Dbox In Ireland

yes 140 channles you should have to have all of them

 

No luck
The signal booster seems to be the last resource, I may give it a try.

 

ok stupidly i done a new scan and now i only have 34 channels i have the original services.xml if i ftp that back to the box will i get all the channels back

if so which directory do i put it in

 

Tried the booster. I must reckon there has been some improvement but it is still not enough to get a good image. So it looks like the problem is along those lines.

 

Ok Guz,

Whats your ber,snr,sig levels like with the booster?

 

Setanta xtra1
BER: 26214
SNR: moving between 49000 and 50000 aprox.
SIG: 25443 (31354 with booster)

Setanta xtra2
BER: 26214
SNR: moving between 49000 and 50000 aprox.
SIG: 25700 (31354 with booster)

NASN
BER: 26214
SNR: moving between 49000 and 50000 aprox.
SIG: 26471 (31354 with booster)

Checked other channels that are working ok and the SIG is near 30,000 (same as here), but the SNR is always more than 55,000 and BER generally zero.

Do you know if there is any way to push the BER down and SNR up?
Thanks,

 

Make sure booster is only boosting the dbox if that doesnt work try taking any splitters out and have the main cable feed going directly into dbox,try this last one with and without the booster.

 

Hi Wiz, a couple of tests here:

I've tried a bruteforce scan for uk (instead off 6887) and helped a lot. Currently I am getting all the channels (did a random test) but Setanta 2. Even those that I was getting already have dropped their BER levels down to zero (i.e. RTE). This is either with or without the booster. Signal levels vary but quality of image is the same.

I am wondering at the moment if Setanta 2 are actually broadcasting as I get a black screen, although according the the EMU they are showing a football match.

Have also tried directly connecting directly without splitters, but this just added some BER to the signal.

Can you see the match in Setanta 2? If the answer is no, I am sorted. Otherwise, will keep investigating. Thanks,

 

No mate cant see it but can hear it.

 

Thanks. Broke even then.
Can anybody else see Setanta 2?

 

No problem mate,
I presumed you had already done all the scans otherwise would have got you sorted a lot quicker.
Anyway good luck and enjoy

 

don't suppose anyone would have a working Sagem box for sale? PM me if you do. cheers.

 

yes i have sagem for sale.

 

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to dboxes. I bought a plug'n'play dbox from e-bay. Hooked it up to the NTL box, threw in the NTL card and did a scan. NOTHING. Keep getting an error message. Any help would be appreciated. I haven't a clue about tech stuff.

 

yuo dont need a card mate scan on sym 6887 ad hopefull you ge 140 channels

 

Thanks, starting to get some where. Only problems are I'm only getting 54 channels mostly bogey ones. Also all the movie channels have lines going down through them. Any further help would be appreciated.

 

your in dublin yes.downlaod the servcies.xml post a few pages back set up an ftp between ur dbox and the pc with a crossoevr cable put the servcies.xml into the var/tuxbox /config/zapit the plug out your box after the transfer pulug ti back in and turn it on all channels shoudl work and u dnt need 2 scan

 

thanks, i'll give it a shot

 

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Just a quick post to thank everybody that posted to help me with my DBox!!!! I loaded commando 6 onto it on Friday and it didn’t work so I brought it to a relation of mines house around the corner and it worked perfect there so I bought a signal booster yesterday and plugged it in and hey presto…. All the channels!! bit jumpy to start with but seems perfect now...