confused

sgtthurman

i recently purchased a dreambox dm500 s and it is an awsome receiver when u get to uinderstand it but my question is i am trying to hook up two lnbs on seperate dishes via a diseqc switch one is hotbird and the other is nilesat when hook up and connect to box and go thru setup nilesat is fine but hotbird only picks up arab channels when connected directly it is fine and get all channels is there a certain type switch to use or am i setting up wrong

rolfw

You probably need to allocate DiseqC b or 2 to Hotbird in the satellite setup menu.

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sgtthurman

thanks for ur input you helped me figure out what i was doing wrong i am using old toneburst diseqc 4 port and had cables in wrong ports everything is fine now all sats come in clear one more question i have two irdetto cards i have paid subscription to is there any way to store info off one card in box so i do not have to keep switching them in and out and maybe damage them

rolfw

Not as far as I know, although there used to be twin card holders called doublers, there is one in the pipeline for irdeto 2, but haven't seen one available as of yet. http://www.cardman.com/others.html
http://www.sapro.cz/sorti/cam_moduly.html
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