Guide: Flashing a Dreambox with Dreamup

**piopat** · 27th November, 2011, 09:48 PM

once again its the last link of my signature area ,the image is NabiloDM500-V08-MAXVAR.img for dm500s ,dreamup is there also .

**sdLeo** · 27th November, 2011, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by piopat

once again its the last link of my signature area ,the image is NabiloDM500-V08-MAXVAR.img for dm500s ,dreamup is there also .

Sorry for being blind today.. got it. Thanks . will confirm on how it goes.

**pdiddy786** · 29th November, 2011, 03:57 AM

hi where do i get the img file

**pdiddy786** · 29th November, 2011, 03:58 AM

also which cales

**pdiddy786** · 29th November, 2011, 03:59 AM

also com port because there are two types one is like a pci slot other 1 is with 9 pins

**pdiddy786** · 29th November, 2011, 04:00 AM

also is it the blackbox 500 which i need to flash or is it any sky box thanks

**pdiddy786** · 29th November, 2011, 04:03 AM

my final question does all this stuff acutually flash the box to view all the sky channels and do i need to connect my ethernet cable afterwards with my modem after i have completed all those steps thanks

**piopat** · 29th November, 2011, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by pdiddy786

hi where do i get the img file

if you mean an image for a dm500s you can download nabilo maxvar v8 from the last link in my signature area ,my signature area is near the bottom of any of my posts . you can also download dreamup from the same link .

**piopat** · 29th November, 2011, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by pdiddy786

also which cales

there is a 9 pin port on the rear of the dm500s if your computer/laptop has the same 9 pin connection all you need is a null modem cable . if your computer/laptop does not have the 9 pin connection you will need a usb to serial adaptor ,the adaptor connects to the null modem cable giving you a null modem end to connect to the dm500s and a usb end to connect to your computer/laptop .

however this can be very problematic ,the usb to serial adaptor requires a driver to be installed on your pc (simply put the driver which either comes with the adaptor on a disk or has to be downloaded online is software which helps your pc see your box) however windows vista is incompatable with most drivers so you may find you cant flash your box this way .

a simple sollution is to get the use of an older desktop pc which more than likely will have the correct 9 pin connection ,then all you need is a null modem cable .

**piopat** · 29th November, 2011, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by pdiddy786

my final question does all this stuff acutually flash the box to view all the sky channels and do i need to connect my ethernet cable afterwards with my modem after i have completed all those steps thanks

you do connect the box to the internet using an ethernet cable but just flashing the box wont give you the sky channels . flashing the box only gives you all the free to air channels .

in order to get the sky channels you need whats called a c line ,just so you understand here is an example of what a c line might look like
C

diddy.dyndns.org 12000 user20 share20
(the above c line does not work its just an example)

a c line is not free you have to buy it from whats called a payserver this is called cardsharing , the payserver charges say about ?120 a year for all the channels as opposed to sky charging about ?700 .thats as much as i can say on this topic as cardsharing talk is not allowed on the forum .if you have further questions on this side of things you can pm me if you like .

**pdiddy786** · 30th November, 2011, 01:41 AM

thanks for replying, like you said payserver is that some one who has full subscription with sky and where do i get this c line from and the ?120 you was saying who do i need to give that to also once i have used the dreamup software what is the next step to get full channels if you could please explain

many thanks

**piopat** · 30th November, 2011, 04:01 AM

Originally Posted by pdiddy786

thanks for replying, like you said payserver is that some one who has full subscription with sky and where do i get this c line from and the ?120 you was saying who do i need to give that to also once i have used the dreamup software what is the next step to get full channels if you could please explain

many thanks

you need to get your box first and flash it (if you have problems here let me know ) then connnect it to your router ,before you can run you have to learn to walk . when you have done this get back to me ,but if your questions are about cardsharing do it via pm so you dont break forum rules .

**wasty** · 6th December, 2011, 02:22 AM

i have downloaded the dreamup but there is no comport 1, it only has comport 3, 4 , 5, 6. and 7 , and nothing happans when i connect the power cord with the dream box, someone please help