Life with a DM500HD

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It would be nice to get feedback from DM500HD owners on their experience with this dreambox. I for one can only praise the box, as I have done on several threads.

Admins: Can this be made a sticky please, like for the DM800?
 

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I am just setting up my DM500HD with some difficulty I might add probably because I am used to my old Technomate so any bits and bobs that will no doubt appear will be very usefull. My immediate annoyance is that when I scan 28.2 I only get 195 channels (no freeview) but why??? if there is a definitive how to do it manual please someone point me in the right direction... I know its a long learning curve but its ruddy frustrating...:confused
 

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This thread is not for getting help, it is for reporting your experience with the DM500HD. Start a new thread for help.
 

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My apologies o shumifan50 but you asked for experiences and that's what you got
 

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hi all,

thanks shumifan50 for this thread

i found this box very stable. i installed the dream-elite BH 1.0 image (without the multiboot) and is working really well and very fast. no crashes to report.

remote very sensitive much better than the 8000's.

will report further...
 

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Hi all !

I received my DB 500 HD a couple of days ago and it is now up and running decoding most of the packages at 19.2 deg. Note that it is my very first DB and I absolutely no idea how the other versions perform/look like.

When opening the box, I was surprised with its relatively small sized. Its width is no longer than the length of the remote control. It is thin, about 3 cm I would say. Design is beautiful, quite heavy in hand and does not look cheap at all.

I am much less convinced with the design of the remote control but on the other hand it is pretty handy, I can hold it very well due to its oversized and rounded body.

The boot time is rather fast, I do not have exact numbers to give but it is similar to my previous official decoder.

I installed Dream Elite BH 1.2 through the network. It was straightforward and fast. I added the CCcam plugin using the remote control and copied the conf file in /var/etc in /var/etc.

Everything worked straight away ! HD is nicely decoded on my panasonic V10.

Zapping time is very fast.

I have about 10 peers and very little traffic is generated on my access router, less than 10kbps. When looking at the load of the DB (telnet then top), we have :

Mem: 109444K used, 35684K free, 0K shrd, 0K buff, 49352K cached
CPU: 0% usr 0% sys 0% nic 98% idle 0% io 0% irq 0% sirq
Load average: 0.12 0.15 0.10 2/69 28857
PID PPID USER STAT VSZ %MEM %CPU COMMAND
694 691 root S 73276 50% 1% /usr/bin/enigma2
791 1 root S 24184 17% 0% /usr/bin/CCcam_214
28847 776 root R 2840 2% 0% top
788 1 root S 24184 17% 0% /usr/bin/CCcam_214
738 1 root S 24184 17% 0% /usr/bin/CCcam_214
312 1 root SW 0 0% 0% [b_event]
701 691 root S 73276 50% 0% /usr/bin/enigma2
[...]

CPU usage is very low. The CPU is 98% idle and applications are in sleeping state most of the time.

I have not heard the fan so far. I have not checked if it is turning or not. I read somewhere that the Dream Elite firmware stopped it for some reasons but I am not sure. Anyway, I should have a look at the CPU temperature...

Best regards
Manu
 

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Mine arrived yesterday and I have to say the box is great.

Setup took minutes, flashed via web browser with the latest Dream Elite Image.

Added an external hard drive via esata connection, copied my settings over from my 800 and stuck a card in the front.

Plenty of testing still required as I think the potential for this box is greater than my 800 because the processor is much better.

I don't think I will bother with the USB mod as I just don't see the need for it with all my other box's.

I will feed back more when I have finished testing.
 

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I ordered a "real" not cloned box, got it today.

flashed it via web browser using Black Hole from Dream Elite team 1.0 (1.2 has this multiboot shit, which I dont know what it is, so didnt wanna take risk)

After flashing from plugins installed cccam latest.

the quality is awesome! for HD channels with AC3 sound! I love this box, given me no problems at all.

Advice to everyone please dont buy "fake", buying 500S fake is understandable since its a simple box, but this 500HD has cooler, hd tuner, and shit so make sure its original.

Screenshot from 7 series LED samsung with DM500HD

_http://fastuploader.com/images/45218515425d5226120fb.jpg

Over all lovely piece of box!
 

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Update.

BOX could not turn on today! it is dead.

Using DreamUP , it can find the box, but cannot flash, and suddenly it could and when i tried to flash it with original dm500hd image it did this:

18:26:02 box type: DM500HD
Unable to ping the box, using serial mode
18:26:45 Calculating checksum...
18:26:48 Uploading file to box...
18:35:16 box is flashing from its memory...


18:26:02 box type: DM500HD
Unable to ping the box, using serial mode
18:26:45 Calculating checksum...
18:26:48 Uploading file to box...
18:35:16 box is flashing from its memory...
18:39:34 Log: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

18:39:35 Log: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

18:39:35 Log: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

18:39:35 Log: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

18:39:37 Flashing failed (HI WORLD!!!
), box will be unusable now!!


What the hell is this?

THIS IS PISSINGME OFF!
 

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If you did nothing other than turn it on and it was dead then there is every chance there is a problem.
Go to the DMM home page and make contact with them.
 

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I wrote to the shop owner, he said it is because I put a bad image? how is that possible?

So that means it is the image killing the boxes?

Has anyone with "original" dreambox image had any problem? if that is the case then stay away from "dream elite" images.
 

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It has nothing to do with the image, the shop owner is a fool.
Do as I said and contact DMM.
 

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SONIC1 - the shop owner said that I should send the box to him, and they will look at it. What will DMM do if I contact them? Wont they say that go to your dealer where you bought the box? how will that help. Help me out, I am a bit confused.
 

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If i leave the box off for 10 minutes, and then try to power on, then the dreamup does flash but gets stuck on

"18:35:16 box is flashing from its memory..."

I can also enter the IP by browser the same way and when I try to flash it over network, it gets stuck at 46,4% ....

pissing me off now!
 

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Are you flashing via network or with USB ?

I only ever flash with network.

In the UK the supplier has to own the problem but ultimately DMM have to take ownership and help when dealers give a poor service.

DMM do not need or want bad press on boards and so far I have yet to read a post where DMM said go away.
 

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with mini-usb it gets stuck after "18:35:16 box is flashing from its memory".

I have to have the box power off for about 5 minutes, then when I turn on with power button pressed down then I can enter the IP page by browser, but when I select the image file it got stuck first at 47% or something, now I am trying again but this time it gets to the next upload bar % page but nothing happens, and then I get a timeout error.

Weird! I have sent an email to DMM support, and the guy owner where I bought the box is saying send us the box, we will have a look at it and see.

I am confused what to do and what not to do.

Good thing is that after 5 minutes of power off I can boot the box up and the IP does take me to the firmware page....

so the box is not totally dead but then its not flashing via network properly ...

so sigh!
 

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_http://fastuploader.com/images/stuck.jpg

I tried blackhole latest image and original dm500 image.

get stuck, like in the screenshot!

I will let u guys know if I find a way out.


Admin message. Please upload your images, do not link to them from file storage sites.
 

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Latest update: I managed to flash the original DM500HD firmware via network/lan.

However when it reaches 100% complete, and I press the reboot button on the page, it gives like an error nothing happens.

So flash is done but something still wrong in the box, most prob manufacturing fault.

I now turn the box on, green light blinks a few times, I see that picture of DM500HD, and then red light comes on and nothing happens!

that is it, now the original firmware is atleast there with logo, so I can send it back to the shop where I bought it, and then can send me a new one.

I am not wasting more time on this.
 

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Enjoy this poster dedicated to ppl - with screwed 500hd box and bad experience.

_http://fastuploader.com/images/dm500hd.jpg
 
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