using a dreambox 500s with a motorised dish

[jim1690]

ive got a motorised dish and im going to buy a dreambox 500s i was wondering would the dreambox work with it ok and is it as simple as just connecting the dish to the back of the box to receive all satellites the dish picks up or do i need to anything else cheers

[Shady]

yeah the dm will work fine with it. all will run off the one coax

[jim1690]

the motorised dish is already setup using another box so i just connect the dreambox and away i go just scan 4 channels

[opsmonkey]

make sure you get one of the latest v8 clones (518S)

The early clones had trouble moving motors

?40 delivered from here ---} CLICK

[jim1690]

whats the diff between the 500s and 518s and is it just as simple to setup just by connecting the dish cable to the box or is there more to it

[bigup]

the DM518s has a internal psu and if you know about clone 500s you will know that the psu are like cheese.

it would be easier to replace a psu on a DM500 as its external

id stick to a new dm500 with external power switch.

[opsmonkey]

early 500 clones has pi$$ poor tuners, dodgy PSU's and wouldn't accept Goto X setup.. The 518 has a superior tuner, PSU and will run Goto X..

Also if the box needs restarting it has an on/off switch on the back, which if you know about electronics, is better then pulling the mains

[jim1690]

ive got black dreambox 500s with on/off button on front would that work ok with a motorised dish

[opsmonkey]

ive got black dreambox 500s with on/off button on front would that work ok with a motorised dish

depends on the age of the box to be honest mate.. some do work with Goto X and some dont

[mtv1]

not too sure m8 have you checked out one of thees DVB Direct - Toroidal 90cm Dish that'll deffo work cost about 200 nicker including 6 lnb's hope this helps

[opsmonkey]

?200

just buy a ?40 dish and get a Triax Multiblock TD Multi LNB Holder for ?20

Then get these LNB's..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TECHNOMATE-SUP...item3364c9472a

[mtv1]

link please you know i'm a lazy coooont http://cgi.ebay.ie/Triax-Multiblock-...-/200504337736 you still got to buy the lnb's and a dish

[opsmonkey]

Dish ?40 = here
Triax Multi Block ?16 = here
LNB's ?7.50 = here
4 way Diseqc Switch ?6 = here

[Shady]

Dish ?40 = here
Triax Multi Block ?16 = here
LNB's ?7.50 = here
4 way Diseqc Switch ?6 = here

so that lot will pick up 4 sats at once? or am i being thick?

[opsmonkey]

yes mate 4 sats at once, you control which one you watch via the diseqc switch and your box