had a look in them and they dont contain the missing channels i'm on about.

(no last scanned folder)

anyone any ideas ?

[davemac82]

i have two folders in there, ones adult and ones bbc, i had a look in them and they dont contain the missing channels i'm on about.

(no last scanned folder)

anyone any ideas ?

delete all missing channels in bouquets and same in all services.. do a bruteforce scan and all the channels will re appear in all services just put them back into specific folder and there you go.. takes a wee bit of time but works a treat.

[Saltire]

delete all missing channels in bouquets and same in all services.. do a bruteforce scan and all the channels will re appear in all services just put them back into specific folder and there you go.. takes a wee bit of time but works a treat.

ok done that now mate, plus the brute scan etc, and yes the channels appeared again on the all services list, but they are same as before, not getting any picture :(:(

helppppp ? lol

[braz13]

Had the same problem.
Finally sorted it by auto scan on Grimsby 1 NTL.
Good luck

[davemac82]

ok done that now mate, plus the brute scan etc, and yes the channels appeared again on the all services list, but they are same as before, not getting any picture :(:(

helppppp ? lol

What area u in mate?

[braz13]

Sorry forgot to say in my excitement.
Glasgow area,
lost most of the discovery channels bout a week ago, been messing about with it since.
My 500C hasn't missed a beat in over a year, so fingers crossed.

[davemac82]

ok done that now mate, plus the brute scan etc, and yes the channels appeared again on the all services list, but they are same as before, not getting any picture :(:(

helppppp ? lol

Maybe your emu is turned off. If you are using dk image hold on the info button on remote and restart the evocam. Hope this helps.

[Saltire]

What area u in mate?

I'm Glasgow, and its a DW image (DW 2.1), always has worked perfect until now.

[smirnoff_rules]

is there a tuner driver on dw image ,, can u change that and rescan

[Saltire]

is there a tuner driver on dw image ,, can u change that and rescan

the tuner driver is set on "old" as its the old tuner thats in my box, you think i should still try the new driver ? thats never worked any better before.

[smirnoff_rules]

worth a try u never know . l dont know wots going on up there m8 .. lm movin to sat this week before the shit hits the fan

[Saltire]

deleted all the missing channels that i was on about above, now the damn thing wont even find those channels, it was finding them last night and stuff, just the blank screen i was on about, i dunno whats going on, its strange its those channels and its even more strange that other people are reporting the same problem, hmmmm, iam lost now.

I was thinking about signal issue as i know about signal issues all too well with the 500C, but i dont think that if it was a signal issue that it would actually find the channels, and display the epg on the channels too for the current programs etc, would it ? (if it was a signal issue i mean)

p.s
tried scanning on old and new tuner too.

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG......... :(, done a zillion scans now trying different things, and still the channels are not even being detected now :(, its easy enough for me to plug in the booster and try that way, but i think all i will do then is make all my perfect signal channels worse because i will be forcing the signal to be stronger etc, 95% of channels are perfect, just the ones ive been on about are the problems now, and they never used to be.

whats the odd;s on a reflash fixing this and maybe a different image ?? ive never had a prob with this image until now.

[dnmrpp]

I had the same problem, i have a enigma image. I scanned through Bruteforce and all the channels came not working.

I managed to find all the channels in a folder under providers called UKNOWN. All my working channels had somehow all been shifted to this one folder.

I am up and running again. I am not sure if this is the same case in other images.

i hope this helps just glad got all my channels back. :idea:

[boxxy]

Hi,

I have similar problem with my dm500c since yesterday morning, suddenly all channels disappeared, dont even get the egp for any channels. I am on a dk image, and it has been a treat for the last year or so. Did all sorts of restarts etc. nothing works. I am in NW London area and old tlwst.

Thank you all.

[arky4]

i had something simlar with my box ,area paisley . lost most fta done a rescan all returned .

[Saltire]

ive had a look again for the channels and i cant find them :(, what i can find though is a few called "service removed" and they appear to be some of the missing channels as when i click on them i can see the epg etc, but still just a blank screen.

channels iam on about are ones like E4, E4+1, Film 4, film 4+1, and some of the discovery channels, there are probably more missing but ive not came across them yet, all other channels such as sky sports and sky movies etc work just fine.

p.s
and i dont see any folder called "unknown" either.

[Evasion-Lv6]

lm movin to sat this week before the shit hits the fan

For people who already have a dreambox 500c can we just add the 500s tuner inside instead of buying a whole new box ?
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I have vm and want to make the most of it before the switch over is compulsory unless you enjoy the black screen :hahaha:

[Saltire]

For people who already have a dreambox 500c can we just add the 500s tuner inside instead of buying a whole new box ?
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I have vm and want to make the most of it before the switch over is compulsory unless you enjoy the black screen :hahaha:

no you cant switch the tuners, well technically you can but its a very difficult job from what i remember and not worth the hassle.

anyway, back to the missing channels now :(

[boxxy]

Well, i did a rescan and got all the channels back, but some of them appear more than 5 times and only one of them seems to work, how can i delete non working channels, or all from the list? any help appreciated.

PS. i have a d500c dk image.

Thanks.

[father ted]

Well, i did a rescan and got all the channels back, but some of them appear more than 5 times and only one of them seems to work, how can i delete non working channels, or all from the list? any help appreciated.

PS. i have a d500c dk image.

Thanks.

you could use dreambox edit or the remote, what you do is goto all services and see if any of your channels have epg guide if so press ok if it shows then leave it if it doesnt press menu then a screen should come up scroll down to delete and carry on doing that

[Saltire]

ive gave up trying to get those few channels back, i get the missing ones on my sky box anyway, so no big deal, i may reflash the dreambox at some point when i can be bothered, lol.

iam using DW image (DW 2.1), is there any better one than that or is that pretty much best to use ?? ive tried neutrino but those kind of images dont work good in this area, get some picture breakup with them.

[davemac82]

ive gave up trying to get those few channels back, i get the missing ones on my sky box anyway, so no big deal, i may reflash the dreambox at some point when i can be bothered, lol.

iam using DW image (DW 2.1), is there any better one than that or is that pretty much best to use ?? ive tried neutrino but those kind of images dont work good in this area, get some picture breakup with them.

try dkv1.1 mate it always picks up missing channels when you delete then do a bruteforce scan. Hope you get it sorted.

[Saltire]

try dkv1.1 mate it always picks up missing channels when you delete then do a bruteforce scan. Hope you get it sorted.

is that an enigma image mate ?

if so, do you or anyone have the channels all sorted out in bouqets etc, would be handy if someone had it all ready to go rather than me messing around arranging channels etc.

[stuie78]

I'm getting the same with certain channels. SS1 is ok but not SS2 or 3. Will attempt to re flash the image and hope that solves it. I'll report back me findings. Good luck

[boxxy]

you could use dreambox edit or the remote, what you do is goto all services and see if any of your channels have epg guide if so press ok if it shows then leave it if it doesnt press menu then a screen should come up scroll down to delete and carry on doing that


I manage to delete them, but they keep on appearing back. any ideas....? and i also seems to have regional channels, which ofcourse dont work e.g. bbc scotland, bbc wales etc...

[braz13]

Just lost E$PN, rebooted, scanned bruteforce and rescanned, E$PN still not showing, but after checking all the other channels E$PN reappeared. WEIRD but all OK for now.

Had the same problem with regional and multi showing channels, tried to delete but kept returning, ended up using parent controls, locking the unwanted channels and then hiding them.

[thelace]

its easy guys
what you have to do is delete the channels that you cant get before you rescan, then they will come back on. i have had this problem a few times and this always works for me

[anitxu]

Very good idea!

[boxxy]

is there any way to delete all channels at once, and do a fresh scan afterwards?

[lardys]

hi been reading through this but unsure what i have to do lost everything on 500c and on d box 2 is it just a matter of deleting all channels that are missing then just doing a bruteforce scan,

[marc12]

hi there been reading the posts, my dream box lost all channels today, but i know that virgin media taken annolugue arieals away and are now digital could this cause the probs done 2 bruteforce scans and still no channels

[Saltire]

hi there been reading the posts, my dream box lost all channels today, but i know that virgin media taken annolugue arieals away and are now digital could this cause the probs done 2 bruteforce scans and still no channels

dunno mate, but i have same problem, i have image DW 2.1 and ive removed the channels from bouqets and all services etc like your supposed to do, but still after brutescan they dont come back, or if they do come back they still show blank screen, they say flashing the dk image should make them come back, i havent done that yet though as iam not bothered as its only like a few discovery channels and e4 and film4 etc, no big deal.

[magicman007]

I've had the same problem. A brute force scan seems to have got me back all my channels. Is there a easy was to get the Bouqets back in VM order without me doing it manually as its a real pain????

[thelace]

check out the downloads section magicman. the bouquets are there but vary for different regions. have a search on the site and you will find them. glasgow bouquets available in the "latest downloads" section if thats any good to you

[Dr_Phibes]

I have loads of missing channels. Went off on Monday (8th Feb). Didn't want to re-scan in case I lost the lot. Then I would have to start from scratch - 1st timer - so I would be fumbling along.

[dirtybreaks]

I've had ALL the problems mentioned on this thread today! The thing that worked best for me was to rescan the image. This seems to have brought back all the channels.

However, for some strange reason, I can't get 2 channels back and wouldn't you know it, they are 2 of the ones I watch the most - British Eurosport and Comedy Central. Which is weird cos I can get British Eurosport 2 and Comedy Central Extra and + 1.

I've rescanned several times on Bruteforce and my local NTL but they never appear. Any advice?

[guyd5055]

hey could anyone help me?? iv lost all my channels apart from sky sports and iv flashed my box but im only getting sky sports 123! i have no other channels...movies etc!! help

[dj flame]

Ok Guys, I'm a newbie myself and have suffered the same problems as mentioned here.
I have a D500c on Neutrio image.

Luckily I have a backup of the imgae, So I have reflashed the image, back to the box using dreamup (easy way for me).
I then did a scan using all Transponders and using CABLEUKSYM6952 instead of using Bruteforce which has been mentioned loads on here. Anyway, I now have all channels up and running. I hope that this is of some use to the people on this board..... Hopefully.

Cheers Dj Flame:devil:

[tony_simo]

OK I have a theory on this... I too am missing a few channels and they have the correct EPG... I too have done a million re-scans and have also gone down the route of trying 2 different images DW2.1 and DK1.1 these both still have the same problem... Now My sister also has a box and hers works fine... off the same exchange in Liverpool.... Also I have a friend who has a Dbox who lives off the same street cabinet as me and he is getting all the channels no problem (after a re-scan).... Now I believe that the dreambox's tuner is not as sensitive as a dbox or any other dodgy box come to that and I believe this is the issue... but I am not able to find a signal booster that works...

If anyone has any suggestions as to how to boost the signal on a VM cable then please let me know and we could try it... Or on that matter please find a solution to this issue as this is happening all around the country...

Regards

[Saltire]

OK I have a theory on this... I too am missing a few channels and they have the correct EPG... I too have done a million re-scans and have also gone down the route of trying 2 different images DW2.1 and DK1.1 these both still have the same problem... Now My sister also has a box and hers works fine... off the same exchange in Liverpool.... Also I have a friend who has a Dbox who lives off the same street cabinet as me and he is getting all the channels no problem (after a re-scan).... Now I believe that the dreambox's tuner is not as sensitive as a dbox or any other dodgy box come to that and I believe this is the issue... but I am not able to find a signal booster that works...

If anyone has any suggestions as to how to boost the signal on a VM cable then please let me know and we could try it... Or on that matter please find a solution to this issue as this is happening all around the country...

Regards

if your theory was correct then that would mean a few weeks/month ago that hundreds if not thousands of people were effected with a sudden signal issue, and therefore this would mean that virgin for some reason fluctuated the signal level all over the uk, and then people lost some channels, seems strange, but not Impossible, the very strange thing is though that some people can simply do a scan and get the channels back and some cant, its weird.

I also have this problem, i have a couple of boosters that work good, but as of yet i have not even tried them for this issue, cant be botherd as the channels i have missing are ones that i dont care about, but i will get round to it at some point, lol.

Just buy any plug in electric tv aerial signal booster mate, MAKE sure it have a variable gain control so that you can turn the signal up n down, they aint that expensive, maybe 20quid or something like that, been years since i bought mines, and they do work very very well if you have a weak signal on your dreambox, i am proof of that.

[Saltire]

Ok Guys, I'm a newbie myself and have suffered the same problems as mentioned here.
I have a D500c on Neutrio image.

Luckily I have a backup of the imgae, So I have reflashed the image, back to the box using dreamup (easy way for me).
I then did a scan using all Transponders and using CABLEUKSYM6952 instead of using Bruteforce which has been mentioned loads on here. Anyway, I now have all channels up and running. I hope that this is of some use to the people on this board..... Hopefully.

Cheers Dj Flame:devil:

correct me if i am wrong, you scanned the 6952 frequency which is or was telewest, i am guessing your area used to be run by telewest until the ntl/virgin takeover ? correct ?

If not, are you in a pure ntl area, pure ntl is an area that has always been owned by ntl until virgin took over.

Please let us know.

Thanks.

[mm009b]

zanderrfc after scan do reeboot mate or restart cheers hope this helps

[mm009b]

i just rescaned then restarted they all came back i never deleted anything hope this helps folks !

[tony_simo]

if your theory was correct then that would mean a few weeks/month ago that hundreds if not thousands of people were effected with a sudden signal issue, and therefore this would mean that virgin for some reason fluctuated the signal level all over the uk, and then people lost some channels, seems strange, but not Impossible, the very strange thing is though that some people can simply do a scan and get the channels back and some cant, its weird.

I also have this problem, i have a couple of boosters that work good, but as of yet i have not even tried them for this issue, cant be botherd as the channels i have missing are ones that i dont care about, but i will get round to it at some point, lol.

Just buy any plug in electric tv aerial signal booster mate, MAKE sure it have a variable gain control so that you can turn the signal up n down, they aint that expensive, maybe 20quid or something like that, been years since i bought mines, and they do work very very well if you have a weak signal on your dreambox, i am proof of that.

I have bought a plug in booster but it seems to make all my channels disappear so this has not worked... I thought that ordinary boosters could not work because they are in a different frequency range to TW signal, maybe I'm wrong... Yes I am in a TW area and I believe that when they changed the channels a few weeks ago the frequencies changed and some frequencies are stronger than others depending on the characteristics of the line and also climate etc....I seem to have always had signal issues with my box with some channels freezing up now and then and some channels not even there... like I have never been able to get S**1 and 2&3 being bad signal...

Just a thought...

regards

[Saltire]

I have bought a plug in booster but it seems to make all my channels disappear so this has not worked... I thought that ordinary boosters could not work because they are in a different frequency range to TW signal, maybe I'm wrong... Yes I am in a TW area and I believe that when they changed the channels a few weeks ago the frequencies changed and some frequencies are stronger than others depending on the characteristics of the line and also climate etc....I seem to have always had signal issues with my box with some channels freezing up now and then and some channels not even there... like I have never been able to get S**1 and 2&3 being bad signal...

Just a thought...

regards

ah i thought so.

depends on where you put the booster mate, you need the booster right at the point where the tv feed comes into the house from outside if possible, you dont want it away on the end of the cable if you have a run of cable in the house, long bits of cable gather interfierence, and therefore if you put the booster at the wrong end it will also boost the interfierence, so make sure the booster is as close to the cable coming into the house as possible (the one that goes to your tv box).

apart from that, if your booster has a gain control like i said previously, you cant always turn it up full, sometime half way up or 3/4 of way up is ok, but sometimes up full makes it even worse, and then theres another problem, if your signal was too strong, thats as bad as too weak, but ive not really heard of signals being too strong before, easy way to tell is stick you box on a channel that is perfect and never breaks up, and look at the signal levels, the ber and snr etc, and then post back with details, remember though, follow what i said above or you will make things worse.

[tony_simo]

ah i thought so.

depends on where you put the booster mate, you need the booster right at the point where the tv feed comes into the house from outside if possible, you dont want it away on the end of the cable if you have a run of cable in the house, long bits of cable gather interfierence, and therefore if you put the booster at the wrong end it will also boost the interfierence, so make sure the booster is as close to the cable coming into the house as possible (the one that goes to your tv box).

apart from that, if your booster has a gain control like i said previously, you cant always turn it up full, sometime half way up or 3/4 of way up is ok, but sometimes up full makes it even worse, and then theres another problem, if your signal was too strong, thats as bad as too weak, but ive not really heard of signals being too strong before, easy way to tell is stick you box on a channel that is perfect and never breaks up, and look at the signal levels, the ber and snr etc, and then post back with details, remember though, follow what i said above or you will make things worse.

OK I'll give it a go later as I have to go out for a bit.... Thanks I'll keep you posted... PS have you tried this already... I may be barking up the wrong tree... Also I used to have an Attenuator on my line but I took it out when I put a splitter on because my signal was messed up after putting another signal to my bedroom... This may suggest it being too strong also...

OK a few things to try... ill let you know...

[Saltire]

OK I'll give it a go later as I have to go out for a bit.... Thanks I'll keep you posted... PS have you tried this already... I may be barking up the wrong tree... Also I used to have an Attenuator on my line but I took it out when I put a splitter on because my signal was messed up after putting another signal to my bedroom... This may suggest it being too strong also...

OK a few things to try... ill let you know...

attenuator or anything on the line will degrade the signal, for each split you have it drops a good bit, but if you have splits with tvs and modems connected then you need a different type of booster, modem signal booster is different, so if your doing that then that will cause problems, you need to come back later and tell me what you have connected from where the cables actually comes into the house to where it evetually ends, speak to you later.

[tony_simo]

well the plot thickens... Turns out I have a book shelf in the way of my incoming VM junction box and am unable to move it as I have had new windows put in and the new window ledge will not get past it...."great planning" i hear you say so I am stuck...!!! unable to get a booster before any splitters and such.... What now...

[tony_simo]

attenuator or anything on the line will degrade the signal, for each split you have it drops a good bit, but if you have splits with tvs and modems connected then you need a different type of booster, modem signal booster is different, so if your doing that then that will cause problems, you need to come back later and tell me what you have connected from where the cables actually comes into the house to where it evetually ends, speak to you later.

I do have modems and tv's connected... what type of booster do I need...

[lord muck]

Good evening. Does anyone know which channels are lost with the change over? is it just the sports, movies and ppv channels? what about the discovery and sky1,2,3?

[solo-g]

I've now lost all the channels inc free ones like ITV2. Tried four different images and endless re-scans.

[cgscott]

What area are you in. time and time again this is said but no area is given.

Also read the forum as maintenance is ongoing nationwide which means the boxes go down for some time. Anything from 1 hr to 24 hours.

Endless recans wont bring back the channels but what will is being patient and trying in every couple of hours.

You will always get FTA channels bbc etc so its defo maintenance in your area.

[lord muck]

you say you get the fta channels with the switch over? like fiver and five usa etc?

[solo-g]

What area are you in. time and time again this is said but no area is given.

Also read the forum as maintenance is ongoing nationwide which means the boxes go down for some time. Anything from 1 hr to 24 hours.

Endless recans wont bring back the channels but what will is being patient and trying in every couple of hours.

You will always get FTA channels bbc etc so its defo maintenance in your area.

I'm in Watford. As per patience, its been 5 days. Not moaning just stating facts!

[cgscott]

Well thankyou for stating facts.

Maybe a factory reset and re-inserting the keys.

If you dont recieve free channels the something is wrong.

Dont cry about it mate.

We are only here to help. Just the way you worded it seemed like you were panicking and if its been 5 days why not mention that in the first place?

If not maybe your tuner is gone on the box.

[bugaloo41]

mate if your in watford from what i gather the end of the road has come. they are now N3.

[jonjowilson]

Hi wokeup this morning both my DM500 C are down
Shit Shit Shit SHIT!!!!!!!

[stavo]

they are not down in teeside m8 just a rescan required

[Saltire]

I do have modems and tv's connected... what type of booster do I need...


well the plot thickens... Turns out I have a book shelf in the way of my incoming VM junction box and am unable to move it as I have had new windows put in and the new window ledge will not get past it...."great planning" i hear you say so I am stuck...!!! unable to get a booster before any splitters and such.... What now...



well in that case mate, if your modem is working fine and i guess it is, then you dont need one for that, but you can put one on the tv feed, if at all possible try and connect the boost straight after the splitter, you know like splitter-boooster-------------dreambox, always remember that longer pieces of cable cause more interfierence on the line, so thers not much point in boosting all the noise, so you put the booster as close to the splitter as you can if possible, if its not possible then you'll just need to do what you can with what you got, should still be ok if you just dont have big crazy massive long stretch''s of cable, lol, and your modem/s will be on the other feed from the splitter i guess, so they should be fine, but if they are on the same feed as the tv feed then you need a slightly different type of booster that will do the dreambox and the modems signal, this is the one i have for doing both >>>>

Konig Pro30 Cable TV/Modem Signal Amplifier Booster NTL on eBay (end time 24-Feb-10 11:48:23 GMT) (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Konig-Pro30-Cable-TV-Modem-Signal-Amplifier-Booster-NTL_W0QQitemZ230404467975QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Con Ele_SatCableFreeview_RL?hash=item35a52d2d07)

or one something like this if its just for the tv, i used one of these too, they work good >>>

3 Way TV Aerial Booster with Aerial Leads on eBay (end time 27-Feb-10 23:38:58 GMT) (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-Way-TV-Aerial-Booster-with-Aerial-Leads_W0QQitemZ250585548694QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_C onElec_TVAerials_RL?hash=item3a58100796)

(thats called an "one for all" booster with variable gain control)

Its a real pity you cant get that yellow one and put it before the splitter, that would be a huge benefit as compared to after the splitter :(

remember whatever you do, dont jump in feet first and wack the booster up full blast, thats sometimes makes things worse, you need to play with it and check the signals on channels, ber and snr levels etc etc.

let us know how it goes.

[Kashinoda]

Gah! My family on the phone crying to me about lost channels, they're in Southend-on-Sea and I'm in Plymouth so there's nothing I can do.

Asked them to do a brute scan and nothings happened they just have Channels 1-5, everything fine up this end though.

Is Southend an N3 area now?

[cunny]

tell them to check all cable feed, as should still get fta channels

[Kashinoda]

tell them to check all cable feed, as should still get fta channels

That was my mistake, brother just told me they do actually have all the free to air channels ala E4 etc. which is something!

Any tips on what to do to get channels back? He brute scanned when it went down a week ago, would it be worth trying again now with a restart?

Cheers

[cunny]

did he factory reset box? if so reflash the box, can be done quite easily following guides on here

[Kashinoda]

did he factory reset box? if so reflash the box, can be done quite easily following guides on here

Yeah he brute scanned then done a factory reset, does that screw the box up then? (I assumed the keys would remain intact)

He can barely download a torrent let along flash a box they'll have to wait until easter for me to do it lol!

[mrwendel]

all my channels went last night just after midnight,im in grimsby.
tried a few ewscans,bruteforce,6887 and nothing at the min,i mate originally set mine up for me so im abit lost what to do.
kids are going to slaughter me lol,any ideas chaps?

[mrwendel]

just done another rescan on 6887 and then rebooted,got most channels back but no movies,some channels appear 4 or 5 times,loads of reginal ones.

[dj flame]

correct me if i am wrong, you scanned the 6952 frequency which is or was telewest, i am guessing your area used to be run by telewest until the ntl/virgin takeover ? correct ?

If not, are you in a pure ntl area, pure ntl is an area that has always been owned by ntl until virgin took over.

Please let us know.

Thanks.


Correct Sir, I'm in ex televest area!

[Deaf_Raiders]

Why is everyone scanning bruteforce? Am scanning 6952 for ex TW. In Lanarkshire area.

[tony_simo]

well in that case mate, if your modem is working fine and i guess it is, then you dont need one for that, but you can put one on the tv feed, if at all possible try and connect the boost straight after the splitter, you know like splitter-boooster-------------dreambox, always remember that longer pieces of cable cause more interfierence on the line, so thers not much point in boosting all the noise, so you put the booster as close to the splitter as you can if possible, if its not possible then you'll just need to do what you can with what you got, should still be ok if you just dont have big crazy massive long stretch''s of cable, lol, and your modem/s will be on the other feed from the splitter i guess, so they should be fine, but if they are on the same feed as the tv feed then you need a slightly different type of booster that will do the dreambox and the modems signal, this is the one i have for doing both >>>>

Konig Pro30 Cable TV/Modem Signal Amplifier Booster NTL on eBay (end time 24-Feb-10 11:48:23 GMT) (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Konig-Pro30-Cable-TV-Modem-Signal-Amplifier-Booster-NTL_W0QQitemZ230404467975QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Con Ele_SatCableFreeview_RL?hash=item35a52d2d07)

or one something like this if its just for the tv, i used one of these too, they work good >>>

3 Way TV Aerial Booster with Aerial Leads on eBay (end time 27-Feb-10 23:38:58 GMT) (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-Way-TV-Aerial-Booster-with-Aerial-Leads_W0QQitemZ250585548694QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_C onElec_TVAerials_RL?hash=item3a58100796)

(thats called an "one for all" booster with variable gain control)

Its a real pity you cant get that yellow one and put it before the splitter, that would be a huge benefit as compared to after the splitter :(

remember whatever you do, dont jump in feet first and wack the booster up full blast, thats sometimes makes things worse, you need to play with it and check the signals on channels, ber and snr levels etc etc.

let us know how it goes.

OK looks like I figured out a way around the issue.... It's very long winded and took me hours to do but I am sure someone can write a fix for this....

What I did was do an automatic transponder scan for every TW location in the list of DK1.1 image.... started from A and worked thru to Z....

Not only did all my channels come back I got a load of channels I never had....

I cannot figure out why a bruteforce scan did not pick up all the channels but I'm sure someone will have the brain power to figure it out...

Also if someone can rewrite the location's list I have all the channels in the liverpool area...

any questions just put it on this post...

[Saltire]

OK looks like I figured out a way around the issue.... It's very long winded and took me hours to do but I am sure someone can write a fix for this....

What I did was do an automatic transponder scan for every TW location in the list of DK1.1 image.... started from A and worked thru to Z....

Not only did all my channels come back I got a load of channels I never had....

I cannot figure out why a bruteforce scan did not pick up all the channels but I'm sure someone will have the brain power to figure it out...

Also if someone can rewrite the location's list I have all the channels in the liverpool area...

any questions just put it on this post...

i dont follow you mate, can you please tell us in a bit more depth exactly what you done ?
take a few photos or summit to if it makes it easier.

[tony_simo]

i dont follow you mate, can you please tell us in a bit more depth exactly what you done ?
take a few photos or summit to if it makes it easier.

I'll try without the images first...

OK in the DK 1.1 image.... when you do an automatic transponder scan you have locations... e.g Liverpool, Abbeydale, Acton-London etc... well what I done was to go into everyone starting with Barnes (because this was the first (TW) one...), As I live in an ex TW area I just went thru all the TW locations.

So I started with Barnes then Barnsley, Basildon, Bath etc.... Scanned each one individually....

Everytime I found more TV channels.... so I just kept on going untill I reached Woodgreen...

This resolved the matter of the channels and found some extra channels.... Not sure why the bruteforce scan did not pick up these channels...

I dont think I got all the ~~~~ channels tho and the Box office channels but I'm sure someone will have and share those....

If you need more explination I will do some screen shots tomorrow if needed... It's been a long day

[mharper200]

just got the 500c, what do i need to download to get it up and running??new to all this,cheers

[Saltire]

I'll try without the images first...

OK in the DK 1.1 image.... when you do an automatic transponder scan you have locations... e.g Liverpool, Abbeydale, Acton-London etc... well what I done was to go into everyone starting with Barnes (because this was the first (TW) one...), As I live in an ex TW area I just went thru all the TW locations.

So I started with Barnes then Barnsley, Basildon, Bath etc.... Scanned each one individually....

Everytime I found more TV channels.... so I just kept on going untill I reached Woodgreen...

This resolved the matter of the channels and found some extra channels.... Not sure why the bruteforce scan did not pick up these channels...

I dont think I got all the ~~~~ channels tho and the Box office channels but I'm sure someone will have and share those....

If you need more explination I will do some screen shots tomorrow if needed... It's been a long day

i use DW 2.1, i cant say i remember seeing different locations, hmmm.

[tony_simo]

i use DW 2.1, i cant say i remember seeing different locations, hmmm.

I think it's only available in DK 1.1....

anyway I think my coments are a load of crap because I noticed that my channels had gone again....

but I started again and I only used Barnes and Barnsley and they have brought back the channels in my location....

If the same is happening to you then the only thing I can suggest is to load the DK 1.1 image and then go thru the list and everytime you find channels then look in the program list to see if they have come back...

Are you in the liverpool area then I could maybe send you the frequencies they are on...

[Saltire]

I think it's only available in DK 1.1....

anyway I think my coments are a load of crap because I noticed that my channels had gone again....

but I started again and I only used Barnes and Barnsley and they have brought back the channels in my location....

If the same is happening to you then the only thing I can suggest is to load the DK 1.1 image and then go thru the list and everytime you find channels then look in the program list to see if they have come back...

Are you in the liverpool area then I could maybe send you the frequencies they are on...

not in liverpool mate, in glasgow.

[Saltire]

anyone got dk 1.1 image fully setup for scotland pure ntl and channels in order in bouquets etc ? all ready to flash an go in other word s?

i'am not in any hurry as my box is ok just now, but i wanted to try dk1.1 to see if i could get these missing channels back.

cheers.

p.m if you can help, eh ?

[audreyr]

i have a dreambox 500c but when i scan i get unknown channels and nothing appears can you help

[Saltire]

I think it's only available in DK 1.1....

anyway I think my coments are a load of crap because I noticed that my channels had gone again....

but I started again and I only used Barnes and Barnsley and they have brought back the channels in my location....

If the same is happening to you then the only thing I can suggest is to load the DK 1.1 image and then go thru the list and everytime you find channels then look in the program list to see if they have come back...

Are you in the liverpool area then I could maybe send you the frequencies they are on...

pm'd you mate.

[Kashinoda]

i have a dreambox 500c but when i scan i get unknown channels and nothing appears can you help

This thread is for people who've had their box working fine and now have missing channels.

There is a 'n00bie' thread here please use it:
http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f34/total-noobs-guide-setting-up-dm500c-6848/

[porker]

i use DW 2.1, i cant say i remember seeing different locations, hmmm.


Press:-
blue, blue, 4

Should allow you to set your location on the DW 2.1 image

p

[svastarija]

thanks for info

[mad1966]

Im am in what is described as an Original NTL area, now VM I had lost ss1 and ss3 maybe some other chanels for the last 4 weeks. Have them back. Do a service search and choose CableUK Sym6887. This then connected me to a transponder with a lock. It scanned and all my missing channels have come back. Hope this helps you.

[warmer82]

for people with dm500c dw 2.1 neutrino who are still missing channels after re scan( this will not work for areas in n3 stream).

on a channel press blue... tuxbox commander... Var.. tuxbox...config....zapit... delete services.xml..... delete bouquets.xml. if you cant see these press on the (..) to bring you to the root.

Reboot.

should say no channel rescan.

for fast scan put in your network id, freq, S/R. find this on net or here.

for enigma images delete non working channels in provider and bouquets rescan..........

[shipdus]

hi, im having some problems with my dm500c. sky sports 1, mtv, and most channels work, except for the sky movies and other channels, i have ftp'd and put the keys and roms where there supposed to be. i have another dm500c, and it works perfect, dont know what the problem is. im on dk 1.1
pls help!! cheers

[warmer82]

go to channel that dont work bouquets and normal menu delete. rescan if theres no delete option go to tuxbox var config delete service xml rescan........

[shipdus]

thanks, but i just read now, that nagra3 has arrived in east london, i live in walthamstow, looks like my box is dead, r.i.p dm500c

[cactikid]

3.7Software is followed by ------- new cards then --------- Nag 3---------NO BOXES WILL WORK (apart for VM boxes)
3.7 Software is for VM boxes only NOT Starview ect





Current areas on 3.7


- Aylesbury
- Barnsley (Set to receive new cards)
- Bedfordshire including Bedford Sandy, Biggleswade, Dunstable, Luton (Set to receive new cards)
- Belfast
- Bells Hill
- Bolton
- Bradford (Set to receive new cards)
- Brighton (Receiving new cards)
- Cambridge
- Cardiff
- Casltford (Set to receive new cards)
- Cheltenham
- Chesham
- Cheshire including Warrington, Widnes, Runcorn
- Chiltern Hills
- Cleethorpes (Set to receive new cards)
- Coventry
- Croxley Green
- Derbyshire (Receiving new cards)
- Dorset including Bournemouth, Poole
- Dunbartonshire in Scotland
- Dundee in Scotland
- Durham
- East Anglia
- Essex including Harlo, Romford, Ilford, Rainham
- Falkirk in Scotland
- Fife in Scotland
- Gateshead
- Glasgow in Scotland
- Grimsby (Set to receive new cards)
- Halifax (Set to receive new cards)
- Hampshire including Gosport, Aldershot, Farnborough
- Harrogate
- Hartlepool
- Hertfordshire including Stevenage, Hemel Hempstead, Bishops Stortford Watford, Rickmansworth South Hertfordshire, (Hitchin, Letchworth, St Albans, Ware, Hertford, Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, receiving new cards)
- High Wycombe
- Horley
- Huddersfield
- Humberside
- Immingham (Set to receive new cards)
- Keighley (Set to receive new cards)
- Kent including Bexley, Dartford (Swanley, Ashford, Dover receiving new cards)
- Kirklees including Dewsbury, Batley, Mirfield
- Lancashire including Chorley, Preston, Burnley, Nelson, Accrington, Colne, Blackburn
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds
- Leicestershire (Set to receive new cards)
- Lincolnshire (Set to receive new cards as part of Nottingham headend)
- Liverpool
- London 41050 including Harrow, Wembley, Lewisham, Hackney East London, South London, Seven Kings, (Hounslow, West London, Hayes, Heston receiving new cards)
- Lothian in Scotland including (Edinburgh Set to receive new cards)
- Manchester including Swinton, Salford, Stretford, Stockport, Wigan
- Middlesbrough
- Middlesex including Staines, Enfield, Northwood (Receiving new cards)
- Newcastle
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Newport
- Northamptonshire
- North & South Lanarkshire in Scotland
- North Shields
- Norwich (Set to receive new cards)
- Nottinghamshire (Set to receive new cards)
- Oldham
- Oxford
- Paisley in Scotland
- Peterborough
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Rotherham
- Rugby
- Scun'thorpe
- Sheffield
- Solent (Set to receive new cards)
- Southampton (Receiving new cards)
- Southend-on-Sea
- South Humberside (Set to receive new cards as part of Nottingham headend)
- South Shields
- South Tyneside
- South Wales
- St. Helens
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sunderland
- Surrey including Guildford, Woking, Frimley, Farnham, Camberley, Epsom, Croydon, Kingston Upon Thames
- Sussex including Crawley (Receiving new cards as part of Brighton headend )
- Swansea
- Swindon
- Teesside (Set to receive new cards)
- Tonbridge including Tonbridge wells, Edenbridge, Lower Surrey (Set to receive new cards)
- Uddingston in Scotland (Set to receive new cards)
- Wessex
- Wirral
- York


Areas switched over to Nagra 3

- Acton London
- Aylesbury
- Barking
- Batley
- Bexleyheath
- Bournemouth
- Chesham
- Chiltern Hills
- Chingford
- Dagenham
- Dartford
- Dewsbury
- East Ham London
- East London
- Essex 1 (NTL/Excw parts only)
- Harrogate
- Huddersfield (NTL parts only)
- Ilford
- Kirklees
- Leeds
- Mirfield
- Poole
- Rainham
- Rickmansworth
- Romford (Excw parts only)
- Seven Kings
- Shepherds Bush
- South Hertfordshire
- St Albans (Excw parts only)
- Upton Park
- Waltham Abbey
- Walthamstow
- Watford
- Wessex
- West Yorkshire (NTL parts only)
- York

[warmer82]

looks like card sharing then !!!!

[Saltire]

argggggggggg, ballocks, now i have refalshed dw 2.1, got the original missing channels back like E4 and film4 etc, and now sky sports 2 is missing, lol

[Saltire]

argggggggggg, ballocks, now i have refalshed dw 2.1, got the original missing channels back like E4 and film4 etc, and now sky sports 2 is missing, lol

aRRRRRRRRGGG AGAIN :puke:

I CAN SEE ME SMASHING THIS STUPID DREAMBOX TO BITS :(

[Prablo]

So what now? can anything be done about this? can i get any of my channels back ? Please help?

[Saltire]

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f34/u-lost-some-channels-100-fix-here-100903/

[brooko]

hi everyone

new member today,quite nervy?[sad i know] do not know how it all works yet so be patient,

got dreambox dm500-c last october all scanned for me but lost sports 1 and 3, 2 weeks ago tried scan and re boot but nothing just error channel not available,got nuetrino 2.0,i am not an expert so could someone help me it may be a simple solution,i am in west midlands,

thanks in advance

[woodsa037]

hi my i deleted something off of my dreambox and tried to research all the channels because i only had a few and now it searches and says i have all of them but says there is no service available so cant view any now, what do i do to fix it?

[woodsa037]

hi my i deleted something off of my dreambox and tried to research all the channels because i only had a few and now it searches and says i have all of them but says there is no service available so cant view any now, what do i do to fix it?
o its a dreambox 500c by the way

[caly93]

hi i am new to this like and i will like some help on my fta box 101 i cnt get any of my channels to work go to change channel and the box frezes on me HELP PLEASE

[romeospadre]

hi i am new to this like and i will like some help on my fta box 101 i cnt get any of my channels to work go to change channel and the box frezes on me HELP PLEASE


Thanks:pepsi:

[Ballistic]

nothing can be done to fix this so use your dreambox for something else.