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I have tried to reflash it with dreamup and a null cable but I get a message saying, uploading complete, the the next message hangs on waiting for acknowledge... and I am unable to connect to the box

My sis got it new in March and I flashed it for her . It was working fine until yesterday. I have never put Gemini on it.

Im useing a null cable, Dreamup 1.3.2.1 PLI jade image

Hi all. I have my sisters dreambox, but it dont work too good . The green light(power) is on, but thats it. The tv screen stays blank I have tried to reflash it with dreamup but I get a message saying, uploading complete, the the next message hangs on waiting for acknowledge... Im stuck!!!!!!!!!!

What other addons can I have on my 500s. I am useing, emiga, and evolution epg at the moment, is there anything better? Are there any better skins? Or anything else?

I will give that ago now. I just checked my backup and none of my channels or boquets ftp back correctly.. I just had ago at DCC but I cant get it to do anything. I can connect to my dreambox and see its contents but I cant get any of the tools to work... Help needed please I have just...

I have savecd the channels ect with dreambox edit, Which I am happy about as my remote reciever has gone wrong on my box and I am sending it back on Monday. Thanks for your help kip

Can I just ftp what ever folder contains the channel list and sats I use to my pc? I dont know what folders these could be , but it would solve my problem as I still cant find where flashwizard is putting the backups im trying to make.

Yep thats what I did , but it only backed up the o/s of the box not my channels ect

Thanks for that kip. I have managed to backup my box sort of. I havent been able to backup my channels ect. Basically I want to make an exact clone of my box, the entire contents of it. Can I do this with dreamup?

Hi guys. Well Im haveing probs backing it up. I have tried dreamup with a null cable, and flashwizard. The problem is I make a backup with the progs but I cant find where it puts the backup to reinstall it. I am using the apps from dreambox tools.?

Can I backup the entire contents of my dreambox, so if I need to replace it or add another box I dont need to go through the hassel of getting all the files and channels ect again. And then be able to flash the entire contents back to a new box in one easy step or so?

I have set my tv to auto colour/contrast ect and it has made it a little better.... Thanks for you help guys...

Hi guys , thanks for answering my question. My prob is that I have a 42" plasma tv and sky hd. My picture is great with sky and freeview tv. So I dont want too adjust the tv settings. I have the dreambox 500s connected via a scart cable to the tv, but the contrast is slightly to low, mostly...

I have had my dreambox 500s for 3 days now and Im starting to get to grips with it,,,,,,just. At the moment Im trying to workout how to adjust the brightness/contrast, as its a little to dark for me... But I cant find how to do this. Can you guys give me a hand?