A NEWBIES GUIDE TO SETTING UP A DM500S FOR CARDSHARING

hello pat
im a newbie and im trying to work out how to flash a dm800hd

can i use your newbie guide for this box or is there something else i should be using?

thanks
leanne xx

 

that box is different to a dm500s but a lot of the same things apply ,you can flash the box with dreamup (but you will need a newer version )in the same way i described here on this tutorial for a dm500s however the image you use must be for a dm800 .flashing with dreamup will take about 50 minutes or you can flash via web browser which takes only a few minutes ,also before you flash the box you need to know what sim and bootloader version the box is .

to find out what the sim and bootloader version is power up the box and look at the little lcd screen at the front of the box the sim and bootloader version will be displayed on there. if the box is new and is a clone its most likely sim 2.01 and bootloader 76 (BL76) but you need to check to be sure .

if you let me know what sim and bootloader version the box is ill give you a link where you can download a good image . the menus on your dm800 will be different to a dm500s but the cccam side of things will be the same as on the dm500 .

 

yes it is sim 2.01, bootloader 76d
also when i bought it came flashed with gemini v5.10

which ccam will i need to use
as i would like to use CLINE on it

is the above image stable enough for cardsharing (i know i shouldnt mention it in here lol)

also do i follow your instructions on downloading the ccam in dream control centre

thanks
leanne x

 

you may not be able to install cccam in your box with the gemini image as gemini are no longer allowing cams to be installed via the addons menu , you could try and change the addons url in the dreambox but if your a newbie to dreambox you may find that very hard to do . however have a try at installing cccam 2.1.3 on your current image (it may work ) here are instructions for installing cccam on a dm800 with gemini image (enigma2)
http://www.umbrellasharing.tv/cccam.html

as i say if you find you cant install cccam using gemini (the only other alternative other than changing the addons url )is to reflash the box and change the image ,if you need to change the image you can use this image
http://www.dm800sim2.com/sim2/nabilosat/content/61/20091115/194.html
flash either with dreamup or via web browser .

 

Pat you can also flash a dm 800 with dream up and a network cable connected i find easier than a web browser..just open up dream up with null cable and then connect your network cable in dream up tick use network put in ip address of computer and in remote box put ip of dream box hit connect it will ask to turn on dream box and it will load flash loader and you will get box in network rather than serial mode the hit flash pick your image and it will take two mins or so

 

thanks mate.

 

hi
thanks pat and rooney

im wanting to also get a SATA hdd for it

can someone tell me how this works exactly?, does it record more than one thing at once, can you turn the channel while its recording, is there playback available through tv?

also any chance anybody know where i can get one from?

thanks
leanne xx

 

if you have dual tuner then you can record on one tuner and play on the other

 

Could some one point me towards a cline server site for card sharing for dreambox 500s?
Thanks.

 

is the dual tuner on the dreambox or the HDD?

i have got a dm800hdpro

sorry i dont know that much about dm

 

check the back of the dreambox and see how many sat inputs there are and that will be ur answer

 

Ask Mickah or Piopat by PM to recommend good server or Balcee may have his server up & running
by now. If you want SKY/EIRE server let me know.You will have a live 3pm prem game every Sat
SKY/Eire server charges 50euro/6months

 

That sounds very reasonable!!

 

you can connect a usb sat tuner on the back of the dm800 to make it into a dual tunner solution. you just need to check what usb tuner your current image supports.

 

there are an input and output sockets for what looks like the sky dish

if i was to get an esata HDD, will any HDD work?

also does it just connect via the esata on the back of dreambox. waht kind of cable do i need to make it connect up?

thanks
leanne xx

 

does anyone have problems with the tuner quality of cloned boxes? i am missing a lot of channels on my dm500s but my sky box has no issues, so sat signal is at least fairly good. i've done rescan on dm500 but still missing lots of channels so i don't think it's a transponder or freq. issue. anyone with similar problems?

 

what image are you using

 

depending on the age of the image your using it may need an up todate satellite.xml file ,you can easily create one with all the latest frequencies here
http://satellites-xml.eu/
just click on all ,then type in the security code and click on download to download to your pc . then open dream control center and ftp the file from your computer to the var/etc folder in your dreambox ,reboot the box and do an automatic transponder scan .

 

i'm using the v08 maxvar image dan.
thanks pat i'll try that and let you know.

 

spot on pat, 9161lee, dm800 has esata. most esata drives come with esata cable (except aldi one which is rubbish). lacie have good esata drives. as i already said you can add a second tuner to the dm800 via usb which will allow you to watch and record. haupage usb tuner is supported by most images