Any Advice for a DB800 Newbie

tomthebomb1968

My 800 is arriving tomorrow and just want some pointers. Is hard drive compatability an issue or is any small SATA drive fine. I can get a 250gig Western Digital 2.5" 5400 rpm, seek time 11ms, for £40 from my local Pc store. Would this do the job. Would an external drive be better, in regards to the internal temperature. Is a fan for cooling advisable or is it a "wait and see" job. Which image should I go for. Any advice greatfully received

Thanks, Tom

Rage9

You can speak to me on MSN mate, lol.

Glad you received it ok - i pre installed Gemini 370 on it & cccam for you, so you shouldn't have to patch it.

And the fan i sent you should keep the box very very cool, it kept mine cooler than my DM500 !!

tomthebomb1968

Ya didnt say you were on here, i had it up n running ok but my ccam cfg file had no effect so i did a factory reset, then an update and its all gone pear shaped. Im struggling along, but im learning as I go. Put PLi Jade on it and it would not boot. Looking for another image now. Might try Nabilo . The little fan works a treat, near silent too.

Got Nabilo on and running, got my cfg file ftpd to the box. Dish at 28.2e so set up for a single sat and scanned it. Boy does it take some time to run a scan(about 25 mins) is this normal? Just need to sort out how to set it for the motor now and that should be it. Also, My Snr is only showing around 26/28% and the AGC is 99% Ber 0. I am getting perfect picture on all channels so why is the signal % showing so low.

tomthebomb1968

Im working fully now, sorted the motor out though I didnt do anything different than I did b4, All scanned in and working.