How do i get my dreambox 500t to work (Kilkenny, Ireland)

Hey every one, i bought a dreambox 500t about 3 weeks ago now but cannot get it to work, im using it through my chorus ariel and live in kilkeny, Ireland. the only channel i can get is RTE ONE but nothing else, if anyone had time to explain to me what i need to do it would be great.

my personal email is reloaded2002@hotmail.com

Regards

N.D

 

Hi noeldoran i wud advice you 1st of all to take ur email address off you never know who is lokn.At the moment alot of the channels are moving to the new software thats why they could be gone.u will be able to find out more on forum cause there is alot about it u jst need to read

 

Thanks for the advice, can you point me in the direction of this info, was looking around this forum and people was talking about flashing there boxs, what does this mean??

 

flashing box means having the firmware on it which makes it work.do you know if ur box is flashed.there is info on the top of 1st page.iv never used the box ur asking about but hopefully one of the geniues like scouser,sg8,noel, and other that icant rember name but they will help if they can

 

no the box is not flashed at all, how do i go about this?? will this get the box working??

 

noeldoran you should really take your email address off of here first of all its against forum rules plus you never know whos reading these forums...!

 

yes the box will need to be flashed with the rite sofeware depending on box in ur case dreambox 500t.you will find the firmware in emos lidbry whic you fill find under scouser or any other of the top lads and ladys name and you will need a cable to flash but there is info and instructions of how to flash at top of page

 

firstly, flash you box with your preferred image, best to use nulll modem cable for this and then you will have to ftp certain files to it for it to get the other chanells

 

Ok guys, first of all how do i edit my original post to get rid of my email address??? wat is a Null cable, im a novice when it comes to this....

 

right, if you have rte1 working on it, an image is already there, you will need a cross over ethernet if connecting directly to pc, if going through router, standard ethernet cable will do.
What come up on the screen when you initally turn on the unit? - should tell u which image is loaded on i

 

I will be going through the router, do i still need to connect the laptop to the router if im connecting the dreambox to the router??

 

yes, dreambox connected to router with standard ethernet cable, laptop either wireless or eithernet cable as well.
Google DCC (Dreambox control centre) and download it, I found this the easiest to work with.