Complete nooby with a dm500s

[thered]

what give you the idea i was a united fan ?



anyways the fortunate take pity on those who are have less



firestorm is a liverpool fan which for a liverpool fan isnt a bad lad

[buzzbomb]

Hi guys sorry to butt into this thread but like gb14929 I am a complete newbie to the dreambox. My 500s arrived yesterday from dvb monkey(not too long considering where it came from) and I have connected it to my lnb today. The only thing I have done to date is tried to do an auto scan on hotbird but there is no way I am picking up all the channels available.(I have a protek9600ip also connected so I know what I should be getting). It seemed to go thro all the transponders but not pick up all the channels (not even all the fta channels) The signal and quality is good(90%+) so its not that. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

Asssuming I get the channel scanning sorted out can someone then tell me what needs to be loaded onto the box intially so that I can at least get the emu channels clearing and later moving onto c/s.

[thered]

i havent got a 500 but do you have an option to do a full network scan it may need to be ticked before you scan or an option to do a full satellite scan

are you using automatic or manual scan i find manual works best for me

[buzzbomb]

thanks for quick reply Thered. Did an auto multisat scan but only scanned hotbird and picked (all)- start scan
When I checked auto transponder scan the only box for ticking was "only free" so decided to us the multi sat option.
On the manual scan it has a couple of boxes I can tick. They are "use onit" ?????? "use Bat"???"only free"???? and network search which I assume I should use. Can u tell me when I should use the other boxes.

[thered]

i dont know what they are m8 they are not on mine if in doubt keep it tickd

[buzzbomb]

Thanks again Thered. Will try a manual scan and tick the network box and see what happens.

[Curious123]

What image are you using on your dm500? You will need a satellite.xml file loaded to var/etc. It always best to start with BBC World 1.0W Thor and see if you can get a picture if not at least some sort of a signal. I always load the Captains settings for the channel list, the latest dreambox keys to var/keys and var/scce. You also need to load CCcam 2.0.9. Depending on what image you may be able to load some or all of these from the image servers download server.

If you think your dish is properly aligned than try doing;

Menu > Setup > automatic satellite and transponder scan > select one of the sat (28.2 and 19.2 have very strong signals) wait for lock and scan.

[buzzbomb]

Curious123 not sure what image I am using. The only thing I have changed since it got the box yesterday is I have downloaded the latest kaos ver1.1 software. It is not a signal problem as I also have another sat box connected to the same lnb so I know I am on Hotbird. Also the SNR is 90+% so that is very good. Have just done another auto transponder scan and although a few more channels were scanned in there are still hundreds missing. Will try uploading the captains list later to see if that helps.

[Curious123]

If you have a null modem cable than it maybe worth your while to flash it with the Nabilosat V.08 Maxvar image. With this image if you connect your box to the internet you can download all the files I mentioned from their download server. There should be sticky in the Cable section telling you how to flash a dm500 with a new image.

Have you copied the satellite.xml file to var/etc?

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f39/satellites-xml-8050/

[buzzbomb]

Curious123 sorry for taking so long to respond but have been out. Will try loading the Nabilosat file over the weekend.

No I have not copied the satellite.xml file to my box as I am not sure how to do it and how to put it in the right place. Can u help

[Curious123]

Download a proggie called coreftp and use that to transfer files between your pc and your dreambox.