install cccam on dm8000 with dreamelite BH 13C

install cccam on dm8000 with dreamelite BH 13C

I am trying to install cccam and I am using Dreamelite BH 13C.

By information on the net. The esiest way to install cccam is to do it by command
telnet IP-address and then copy some bin-files. But when I do I must login. How do I know that the username and password is?

Thanks for your help

andnord

Press Green button > Yellow button > OK button twice and download your choice of emu
Now that DreamElite downloads are no longer working, a shame as it is the best image out there, how can I instal CCcam 2.14. I have both CCcam in tgz format and the CCcam 2.14.zip. I have tried to copy them to tmp directory for manual instal and telnet, but cannot get it to load correctly. How is it done?
look for cccam2.14 ipk. you can then send it to the temp folder, then install through ipk installer in software management
if you have CCcam in tgz format than just ftp it to the temp and than press green in the remote control than press yellow .go to manual install del package
press ok you will find the file there just press ok . than you are there .
I found a CCcam.ipk file for Dream Elite, ftp to tmp folder and then pressed green on remote, followed by yellow and then Manual Install Ipk packages. It worked straight away.

Thanks for the help.

James
I found a CCcam.ipk file for Dream Elite, ftp to tmp folder and then pressed green on remote, followed by yellow and then Manual Install Ipk packages. It worked straight away.

Thanks for the help.
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Dreambox dm8000 hd pvr up and running...

Dreambox 8000 up and running...

After two weeks of head-scratching, my DB8000 is ready for some action.

As I'm new to Dreamboxes, initial setup posed many problems, not least the fact that I come straight to the box from a Triple Dragon, and although much of the Linux file system is the same, some of the files are in different sections of the system.

However, once network and satellite configurations were complete, I tried various images, settling on Nabilosat BH, residing in a USB stick alongside the Pure Flash, courtesy of Barry Allen.

Quality of picture is excellent, both SD and HD.

The system uses a Broadcom tuner working into a Broadcom 7405. Channel change is rapid.

I've retrofitted an internal 500GB Hitachi HDD, and will be looking now for a slimline DVD burner. This will be connected to the USB to eSATA stick provided (cable ready inside).HDD runs cool and sweetly.

A couple of niggles to get off my chest -

Overall finish is not as good as my TD - front hinge panel seems rather fragile, and the Dreambox escutcheon fell off

Also, and more importantly, a tuner blanking plate fell inside onto the mainboard as it was very thinly attached to the back panel(luckily it happened when not powered up )

I have made other owners aware of this on the DB8000 VIP board.

As for the high price of this receiver, my Echostar SR8700 cost more than this back in the early 90's. Whether this one justifies the cost, time will tell - I looked at several other boxes costing considerably less, but was not too happy whether full support would be forthcoming over time. At least the Dreambox support is second to none.

I will post updates on my experiencies with the 8000 as things progress.

DVD drive now added.

After much hassle, I now have the DVD burner installed (Slimline Samsung SN-S083A).

The problem was the cable connection (SATA/power plug) didn't appear to be compatible with my drive. I thought I hadn't the adaptor that plugs into the drive, but stupidly I didn't see it languishing in the carton that the Dreambox came in. Too much of a hurry to get the box up and running

There is no explanation of fitting the drive in the manual, but after uploading a revised manual (see attachment), all became clear, with mention of the aforementioned adaptor.

Having recorded to the HDD the BBC HD David Attenborough programme about Darwin, I wanted to burn it to disk, but of course being in HD, it will need to be presumably downscaled to SD. In the DVD Burner application, there is mention of changing the format to a variety of ISO images, but I'm not sure which one to choose. So this is my next task, to get it somehow onto the disk.

Yes, as far as I'm aware, the Linux fraternity are working on it, so we have to wait awhile. Not that I'm in too much of a hurry, Blu Ray drives are pretty expensive, and there's not enough HD content around to justify it.

If DRM is ever cracked, the possibility of HD movie transfer to/from your Blu Ray drive would be interesting.
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What is the difference between a DM8000 and a box from a provider

What is the difference between a DM8000 and a box from a provider (UK)

My basic question is how I can utilize and what I can get out of having a DM8000 compared to getting a box from a UK provider, such as Sky.

Apart from the obvious that I can hook the box up with a satellite dish, which is kind of difficult where I live, I have to know of what else cool stuff this can bring.


How does it work with channels that are encrypted? How can I receive those channels? Can I buy a card at Sky or doesn't such exist any more since the introduction of the Box + channels offers?

I get the concept of a box that is Linux based and "open" source, but I still fail to see the capabilities receiving wise of the box. Hope someone can help me understand its full potential.

The standard boxes from Sky UK allow Joe Public access to hundreds of channels without having any technical knowledge whatsoever. You take it out of its delivery carton, connect it up and away you go. Its idiot proof. They all operate the same so one in the Channel UIslands will be set up exactly the same as one in the Shetland Islands.

A Dreambox / linux receiver is a high end enthusiasts receiver which is infinitely customisable. You can do all sorts of interesting things with them, BUT they take a long time to learn how they work under the bonnet - you dont take one out of its box and get the best out of it until you have spent hundreds of hours delving "under the bonnet", broken it a few times, and fixed it.

So where can I buy cards that allows me to view encrypted channels?

Is there like a place that sells cards from different providers so that I have a huge pick? Would be nice to see a "complete" selection of cards.


Beside that, since we cant talk about cable in this forum, where can I ask cable/terrestrial questions?

(Sorry I am new to these forums, takes some time getting used to)
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with a Dreambox DM8000 a couple of questions

My first 2 days with a Dreambox DM8000 + a couple of questions

The Dreambox DM8000 HD is my fourth satellite receiver since a couple of sat dishes were mounted onto my house in September 2000.

The first one was a Panasonic Sky digibox (TU-DSB30), which was useful as long as the satellite footprint of BBC TV channels reached my home in south east Norway.

When the footprint shrunk I bought a Nokia Mediamaster 9802 S. I can't quite remember why I ditched that one for a Topfield TF3000 CoCl, which I've been very happy with, until the advent of HDTV.

After buying a Panasonic plasma TV (TX-P42V20) in the summer, I started looking around for an HD capable satellite receiver. I'd always been interested in the Dreambox concept, and now was as good a time as any to give it a try. Bought mine from a Danish retailer - quite a bit cheaper than the Norwegian dealers take.

It arrived on Wednesday, and I let it acclimatise for a day to the ambient temperature. I printed the instruction manual and read it from A to Z (though I do wish somebody could persuade the Dreambox company to hire a professional native English-speaking translator - the syntax is pretty hopeless at times)

Yesterday, I installed a 1.5GB hard drive, and a DVB-T tuener for terrestial Norwegian channels.

Connecting the various leads was relatively easy - though the DVI output is very close to the scart outputs, in case you want to use both.

Turning on the receiver for the first time, I was a bit confused by the flash screen, which started with a symbolic earth image in colour, before turning black and white, while the aspect ratio went through a few of its options. I suppose that's what's supposed to happen.

I let the introduction wizard take me through the first setup steps. Even managed to get the box connected to the local network too after a couple to tries.

First mistake: Believe it or not, I was sure I'd connected everything which needed connecting before I started searching for channels.

After one an a half hours of multiple fruitless searches, I suddenly realized I hadn't connected the cables from the satellite dishes - felt a right twit! That said, I've found that things hardly ever work out of the box, there's always something needing tweeking.

Here comes what so far has been a bit of an exasperating experience.

One of the satellite dishes has one LNB pointed at the Astra 2 satellite, 28.something east. The second dish has two LNBs, one pointing at Astra at 19E and the other at Hotbird 13E.

Since the Topfield only had one tuner, it was connected to the Astra/Hotbird combo.

But it gave me all the channels I wanted, i.e BBC radio, and free French/German/Italian TV and radio channels.

So I started doing a channel search. To cut a long story short, I've tried multple combinations starting with single satellite - direct connection, configuring first LNB A (where I thought I'd attached the AstraI/Hotbird combo cable) and progressing to two then four satellites (DiSEqC A/B and DiSEqC A/B/C/D), incorporating LNB B, and tuner DVB-T.

During these searches the satellites were allotted different ports and entered in different sequences. Sometimes I tried tuner DVB-S/S2 A on its own, sometimes tuner DVB-S/S2 B on its own. Sometimes I reverted to a single satellite on one or the other tuner, etc. etc.

As I exhausted the possible permutations the number of channels grew. By midnight, I had about 1600 altogether (after roughly 15 separate searches of 20 minutes each, 8 crashes and channel testing via the old Topfield to make sure the cables and satellites worked properly).

The result?

I still haven't managed to access crucial (crucial to me anyway) channels such as RAI Radio 3, the German ARD and ZDF radio and TV channels - 3Sat, Bayern Klassik, Das Erste, ZDF Theaterkanal, etc. etc.

I've also tried manual searches - which I'm used to doing on the old Topfield, entering frequency, SR, Fec etc.).

So why aren't these channels showing up? What should I have done which I haven't tried already?

(I might add that I flashed the software this morning with the latest from Dreambox.de. The operation was successful, but made no difference to search success.)

I'm sure there must be a simple explanation. I don't have a toneburster by the way - that's why I selected the DiSEqC option.

Grateful, needless to say, for all and any suggestions. I'll also try and answer questions if I know how.

1. How many downleads have you got?
2. What are they connected to?
3. What is your switching arrangement?
4. Which LNBs are connected to which ports on the switch?

Once you post the answers to those questions it will be easy to tell you how to configure your tuners.

Thanks for answering Huevos!

Here are the answers (I hope) to your questions

I have two downleads (if you mean the cables between the LNBs and the receiver).

One goes from the dual LNB (Hotbird/Astra) setup to tuner A
The other goes from the single LNB dish (Astra 2) to tuner B
(I've toggled these around numerous times, but this is the connection at present)

I don't know what the switching arrangement is. I'm trying to get in touch with the technician who installed them, and I'll get back to you on that. He may have stopped work already - it's minus ten here, not much fun if you're mounting satellite dishes outside!

I do not have a physical switching box - the leads simply go from the LNBs into the living room. The Topfield, as mentioned, has only one tuner, to which I connected the Hotbird/Astra combo, which was more than enough for my purposes.

I checked the LNB setting on the Topfield for all three satellites - don't know whether this helps or not.

The settings are identical on all three satellites apart from their position in the DiSEqc 1.0 sequence.

LNB frequency: 9750-10600
LNB Power: On
22 kHz: Off
12v: Off
DiSEqc 1.0 : Astra 2 is no 1 of 4, Astra is no 2 of 4 and Hotbird no 3 of of 4

Other satellites (like Eutelsat 2F4) are 'disabled' in the DiSEQc 1.0 sequence.

By the way, I've tried having just one of the LNB cables connected. That should obviate the need of a switch I would imagine. But that doesn't seem to work very well either.
Hold your horses! I think I've managed to solve the prob. While I was writing the previous answer, I'd put the receiver on search: Tuner A on DiSEqC A/B on Hotbird and Astra, and tuner B on single satellite, Astra 2. Lo and behold, my long lost channels have returned like the prodigal son.

Pretty certain I did the same search several times yesterday. Still, who's complaining if it works?
Glad you've sorted the DiSEqC problem out DD. So many combinations with two satellite tuners. I have a 4-way switch to one of the tuners - one port for a motorised dish, others for 19E, 13E and 1W. Other tuner for 28E. So that needed a little time to set up for the various satellites.
Spoke too soon I'm afraid. In my excitement over seeing the German channels appear (Astra 19E), I didm't notice until I'd finished putting them into their different bouquets that there were no Hotbird channels.

Just did a rerun, but it took half an hour to find absolutely no channels at all on the Hotbird satellite. Then the Dreambox went into slow motion, with every click of the remote causing the cogs to start rolling up in the left hand corner. A bit like an extremely sluggish computer.

I've turned the whole thing off at the mains, and shall let it mope for a bit. Perhaps it'll pull itself together.

But I think you've got a point with the switch thingummy.

I'll report back later this evening or tomorrow.

The quality of the picture is amazing to behold, however.
Your tuner settings all look correct.

What I would recommend doing it get a set of motorised Enigma2 settings, opening them in Dreamboxedit then deleting the satellites that you dont need. Once done FTP them to you DM8000 using Dreamboxedit.
Looks like I've managed to lose every single channel. I did a factory reset (twice) and went through the setup wizard again. I've done a couple of searches using what I thought were the successful settings from this afternoon - not a single channel found on either Hotbird or Astra (there's nothing on Astra 2 that I want, so I don't if that's not working).

I'm beginning to wonder whether the LNBs haven't frozen themselves into inaction - but if they have, it would be the first time.

To World-of-Satellite, many thanks for your suggestion. I don't have motorised LNBs, so there's probably not much point in getting motorised Enigma2 settings, even if I know where to look (which I don't) or how to FTP them to the receiver with Dreamboxedit (which I don't have).

I've obviously made a major league mistake somewhere along the line, but where and what?

I'm reverting to my trusty Topfield for the evening. Good job I'm not too busy workwise at present!
Exactly what my satellite technician suggested on the phone this evening, making sure the sequence is replicated in the Dreambox satellite search parameters. I'd already looked up the DiSEqC sequence in the Topfield setup (posted above), and tried again this evening, swapping the cables so that the Astra 2 went into tuner A. But no joy there either.

I've had to record something tonight as well, using the Topfield, so there wasn't really much time to look into it anymore.

I think what I'll do tomorrow is flash the software again (if that's possible), and start all over again. The searches are pretty interminable.
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