Whaatt to do with a dreambox with cable tuners?

[brookey12]

Hey guys,
Ive been away from the dreambox scene for a while now, So anyway im back now and a little confused, Now as for me with Nagra 3 enctypting everything and you can't get the channels for free anymore my question is what is left to do with a Dreambox with a cable tuner inside it cause you can't watch the encrypted channels so what else do you use it for cause i don't see the point in having one unless you can watch the channels for free right??

I'm just asking cause im curious what people are doing with them since Nagra 3 took over.
So please don't have a go at me as its just im curious thats all cause i don't know what else to do with mine thats all.

Thanks

[Mjolinor]

Bin it

Watch what you can on it

Convert it to a sat box <<< not easy

[brookey12]

but in the Dreambox cable category people are still talking about stuff when they are using theres and stuff so why are they doing that??

[Mjolinor]

They are probably talking about card sharing which is a taboo subject in this forum

[mark8393]

[QUOTE=brookey12;1256410]but in the Dreambox cable category people are still talking about stuff when they are using theres and stuff so why are they doing that??[/QUO

singapore for example, you can still get free channels, not uk though. only way is to use a server

[TheCoder]

They are probably talking about card sharing which is a taboo subject in this forum

Exactly right, pretty much the same as for sat boxes. Cardsharing is really getting to be the only game in town presently although direct streaming is starting to gain some ground.

[brookey12]

Ok so theres card sharing for cable boxes as well?? i thought they were just for satellite boxes

[cactikid]

much harder to find as they are well hidden,maybe sell it and go the sat route.

and it is a taboo subject.

[Elric]

i got a mate to convert my dm500c into a 500s

[TheCoder]

i got a mate to convert my dm500c into a 500s

How much did it cost you ?

tbh, I wouldn't of thought it was viable to convert the things given the price of a replacement tuner and the time/effort involved when you can get a new sat unit for not much more than ?35.

[del18463]

what can you do with the 500c?

ive also been away for a while, im now legal on vm, justfound the old 500c and dusted it off and flashed the dk image to itn plugged in into my vm lead and nothing,can it still pick up the fta channels or should i bin it? im happy with the free channels if possible, thanks for any help given

[TheCoder]

ive also been away for a while, im now legal on vm, justfound the old 500c and dusted it off and flashed the dk image to itn plugged in into my vm lead and nothing,can it still pick up the fta channels or should i bin it? im happy with the free channels if possible, thanks for any help given

You should be able to get the fta channels although there aren't many of them.

[del18463]

thanks, but i cant get bugger all, wont even find anything when i scan

[TheCoder]

Well, several possibilities -

1/ The box is knackered

2/ The cable line is non-operational / not connected

3/ The parameters your using are incorrect, especially qam mode or symbol rate.

4/ Wrong image for the job - I'm not familiar with the the DK image but is it meant for cable boxes or sat boxes ?

If everything is ok then you should be able to scan and pick up ALL channels. Obviously you wont be able to display encrypted channels but you should still see the channel details in the scan.

[del18463]

i have 2 boxes that both worked before, cable is fine because i have a legit vm box connected to it normaly, not sure what parameters are, ive just changed from the dk image to digitalworldz and still nothing