I am new to this so need some help Ihave just downloaded your latest image for my DM500C and flashed the image and it worked ok I have now connected to my cable supply (VM) with a the coax and splitter with the lan connected to my router run setup which found loads of channels but when try to play any channels i do not get anything other than a few free channels BBC,ITC channel 4 etc . can anyone throw any light on what i am doing wrong.
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Started by TONYCADY, 19 Mar 2014 11:04
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Re: DM500C #2
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Posted 19 March 2014 - 12:30
How do you intent to view non-free channels? Do you have a smartcard? From which cable company? Is that card supported?
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Re: DM500C #3
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Posted 19 March 2014 - 14:30
i was told using this box no card is required
Re: DM500C #4
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Posted 19 March 2014 - 15:04
That depends on your provider. But either the channels are not encrypted and free to watch (and you should have an image when you select the channel), or the channels are encrypted, and you need a smartcard.
Note that afaik a DM500C can only do MPEG2, so none of the HD channels will work. And I'm not sure it can handle all current signal encoding methods, after all, it's a very old box.
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Posted 19 March 2014 - 15:29
other people seem to be using these boxes but as you say some images are very old and on this sight seems to be the latest.
Re: DM500C #6
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Posted 19 March 2014 - 16:19
It has nothing to do with the image, the chipset in the DM500 just isn't capable of displaying anything but MPEG2. All HD, and a lot of other channels too, are MPEG4 these days.
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