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    Default Guide: Getting The Best From Your 500 Series Dreambox

    Hi all

    Over the last 10 days Ive been putting together a tutorial for you all.


    Ive tried to include every bit of info i can find to make it as complete as possible.

    Hope it helps

    Have fun

    If you come across anything Ive missed pm me and ill amend it

    Update If you CANNOT Download this file it is because you have not posted in this forum, goto the introduction section make a post and wait 20 mins then all should be well

    And please DO NOT make posts about this is wrong with my box how do i sort it...that's what the general dreambox forum is for, go and read some posts

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    Awesome for a dreambox noob like myself thanking you

    "Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot."

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    This is the best i've ever seen... Have you posted it in the Satellite Dreambox section..?

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    yes even from a pro like myself well done m8

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    Fantastic! A wonderful collation of guides and information, well done!

    Sticky'd!
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    I'm moving house shorlty and I've been thinkin about getting myself a dreambox to go in it. This will be a great help. Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by opsmonkey View Post
    This is the best i've ever seen... Have you posted it in the Satellite Dreambox section..?
    Hmm no because its a cable guide, i was toying with adding the extra stuff for sat to it so it covered both but i know nowt about sat.

    maybe someone will advise

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    Can someone confirm how many posts you need to make before being able to download?

    I joined as a complete novice to research and have a go - just ordered an openmedia 500cs hence interested in the 500 guide

    This looks like just the job but I don't have permission to download, looks like I have to post 1st but don't want to post for the sake of it.

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    about 15 to 20 mins mate welcome to dk

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    Brilliant Guide....dreambox arrived today so i envisage a long night ;o)

    First question i've just pluged in straight out of box to see what's on there now but when i do a auto scan on the 2 transponder available to me they do not lock or sync to any channels is this normal? or should i be able to see fta based in Belfast on vm

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    Never had a brand new image so i couldnt say
    i would suggest looking at the stickies and getting the latest image DK 1.1 i believe and install that and add the "magic" files to make it all come alive

    Reading will be your biggest asset right now

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    Default ive f****d up my dreambox

    ok peeps ive actually killed my dreambox! Help! I was following Chimaeras guide and I was trying to flash a new DK 1.1 image which contains the hypercam fix. Now because I dont have a null cable to hand I decided to follow the telnet guide to flash the new image to temp folder in dreanbox. i followed every step successfully until telnet erased my current files but didnt open and install my new image from temp file like the guide says it should. Now i have a blank screen nothing! filezilla or telnet cant even find my ip address of the box it would appear to be completely wiped!! Any ideas please ?
    Last edited by darcor; 16th July, 2009 at 12:18 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by darcor View Post
    ok peeps ive actually killed my dreambox! Help! I was following Chimaeras guide and I was trying to flash a new DK 1.1 image which contains the hypercam fix. Now because I dont have a null cable to hand I decided to follow the telnet guide to flash the new image to temp folder in dreanbox. i followed every step successfully until telnet erased my current files but didnt open and install my new image from temp file like the guide says it should. Now i have a blank screen nothing! filezilla or telnet cant even find my ip address of the box it would appear to be completely wiped!! Any ideas please ?
    did you actually ftp your new image across before you used this command?



    If you didnt do this step and jumped to the step

    cd /tmp && eraseall /dev/mtd/3 && cp backup.img /dev/mtd/3 && reboot then yes you have deleted your image

    because the files werent there for the reboot part which is the last bit of the line.

    So you are going to have to get a null cable and follow the Dreamup section in the Howto to get going again.

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    Hi M8,

    You will have to go back to the start again & get yourself a null modem cable & use dreamup & flash the box with the dkv1.1 image ,it is the best option. The cable is not very expensive. then you can use flash XP or Filezilla to move the rest of the files to you dreambox.

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    thanks lads im up and running with a working dk 1.1 image and all is well


    Would just like to say a big thank you to all the regulars who give us their time and patience answering the same stupid questions over and over again. I, like so many others, will leave here now only to land back in a month or 10 when the next crisis happens and the same regulars are still here still helping and guiding us..........again thanks guys for your help and time

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