Posts by romman

Quote from steve67474

Hi Rommam, this has nothing to do with signal level the switching voltage for the LNB between Horizontal and vertical frequencies is as follows...Polarisation switching is controlled by DC voltage supplied by the receiver. 12.5v to 14.5v gives vertical and 15.5 to 18v gives horizontal polarisation. The openbox supplies 14.7 so it never switches from H to V on some channels well at least both mine did. An inline amp wont fix this.

Dont understand how you think foam insulation carries the signal as this is not the case you need a good quality cable with screen and and shield for instance WF100 the foanm dialectric is an insulator. Take the fact that you use cable joiners the foam dialectric is cut on those. Sorry mate appreciate your input but question your facts anyway BER is 0 and working fine:caz:

Steve i have been on more training courses than i care to remember over a very long period of 18 years and i can assure you the dielectric insulator carrys the db signal from lnb to receiver and any disruption in this causes signal loss! Even an f type barrell is not recommended as it will still introduce some signal loss although i have used them in the past myself but if you look at these barrells they are specifically designed for the job of joining cables to allow a continual flow for the dielectric,albeit your fplugs have to be fitted correctly for the barrell to work correctly, by allowing the foam or plastic insulator to rise out of the tip of the f plug by a couple of mm so it touches the the solid plastic dielectric on the barrel when both fplugges are fully tightened.

Electrical connector blocks are most definately not designed for this!!

Outer sheath = obviously to stop water/moisture ingress

Sheild = an interference barrier to prevent unwanted noise distorting the data!

Braiding = Acts as a ground and helps the inner core do its job correctly

Inner core = Voltage!

I have explained what the dielectrics job is on co-axial cable already!!

This is why its not a good idea to crush cables or introduce sharp bends on the cable while installing as it crushes the dialectric causing signal problems although foam is the best cable to use as the plastic dielectric crushes easily...

I,m sorry but i would not recommend anyone does this modification and look for another solution to remedy your openbox problems.

romman

Well if it works it works cant argue with that but i would be really surprised if at some point you dont start losing other transponders after doing this because as soon as you start hacking into any cable like that you will lose signal,the dielectric is the part that actually carrys the signal from the lnb to your receiver and in this case its the foam insulation that carrys your signal and as you can see its been disconnected! Mate have a look at your BER (bit error rate) and see if its showing anything as it should be at 0.

Not slagging anything here its just an obsrvation steve thats all and i,m glad its working.

Also has anyone tried an inline amp with these boxes as i know that was a specific inline amp that cost about a fiver that sorted all the dm800,s out with the dodgy tuners.

romman

Sorry i misread your first post.i did,nt see the hd part.

If your looking for cheap hd boxes you are going to have to look at clones and the cheapest and most reliable clone in my opinion is the vu solo but your looking at 130 a box including a wifi pen but you will have to be carefull where you buy them from but maybe others have good experiences with other boxes so i will shut up now hehe.

HOLA AMIGO!!! hehe.. i lived in spain on the costa del sol in 2000 to 2003 installing *** in residential homes and apartment blocks and i know all about the signal and requiring a good tuner in ya box,we used gilbertini 1.25 dishes and preferred panasonic dsb30 or silver grundig at the time,old pace 2200 models were useless so we did not use them,1.8 channel master dish for communial on the costa but as i,m sure you are aware the east coast of spain is barely bordering on the footprint and you would need a humungus 2.4 just for residencial clients so some boxes may not perform as well in these ares but i dont know and i obviuosly dont know which part of Spain you are referring to!

I can tell you however that i have a friend in the south of portugal and a minimum dish size of 1.5 is required there and the whole of Portugal for that matter and he is using a clone dm500 connected to his gilbertini 1.5 and no issues whatsoever with 0963 channels.

Eagle boxes are basically dm500,s i think but i,d say its worth a punt and buy a dm500 clone at 50 squid and have it sent over or have one of your lucky friends bring one over when they visit.

I sent him the black dm500 clone model which was 50 quid as he was strapped for cash and could not afford the vu solo which is what i recommended for him but if you are running a business and looking for cheap reliable boxes i would recommend the updated 528s model which you should source for around 65 quid per peice and obviously bulk orders of 5 or 10 peices should bring that down a tad depending what company you use. I,ll send you a pm of one site but you might find a better supplier closer maybe,this model even has an internal psu and probably upgraded 4 layer board and tuner.

Another really good reliable box is the technomate 500/600 which retails usually at the 80/90 quid mark which is probably going in the wrong direction price wise for your customers.

Good luck!!

romman

P.s its none of my business but i would be carefull which forum you ask questions like this on as they may look at it as if your a payserver..

Quote from silverfox0786

considering how rubbish smargo is on ecm times that price would get me 6 omnikeys and they are so much better on ecm times

personally i would leave it

Yep they are better because they overclock ya card!!! Not good for nds cards in my opinion

Quote from master G

Sbox_v0.0.5-2-A-BlackHole
Sbox_v005-2-A+CCcam_v2.1.3-BlackHole
Sbox_v005-2-A+Mgcamd_v1.38-BlackHole

I could not get the ipk sbox 5.2.a & cccam 2.1.3 to work on vu duo,however this worked which i have attached.

Cant say i have ever noticed a problem with mine but i know what your problem is djrikstar333, You do not have a complete ecm whitelist..*** 3d uses 71 for its ecm length so add it to your list and it should be fine.

I hope you guys returned the favour to this banned member haha.

Lol!!!! I have 18 years experience installing communial/private sat and tv installations to allsorts of flats and homes and i have never seen or had to route any type of cabling through a bathroom for tv! although i have ran cables neatly under kitchen kickplates a few times.. I see the installer never even put a bit of filler or even mastic in the first hole he screwed up lmao.

Also i think when it comes time to decorate the bathroom the fitters wont be too happy,you might find that was diy or the customer asked and signed for the cable to be ran in that way...what a mess tho haha!

Yes i would go for the duo over the uno however i do like all the boxes vu have gave us thankfull people,the solo was a great entry box and exactly what people required and will be sold no problem,the duo of course is what people require for dual recording or even the fantastic ultimo.

The uno was designed for people who wanted to change the tuner for catv etc as it has the ability of interchangeable tuners and it also has the ability for an internal drive,same readers and processor as the duo so i can see why they made the uno model tbh as i think they have the right idea with every box they have produced and corner a tough market very well.

romman

I think you can only stop reshare with oscam but i am not sure about controlling it like cccam, basically reshare is already on with oscam anyway which most people dont like and rightly so but i,m unsure of what you are trying to do,if you are trying to stop reshare on oscam then the best way is to be carefull who you are sharing with or stick with friends and family!

A quick fix to stop reshare with oscam is to add (uniq = 1) to the clients account which will basically tie down your primary clients ip to your server,however unless they have a static ip address they will become a duplicate like the rest and go off if thier ip changes and deleting and reinstating that user is only way to fix it.

There is some new additions to the latest oscam versions which i have not looked into yet but i dought any of them will be for what you are after and you might be best to float around and have a peak at the oscam board itself to find other answers.

Cheers.

I think you could have some fun with this box m8 as i have heard of some bad stories of freezing issuses with these things.

I know nothing of them but i would seriously recommend you avoid this box like the plague but thats just my opinion.

I dont think it would take millions or a lab or even a decade for that matter as i think it would just take someone to take a real interest in doing it but the people mostly in the know will be the people who actually design 3rd party open source receivers in the first place and not some run of the mill bunch of numptys on a forum beta testing images from another designer and renaming it as there own and thats rife out there lol.

So basically these guys wont do it obviously as it would wreck sales.

http://www1.***.com/opensourcesoftware/***HD/

Its defo easier than you all may think but to be honest 300 quid for a duo is money well spent and much less hassle.

Also you would still have to do similar editing jobs like channel lists etc if this was possible anyway as it would be a much harder task trying to hack ***s epg software system asking for a download when you required it.

Tuners on those boxes are usually fairly good!!

I assume you have tried the latest channel list which i,m sure you have mate,i would try erase.img on ths box as sometimes rougue images were known to completely fook this model and then try pli jade 3 or open pli for 500dms.

Or you coud jtag it and see if that helps.

Quote from deerhunter290378

trying to get this viaccess cam working in my vu duo but it wont even detect? , works in an openbox but is listed as Viaacess 1 with date 22/02/99 ??? , is this an old cam and not compatible, its one of the black ones on ebay for £16.95 im only trying to activate my Penthouse card with it????

Can you not activate the card with oscam and Mgcamd on your duo with the correct configs.

I have never heard of this dish tbh mate and i also dont even like the look of it and i dought i would have that anywhere on my home or caravan as it looks like one ugly mofo to me regardless of its size,i would also be sceptical too regarding signals being ok but that said some dishes produced like the channel master 1.2 can give better signals than a 1.3.

Also unless i am looking in the wrong place these things appear to be selling for around the £280 mark,lot of money unless you are sure it will give you stable signals which i dought but as said i have never seen or installed one of those.

Anyway i would not buy that so here is some options for you but its upto yourself.

80m fixed with 3 lnbs and diseqc switches or motorised 80cm/too large tho probably
or
60cm motorised system which i think would not look as intrusive as that other mofo/you would need to do some messing with that setup i think tho as in set it on 19east and peak it and then mess with the lnb scew to receive all 3 sats reliably.Dont set it up on 1 west like you are supposed to do with motorised diseqc systems as you only require those 3 sats.

I have only ever done 80cm motorised or fixed setups for what you are after and its fine but i live further north than you.

Only 50 or 60 quid so worth a punt i reckon... example = ebay no 360427733787

Or see satshops site or pm satshop for further advice on what he can do for ya.

Good luck!

This is what virmin technicians if you can call them that advise subscribers to do on the blower when you speak to them,this is where they say hey we do not support wireless so use our equipment as a modem only if you have problems and use your own router!!

Shocking really and a way to fook you off really i think,another thing they do not supply the ambit 300 docsis 3 capable modem now which was a fantastic modem which i would have been more than happy to use with my own ddwrt modem connected to it but now they say there best modem to date does not exist and there is no order number for it.

Best broadband is virgin without a shadow of a dought but i cannot understand why they are accepting this shit home hub over previously better equipment..

If i had virgins broadband with thier latest security ie 30 meg and above i would certainly not use this home hub they are trying to fit everyone out with for anything other than a doorstopper!!.. i would use my own docsis enabled modem to connect to virgins service and my own router and bypass this shit they seem to be supporting pmsl..

Blah blah haha sorry just the date today made me go all funny.:haha:

Chris what version of Mgcamd are you using on your technomate and has the mgcamd bin been chmodded to 755? I assume it has if your getting pictures mind you, Mgcamd 1.35a should update your card nicely!

Animal Planet HD

Transponder id = 2025
Network id = 2
Frequency = 12187
Symbol rate = 29500
Polarization = Horizontal
FEC = 3/4
Inversion = Auto
System = DVB-S2
Modulation = QPSK
Rolloff = 0.35
Pilot = Auto
Service type = 25
Service ID = 3813