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Dreambox 500c problem
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gizton
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9. March 2010 @ 16:33 |
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Guys,
my mate has just brought his box to me as its not getting any channels.
As I rescanned my box super to get it working he asked if I could try his dreambox but I cant get any channels..any advice?
I live in Greenock west of scotland..thanks.
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9. March 2010 @ 17:05 |
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is he on the same cable provider as you ,if he is then a rescan should work his box as it did yours . press menu ,press 6 ,press ok on service searching ,choose automatic scan .
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gizton
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9. March 2010 @ 18:12 |
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When i press menu i get a menu which consists of (1)tv mode, (2) radio mode etc and (6) is games????
Not sure what to do with this as it doesnt seem to follw what you have said????
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9. March 2010 @ 18:19 |
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a bit of history would be good. did it ever receive a full complement of channels or are you setting it up from scratch. what piopat is saying is press the menu button then select setup, then select service searching and then scan. however if it is not loaded with necessary CAM and KEYS it will not open channels. Hence the question. Did it at some stage open channels or not? If it did at least we know that its just a matter of doing a scan. otherwise the box needs to be configured from the beginning
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gizton
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10. March 2010 @ 06:27 |
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Thanks guys for your help, he has left his box with me so I'll try the scans when i get home.
He had all the channels setup previously as this is not a start from scratch job
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AfterDawn Addict
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10. March 2010 @ 07:07 |
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its prob the same issue as those in Greenock have had the last day or so, freq change on chans, so prob needs a re-scan to bring them back perhaps
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10. March 2010 @ 10:04 |
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sorry gizton mate setup is number 6 on my box ,whatever number you have for setup is the one you need ,then service searching and then auto scan on your provider.
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kevjt
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10. March 2010 @ 11:01 |
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Originally posted by piopat:
sorry gizton mate setup is number 6 on my box ,whatever number you have for setup is the one you need ,then service searching and then auto scan on your provider.
Guys - also from Greenock - my Dreambox 500c has menu 5 for set up,then another few options - no idea what am lookin for. Can anyone give me an idiot proof way of getting the channels back
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gizton
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11. March 2010 @ 06:51 |
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Box super works fine in mines with NTL but mates dreambox doesnt?
Selected
Menu
Setup
Satellites & transponders
automatic transponder scan
choices are SR6900 or SR6875 (providers?)
Selected both at different times and got the following:
Search in progress: SNR/AGC/BER
Eventually error message below comes up
All known transponders have been tried but no lock was possible
Verfiry antenna/cable setup or try another satellite/network
End result..no picture??????
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kevjt
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11. March 2010 @ 11:35 |
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exactly wot am gettin gizton - someone must know a way to get them
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11. March 2010 @ 12:52 |
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if it cant lock on to a valid transponder then it wont scan ,i was talking to a guy on here who had the same trouble . he couldnt scan as the 2 provider ids were not his provider id . i think you have 2 choices here , first is to manually scan in each frequency one at a time .for that you need all the frequencies for your area and your provider id . or to flash the box with another image .
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rodmc
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11. March 2010 @ 14:49 |
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Im in Greenock using a dbox, got the exact same problem, doesnt find any transponders at all. Im using Sportster 1.7, is there a newer image I can use to get the channels back?
I tried dumping a backup of my services file back on the box, but got nothing.
Any help greatly appreciated
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rodmc
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11. March 2010 @ 15:08 |
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anyone?
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12. March 2010 @ 01:55 |
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12. March 2010 @ 02:15 |
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and by the way the location should be /etc/tuxbox/
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rodmc
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12. March 2010 @ 14:59 |
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cheers fintannl, been trying all sorts of stuff to get my box back up, been trying to flash the fecker all day with no success
Let you know how I get on
Thanks
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