the first thing to do with any box is to flash it with a good image (this is the tv software ) and also the image needs to be clone safe (if your box is a clone )so the images to be carefull with are gemini images as some have a bomb or clone killer ,the dm500s is no longer made so any new dm500s bought these days are clones .the items you need to flash your box are an image (i suggest nabilo maxvar v8 which is available from link number 1 of my signature area) ,and you will need a loader called dreamup (the loader sends the image into the box,its available from the same link ) and you will need a null modem cable to connect the box to your pc . you should be able to download the image and dreamup from the link in my signature area and lots more dreambox tools .please note that some pictures in this tutorial may not exactly display what you see on your screen but they should be reasonably close ,for instance in the pictures of dreamup below you will see dreamup 1.3.3.5 and a mention of a dm500s hd ,dont worry about these as on the whole the process for using dreamup and dream control center is exactly same on all dreambox models.

ok connect the dreambox to your pc via the null modem cable (leave the box unplugged ) and then go to your pc and open dreamup,this is what you should see



the first thing you set is com port(this is the port where the null modem cable is connected) some pcs have more than one port so it may have options com1 and com2 etc ,i would start at com1. ok now click on connect (you should see connection prepared now switch on dreambox )



now plug in the dreambox and in the log box it should say box type in this case dm500



and also box is alive and speaking ,(this is the point if com1 is the wrong com port that no info will appear in the log box so then try com2 etc ) now click on flash and you will be directed to browse your pc for the image you downloaded what you see should look a little like this



,when you find the image click on it and then click either open or press enter and you will be returned to dreamup . now you will be asked if you want to perform a flash erase (you say no )and your box should start flashing now and will look like this



it takes about 12 minutes for a dm500 to flash the box ,and when the box has been flashed you should see this



wait untill the flashing process is 100% complete then click disconnect and then disconnect and unplug your box from the pc .

now hook your box up to your dish and your tv , the next step is the setup which is easy you just follow the onscreen prompts like tv type =pal and time settings = london,dublin , for the sky satellite you need to scan astra/eurobird 28.4 east . this bit should take about 5 nminutes. and now you should have all free to air channels on your box .

now connect your box to your broadband router via an ethernet cable and press menu on the dm500s remote ,now press 6 (setup) now go to expert settings ,now go to communication setup . enable dhcp (when its enabled it will have a green tick on it ) and make sure that enable network is enabled ,now press green to save and exit back to tv channels .


(you can also do this wirelessly using a device such as homeplugs ) your router should display a light to indicate that an ethernet cable is attached and you should see a little light inside the dm500s through the vents at the top,near where the ethernet cable is connected to the box . if you see neither lights plug out both box and router ,now plug in the box first and let it boot up and then plug in the router ,you should have lights now .

now you have to install cccam in you box ,so you press the yellow button on your remote ,and press the yellow button again to enter nabilosat addons download manager , press ok on nabilo image cams , now scroll down the page untill you see cccam 2.1.3 complete highlighted in red and press ok button on your remote ,you will get two prompts on screen asking if you want to install cccam and install addon you say yes both times .you now have cccam installed so exit back to tv channels .now press the blue button on your remote and then press the right arrow button untill common interface or default (this depends on the box you have ) is replaced by cccam 2.1.3 ,when youve done that you need to set cccam 2.1.3 as your default cam so press ok on your remote ,now press exit back to tv channels . you are now ready to go to the next stage which is entering c lines which i will go in to in post number 2.

(a slight change to my tutorial )to download the nabilo maxvar v8 image and to download dream up and dream control center and more click on the first link in my signature area.

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now you will need to download dream control center (you need this to edit cccam and enter c lines (remember this instruction at this point is for a one box basic setup) again you should get it from the link in my signature area. you will also need a c line which either you buy from a payserver or a family member or good friend might give it to you free if they are also sharing . a c line is a line of info containg the servers details and a user name and password for you . (a c line looks like this non working example)
C:newbie.dyndns.ws 12000 mate1 share1 ,the c bit is why its called a c line ,the newbie.dyndns.ws is a dyndns account name set up by the server (this takes the place of his box ip address) ,12000 is the default port for cardsharing in cccam ,and mate1 is the user name the pay server gave you and share1 is the password he gave you . so you would put this c line in to cccam in your box .

to edit cccam you open dream control center ,you need to set it up so it sees your network ,the first thing you see is a picture of a computer and to its right a picture of a dreambox like we see in this picture



we need to add a picture of a router to those two pictures . so to the left of the picture of the computer you will see connection type and a few options like hub,crossover and router choose router by clicking on the word router ,now you should have 3 pictures and it should look like this



below the picture of the router you will see search ,click on it and a box will appear
like this



on the top left corner of that box you will see search again click on it, dream control center is now searching for your routers ip address. when the search is complete you will see an ip address in the box (some times dream control center also finds your dreambox ip so you may see two ip addresses)like this



double click on the router ip address to accept it ,now where it said search below the picture of the router it now has an ip address. now go through the same process with the dreambox picture to find the dreambox ip address . when you have both ip addresses go the picture of the computer and just below it click on reconnect ,all being well you should see a thick green green line going between all 3 pictures and a bit of text saying network ok like this



now its time to put your c line into the cccam.cfg file .
now click on ftp in the bottom left of your screen , you will now see 2 boxes with files in them .the box on the left contains files in your box and the box on the right contains files in your pc and in between those two boxes are two little arrows .



in the box on the left double click on the file called var dir , then double click on the file called etc dir , now you will see a file caled cccam.cfg



click on the cccam.cfg file one time to highlight it and then right click on it and you will see options like view,delete,edit etc (click on edit) and cccam.cfg will open and this is what you should see



scroll down to connections and line number 80 ,each line starts with a number followed by a # symbol you need to delete the # symbol on any line you intend to use ,so delete the # symbol and type in C: and the c line you were given (exactly as you were given it ,you can copy and paste the line in if you know how ) when this is done click on file (top left of your screen) and click on exit and save , your c line is now entered now you must reboot your box .any time cccam is edited the box must be rebooted, to reboot your box press menu and and press 5 shutdown and reboot/restart . now when the box restarts go to a pay channel and all being well you should have your pay tv channels . i hope this is usefull to newbies and the not so new people who want to learn how it works .

(a slight change to my tutorial ) to download dream up /dream control center and nabilo maxvar v8 images please click on link number 1 in my signature area .

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so in the first few posts we have learned how to flash a box /setup dream control center /edit cccam and put in a c line . but some people may have their own sky card and want to share it with a second box in their home (for instance in a bedroom)this is called internal sharing .to set up a box with a card in it to share with a second box in your home you first follow the instructions above for flashing the box /connecting it to your router/ installing cccam (you must do this for both boxes)and setting up dream control center .the server box must have whats called a static ip address (an ip address which wont change )to have a static ip address in the server box press menu on the remote control then press number 6 (setup) ,then choose expert setup ,thgen choose communication setup and you should see this


now disable dhcp and press the green button to save ,and then exit back to the tv channels ,note you only need do this for the server box .


i will assume you have your own sly card and so if you followed the instructions above you can now place your card in the card slot and your card will now work in your dreambox ,but if you have movies and sports channels those channels wont open without the sly box boxkey . to get the boxkey you need to download nds boxkey generator (you can download this from link number 1 of my signature area) . you then enter the sly box serial number in to it and it returns your boxkey (which you will then put into cccam.cfg )you can find the serial number in 2 places ,the first is at the rear of the sly box where you will find a sticker with a 17 digit serial number ,or in the sly box menu in system info you will find an 8 digit serial number ,you can enter either of these serial numbers in to the boxkey generator and you will get the same boxkey . now make a note of the boxkey so we can enter it in to cccam .

before we go in to cccam with the boxkey i will explain a little about c lines and f lines . the box with the sly card in it is called the server and the box that will share with it is called a client . in the server box you need to add an f line to cccam for each client box that will share your card and each client box will need to have your c line added to its cccam .

an example of a simple f line for internal cardsharing (sharing in your own home )
F: share1 bedroom1 share1 is the user name and bedroom1 is the password ,if you add a third box in another bedroom you can add a second f line F: share2 bedroom2 . your c line will have to be put in to cccam in each client box , a c line consists of bits of info ,the server box ip address/the default port for sharing which is 12000/ the user name and password that you assigned in the f line . so lets imagine your server box ip is 192.168.0.100 your c line will be like this example
C:192.168.0.100 12000 share1 bedroom1 , the c: is why its called a c line ,then you have the server box ip,port 12000, and the same user name and password as in the f line , you can have any user name and password you like for each box as long as they are the same in both the f and c line. so now on to entering f lines and c lines and your boxkey in to cccam.cfg , we will be entering them in to the current cccam.cfg file but you can create a new cccam.cfg file from scratch by downloading cccam config creator.

open dream control center ,if you followed all the instructions above you should have a green line and text saying network ok



to edit the cccam file in the server box to enter f lines and the boxkey click on ftp (bottom left of screen) ,double click on the file called var dir , now double click on the file called etc dir, now click on the file called cccam.cfg once to highlight it and then right click on it , now you will see options view/edit/delete (if you are going to create a brand new file with cccam config creator you will need to either rename or delete the original cccam.cfg, i suggest renaming then you can go back to it for refference ) choose edit to enter cccam.cfg



now scroll down to line number 22 it looks like this
22 #
delete the # symbol (this symbol locks each line and so if you leave it the line wont work ) so delete the # symbol now in line number 22 type in
22 F:share1 bedroom1 (or whatever user name and password you want ) now scroll down again to line number 317 and you will see #BOXKEY:/dev/sci0 00 11 22 33 (delete the # symbol at the start of the line ) and where you see 00 11 22 33 this is where you edit the numbers and put in your sly box boxkey . now go to the top left of your screen and click on file and then click on exit and save . now reboot your dreambox (you need to reboot everytime you edit cccam ) your server box is now set for sharing and all movies and sports channels should clear if your paying for them as part of your subscription .

to enter your c line on the client box the process is pretty much the same except for one thing ,the ip of the client box will be different to the ip of the server box ,so as you did just above go to communiction setup in the client box and make a note of the ip address you see . the ip address will likely only be slightly different to the ip of the server box ,for example they may look like these examples
server box ip 192.168.1.3
client box ip 192.168.1.4 (you notice only the only difference is that the last digit is different)

so open dream control center and under the picture of the dreambox you see the ip address of the server box ,we need to change this ip to the ip of the client box ,you should only have to change the last digit. when youve done that under the picture of the computer click on reconect ,all being well you will see a thick green line and network ok and you now have access to the client box .

now using dream control center you open cccam.cfg file in the same way as you did on the server box and you scroll down to line number 80 and as always delete the # symbol and type in your c line as i explained above like this example
C:192.168.0.100 12000 share1 bedroom1 ,once your c line is entered go to the top left of the screen click on file click on exit and save and then reboot your box . now whe the box restarts go to a pay channel and open it the client box should now be recieving all the sly channels your paying for .remember these instructions are for internal sharing only (sharing within your own home) this will not work for external sharing (sharing with people in other houses) i will try to talk about in the next part .

(a slight change to my tutorial )to download dream up /dream control center or nabilo maxvar v8 image please click on link number 1 in my signature area.

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