Can't find any channels

**southpaw** · 23rd January, 2014, 09:46 PM

Menu, plugins, download plugins, look in there to download it

**tassos** · 26th January, 2014, 12:48 PM

Sorry for delaying to respond but we had some problems with boiler. I did as you instructed but still I got no where. I had response from the chinese seller saying that it might be the place where the sim card goes, and not the sim card, but because of chinese holidays it will take until 8th of February. Do you know what they talking about. Sorry for the trouble, if you had enoigh I will understand and many thanks for your help.

**southpaw** · 26th January, 2014, 02:20 PM

If you flash the image which you linked in 1st post it has the tuner already configured, along with auto bouquet plugin, not sure what the seller is on about, my 1st thought would be faulty tuner , try the image 1st and see what that does, free view channels should work right away mate

**tassos** · 26th January, 2014, 04:55 PM

I did as you said but no channels, you think I should get a new tuner?

**southpaw** · 26th January, 2014, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by tassos

I did as you said but no channels, you think I should get a new tuner?

if you have tried a good known working sat connection to the box and flashed that pre-configured image and still getting no channels then yes, I would look at the the tuner being the problem mate , as I said earlier tho, make sure the tuner is sitting in its connection slot correctly and fully

**tassos** · 27th January, 2014, 03:22 PM

Hi thanks for your help, I did all those things and I still no channels I also took out the tuner and put it back again and the same result so I will try to get another and let you know the result. I f you know a reliable source to buy from please give me details, again a big thanks

**southpaw** · 29th January, 2014, 09:22 PM

not sure of a reliable seller mate, but another thing to try if you have a spare is change the power supply , its a long shot but worth a go if you have one knocking about

**tassos** · 1st February, 2014, 04:55 PM

Hi as I promised I am updating the situation up to now. I bought a new tuner and after instalation I get the same problem, no channels on scan. I did olso tried another lead and that did not work. One thing I want to point out in case it has something to do with my problem IS that the date on the box is Thursday 1 January 1970 dispite that I got the jone on DUBLIN LONDON etc. Is not that peculiar? any ideas, any way if this is the end of the road thanks very much for trying to help me and it looks that I was sold a faulty box, Oh well thats life .

**southpaw** · 1st February, 2014, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by tassos

Hi as I promised I am updating the situation up to now. I bought a new tuner and after instalation I get the same problem, no channels on scan. I did olso tried another lead and that did not work. One thing I want to point out in case it has something to do with my problem IS that the date on the box is Thursday 1 January 1970 dispite that I got the jone on DUBLIN LONDON etc. Is not that peculiar? any ideas, any way if this is the end of the road thanks very much for trying to help me and it looks that I was sold a faulty box, Oh well thats life .

that's a very weird fault, I aint so sure its a faulty box mate, did you change the power-supply for a working 12v one ? (I am not telling you to go buy one btw as already feel lousy about you buying a replacement tuner). also try to load settings from elsewhere, either use Medlock settings via dreamboxedit or use the autobouquet plugin as you will not need to scan for channels then as they load all settings automagically, both these can be found in the red sticky section here DM Bouquets & Skins let us know how it goes please

**tassos** · 2nd February, 2014, 03:18 PM

Thanks for your reply. I did use another power lead from a working Dreambox. I installed another image Merlin-3_OE-1.6-final-dm800se-sim2-ssl-84b backup by @tytus 56 and it loaded well and the correct time is back now. I did spend some time reading the link you posted but I,AM afraid I am not very good in doing what they talking about. Dont forget I am over seventyfive and it takes a lot now aday to understand things, so I will try but I dont expect a lot. If there is a tutorial or some easier instructions I could follow I will appreciate, but whatever it happens I am very gratefull for taking the time to help me, thanks a LOT.

**southpaw** · 2nd February, 2014, 07:01 PM

over 75, Pffft, still wet behind the ears

, bet you would run rings round the numpties in the openbox section

, i aint sure what to advise now mate , i know i keep harping on about it but the pli image you linked to is pre-configured for uk sat , so barring hardware issues it should work with no scanning or user input necessary. if you were a bit closer to north west i would take a look for you. were did you buy the box mate ?

**tassos** · 3rd February, 2014, 12:47 PM

Hi thanks for your kind words. I bought the box from China and of course because trhey have new year time for two weeks!!!! they do not respond to messages yet, not until the 8th, so I have to wait until then.

**cunny** · 3rd February, 2014, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by tassos

Hi thanks for your kind words. I bought the box from China and of course because trhey have new year time for two weeks!!!! they do not respond to messages yet, not until the 8th, so I have to wait until then.

Hi.

Can i ask your location please. There could be someone local to you who could take a look at this.

Im going to have a good read of this thread to try suggest something for you.

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EDIT

After just reading over the thread. Can you do the following please.

Go into menu.
System
Service searching
Satfinder
Under satalite, select 28.2 and post SNR levels.

If you get a good signal and lock. Come out and into tuner config

Select your tuner
These are the settings you want :

Config mode : simple
Mode : Single
Satalite 28.2e

Now download DBedit from the downloads
instal it
Download catseyes from here http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...t-01.02.14.rar

FTP accross then check BBC in your area

At any point, your struggling, or unsure, or it does not work on a stage. Reply and let us know where your upto

Thanks

**tassos** · 4th February, 2014, 12:42 PM

Hi, sorry it has taken so long to reply but I had to see my dr, more tablets I asked for some for the box but he refuse, thats my luck. Following your advise the signal is SNR 76% AGC 38% BER 0 it locks and shows green tick, but when i exit to system and then go back to satfinder the signal is unlocked and i need to click ok again for the green tick and lock again. The story repeats if i go out and come back again the signal is unlocked and I think thats why I cannot scan for channels. If we could lock the signal I think that will solve the problem. Now I am going to get the DBedit and the other program you reccomend and see if anything happens.Keep you informed, thanks again, by the way I live in Gloucester

**cunny** · 4th February, 2014, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by tassos

Hi, sorry it has taken so long to reply but I had to see my dr, more tablets I asked for some for the box but he refuse, thats my luck. Following your advise the signal is SNR 76% AGC 38% BER 0 it locks and shows green tick, but when i exit to system and then go back to satfinder the signal is unlocked and i need to click ok again for the green tick and lock again. The story repeats if i go out and come back again the signal is unlocked and I think thats why I cannot scan for channels. If we could lock the signal I think that will solve the problem. Now I am going to get the DBedit and the other program you reccomend and see if anything happens.Keep you informed, thanks again, by the way I live in Gloucester

Snr is fine, could use a nudge but ive seen worse.

If you need help with dbedit and ftp your channels, pm me or reply to thread

Everything looks ok so dont worry

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