Recent content by kwaka750

thanks for the quick reply, cables etc are fine, i have an old tm-1000 and if i put that in the place of the 500 it works fine. i have tested for power out the back of the 500 with it not connected to the dish/coax and there is no reading. was hoping someone else has had the same problem and had...

my tm-500 has just stoped sending power to the lnb, can anyone tell me if it is worth tying to get repaired or is it scrap? the unit still powers up and all works but just no power coming down the coax. i have had a meter on the lnb output but there is no reading at all? just hoping it will be...

take that as no lol

just opened up the box to have a nosey and noticed the board is the 600 but with a few chips, resistors and usb ports not on the board, just wondering if anyone had tried to wire in the usb's and if so what else is needed (as the firmware obviously knows its a 500 and therefore cant record?)...

hey, got it working by changing from the official standard image to the UR ones, all is working great now, thanks

thanks, took youradvice and after being told i must be doing something wrong they let me pay the difference for the tm-500, worked instantly lol, only problem im having at the min is the ethernet as when i plug it in the box takes over a minute to move when i press a button lol, ill try sorting...

hey, thanks, im using gemini 4.7, when checking the mac address of the box it seems to match with the boxes which arent clones so ill have to have a harder look at it, ill have a look at the link and see how i get on, thanks

to thor from the link you gave*

ok, so it apparently didnt post my message before saying thanks lol, it is aligned to thor correctly from thor but will have to play around with the alignment to inrease strength, the dish is a 1metre, the motor is a technomate tm-2300 super and the receiver is a dm500s, im using DISEqC. when...

and thanks for the quick reply

true south even lol

hi all, hoping someone may be able to help, im in hull, uk and have set the dish up to true north and the pole is level both ways etc, however when trying to send the dish to 28.2 the dish only moves fractionaly and is pointing nowhere near where it should, there is not much more movement going...