[mrmarkone]

hi all.
just received my open media 500cs.
set it up for sat and cable,but have only tried the cable side at the moment.
my problem is on the cable setting, some of the channels don't display on the screen, its just blank,in the info box at the bottom there is a key symbol,this is showing up highlighted (blue in colour), I guess this is for the encrypted channels.
but itv4 which I believe is a FTA channel, the key in the info is blue and the TV screen is blank.
my second problem is that I have connected the box to my pc via a rj45 cable through my router, i open up flashfxp, put in the ip and all that,it says connected,
then after a few seconds, it says conection falied, conection lost,
I have read the user guide several times and cant find anything on this.

if any one as any idea it would be very much appreciated, as I am new to all this.

thank you.
mrmarkone

[max_gee]

Can you tell me when and where did you purchase your box from?

Also what image are you using for the cable side?

Max

[mrmarkone]

hi there max

brought this box online last week.

the image on it is the one it came with,

i haven't flashed it or anything at the moment.

just cant work out why some of the fta channels don't work,

and why it connects to pc then there is a loss of connection.

hope you can help.

mrmarkone

[calisto]

Originally Posted by mrmarkone hi all. but itv4 which I believe is a FTA channel, the key in the info is blue and the TV screen is blank. thank you. mrmarkone

Hi M8,

ITV 4 on cable is an encrypted channel, why I don't know.

You need to FTP across the special files from a working image to the box

[mrmarkone]

thanks calisto

I didn't know ITV 4 was encrypted on cable.

thanks m8

[portbhoy]

Originally Posted by mrmarkone thanks calisto I would FTP it if I could get it to stay connected to my pc.don't know if its the box the router or my pc. thanks for the info, I didn't know ITV 4 was encrypted on cable. thanks m8

What is your setup, how are you connecting to the box?

[satpink]

try dreambox control centre to connect to the box, as essentially thats what an openedia is.

[mrmarkone]

Originally Posted by portbhoy What is your setup, how are you connecting to the box?

hi portbhoy

I'm using win xp home,through a linksys 4 port router,a rj45 cable from port 4 of the router, flashfxp. I open up fxp turn on box, connect the box with IP show on TV in expert mode. fxp shows connecting to IP, connected to IP, then it says connection failed, connection lost, retry in 120 seconds.

hope this helps you to help me.

thanks mrmarkone

[max_gee]

try connect directly without a router.

disable dhcp on the box and set the ip to 192.168.1.10
on the pc's lac card set the ip to 192.168.1.19 and reset the pc and box.
then download coreftp (free ftp client) and connect to 192.168.1.10
remember the username is root
and password is openmedia

[mrmarkone]

Originally Posted by max_gee try connect directly without a router. disable dhcp on the box and set the ip to 192.168.1.10 on the pc's lac card set the ip to 192.168.1.19 and reset the pc and box. then download coreftp (free ftp client) and connect to 192.168.1.10 remember the username is root and password is openmedia

hi max_gee

tried al but still no good,the box is connecting but fails after a few seconds.saying connection lost.

the null modem cable works as i have flashed the image dk v1.1

thanks for your help

mark