Making the jump to Dreambox 500s

[BromsgroveBhoy]

I previously was a Eurovox aficionado but the Nagra3 upgrade has a big difference to my (non) viewing experience. I?ve always had a SKY minidish attached to the side of my home but it lay unused and unconnected. Over the weekend, I borrowed a neighbours SKY box and their matched card and tested out the minidish. The minidish is working fine ? good! I realise that I?m wholly focussed on Astra 28.2?E with this arrangement.

Now it?s time to start experimenting with a basic level entry Dreambox as a ?play-thing? and I?m interested in the whole CS experience. I?m not worried about getting a clone, have undertaken a lot for research around various Bulletin Boards re: set-up ? thanks to many of our contributors - so I?ve decided to purchase a Dreambox 500s.

The best priced clone deal I have come across for a ?Dream DM-Box DM500 V8 DVB-S Standalone Linux Digital Satellite Receiver with LAN Port? is at ?dealextreme? which is $75.69 (US) so that?s around ?50 (UK) including free postage. I realise it will likely take a month or so to get my hands on it. Has anyone used ?dealextreme?? Will it ship with a UK power cable? Many other retailers don't have stock but I'm open to suggestions.

When I get the Dreambox up-and-running with the minidish I will then graduate to a motorised dish arrangement so that I?m not just constrained to FTA services on Astra 28.2?E. Just want to take a step-by-step approach rather than going big-bang.

Regards, BB.

[ezop]

Just be careful if your buying a box from outside of Europe as you may get hit with a customs import tax if they don't state its a gift ( a friend of mine bought a box from the states and got hit with a ?30 letter from customs about 10 days later ).

I myself have just made the jump to sat side with a dm500s and a motor setup, took me a good few days to get my head around setting up the motor correctly (trial and error) and different images for the box ( pli jade seems to be the best for me ).

The CS side of things was probably the easiest thing to set up ..

If you get stuck give me a shout if you need any help ..

[BromsgroveBhoy]

Many thanks for your advice and offer of help. Hopefully the static arrangement will go to plan and then it'll be onto the motorised project!

Having looked around I finally went for a 500s from "satandcable.com" based in Liverpool. It works out about ?10 more than from overseas but hopefully it'll arrive a bit sooner!

Regards, BB

[the man]

Many thanks for your advice and offer of help. Hopefully the static arrangement will go to plan and then it'll be onto the motorised project!

Having looked around I finally went for a 500s from "satandcable.com" based in Liverpool. It works out about ?10 more than from overseas but hopefully it'll arrive a bit sooner!

Regards, BB

?50 is what dm500s go for mate not ?69.99
dmbox 800s down to ?150 now if you know where to look in the uk.

[fat-frank]

on the dish side what size is reqd. as i have a mini dish and a 90cm dish on side of house from early installation not been used for couple of years + if i go for motorizing what lmb will i require


many thanks frank