Shy Channels on sat with dreambox 500s

Lads anyone actually get setanta to work on the darkstar image? Still can't seem to find it on 28.4 with frequencies I'm getting online 50 mins to go I guess we're all crowding into one room

 

there is a problem with some images where the frequency is specified at 28.4. However it is 28.2. Can I suggest you change your frequency to this band and rescan

 

Not true, sure there's not much memory to store a guide. But my workaround was that I chose the temp folder to store the guide and also set it to download each night.
Only issue is if the box needs a reboot then you'll lose your EPG from the temp folder and need to re-download.
A 500 is a decent cheap option if not interested in HD.

Also if you have a clone 800 like I do then I've found this site is great for patched images.
http://www.8a8f8.com/ubbthreads.php/forums/3/1/Patched_NFI_Images_for_DM800

 

i would agree with fintann 100 % in what he says about the dm500 and fintann is probably one of the most knowledgeable people on this site ,and he is correct in that the dm500 is very limited ,but if you want to cs on a budget i suppose its pretty good. if you have the money go for a better box ,i have the dm7020 and find it excellent but its not hd etc but thats my next move. maybe its best to go one step at a time . that said if you got the money go for the hd box with usb etc. hi fint mate how are you havent spoken in a bit ,happy easter mate .

 

Piopat, great support to all members. 4031283, dm500 was great for the simple chorus/ntl epg which I continue to use it for. however takes more memory to store sly sat epg which is renderered differently to the MHW EPG support delivered by Upcee. The other aspect is storing movies which the esata on the dm800 is just the best. just plugged in a 1TB disk and recognized on the spot. wish it had a dual tuner but it has all else for a reasonable price.

i look on these boxes as intersting things to play with. the dm500 is not fun to play with as its got too many constant challenges to make the basic box worth the effort. So I do believe if the user has a few bob extra to spare then they will get value with a better spec dreambox.

 

dose anyone know how to get the sky box office channel on d500-s i havr sky bouquets and using a cs server who puts events on for us to watch but i cant gt the correct channel setup?

 

mate you will need to contact your c line provider if thats how your getting your channels ask him if he will put it on for all his customers or perhaps you can pay him to purchase the event you want. happy easter fintann mate and to all on this thread ,i agree fintann the 500 is a great little box for basic cable or satellite on a budget but for the enthusiast yes you want a lot more ,like usb and epg and common interface etc the more the better.i have a lot of thread reading ahead of me to learn what i need ,i hope i might catch you up one day (experience wise)ill need to be reading a lot ha ha ,talk soon my friend ,happy easter .and thanks so much for all your help.happy easter my friend .

 

have found a good answer to the concerns of the dm500s as being not the best of receivers. as all will be aware sky+ is a dual tuner solution. So what I have done is connect the first connection into my dm800 which has an external hard-disk connected for taping purposes. the second connection goes into the dm500. so now i can tape on the DM800HD system and then switch to the 500 to watch other stuff while the taping is in progress. Also channel EPG is downloaded to the DM800 USB stick which can then be shared over the home network to the dm500. Kinda neat and works well. So ok the dm800 does not have a dual tuner, but now i have a good use for the dm500 and I have in effect a dual tuner solution that is affordable to many

ireilly have you the multitude of PPV bouquet channels. All of these are to be found at http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/dreambox-support-forum/172125-sly-uk-bouquets-fully-updated.html

 

A question for the experts in here, im running the 500s and its working well with pli jade image. The question i have is can i pick a default channel to start when i switch on the box? Its a pain to have to change satellites and channel from 13e to 28.2 every time i switch on the box.

 

have open pli jade on my 500. truly cant say for certain if what you need is possible. To date, no matter what the image, I cant be certain what channel I get set up on first. Granted I have a simple 1 sat config, but will look into this. Interesting question. From image to image there is no guarantee that the last channel you were viewing will be the next channel you will be viewing once you switch your system on again

 

just after buying a Dreambox 500S, have the dish pointing at shy astra satellite...Can anyone PM me the best and most reliable cardsharing server websites without any freezing. 80+ euro a month is too much too be handing out for a sub...

 

this forum is for educational purposes only. it does not support or advertise free card sharing solutions. if you do not wish to learn new technologies then I suggest you find an alternative website

 

Terry, send me a pm ;-)

Guys, I've just picked up a 500s and the menus are in chinese - can anyone tell me the best method of reverting to English?

 

you could reflash the box it would take about 10 minutes ,you could be a lot longer fiddling around with the chinese menu in it .flash it with nabilosat darkstar11 its clone friendly .

 

hi all finally got my dish up and running cccam 214, I did a mistake by buying a motorised dish not worth it, better off getting a sly type dish pointing to Astra 2 everything you need is there and works out a lot cheaper to buy but if your into foreign crap go ahead.
just on the note of the dream box 500, this box can do a lot of stuff! cause its Linux based, what I am trying to suss out at the moment is trying to make the box play streaming internet videos like you tube to my TV cause the way i see it, it all ready has a internet cable running from the router so there should be a way to do it that would be cool.
Another thing I trying to get sorted is to be able to watch the box on other TVs around the house using a thing called a AV wireless reviver, that way I change channels or go to bed and finish watching a movie, this way I don't have to buy another box and pay extra for the card sharing, which I am told for each box you do.
but if any boady has any beter solutions please let me know.
P.S. it took me at least 3 months to get my knowledge this far, so advice to any noobz read this forum from the start

 

streaming from internet http://dreambox.ingmar.dk/WebStreamEng.htm.
if you have your own card in your dm500 it costs you nothing further (other than the cost of the futher box(es)) and a bit of time looking at this thread again to see how to set them up using cccam 2.1.4 on all boxes. The box with the card is the server, the other boxes are clients

 

Hi fintannl,
that link seems to be broken.
Do you have a another link or something that explains how to stream internet videos like stage-Vue and you tube through the box on to the Tv.
looked everywhere and all them seem to show the opposite stream the box on to the computer so you can watch the satellite stations on your computer monitor.
looking for the opposite way around or is it possible,
anybody any help please.

 

sorry about that. it worked fine for me earlier this week. some more info here http://www.i-have-a-dreambox.com/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=62898

 

sorry fint mate the first link wont work,but link 2 works fine .how are you mate .

 

Not a bother Piopat. All my dreambox stuff sorted for a while so time to get on and do other things. How did your 7020 work out for you. Are you using internal reader or did you ever get the Smargo to work. Alwasys figured you'd be better off putting in a standard USB memory stick in the USB port and saving EPG to it, then sharing that EPG across the home network. Should also be possible to share this EPG externally but wouldn't advise as it would take up a lot of bandwidth and probably screw up your share.

Have been scratching my head over multiple issues with clone DM800HD box for some time now. I really like the Nabilo image (0.11 or 0.12) but on 0.11 the clone image has no Smargo support or no internal card reader support, and when you go to Nabilo 0.12 the problem is that remote control is useless unless you stand within two inches of the DM800 box. Also CCCam seems really unstable on the clone with Nabilo 0.12.

So finally I gave up. I now use the internal reader of the DM500 as the server and the DM800 becomes the dumb client. It works perfectly and the HD quality is pretty darn good. I can now also tape on the DM800 and switch to the 500 while taping is in progress so I'm well happy with that. If I knew what I know now I would never have bought a DM800 clone. The countless hours of pain and grief searching through images to find one that will do everything necessary has added untold grey hairs.

So I'm just going to settle with my config for a while and try to see if my family will talk to me after the many missed Simpsons and Futuramas due to 'system upgrades'