Recent content by alewis

Ah. I suspected something as such, given the VU references in the images. Many thanks for the prompt reply.

Is there a DM800 "native" Blackhole image, that has not been 'touched' by RamiMAHER, or does it only exist for the VU box, and Rami 'converts' it?

Thats a really helpful reply ;-) Seriously, can you provide at least a hint where to read, or what to read. Try learning from a google of ccam newcamd and you get pages of sites wanting to sell you a subscription, but little about HOW to do anything. A lot of guides are several years old, and...

No, you dont need to manually edit anything. What you do need to do is something very simple. Very simple, and NOT detailed in the manual. Its that simple I can't remember what it is, and I dont have my dreambox in front of me. IIRC, its to do with running the hard disk initialisation menu item...

I'm looking at using a Dreambox to replace my Popcorn Hour and Satellite/freeview boxes. The PCH is used as a front end, to view avi/mkv files on my server (SBS2003), which it does quite neatly, and with the minimum of fuss/config. Getting the DM800 to see the networked drive is a little more...

OK, so does one then use the hard disk? I've physically installed it, and initialised it in the BP menu. However, the recording locations point to /dev/hdd and "default mountpoint". I cannot change either, only delete the second (the bookmark). If I press instant record, I get an error message...

Hi all Hoping someone might be able to help, as my dealer no longer supports this box, and I have several. One, when powered in, flashes "boot" in the LED display, and does nothing else. I've tried powering up without the card, no difference. Can anyone throw any light on this; the issue, how...