dm500s motor set-up

[mdt]

i feel rather embarrased asking this question but is there a idiots guide on how to set a dm500s up for a motorised dish using diseque 1.2 and how to store positions and so on as im really struggleing with mine.

[kevin64]

Select Setup

Press MENU
Choose SETTINGS
Choose SERVICE SEARCHING
Choose MOTOR SETUP

If there is a X in the GOTO XX box then remove this.

Now press BLUE button for the next screen.

On this screen you see four boxes.

Set the top box to DRIVE TO 0
Press GREEN - this will set the dish to the center position.
Wait until the dish has stopped moving.

Your dish is now centered (Zero degrees)

Set the top box to POSITION
Set the second box (Satellite) to THOR 0.8W
Set the third box (Transponder) to 11229V - this is a good transponder for Thor

Move to the fourth box (DIRECTION) and use the left and right arrows on the remote to move the dish east or west. It is best to quickly press and release the arrow button a few times so you do not go past Thor.

Watch the on screen signal levels closely. Thor will be slightly East (probably) of Zero position. When you find thor you will see a good signal strength (around 85%) in the top two signal bars, and a low reading in the bottom signal bar.

You should also get a X in the two boxes LOCK and SYNC - but due to a software bug you will probably not get those X to appear on Thor.

Now press GREEN to save the position. Press GREEN again (twice) to accept the position number you are offered.

If you already have channel lists loaded into the Dreambox, ignore the next step

If you now need to scan any channels press BLUE to scan. On the Next screen, choose the satellite name again (in this case Thor) then press GREEN to start the scan. The dreambox will now look for a valid transponder and you must press GREEN once more when prompted on screen to actually scan the satelllite. Once you have scanned you will be asked if you wish to scan any more satellites - choose NO to return to the motor setup screen

Now you will program the next satellite positions....

Set the top box to POSITION
Set the second box (Satellite) to ASTRA/SIRIUS 5E
Set the third box (Transponder) to 11766 - this is a good transponder for Sirius

Move to the fourth box (DIRECTION) and use the arrow on the remote to move the dish EAST.

Watch the on screen signal levels closely. When you find Sirius you will see a good signal strength (around 85%) in the top two signal bars, and a low reading in the bottom signal bar. You also get a X in the two boxes LOCK and SYNC. Once you find Sirius, tweak the dish slightly east or west to get the highest signal reading.

Press GREEN to store
Press BLue to scan (if needed)

Now repeat the above procedure for the following satellites - each time moving further EAST until you get a signal and LOCK/SYNC boxes show an X

Store each satellite at the offered position number.

Each satellite is listed here with a good transponder frequency for you to choose in the third box.

Thor 0.8W 11229 H 24500
Astra/Sirius 5E 11766 H 27500
Eutelsat W3A 7E 11175 V 27500 or 11492 V 30000
Hotbird 13E use default transponder
Eutelsat W2 16E 11092 V 32000 or 11449 H 27500
Astra 1 19E use default transponder
Astra 2 28E use default transponder

Now you have programmed all the Eastern Satellites we will do the Western ones

First return the dish back to the centre by choosing DRIVE TO 0 in the top box and pressing the Green button

Once the dish has centered, Select POSITION in the top box and repeat the above procedure for the Western satelllites - this time moving the dish WEST to locate each satellite

Here are the good transponder frequencies for the western satellites that we use.

12.5W 11014 H 20150 or 12515 H 17455
15W 11060 H 18386 or 11124 H 18386
30W 12012 V 27500 or 12303 V 27500


Now you have programmed all the motor spoitions you can select channels from your channel list as normal. and the dish will move to the correct location automatically.
Then Service Searching

Select Satellite config

If you have Diseqc select the appropriate if not select your setup (mine is run through a 36v positioner so mine is non standard)

Select Auto transponder scan and select the satellite you wish to scan if you have a satellite on a positioner start on astra and scan then move onto hotbird etc, If you have no positioner and just a dish pointing at one satellite you need to scan for that.

You will see SNR and AGC when you get a Lock and Sync start scan, after a few moments the scan will be complete and you should now be able to view the free channels, if thats it ok if not repeat the above to scan other satellites.

[Wingnut]

i must say what a very good tut thanks mate

[kevin64]

thats ok but i cannot take the credit all i dun was to no were to look for the anwsers to your question all the anwser are out there if you no were to look and i had a 500 5 years ago before the clones hit the market but i have a clone 800 now and it great

[Curious123]

thats ok but i cannot take the credit all i dun was to no were to look for the anwsers to your question all the anwser are out there if you no were to look and i had a 500 5 years ago before the clones hit the market but i have a clone 800 now and it great

I wish I had discovered sat 5 years ago but I guess I should be grateful I discovered cable 5 years ago. I am having trouble deciding wether to buy clone or or original. Where did you buy your clone dm800?

[kevin64]

i brought mine from china but would not rekomend it if i had seen them over here for the same price i would have brought it here think i pay about 150 +40ppfor it then customs put another 15 on it and then if you got any trouble with it cost you 30/40 to send it backso it not such a good deal i would rekomend think at the time linux just drop his price to 220 and i would have payed a little bit more because it not to far to send it back if you got problems cable could watch that 12 years ago fta

[Curious123]

cable could watch that 12 years ago fta

Thanks for the info. I din't have cable in my area 12 years ago but I was 'good boy' then and didn't meddle with things but 5 years ago I discovered that things weren't as difficult as they looked and never looked back.

[kevin64]

if you dont want hd tv just get a 500s there good boxs m yold 500 still going strong not to far away from were i live

[smirnoff_rules]

moved into sat today and why l waited so long is beyond me , ld say to anyone now " move over cancel vm tv package " and use the money u save for a cline and never look back

[maca]

moved into sat today and why l waited so long is beyond me , ld say to anyone now " move over cancel vm tv package " and use the money u save for a cline and never look back

well done m8 hope to be joining you soon ..

[Curious123]

if you dont want hd tv just get a 500s there good boxs m yold 500 still going strong not to far away from were i live

I have not got myself a dm800 yet probably because I don't have a decent HD tv but I found the dm500 a good box to learn on but more trouble then their worth. I had an original dm600c to start with and then and clone dm500S which was pretty fustrating at times trying to get the max out of it and eventually gave up and got myself a clone dm600S. A dm800 is next on the list but it is just a question of a clone or original.

[Curious123]

moved into sat today and why l waited so long is beyond me , ld say to anyone now " move over cancel vm tv package " and use the money u save for a cline and never look back

I am sure one of us told you this a little while back but you didn't really believe us but hey welcome to the club. Unfortunately another 12 months or so the sat is going to go the same route as cable.

[smirnoff_rules]

I am sure one of us told you this a little while back but you didn't really believe us but hey welcome to the club. Unfortunately another 12 months or so the sat is going to go the same route as cable.

well its better than cable going off in a month ..

cant see how it can go the cable route ,, it went that way 2 years ago and its still ok , even when they blocked ecm on italy it was cracked 3 weeks later

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

Satellite will no go And die like cable, there are around 65 providers in the uk viewable. All 65 would have to change encryptions And cards And receivers, whats the cost going to be like? Digitalb hd i one of few which cannot be pirated Alongside showorbit new cards. Nova will be going to the same encryption used by showorbit next month to combat gamma but the more providers that go this way the harder cam teams will work to get back their tv. Sky italy tried ecm at different lengths And used blocks but soon a team came along And cracked it before making oscam.

[mdt]

dm500s

well ive been trying to set my motor up via the excellent tut posted by kevin64 but i havnt got past the first stage as the dm500 wont move the motor. it wont drive to zero it does nothing,so i try to go back to fixed on hotbird and now it says no-service. the only way i can get the box working again is unplug it for about half an hour then plug it back in to receive hotbird and it works fine, its done this a few times now and i am convinced that theres something wrong with the tuner. has anyone any idea,s?. i only use this dm500 for freesat in the bedroom and as such it doesnt get used that often and although its about 14 months old its like brand new. theres nothing wrong with the motor as when i plug a tm3200 or maxx1000 in it moves. has anyone else had similar problems with the 500s tuner?, i got the box off dvbmonkey along with2 dm500c boxs which are both running dk1.1 and are working fine. i could sell the dm500s but i it might do the same again and i dont want to stitch anyone up so i stuck with a brand new nearly dm500s that isnt being used to its potential. could it be a cap or something like that?.