Open Media 500cs Receiver

[max_gee]

Hi All

I will post some pics and more info about this box later on tonight.

It will be available on ebay from various sellers and from my site www.dvb-shop.co.uk soon. The rrp is ?115 + pnp and for that you get :-

1) A Linux receiver that is compatible with all the 500 sat and cable images that are out there.
2) It has 2 x scart sockets
3) It has ch+ / ch- controls from on the front
4) It has 2 flash IC's onboard, 1 for the sat & 1 for the cable image.
5) It has the newer type cable tuner (scre on type) so less freezing.
5) It comes pre loaded with a custom free-to-air neutrino or enigma image that was developed for this box.

Any more questions then feel free to post here

[Curious123]

Am I right in assuming that this has dual tuners i.e one for sat and one for cable similar to the Dm7025 rather a plugable tuner similar to the Dm600? What is the RAM for this box? Any chance you could put up the full specs up here?

[Devilfish]

If you think of it as a dm500, that's what you're getting.

Only with the exception of a cable and sat tuner, not plug and play.
2 x scarts
2 x flash ic

There's a switch at the back of the receiver to switch between satellite and cable, turn off box, switch mode, reboot and it will load whichever image you have in that flash. So you can have one image for satellite and another for cable, or same for both.

[zaf786]

Hi i sold my 500c i wait for some more feedback then i might consider this machine as replacement

[Devilfish]

It's good if you have cable and sat and are limited for space.

I've never tried a 7025 but there's not as much support for it as the 500.

[Curious123]

I am a little surprised they didn't go for an internal hard drive. Thanks for the info DF.

[father ted]

Hi All

I will post some pics and more info about this box later on tonight.

It will be available on ebay from various sellers and from my site www.dvb-shop.co.uk soon. The rrp is ?115 + pnp and for that you get :-

1) A Linux receiver that is compatible with all the 500 sat and cable images that are out there.
2) It has 2 x scart sockets
3) It has ch+ / ch- controls from on the front
4) It has 2 flash IC's onboard, 1 for the sat & 1 for the cable image.
5) It has the newer type cable tuner (scre on type) so less freezing.
5) It comes pre loaded with a custom free-to-air neutrino or enigma image that was developed for this box.

Any more questions then feel free to post here

am interested youve wetted my appetite will it work on a motorised dish?

[kinel]

Has we all are aware certain forums have closed there cable sections,so lets say we get into this scenario again.Cc's change method of encryption,will there be support to put these issue's right.If forums decided to pull cable sections again,would there be support elsewhere.

[Devilfish]

I believe this receiver is sold as a FTA receiver, as is the dreambox and other boxes. We do not and will not allow keys or roms to be posted on this site.

But we will do our best to help you out.

And if it comes down to a members box getting all the channels or the site staying online, I think I know which one I'd choose.

[kinel]

So i'll take that as a yes then

[aftermath]

Just an appetiser on the open:media box, a few pics of it here.

Notice the size compared to a DM500

[max_gee]

Just an appetiser on the open:media box, a few pics of it here.

Notice the size compared to a DM500

Thanks for postinging pics, What do you think of the neutrino image that was loaded on? or did u change it over for an enigma based 1.

I Will post more pics tonight, with screen shots etc.

[aftermath]

i stayed with the DK image max, might do a factory reset, and check the neutrino one out m8
hmnn, i didnt back up the neutrino image

[C64]

Hmmm.

The prospect of a cheap dual tuner box got me excited, but I don't like the idea of running two independant images which talk to each tuner independantly. I'd have prefered a single image capable of accessing both tuners without the need for a hard reset.

I still like the idea of dual flash chips, very handy for eejits like me who like to play around with shit, when we ~~~~ up one image we boot into the alternative chip and fix things from there.

This summer I promised myself a new Linux Satellite HDTV box, but if the price is right I may be tempted to buy this box instead and leave he HDTV until after Xmas.

Looking good.

[aftermath]

there is 2 chips for images witchy, 1 for cable and 1 for sat.

there is a switch on the back of the box, so you can set it to sat or cable.