Some FTA Channels missing

[flytobz]

I have a dreambox 500s and I've noticed some FTA channels are missing like BEN tv, Channel AKA and a few more I've tried rescanning. Im using a sky dish and Nabilo Darkstar II Image.

[wilf]

i too had probs finding some channels on darkstar, i switched some time ago now to pli jade those 2 channels and all others are working fine

[flytobz]

Thank is pli jade friendly with a dreambox 500s clone?

[wilf]

yes is perfectly safe for clones

[piopat]

your image can be missing frequencies/channels if its not a newly released image ,especially when viewing channels on the sky satellite as this is relatively new. you can add frequencies with your remote control. press menu on your remote ,press number 6 (setup) ,choose service searching ,choose trannsponder edit, now you will see astra/eurobird 28.2 east highlighted in red and below you will also see sat highlighted in red ,and on the right you will see a list of all the frequencies in your box . now press the right arrow button on your remote control and you will see add highlighted in red . now click on this link
http://flysat.com/28east.php
here you will see a list of all frequencies and channels on the sky satellite ,now back on the tv screen look at the frequencies that you have ,start with the first frequency and scroll down through them one at a time and compare them to the frequencies on your computer screen . when you see a frequency you dont have press ok on your remote ,now simply put in the frequency ,choose horizontal or vertical ,set fec (usualy 2/3 or 5/6 ),and set symbol rate (usually 22000 or 27500) then press the green button to save ,carry on adding frequencies untill you have them all and then exit and save .then return to service searching and choose automatic transponder scan ,press ok ,you will see a valid transponder has been found,now press the green button to scan for channels ,you should now have all the available frequencies/channels from sky. in the frequency list in the link above you will see frequencies that have a strange fec and symbol rate (most likely they are non sky channels or feeds) there is no need to add them unless you want to.

[Adam_UK]

Wouldn't be easier to download latest satellite.xml and copy it over to the box and do a scan?

[firestorm]

you could try downloading a channel list buy using the yellow button

[flytobz]

Thanks for all the help people i just flashed a pli jade image and has solved the problem.

[piopat]

Wouldn't be easier to download latest satellite.xml and copy it over to the box and do a scan?

depends on your level of experience ,if you have that experience then yes .some newbies might struggle with that and so it would be easier if longer to do it manually .anyone can follow the simple instructions above .