change channel list from dbs to abs

[damo2010]

hello all ive got a channel list now but carnt put it on my box becouse it an dbs file not abs
so i changed the name to abs then it says file mismatch

[SG8]

hello all ive got a channel list now but carnt put it on my box becouse it an dbs file not abs
so i changed the name to abs then it says file mismatch

Are you changing the name or just the file extension ?

[damo2010]

the name
ive right clicked on file
then deleted the last bit at the end DBS
then replaced it with ABS ???????

[SG8]

You don't need to change it at all, if you are just loading it straight onto your box.

The .dbs extension will work on the box, but if you need to edit it (using the channel editor program) you change it to .abs , edit it, save it and then change it back to .dbs to upload to the box.