setting up a dreambox dm800hd on virgin media

[zetex]

hi,

please can someone help me get this box up and running its driving me mad!!!

the box i have comes with bootloader 72, Gemini 4.4 and the tuner is ALPS brand

what do i need to do to scan it and get all the lovely channels???

can anyone help me, i speny about 48hrs reading up and still confused, doesnt take alot i know

any help with be greatfully recieved

thanks
Z

[mercenary]

can you scan channels yet?

or are certain channels just not clearing.

there are not as many dm800 guides but it is fairly similar to the 500

I would also recommend PLI image. do you know how to update the image?

[zetex]

hi mate

no its fails to find any channels.

perhaps i will try another image, there's a sticky for that, i was hoping i could just do a scan and it would find the channels itself..

thanks alot for the reply

Z

[mercenary]

i struggled to get it to scan correctly.

firstly try get PLI Image installed. i dont know if the other images scan the same way.

i did find it tough to scan with the dm800. also look for a cables.xml file and ftp it to your box, which should help.

once you can scan channels give us a update and i can help out a bit more.

[bhoywonder1967]

Hi mate,

I thought ALPS was a satellite tuner??

A cable tuner should show as Phillips or NXP.

[zetex]

sorry yes it is a philips type tuner

i now have managed to scan and found 324 channels, but only the FTA channels are viewable???

does anyone know what i need to do to correct this

thanks alot

Z

[u6cah]

you need to download mgcamd and then get hold of some roms for yourself.

[zetex]

you need to download mgcamd and then get hold of some roms for yourself.

spot on, how stupid im i...

downloaded mgcamd and there they all where, lovely

thanks

Z