DB500S Won't display some channels after doing a transpod. scan :\

[meddi83]

Hi guys,

I updated my dbox 500s with Nabilo Dakrstar . After doing a transpod. scan it won't display some channels of the Nova Greece provider nova (http://www.nova.gr/eng/channelslist.asp)

IE:


Service Name
Boomerang
Chasse & Peche
E! Entertainment
GAMES
Mad Radio
Nova Promo
novacinema3
novasports highlights
novasports4
novasports6
Playboy TV
Private Spice
The History Channel



All those channel's won't show up - I even tried a manual search using the frequencies but nothing.

I don't want to access them - I just want them to be displayed in the list. What could cause this problem?

Thank you

[meddi83]

(I even tried getting a hotbird satellites.xml file from that satellites-xml website but still nothing)

[opsmonkey]

you say you have only done a transponder scan.. you do know not all the Nova channels are on the same transponder.. have you tried a full scan of 13E.??

[meddi83]

you say you have only done a transponder scan.. you do know not all the Nova channels are on the same transponder.. have you tried a full scan of 13E.??

Yes, I did a FULL scan on 13E and found around a thousand of services but those specific channels are not listed. Thats when I did try a manual scan using the frequency of the specific channels but still no luck. What could be causing it ? :\

(btw I am using DarkStar for my DB500S. I have to mention here that doing a scan using a hotbird xml file from satellites.xml generator (http://satellites-xml.eu/) displays some more channels that the default scan with darkstar does not. But, in both cases, the channels I mentioned above will never show. I only remember seeing them once back when I first bought the dbox. Since then they disappeared)

[opsmonkey]

must be an image problem mate.. i've just done a full rescan of 13E and got all those channels using Gemini 4.2

Try a different image if you want them :)

[meddi83]

must be an image problem mate.. i've just done a full rescan of 13E and got all those channels using Gemini 4.2

Try a different image if you want them :)

Thanks for your replies mate. Which image would you suggest ? I know I cannot install Gemini as it will kill my clone DB500s :\

[opsmonkey]

You can install Gemini 4.2 onto a clone box.. the kills came in v4.3 and above..

DK v1.1 is a good one

have a look in here

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/dlcat-images-2/

[meddi83]

You can install Gemini 4.2 onto a clone box.. the kills came in v4.3 and above..

DK v1.1 is a good one

have a look in here

Digital Kaos - Downloads - Images (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/dlcat-images-2/)


Ok ill try that one and see if there're any results :-) Thank you

[meddi83]

Ok i am back :-)

After experiencing some problems I managed to install Gemini 4.20, but still, those channels mentioned above do not show up in the channels list :\

The only time I saw them was when I did my first scan when I first received the receiver with it's initial image (cant remember which it was though - my DB500s is a clone if that helps?).

A few days after receiving the receiver I flashed it with Darkstar and since then those channels are a no-show. Could it be that some settings of darkstar which caused the channels to disappear are still in the box, so, even after flashing with other images those channels are still a no-show ?

Because I cant think of any other reason why the channels do not appear in the channels list:\

[opsmonkey]

No.. assuming you did the flash erase no Darkstar settings are left..

Sound like it could be a tuner problem.. unless you havent made / downloaded the satellite.xml file proprerly..

wipe the satellites.xml file located in:

var/etc

replace it with this one (a copy of mine), unzip the file using WinRAR and extract the .xml file

Try a full rescan of Hotbird and any other satellites you view

See if that sorts it out ;)

[meddi83]

No.. assuming you did the flash erase no Darkstar settings are left..

Sound like it could be a tuner problem.. unless you havent made / downloaded the satellite.xml file proprerly..

wipe the satellites.xml file located in:

var/etc

replace it with this one (a copy of mine), unzip the file using WinRAR and extract the .xml file

Try a full rescan of Hotbird and any other satellites you view

See if that sorts it out ;)


arghh still no luck :(

[opsmonkey]

your tuner sounds dodgy

[meddi83]

opsmonkey: I tried the tuner at another place and all the channels work fine.

Trying it @ my place, only some of them work.

So my question now: Could it be the LNB wire/cable not making a good contact with the receiver?

Or could it be a problem with the satellite dish/lnb on it?

Thank you

[meddi83]

(Oh need to mention here that all the channels that work have a SNR of around 80% + .. whilst the ones that dont work have an SNR of less than 80.. usually around 70-72.. How can that be fixed?

thank you

[westkill]

opsmonkey: I tried the tuner at another place and all the channels work fine.

Trying it @ my place, only some of them work.

So my question now: Could it be the LNB wire/cable not making a good contact with the receiver?

Or could it be a problem with the satellite dish/lnb on it?

Thank you

i think youve answered your own question m8 :)
check it all from the
dish>lnb>cable>reciever

[opsmonkey]

As above..

Check your dish and LNB.. how old are they both..?
Check all the cabling for splits or breaks.
Are the ends seated correctly or are they too short / long..??

Have you a great big tree in the line of sight of your dish..??

[meddi83]

the thing is, i dont want to move the dish or anything because I dont know how to make it point to hotbird etc :\

the dish/lnb are about 5-6 years old.. and there's no tree in between the lnb/sky