Dbox In Ireland

to be honest i wont really be watching rangers tv lol but i would watch the celtic one so im a bit pissed that that doesnt work.sadam i presume you have 2 ppv channels like me one of which is ppv football that should be showing prem plus advertisement all the time it will show the matches that benifa listed which are all shit anyway (dont know why anyone would pay for it) and the other channel just says ppv i presume when a ppv event like a boxing match is broadcast this will show it.can anyone confirm this

 

illumin you should update to the new evocam as the one included in most of these amages is very old.i have found 99.9% not freezing and i think slightly crisper quality

 

hey lads,

I've a sagem dbox 2. I carried out a scan and it picked up all the channels on NTL (Dublin) but for at least 40 of them I'm getting feck all picture.

I tried dropping in the services.xml from the link in this thread but all I get is an on screen error message. Also tried the info in that 'dbox freezing' link but that didn't work either.

Any help on this is greatly appreciated?

Thanks

 

thaks for the info, will do

 

benifa,cheers for the images,and this forum has seriously helped me.got my box working perfectly.thanks to all who wrote here

 

no prob d trocks that guy who was sayin his has feck all pciture flash with ebnifas image or wen you transfer over the servcies.xml plug out your dbox after then it shild work if not flash with benifa imag the put on the servcies.xml remeberin 2 plug the ting out after

 

No prob. I'm still waiting for Dsleeper's cables.xml, so I can amend the posted image and call "working Dublin image" or similar, as suggested by Sadam..

Actually thinking about it, Sadam why not you just email me your working Dublin image?

In fact, how about as many people as possible email me their *working* images, tell me where they are in the country (city only, obviously), and I'll post all the images on that site so that new comers to the Dbox2 can simply download the image for their city, flash, and watch.

If anybody wants to contribute, PM me and I'll give you an email to send your image and location to. But please, only 100% working images (all channels).

 

Just one question, how much work would be necessary to get a bok like this:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=120087973272&rd=1&rd=1
working in Dublin (NTL).

Is it something that the "average user" can do or there is some specific knowledge necessary?

Cheers,

 

Easy. It's already in debug mode - all you should have to do is connect to your PC first (to ftp your chosen image), flash and scan. Even for a beginner, all being well you should go from plugging it in to watching telly in less than half an hour. Any problems, we're all here to help..

 

Thanks Benifa, the file to be flashed is the services.xml, isn it? What is that Sporster thing then?

Sorry about my ignorance

 

Not at all.. We all were exactly the same when we started out

The services.xml is the file automatically generated by the Dbox2 after you scan for channels. It saves the channels and their frequencies etc. Some people have had greater success by copying the services.xml from somebody else's successful scan, rather than scanning themselves. Strictly speaking though, you shouldn't need to do this..

An image can be considered the firmware the Dbox2 runs ("firmware" term used for examplary reasons only). There are many images out there, the most common for UK and Ireland being versions of Commando and Sportster. Some images work better on some boxes and in some areas better than others. It usually takes a bit of trial and error..

Your Dbox, according to the auction listing, comes with a UK image pre-flashed. You may be lucky, and this image may work fine, and so all you need to do is scan for your channels. Alternatively, you may want to use the services.xml that Dsleeper posted earlier in this thread, as this has proved successful in Dublin for some other members of the forum..

If you want to flash a new image, make sure you get a 1x image and not 2x. The Dbox2 in the listing is of the 1x variety, and flashing a 2x will result in "Kein System" being displayed on the lcd and the box won't boot. Not the end of the world, but a slight irritation..

I have had success with a version of the Sportster image. A link to this image is posted earlier in the thread. However, this is a 2x image, so it's no good for you. Another member (and I forget who) said that he successfully converted the said image to 1x using imageclone. You can google this program and see how you get on, or else choose another image, if indeed you need to change from the one it comes with. Zappp64 has some stable UK (and good for Ireland) images here: http://netwave.redirectme.net/RED-DWARF

 

Lads I'm after receiving a PM from a guy in Cork who's having problems with his current image..

Anybody out there in Cork with a stable image and channels?..

If so, PM me so we can sort putting your working image on my site. Intending on building up quite a collection but need your help!..

 

The www.dbox2.com have now confirmed twice to me that they charge you more if you bulk buy! it is no mistake. Don't know what business shcool these guys went to! they can charge nearly €100 more each if you buy in bulk.

I have a sagem on the way from ebay.
Do the dreamboxes work on NTL in Ireland.

Is there any way NTL can detect these things?
What is the legal situation? legal to own but not to use?

 

Guys

Got the nokia D-Box 2 the other day and managed to flash the image fine. I'm using NTL digital thru cable in Drumcondra, Dublin.
When I have scanned I am only getting 5 Transponders and 52 channels. No RTE's or BBC's but I am getting Sky Movies and sports.

I downloaded the services.xml file supplied on this thread (Thanks for that) and when i load this file I have the full list of channels but get nothing - I just get an error message saying that the channel is unavailable.

Does anyone have an idea of what may be wrong in this instance?

Are the services.xml files localised?? ie - Is there one for Drumcondra and a different one for Tallaght??

How many transponders should I see when I do the scan??

Any help muchly appreciated

NC6359

 

As long as you pay for what you watch, it's legal. Therefore, we all have valid subscriptions for the channels we tune in to, and thus the purpose of buying a dbox is to simply take advantage of it's unique multimedia capabilites

 

Yes, the services.xml is localised. It's interesting that you can the the movie channels but not RTE etc.. Do you have a digital subscription with NTL? If so, could you get the RTE channels with your Pace box?

 

Benifa

Yes - we have the digital NTL and it's working perfect.
Getting all the Irsih and English channels on the pace box.

I saw a thread where someone was getting 9 transponders?
should I be getting close to this as I'm only getting 5

Cheers

 

Have you scanned with settings as per the below screenshot?
http://www.ifawilson.com/downloads/Dbox/screenshot.png

PS: there is a mistake in the screenshot - fast scan should be off..

 

Is it of any use, I mean, I did a bruteforce UK scan, then overwrote my services.xml. So does that not make the cables.xml redundant/or of no use?

 

I had 309 transponders when I did my scan.