DM800c

[mini__me]

Hey guys,

First post here, been using a dreambox for quite a while for satellite now just bought one of the new 800's and got a cable tuner with it so thought I'd give it a go :-)

On scanning it finds nothing, after lots of reading I need to get me a bruteforce cables.xml or generate my own somehow I think...am I correct in thinking this?

Anyone else using an 800 out there???

Sorry about asking questions in my first post but I have read alot and hate giving in and asking questions!!

Cheers

mini

[caveman_nige]

I don't have an 800 yet, but am anxious to find out how people are getting on with them..

However, welcome to Kaos mate, see you around...

[mini__me]

Cheers mate, I'll update as I go :-)

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I've seen a few cables.xml's on here but I don't have permission to download them yet...do I have to make a minimum number of post's first? Don't want to just spam and makeup posts though to do this and piss off the Mods here. I'll keep searching, didn't realise the 500c's were so damn cheap!!! Could have bought a clone for less than the price of the dvb-c tuner for the 800 :-(

[westkill]

does it give you the option to do a manual scan

[Curious123]

You need a minimum of 5 posts before you can download.

[mini__me]

Yeah I can scan but nothing is found using the cables.xml in the gemini image..I did find an old services.xml for a dbox2 that I knicked the frequencies out for my region and tried scanning with that but it found nothing. Though I think the file was from 2005 so probably is out of date.

I'll do some more digging around, don't just want to make up 5 posts about sh*t just to download from here.

As an aside, the DM800 has an awesome picture on SD and HD channels :-) Got it hooked up using the Sat tuner at the moment and I think the picture is outstanding :-)

[satman]

Yeah I can scan but nothing is found using the cables.xml in the gemini image..I did find an old services.xml for a dbox2 that I knicked the frequencies out for my region and tried scanning with that but it found nothing. Though I think the file was from 2005 so probably is out of date.

I'll do some more digging around, don't just want to make up 5 posts about sh*t just to download from here.

As an aside, the DM800 has an awesome picture on SD and HD channels :-) Got it hooked up using the Sat tuner at the moment and I think the picture is outstanding :-)

Does the gemini image not have a cable blind scan feature?

[mini__me]

Not that I could see....however I'm used to the sat side of these babies so wasn't 100% sure on the scanning side of things.

Will stick the tuner back in and have another go in a few days :-)

[westkill]

try this with manual scan without cables xml
do you know the frequency for your area mine it 803000
add the first three digits
yout symbol rate for your area
tick invert
tick network scan

[Devilfish]

If you're on ex-tw, make the frequency 619MHz, symrate 6952.

INV - Tick
Use BAT - Tick
Use ONIT - Tick
Network Search - Tick

Start search.

If you know the default frequency for your area, you don't need a frequency list. It will use the NIT table to scan only transponders with channels and it will be a quicker.

[shabz]

HI Guys

New here take it easy on me

i just ordered one coming on Thurday would the "gemini2-350-dm800-200805192241.nfi" image be OK for this box to set up for ex tw or would i have the same problem regarding the brutforce searching for cable tv

[Curious123]

None of the images except the UK modded images such as DK1 or Cli image will have an UK cables.xml file. Why don't you download the cables.xml file from the download section and than copy it to your dm800 once you have flashed it with an image.

[mini__me]

Hey guys quick update,

I downloaded to cables.xml from here and tried them out on the box but no joy, it could just be that the cable has been cut as I haven't used it for a long long time anyways :-(

I only bought the cable tuner for a play will be mainly using this box for Sat anyway so if anyone wants the tuner and backplate etc for the 800 you can have it for ?50 delivered.

Cheers lads for all your help anyway!!

[shabz]

None of the images except the UK modded images such as DK1 or Cli image will have an UK cables.xml file. Why don't you download the cables.xml file from the download section and than copy it to your dm800 once you have flashed it with an image.

Will do mate cheers

[2tone]

just put a cable tunner in to my 800 and it has done a services scan no prob used the image that came with it so have not done any thing to it if ill try and see what i can add to it over the week end