DM800 Motor Settings

[dreamviewer]

It is an official DM800 and I just re-flashed it with the latest Gemini2.

I am not sure what could be wrong...

[2tone]

are you saving the sats right if you dont save them right then when you go to go to a different sat it wont move there in tuner config when you set it up you need to give the sat a number when i do mine i just sa save it in the config for 28 east well it would be 028 then when your in the bit were you move the dish to find the sat when it finds it you need to save it in there to 28 and do the same for 19 and so on if you have did this right then all should be ok

[LENNY1]

d800 motor settigs

hi dreamveiwer had loads of trouble with same problem what i have done is go in to satfinder,scroll left/right to select predefined transponder,select sat,select transponder when locked on sat go to position store, fine tune etc worked for me hope it helps also have tried to attach file might help

[delboyecho]

dm 800

Had alot of probs with this my self and to tell you the truth your better of knowing how to sort it its not hard just took me a couple of hours to work it out talk about a head melt

what you need to do is set each sat up its self go to main menu , set up , service searching then go to tunner configuration you should only have one option tuner A hit ok on this now this is were alot of people are messing up from what i can see on alot of places on mine its set like this and you have to do this for every sat you set up

configuration mode advanced
satellite astra/eurobitd (28.2e)
voltage mode polarization
tone mode band
lnb ok push this once to the right then you get a bigger menu
ok you now have ( usals for this sat ) were lnb was and it has moved under it
use usals for this sat no
stored position ok make this to what ever you are going to set it as in your
motor settings that for 28 mine is set to 028
lnb is now under this mine is set to 1
diseqc mode 1.2
after that i never changed any thing just left them as they were what i did find was i had to do one sat go find it then reboot then back in to the tunner settings to set up for the next sat as was done above so after you set your sat in the tunner settings press ok takes you back to choose tuner press exit then pick positioner setup now as we have set it to find a sat we can now move the dish from left to right so as long as your motor is set up right this next bit should not take to long select tune ok not working did my head in this press the red button says tune on it why they did not let you use the ok button on this i dont know but any how takes you to a new menu

tune manual transponder
satellite astra/eurobird (28.2e) push left or right till you see your sat
frequency 10773
inversion auto
symbol rate 22000
polarity horizontal
fec auto
now press ok takes you back to the positoner setup menu

now go to positioner storage as you set it to 028 in the tunner set up page set this to 28 or what ever you set it at then go to positioner movement click the blue button to move it east wait till you get a lock push the blue button again to stop it then move down to positioner fine movement for this you will have to push green or yellow for what ever way you need to go what i will say is you will only get about 25 or so % on your sat but dont worry one of my sats is as 15 or so and its ok think its a bug to do with the tunner but will be fixed from what i have seen when you have the lock puch down on to positioner storage make sure it says 28 if going by what i set it at click green button to store it now click exit click no if some thing comes up about zap back go to manual scan

tuner tunera: alps bsbe2 (dvb-s2)
type of scan single transponder
system dvb-s
satellite astra/eurobird (28.2e)
frequency 10773
inversion auto
symbol rate 22000
polarity horizontal
fec auto
network scan yes

then click ok it will do a full scan when done click exit then do a reboot when out of the menus when back on go to 28 and pick a chan should work only prob i think you might have with 28 is 19e as they can pick up on the same transponder so when its doing its scan it should come up on the page bskyb witch im sure you know if not stop the scan then go back and move the dish more east should fix the prob , so if all is ok you will now have to do all thins from the start for every sat till they are set up i only have 1w , 5w , 13e , 16e , 19e , 28.2e on mine so only had to do it 6 times but its good to do as it lets you see how the menu works .

One more thing i found was i had to get different transponders from what i would have used on my 500 these are the ones i used for the 800 on some sats i had to scan 2 or 3 times so here is the list i used

1 west = 11216 v 24500 7/8
5 west = 11521 v 29950 7/8 11591 v 20000 2/3
13 east = 11862 h 27500 3/4 12034 v 27500 3/4 10930 h 27500 3/4
16 east = 11055 v 27900 3/4 11011 v 27500 3/4
19 east = 10832 h 22000 3/4 10773 h 22000 5/6
28 east = 10773 22000

If you are still stuck pm me your msn and ill add you and go over it

hi newbie here managed to get astra stored in bouquet but cant get any other sats and only 20 % work
help cheers john echo

[dreamviewer]

Thanks for everyone's help! The sats are stored, the motor just will not move when I am zapping through channels. I have to go into the positioner setup and select 'Goto position'.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks again!

[dreamviewer]

No vertical frequencies...

Hi again!

I have noticed an even bigger problem than this! Not only does the motor not move while zapping, there are loads of channels that just won't be received even when the dish is pointing at the correct sat!

I have noticed it is the 'vertical' channels that do not work. They get no dB on the SNR indicator at all, but horizontal channels all work! My SkyStar HD in my PC works perfectly when connected to the same LNB so it is not the LNB at fault. It could be maybe the DM800 is not sending the command to switch the LNB between polarities or maybe it is just not understanding the vertical frequencies....

Is there any help for this box?

Thanks for any suggestions.

[2tone]

im not sure but it sounds like your motor settings are not set up right also i have found some times on some sats i have to scan 2 or 3 transponders to make sure i get all the chans i want

[dreamviewer]

Ok! I have it all working now!

The problem was that I had another receiver connected to the LNB loopthrough of the DM800. This was taking priority and therefore locked the LNB on horizontal and since I stopped using the loopthrough, all verticals came on as well and I can even move the dish while zapping!

The positioner setup on the DM800 definitely needs some work on it to make it more reliable as I have to keep on going into menus and rebooting to get it to display the signal status and because of this it takes me roughly an hour to find a satellite.

Thanks for all your help!

[magostinho]

hi dreamveiwer had loads of trouble with same problem what i have done is go in to satfinder,scroll left/right to select predefined transponder,select sat,select transponder when locked on sat go to position store, fine tune etc worked for me hope it helps also have tried to attach file might help

Thanks that is a very useful manual... This is how I did it the 1st time, it is basically the same instructions as 2tone.

Recently I tried to add a few more satellites and I have a problem when I get to the part:

-Main Menu \ Setup \ Service Searching \ Positioner setup
-Go up to "Tune"
-Press the "Red Button"
-Select the satellite

But after I cannot move the dish with positioner movement...

At first (6 months ago) I managed to add 28E 19E and 13E. Now I want to add a few more satellites but I cant get a lock on them because I cannot move the dish with positioner movement...

I am doing everything exactly the same as I did when I first added 28E 19E and 13E, but the dish just doesn't move...

In the past I changed image a few time and always had this problem... Somehow after 4 or 5 tries I got the dish moving and managed to lock, but never easy....

Does anyone have a solution for this?

Cheers
MA

[webbcam]

hello
What i have done is that, i have a second box to find sat postion, when u have a sat wich u need and channel in first box , then pull out lnb wire, then go to dream search same channel same sat and same channel do all your settings just last stage should be pressing store sat posions .............then put the lnb wire to dream and then u got a signal , just store the posion.
hope understand what i mean, sorry my bad english

[magostinho]

hello
What i have done is that, i have a second box to find sat postion, when u have a sat wich u need and channel in first box , then pull out lnb wire, then go to dream search same channel same sat and same channel do all your settings just last stage should be pressing store sat posions .............then put the lnb wire to dream and then u got a signal , just store the posion.
hope understand what i mean, sorry my bad english

That is indeed a good idea...
The problem is that I only have a DM800, nothing else...

I am thinking aboutb flashing Nabilo (again)

[webbcam]

I did spend hours and day untill ....i went nuts , but i did have a dm500 so i thought lets make a try, and it did work i have now all sat stored in my dm 800 with the help of my dm 500 (or a second box).
1 Find sat pos and channel with secondbox plug out lnb

2 go to dm800, do all setting for the sat posions and the channels when you come to meny for store sat posions , write also the posion nr, before pressing green button for storing , then plug in the lnb , u have signal now and just press frenn button for store.

[firstzumaro]

i have the same problem can u help?

[micoradovic]

I still have problem with setting position of satellites! I have dreambox 800 hd! I think problem is with tuner configuration! Mico

[JanB68]

Someone can help me whit DM 800 online?