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podhead
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18. September 2007 @ 09:21 |
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for wiz569.i loaded your services files as i reported and got all the channels.i notice that i have one of the box office channels and was wondering is there a way of getting all the box office channels?also i loaded your cables files , but when i scan i don't get any channels. have i some settings wrong ?
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Shorty696
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18. September 2007 @ 11:36 |
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Hi There,
I have managed to get the dreambox set up by fitting a booster and changing the Tuner to "OLD". After the scan I have 77 channels, which is not too bad.
However I was wondering if this is all the channels I should get or should there be more?
I'm on N*L MMDS.
Just to note that I haven't updated the image from DW 1.6.2 or changed the service files.
Any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks
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mking24
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18. September 2007 @ 12:53 |
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I have my D-box2 about 3 weeks now and have stumbled across a significant problem. I attempted to record a programme on the box using the Sportster menu. It started recording and then completely froze and i lost all picture. I proceeded to unplug the box and then plugged it back in.
It now refuses to boot up. The coding information remains on the LCD panel but it refuses to start up. All previous threads are related to problems with the box functioning. I cannot access it at all.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated on how to fix this problem.
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18. September 2007 @ 13:20 |
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Originally posted by Shorty696:
Hi There,
I have managed to get the dreambox set up by fitting a booster and changing the Tuner to "OLD". After the scan I have 77 channels, which is not too bad.
However I was wondering if this is all the channels I should get or should there be more?
I'm on N*L MMDS.
Just to note that I haven't updated the image from DW 1.6.2 or changed the service files.
Any help is greatly appreciated
i think there should be about 90 ???? try scanning manually on diff: frequency's!!!
Thanks
Al
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18. September 2007 @ 23:48 |
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can anyone recommend the best signal booster for NT£ Dublin?? Ive been using a cheapo one from Argos (15 quid) for the past few months but its not up to scratch I think..
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Mullingar
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mgb17
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19. September 2007 @ 05:27 |
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Check first if you got an ntl splitter. If you read 6db at an 2 way splitter replace the thing with a real splitter.
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19. September 2007 @ 05:32 |
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Originally posted by mgb17:
Check first if you got an ntl splitter. If you read 6db at an 2 way splitter replace the thing with a real splitter.
Im not using a splitter anymore. Im taking the feed from the wall to the booster and then from the booster to the dbox and then a scart to the TV.
Mullingar
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ruprect
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19. September 2007 @ 05:50 |
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Originally posted by mullingar:
can anyone recommend the best signal booster for NT£ Dublin?? Ive been using a cheapo one from Argos (15 quid) for the past few months but its not up to scratch I think..
thanks
On www.digitalworldz.co.uk they recommend a yellow one on ebay for the UK, but it is about ?45 I think. It can be fine tuned. I would try a few combos first, some people have the NTL feed into a video and then out to the dbox.
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spongerob
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19. September 2007 @ 05:59 |
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hi folks,
anybody using a dbox or dreambox in maynooth on chorus cable? a mate of mine is living there and is asking me if it will work.
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mgb17
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19. September 2007 @ 06:37 |
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Originally posted by mullingar:
Originally posted by mgb17:
Check first if you got an ntl splitter. If you read 6db at an 2 way splitter replace the thing with a real splitter.
Im not using a splitter anymore. Im taking the feed from the wall to the booster and then from the booster to the dbox and then a scart to the TV.
A too strong signal is as bad as a too weak signal.
Maybe your signal is now too strong.
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19. September 2007 @ 07:01 |
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Originally posted by mgb17:
Originally posted by mullingar:
Originally posted by mgb17:
Check first if you got an ntl splitter. If you read 6db at an 2 way splitter replace the thing with a real splitter.
Im not using a splitter anymore. Im taking the feed from the wall to the booster and then from the booster to the dbox and then a scart to the TV.
A too strong signal is as bad as a too weak signal.
Maybe your signal is now too strong.
I'll check the signal tonight and post tomorrow and maybe someone can tell me if it is too strong/ weak. When Im using the argos booster though, I keep the gain turned to the max, and when I turn it the opposite way I loose my picture completely and just get a blank screen. Thats why I assumed that the signal was too weak.
Mullingar
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mgb17
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19. September 2007 @ 07:29 |
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Check the numbers for BER SNR SIG with installed booster and without.
If you own an real splitter check also with splitter.
Target is a BER around 0.
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19. September 2007 @ 07:38 |
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Originally posted by mgb17:
Check the numbers for BER SNR SIG with installed booster and without.
If you own an real splitter check also with splitter.
Target is a BER around 0.
I think the ber is zero actually. One of them is for sure anyway and I assume its that one. I have most of the channels by name since i put the new blade image on but the screen is blank and says channel not available. Even some of the movie channels chirp and are impossible to watch sometimes. Ive list discovery turbo, E4+1 and afew more that I used to watch.
Mullingar
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19. September 2007 @ 10:04 |
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Originally posted by mullingar:
Originally posted by mgb17:
Check the numbers for BER SNR SIG with installed booster and without.
If you own an real splitter check also with splitter.
Target is a BER around 0.
I think the ber is zero actually. One of them is for sure anyway and I assume its that one. I have most of the channels by name since i put the new blade image on but the screen is blank and says channel not available. Even some of the movie channels chirp and are impossible to watch sometimes. Ive list discovery turbo, E4+1 and afew more that I used to watch.
Scan manually on freq 402000, 394000 to get back the missing channels or load the latest cables.xml for ireland and do a full scan.....
Al
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mking24
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19. September 2007 @ 10:23 |
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I have my D-box2 about 3 weeks now and have stumbled across a significant problem. I attempted to record a programme on the box using the Sportster menu. It started recording and then completely froze and i lost all picture. I proceeded to unplug the box and then plugged it back in.
It now refuses to boot up. The coding information remains on the LCD panel but it refuses to start up. All previous threads are related to problems with the box functioning. I cannot access it at all.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated on how to fix this problem.
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mgb17
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19. September 2007 @ 10:46 |
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If the mount of your pc harddisk fails and you are using a jffs only image the recording is landing in the flash memory of the box until the thing is full after 2 seconds. After that only a reflash of the image help.
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mking24
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19. September 2007 @ 10:53 |
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Thanks alot for the info mgb17.
How would I go about reflashing the image on my digibox? I know I've to get a lead to connext to my PC. But after that I'm at a loss.
Any advice to solve it would be greatly appreciated.
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mgb17
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19. September 2007 @ 11:02 |
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spongerob
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19. September 2007 @ 11:37 |
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hi,
if i was to subscribe to the basic ntl mmds package, would it be possible to take another split from the aerial?
Basically what i want to do is use the supplied ntl box in one room, and a dreambox in another. Anyone got any experience doing this?
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glic83
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19. September 2007 @ 11:41 |
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yeah just have to split the line
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spongerob
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19. September 2007 @ 11:44 |
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excellent...i presume you've done this yeah? any idea how many splits would be possible from the aerial? on chorus analogue at the moment and its a load of crap!
nice one for your help!
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glic83
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19. September 2007 @ 11:53 |
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see what your signal is like after the 1st spilt cos you might need a booster if the signal is weak in ur area and if your on chorus analouge youll be chorus digital
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spongerob
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19. September 2007 @ 12:01 |
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Rang chorus the other day and they said digital wasn't available in the area, but i know ntl are offering digital in the area (leaflets in the door, and plenty of mmds aerials on roofs). Can't understand why, considering they are the same company now!
Contemplating cancelling chorus altogether, and just going with ntl.
2 feeds should be enough, 1 for ntl box and 1 for dreambox.
Will probably end up sticking an aerial on the roof for rte1,2,tv3 and tg4 in the rest of the rooms, along with a sat dish for the bbcs and itv's.
Just working everything out at the moment, but should end up being a serious system!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. September 2007 @ 12:03
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19. September 2007 @ 23:47 |
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Originally posted by mullingar:
Originally posted by mgb17:
Check the numbers for BER SNR SIG with installed booster and without.
If you own an real splitter check also with splitter.
Target is a BER around 0.
I think the ber is zero actually. One of them is for sure anyway and I assume its that one. I have most of the channels by name since i put the new blade image on but the screen is blank and says channel not available. Even some of the movie channels chirp and are impossible to watch sometimes. Ive list discovery turbo, E4+1 and afew more that I used to watch.
I did the check last night and here are the results:
This is for a non working channel..Ber = 10485750, Snr = 21300-22600, Sig = 0 and at the end it says NO SIGNAL
This is on a working channel..Ber = 0 (it did jump to 80 for a second though) Snr = 64033-64300+, Sig = 0 and at the end it says DUBLEGACYCABLE
Anyone any ideas? On every channel i did this on, the signal appeared as 0 even on some of the working channels...
Mullingar
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mossyd
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20. September 2007 @ 02:23 |
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Originally posted by ruprect:
Originally posted by markarman:
the channels i know i cant recieve so far are
discovery turbo
living plus 1
more 4 plus 1
there is also 1 of the uk gold channels but im not sure which one right now, i am sure there are others too i am just not sure which ones.
just to clear something.
i got a new cable.xml file and when i upload that they work fine until i unplug the laptop. i know the xml file is saved because i checked. it must be something to do with the start up thats not finding this xml file.
i am not sure where to find or even what ber is... the signal is ok because they work before i unplug the laptop and all the other channels are fine. nt hell must have changed something for this group of channels only.
thanks again for your interest
mark ..
Your missing channels are probably
channel service_id="0516" name="LivingTV+1" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="0517" name="Disc Home & Health" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="0518" name="Bravo +1" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="0519" name="Discovery Kids" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="051a" name="Discovery Turbo" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="051b" name="Racing UK" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="051c" name="Nick Replay" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="051d" name="UKTV Gold +1" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="051e" name="Zee TV" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="0521" name="TVX" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="0529" name="Nick Toons" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03e9" name="The God Channel" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03ea" name="Jetix" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03eb" name="More 4+1" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03ec" name="The Hits" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03ed" name="ABC" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03ee" name="Men & Motors" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03ef" name="Inactive Setanta Golf" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03f0" name="Spare Channel" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03f1" name="Rangers TV" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03f2" name="Celtic TV" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03f3" name="Inactive Setanta Sports 1" service_type="01" />
<channel service_id="03f4" name="Setanta Sports 2" service_type="01" />
now on 394 and 402 frequencies. You might be able to edit your cables.xml file and add them in so it will scan for them.
None of my scans picked them up, I had to add them in. I also made a huge provider file with frequencies, 100, 100.5, 101.....999, 999.5 in it. This will take a few hours to scan but should get them all. The only problem is that it will check say 354.5, before 355, and if 354.5 works at all it will decide to pick it, even if the true broadcast frequency is 355. I had frequencies off by 0.5 before and the picture was jumpy. I dont know if there is a better way to make a cables.xml file, or some way to make sure it only accepts a channel if the signal is strong.
Hi, I too am missing the above listed channels. Scanning with Irish9 or Irish10 does not get them. I'm not sure but I believe MMDS and true may be affecting me.
Can you provide your files so I can drop them in and see does it work for me?
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