Dreambox 500 Satellite Positions

xXGJSXx

Thanks for reading this hope someone can help. I have a D500 with a Gemini 3.4 image and am thinking of reflashing to the new 4.5 version. My motor was positioned by a satellite specialist and therefore all the positions have been manually inputed (goto x doesn't pick up any satellites) I have tried setting up new positions with very little success. Is it possible to copy the satellite positions from my box and then recopy them back when I have reflashed the box? ie is there a file where these positions are stored on the box.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

HB13DISH

If your receiver is not original, flashing it with latest Gemini image would make it become useless.

mhku

From my experience there is no backup file for sat positions although this doesn't mean there isn't one.

Why do you want to "upgrade" to the latest version of Gemini? Is your current version stable?

xXGJSXx

Thanks for the info. The box is a genuine D500 bought about 18months ago. Over the year it has become very cluttered with old emu's, plugins skins etc. so I thought reflashing to a 'clean' new image would be the best option. It has also started a really annoying thing of the picture going all 'jittery' after being on the same channel for about 45 minutes (goes away if you change channel then back to the one you were watching)

HB13DISH

Well, if you are absolutely sure, then go ahead and flash with the latest Gemini image, but at your own risk.
I also reflash every few months when I get weird behaviour like the remote does what it is not supposed to do.
I think that you would need to do the setup again, unfortunately.
Good Luck

mhku

Make sure you know your way around the Service Searching menu before flashing.

When you reflash make sure you know where the dish is pointing- it can be very frustrating rescanning, and gotoXX doesn't work on a DM500s.