Prasert Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I'm gonna need some help with the following: I'm trying to get my Dreambox 500 working with UBC. Pointed a satellite dish at the Thaicom5 bird, connected the coazial cable to the dreambox, turned it on and followed the setup instructions. Problem is that the SNR keeps bouncing between 55% and 60%. Too low to get a lock. So I thought, dish not aligned correctly. But to be sure, I took the box to my neighbour, connected the coaxial cable from his perfect aligned dish to the dreambox and went through the setup again. Same problem = maximum SNR 60%. I guess I'm missing something here. Anyone can help me out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Jack Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Is your LNB the cheap UBC version and installed in the LNB setup menu with oscillator setup at 11300 Mhz and or as an universal LNB with two LO freqs? There is your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasert Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 My neighbour's LNB is probably the 'cheap UBC' version, which gives a perfect signal on his DStv receiver but not on the Dreambox. So I guess I can rule out a problem with the LNB. But please do tell me how to setup the LNB in the dreambox. This is the first time I'm trying to get some hands-on experience with satellite TV, so I'm still learning.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lor Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 (edited) First find out what type of LNB you have. Sounds like it has a LO of 11.300 and NOT a Universal one. You need to turn your Dreambox on. Press MENU Press SETUP Press SERVICE SERCHING Press SATELLITE CONFIGURATION On the next screen you will see a list of Satellites. After the name of the satellite is a box with called LNB, the entry in that box is probably "0". Move the curser to this box and press OK/ENTER You will see two lines. LOF/L and LOF/H change the entries on both these lines to "11300" After that you press GREEN to save the data. You will only need to make this change once, not on every LNB box with "0" in it. Now go back out of the menu and try to scan again. Once the stations have been found you will probably only be able to see a couple of stations, the rest will give a black screen, unless you have a real card (with the correct cam software/image installed) or other method of getting keys. Chris Edited April 1, 2009 by lor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasert Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 First find out what type of LNB you have. Sounds like it has a LO of 11.300 and NOT a Universal one.... You will see two lines. LOF/L and LOF/H change the entries on both these lines to "11300" ... Thank you very much, as this did the trick! I'll catch up and read more about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfriendyou Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Are you using a ubc card in the dreambox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasert Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Yes, there is an official UBC card in the box. (trying to make it work at this moment.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Question. If my Condo supplies me with SAT TV, and all cabling has been done, can I just attach the box to the antenna socket supplied in my condo and use a Dreambox to gain access to other channels? Would welcome any answers. How about cards, I have seen them advertised for sale locally, is this legal, and could I use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurain Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Question.If my Condo supplies me with SAT TV, and all cabling has been done, can I just attach the box to the antenna socket supplied in my condo and use a Dreambox to gain access to other channels? Would welcome any answers. How about cards, I have seen them advertised for sale locally, is this legal, and could I use? I'd also like to know the answer to this, can anyone please post some info? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joncl Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Question.If my Condo supplies me with SAT TV, and all cabling has been done, can I just attach the box to the antenna socket supplied in my condo and use a Dreambox to gain access to other channels? Would welcome any answers. How about cards, I have seen them advertised for sale locally, is this legal, and could I use? I'd also like to know the answer to this, can anyone please post some info? thanks! The simple answer is no, as the condo will in most cases will only feed RF signals via its MATV system, not the satellite IF signals you need for your DM box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Question.If my Condo supplies me with SAT TV, and all cabling has been done, can I just attach the box to the antenna socket supplied in my condo and use a Dreambox to gain access to other channels? Would welcome any answers. How about cards, I have seen them advertised for sale locally, is this legal, and could I use? I'd also like to know the answer to this, can anyone please post some info? thanks! The simple answer is no, as the condo will in most cases will only feed RF signals via its MATV system, not the satellite IF signals you need for your DM box. I will have the basic UBC package, so with that and then the Dreambox, I should be able to gain access to the other channels. Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I will have the basic UBC package, so with that and then the Dreambox, I should be able to gain access to the other channels. Yes? If you watch the channels through a UBC decoder then you can use any other decoder. If you receive the channels through an antenna cable going straight into your television set, then you cannot use a dreambox. Do note that the dreambox needs an official smartcard from UBC, for which you will have to pay subscription, to watch the UBC channels legally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasert Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 (edited) The Dreambox will show whatever channel is received over the coaxial cable from the dish. So the channels depend on your satellite dish(es). Which channels you can decode depends on: -the smartcard present in the dreambox -smartcard information received over the LAN connection. Edit: monty beat me to it... Edited May 17, 2009 by Prasert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auntyedna Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 The Dreambox will show whatever channel is received over the coaxial cable from the dish.So the channels depend on your satellite dish(es). Which channels you can decode depends on: -the smartcard present in the dreambox -smartcard information received over the LAN connection. Edit: monty beat me to it... If you have the PSI C-band dish, you can get the Dreambox "Multichoice" package, Baht 6500 per year, that gives you the following: 4 movie channels BBC Prime, BBC World, BBC Food CNN, Sky News, Bloomberg JOTV, TCM Channel O Music, MTV National Geog, Discovery Cartoon Network African channels: TV5, ASBC-ABC, AFMAG RTPI Travel, MNET Gameshow, Reality-TV, FTV and if you're a sports fan: ESPN Africa Supersport 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 A dream indeed. One snag. Dreambox needs a ADSL connection, so... ... if you live remote from Bangkok, where the internet signal is sent from, the TOT ADSL is so crap that you get a blank screen most of the time. I live in Phang Nga... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasert Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 If you have the PSI C-band dish, you can get the Dreambox "Multichoice" package, Baht 6500 per year, that gives you the following:4 movie channels BBC Prime, BBC World, BBC Food CNN, Sky News, Bloomberg JOTV, TCM Channel O Music, MTV National Geog, Discovery Cartoon Network African channels: TV5, ASBC-ABC, AFMAG RTPI Travel, MNET Gameshow, Reality-TV, FTV and if you're a sports fan: ESPN Africa Supersport 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 A dream indeed. One snag. Dreambox needs a ADSL connection, so... ... if you live remote from Bangkok, where the internet signal is sent from, the TOT ADSL is so crap that you get a blank screen most of the time. I live in Phang Nga... Please do tell me where I can get a 1-year card from Multichoice for only 6500 baht! (and I'll even share it with you oops....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 A dream indeed. One snag. Dreambox needs a ADSL connection, so... ... if you live remote from Bangkok, where the internet signal is sent from, the TOT ADSL is so crap that you get a blank screen most of the time. I live in Phang Nga... Please do tell me where I can get a 1-year card from Multichoice for only 6500 baht! (and I'll even share it with you oops....) You missed the important point.. They are talking about cardshare client / server setups.. Any time your nets down, or slow, then your sugnal encryption kicks in or breaks up when slow. And 6500 !! Your being stung.. 2500 per year for 4 sat systems was the price I was told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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