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DreamBox 500 for Newbies 5.5

By Randandy

With Sections by Craniel, Maxgen,

Philmakrakin, and Manxx.

Guide for the Correct Setup of the

DreamBox 500-S

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Page 1 DreamBox 500 for Newbies 5.5 By Randandy With Sections by Craniel, Maxgen, Philmakrakin, and Manxx. Guide for the Correct Setup of the DreamBox 500-S Powered by www.DBNation.tv...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Section 1 Quick Start Guide For DBNA Images Section 2 Quick Start Guide For Pi Images Section 3 Recommended Equipment and Software Section 4 Using DreamUp Section 5 Initial Set-Up Section 6 Configuring Your Network Section 7 Using DCC to Load Keys Section 8 Uploading Service Lists and Satellite Settings...
Page 3: Quick Start Guide For Dbna Images
TV as well as mentioning more advanced features. Your new DreamBox will come preconfigured with an older official image from DREAM Multimedia. This will work great for FTA (Free-To-Air channels) and with modification will allow viewing of encrypted channels. Most DreamBox owners use private images.
Page 4 3. Use DreamBoxEdit to load the most recent DB Nation Service List (channel list) from our forum. Anytime you scan transponders you erase info in the service list. Dish Network transponders cannot be scanned so don't try. If the desired satellites are in the service list on this forum use it.
Page 5: Quick Start Guide For Pi Images
Section 2 Quick Start Guide For Pi Images (for those of you who don’t like to read directions) 1. Use DreamUp to flash your image. Connect your DM500 to the null modem cable but unplug the power. (I no longer recommend using your ethernet cable. There are too many problems using DreamUp with the ethernet cable.) Click the ‘Erase’...
Page 6 This will get you the free-to-air channels. If you plan to test other channels (which we don't encourage or condone your doing) then you need to apply keys. The key files are SoftCam.Key and AutoRoll.Key for Radegast and Autoupdate, camd_cfg, Keylist, replace.list, and three nagra files for Evocamd.
Page 7 Watch TV. Error Messages: If the screen says ‘Service not Found’ then you need to correct your setup of satellites in Satellite Configuation, FTP a new Service/Channel list to the DreamBox, replace your switches, or check your wiring. If the screen is black without messages then you have an emu problem and need to check where you FTP'ed the "Key"...
Page 8: Recommended Equipment And
Section 3 Recommended Equipment and Software Equipment: 1. Null modem cable (make your own if you want). 2. SCART adapter if you are in North America and you want S-Video or Composite Video since our TVs don't come with SCART connectors. The DM500 does have standard RCA plugs out.
Page 9 3. LAN so you can connect to your Box from a PC and so you can get to the internet. You can also use a crossover LAN cable if you do not have a router. 4. A computer on the LAN with hard drive space on which to set up a CIFS drive or an NFS drive.
Page 10 Procedure: 1. Unplug the DreamBox from its power. 2. Connect a Null Modem Cable between the PC and the DreamBox. A plain serial cable WILL NOT work! 3. Start the ‘dreamUp-DM500’ program on your PC and you will see the following screen: 4.
Page 11 8. Click ‘Erase’. (Always erase before installing a new image.) 9. Click ‘Flash’. Browse to the image of your choice. (We recommend the latest DBNA or Pi image for the DM500.) As the process continues you will see this screen:...
Page 12 • Note that the flash erase is done automatically with this program after which the image that you chose is flashed. • Use this anytime the DreamBox freezes. Section 5 Initial Set-Up After turning on your DreamBox for the first time the TV will be flipping and you will need to change from PAL to NTSC.
Page 13 2. You will see the DiSEqC Configuration screen next but we are not ready to do this yet so press the “Exit” button several times. 3. Press the "Menu" button and go to "Setup". Now press the “Menu” button on your remote and find “Setup” then “System Settings”...
Page 14: Configuring Your Network
5. Go back to “System Settings” and go to “Time Settings” and press “OK”. Choose Time Zone and choose yours. Press the Green button or arrow down to the “save” box and press “OK” to save your time zone. You will be asked if you want to “Restart Now”...
Page 15 your Router is 192.168.0.1 use 192.168.0.24 for your DreamBox. If the router is 220.120.34.6 then use 220.120.34.24 for your DreamBox. c. If you are not sure of your network settings you can find them from your PC. Go to Start and click “Run” and enter “cmd”...
Page 16: Using Dcc To Load Keys
DHCP: Uncheck this box or you won’t be able to fill in the following blanks. (Check if you want to let the DreamBox find a valid IP address using your Router as the DHCP server.) IP: Is the IP of your DreamBox. Assign it as described above. Usually, 192.168.0.24.
Page 17 Procedure for images with Evocamd: 1. Download Autoupdate.Key, Keylist.txt, and replace.list. 2. Start DCC. 3. Click FTP tab at left. 4. Browse through the right side pane until you find the three key files. (camd_cfg should already be there.) 5. Double click on “var” on left side and then double click on “keys”...
Page 18 Find the 13 “nagra” key files on your PC in the right pane of your DCC. Highlight one of these thirteen files and click the leftward pointing arrow between the DreamBox and the PC pane to send the file to the DreamBox. Repeat with the other files.
Page 19 Procedure for images with Radegast: 1. Download SoftCam.Key and AutoRoll.Key. 2. Start DCC. 3. Click FTP tab at left. 4. Browse through the right side pane until you find the two key files. 5. Double click on “var” on left side and then double click on “keys”...
Page 20: Uploading Service Lists And Satellite
6. Highlight one of the “.Key” files and click the leftward pointing arrow between the DreamBox and the PC pane to send the file to the DreamBox. 7. Repeat with the other file. 8. Make sure the capitalization is correct; it does matter. (SoftCam.Key and AutoRoll.Key) Section 8 Uploading Service Lists and Satellite Settings...
Page 21 information that was there. In other words, it DELETES the service list information for that satellite. The uploading and backing up of these settings is performed with a program called DreamBoxEdit as well as others that are available. DreamBoxEdit allows you to make changes to your service or channel list manually as well as allowing you to use a stock list from our forum.
Page 22: Satellite Configuration
In the next window, make sure the IP Address of your DreamBox is correct. Click “Send Files to Dreambox”. It will say Reload Settings or Reboot. Click “Reload settings on Dreambox”. • You will now be able to select North American satellites and proceed to the next step.
Page 23 http://www.dreamboxfornewbies.org/Aiming a Toroidal Dish - T90 and T55.pdf. for help with aiming the T90. Or a rotor which will turn a dish with a circular and linear LNB to tune every satellite within its arc. A: Fixed Dish Configuration...
Page 24 We will provide you with an example to demonstrate how this should be done. This example will be for 4 LNBs connected to a 4x1 DiSEqC switch tuning satellites at 82, 91, 110, and 119 degrees. We will assume that you have your dish aligned correctly and that you have LNBs aimed at these 4 satellites connected by RG6 cables to a 4x1 switch.
Page 25 2. Choose “non-standard user defined configuration” from the top drop-down menu. 3. Choose your desired satellite – 82 in this example. 4. Select LNB0 and press the OK button. Do not make any other changes to this page.
Page 26 5. At this new screen, change the LOF/H value to “11250”. All other items should stay at their default values. 6. Press the Blue button to take you to the next page.
Page 27 7. Change DiSEqC Mode to 1.0. 8. Change DiSEqC Parameter to A/A. 9. Press the Green button or arrow down to the “save” box and save the changes you have just made. 10. Press the Yellow button to add another satellite and repeat this procedure to add all 4 satellites with the following settings: Satellite...
Page 28 Now that you an expert and want more than 4 satellites you may want to extrapolate these directions to 8 (or even more) satellites if you have a T90. For 8 Satellite positions: - 1 Spaun DiSEqC uncommitted switch - SUR 220F or 420F - 2 Spaun DiSEqC switches - SAR 411F - 8 LNBs LNB Toneburst DiSEqC...
Page 29 We will provide you with an example to demonstrate how this should be done. This example will be for 2 LNBs, one linear standard and one circular, connected to a 22kHz switch tuning satellites at 82, 91, 110, 119, 148, 97, 105, and 121 degrees. Equipment: 1.
Page 30 need to do in ‘Satellite Configuration’. Right now there is not a rotor version. Satellite Configuration for those with Rotors Procedure: 1. Using the remote control press “Menu” and go to Settings then Service Searching then Satellite Configuration. 2. Choose “many satellites via DiSEqC Rotor” from the top drop-down menu.
Page 31 6. At this new screen, change the LOF/H value to “11250”. All other items should stay at their default values. 7. Press the Blue button to take you to the next page.
Page 32 8. Change DiSEqC Mode to 1.2. 9. Change DiSEqC Parameter to A/A. 10. Press the Green button or the down arrow button to the “Save” box and save the changes you have just made. 11. Press the Yellow button to add another satellite and repeat this procedure to add all of the satellites requiring circular LNBs (R or L polarization) with the following settings:...
Page 33 satellites requiring linear LNBs (V or H polarization). 13. Use “10750” for the LOF/H. Satellite 22kHz LOF/H Toneburst DiSEqC DiSEqC Mode Parameter 10750 None 10750 None 10750 None 14. Press the Green button or the down arrow button to the “Save” box and save the changes you have just made.
Page 34 19. Browse down to “Number in Motor” and enter “1”. 20. Browse down to “Orbital Position” and enter “1190” for the 119W satellite. 21. Browse down to “Direction” and select “West” from the drop-down menu. 22. Press Blue button.
Page 35 23. Browse down to “Mode” and select “position” from the drop-down menu. 24. Browse down to “Satellite” and select “119.0 W EchoStar 7” from the drop-down menu. 25. Browse down to “Transponder” and select “12239 / 20000 / H” from the drop-down menu. 26.
Page 36: Using Flashwizard For Backups
button or the down arrow button to the “Store” box and store this position. 29. On the screen that comes up enter “1” in the “Storage Location” box and press the Green button or the down arrow button to the “Save” box and save the changes you have just made.
Page 37 FlashWizard is a program that allows you to: 1. Backup your entire DreamBox and restore it if you have any future problems. (If the Box has frozen you will have to use DreamUp first and then restore your image with FlashWizard.) 2.
Page 38 Backing up your image and settings: 1. Start FlashWizard. 2. Click “Install a firmware into FLASH memory”. 3. Click “Flash Image Backup”. 4. Create a name for your backup. 5. Click “Save”.
Page 39: Adding Services Manually
Restoring your image and settings: 1. Start FlashWizard. 2. Click “Install a firmware into FLASH memory”. 3. Click the Folder icon. 4. Click on the file you wish to restore. 5. Click “Open”. 6. When it asks, “Sure to restore the backupped image?” click on “Yes”.
Page 40 2. Choose the satellite of interest from the “satellites” drop- down menu. 3. Choose “tv” from the “types” drop-down menu to make things easier to keep track of. (Select “Radio” if you want to add radio stations.
Page 41 4. Go to http://www.lyngsat.com to find the services information we need to tune a service. These pages contain "packages" or information about the services offered on each transponder of each satellite.
Page 42 5. We are adding services from 110W so select Packages – America and click on 110.0 W EchoStar 6/8.
Page 43 6. You will now see this screen:...
Page 44 7. Now you click on any of the "P"s, for programs offered. This will bring up a list on the 110W DISH Network for all services offered.
Page 45 8. The 110W satellite carries two types of beams- direct Spot beams indicated by a named location and Conus beams. Conus is just simply satellite info that is transmitted all over North America and Spot beams are transmitted over the geographical location noted. (Think of a spot as a beam from a flashlight;...
Page 46 10. We need the following information about our service: a. The station name. b. TID – transponder ID c. Frequency of the transponder c. Symbolrate d. FEC e. Polarization f. SID – Signal Identification Number g. NID – Network Identification Number 11.
Page 47 d. The Symbolrate is on the left hand side of the list, in this case the number is 20000. e. The FEC number is on the left hand side of the list. In this example the number is 5/6. f. The Polarization is on the left hand side of the list, right next to the frequency number, either an "R"...
Page 48 12. Start DreamBoxEdit. 13. Point your mouse on any service listed on the left hand side and right click. 14. A drop down menu will come up: 15. Select “Add a new service” and you will see this screen.
Page 49 15. Start at the top and …. a. Enter “Satellite Position” which is 110 in our example. b. Enter “Transponder ID” - 242. c. Enter “Network ID” - 4102. d. Leave "Namespace" blank for now, we will deal with that number after we enter all the other data. e.
Page 50 k. Enter “1” for TV at “Service Type”. l. Enter “7302” for “Service ID”. Leave “Number” alone. n. Now go back up and click “Calculate Namespace”. o. Click “Add” and you are done. p. The PIDs are for adding AC3 or Dolby Sound. There is more in the forum about Dolby sound.
Page 51: Cifs Drives And Recording To Your Pc
Section 12 CIFS Drives and Recording to Your PC This File Sharing protocol is currently thought to produce much improved recordings on the DreamBox 500. This topic is currently in flux and can best be followed in the Forum at http://www.dbnation.tv/showthread.php?t=8.
Page 52 Configuring Your PC 1. Download NFSDream and TueGrid NFS 1.1. It can be found on our forum as well as other places. 2. Extract the NFSDream file to a folder. 3. Create a new folder within the folder you extracted the NFSDream file to called nfs.
Page 53 b. Or you can use regular Windows commands to make this new folder. 6. Start NFSDream by double clicking on the NFSDream icon and you will see this screen. 7. Select “Create” then “Win NT/XP/2K” then “Portmap Add” and then Create” again, then “Win NT/XP/2K” and finally “Nfs Add”.
Page 54 8. “Create” then “Set record path” and browse to the drive and folder where you plan to mount the NFS Drive. When you do this, you are telling the NFS server to publish a share called /dreambox which is actually pointing to the folder you selected.
Page 55 10. In the top line box, labeled “IP of Dreambox" enter the IP address of your DreamBox. 11. In the next line box down, enter the IP address of the machine where NFSDream is installed. 12. Once both fields have been populated, press the “Mount” button.
Page 57 h. Press the Green button on the remote to mount the drive. i. Press the Yellow button to save the mount. Recording You will have to use your web browser or the browser in DCC to access the record function. DCC has your IP address already present.
Page 58: Emus And Encryption
Simply press the “RECORD” button at the upper right and you will see that a flashing red dot appears and that the “RECORD” button changes to a “STOP” button. You can play back the recording by using your remote and going through MENU to the FILES section.
Page 59 • CAMX Keys are never included with an image. The key requirements are different for different emu’s. Radegast uses only SoftCam.Key and AutoRoll.Key. Evocamd uses four files in the “/var/keys” folder and three files in the “/var/scce” folder. Newcamd uses ten files in the “/var/tuxbox/scce” folder not “/var/scce”...
Page 60: Installing Addons Including The Emus
Highlight the Emu box and select the Emu of your choice and press the Green button to activate it. You may remember different Emus per channel or bouquet. Section 15 Installing Addons including the EMUs For the Pi Image The DBF image contains an automatic installer of Addons including the emus.
Page 61 Select the Addon of your choice including emus: Alternative: You can install these emus manually with the “Install Addons manually” section above by downloading...
Page 62: Scanning Satellites
the Pi Softcam file from http://www.dbnation.tv/showthread.php?t=19. This is necessary only when the Pi image server is down or not updated. Note: To install Newcamd 6.01 right now you will need to FTP 2 files to the DreamBox with DCC send. Download Newcamd 6.01 from www.dreamboxworld.com and unzip.
Page 63 4. Press the “Exit” button on the remote when the scan is done and it will ask if you want to “scan another Satellite”. Press the Green button or the “OK” button scan another. Press the button or the right arrow button to the “No”...
Page 64 Some skins have the tendency to clip the bottom of the image because most of the skins available are for PAL images and settings. It’s as though the display should be shifted up slightly. Changing Skins A simple search will find many skins for you. These two links have a large assortment of skins with which you can play.
Page 65 Select OSD Settings: Go to the Change skin box and press OK: Select SimpleSpace skin and press OK:...
Page 66: Dreamnetcast Internet Radio
Additional Skins can be downloaded in DBF Extras: Section 18 DreamNetCast Internet Radio 1. Download the plugin. (The Pi2 image already contains it.) 2. This ZIP file contains the actual DreamNetCast 1.0 plugin for your DreamBox and the DNC Helper application that needs to be installed on your PC.
Page 67 3. Start DCC and ftp the DreamNetCast plugin files from the dreamnetcast folder on your PC to your DreamBox’s /var/tuxbox/plugins folder: 4. Now launch the DNCHelper.exe file on your PC:...
Page 68 5. Verify and correct the settings to match those on your DreamBox (IP, Username, and Password): 6. Save settings and hit the Download list from shoutcast button:...
Page 69 7. Select which stations you like and hit the Convert to stations.xml button:...
Page 70 8. Click the Yes button when prompted if you want to upload the file to DreamBox. It will be placed in the /var/etc folder. NOTE: Depending on which image you’re using, there may be a stations.xml symbolic link located in the above folder, if that’s the case, please delete it before uploading the stations.xml file.
Page 71 NOTE: If you’re using the DBF Pi image, there is no need to install this plugin as it is already included in the image. To start the DreamNetCast plugin just hold the AUDIO button on your remot control. Use only the DNC Helper App to modifiy the stations list.
Page 72 3. Now hit the Yellow button on your DreamBox’s remote control and select the Jukebox plugin from the list: 4. Navigate to your MP3 folder stored on either a Hard Drive or on a NFS share and hit the OK or Play button (you may also use the color buttons shuffle the order of playback): 5.
Page 73: Bitcontrol Streaming
NOTE: If you’re using the DBF Pi image, there is no need to install this plugin to play MP3 files. This image does not have the channel audio overt the MP3 audio problem anymore. Just go into FILE MODE, select your MP3 and hit OK/PLAY.
Page 74 6. Now double click on the icon and Windows Media Player will pop up with the streaming from your DreamBox. Section 21 Links Excellent links for downloads: http://www.dbnation.tv http://www.dreamboxfornewbies.org http://www.digsat.net http://www.olmi.cz/dreambox http://dreambox.sjerom.com/ http://www.dreamboxworld.com Excellent English Forum links: http://www.dbnation.tv...
Page 75 Official Dream Multimedia Website http://www.dream-multimedia-tv.de/...

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