Dreambox 500s how to set up ?

[Derekwd]

Got an openmedia box of my son, cable tuner as gone very weak on it so having a play on the sat side of it, just for something to do lol.

I have a standard sat dish up, done a scan found all the channels, now i can view channels like BBC,ITV,FILM4,True Movies and others, but cant view Sky 3, i know its on freeview so was wondering if i need something else on box to view it.

Using DW Neutrino v2

Thanks in advance
Derek

[RoYaL KiD]

Mate, you need to have a freesat card for this i think! 20squid from sky

[Derekwd]

Thanks for the reply m8, never played with satellite before, got my trusty dbox lol, so not bothered with sat, just having a play lol,do these cards work in the openmedia, (dreambox) and is it just a matter of putting the card in.

I know i wont get sports,movies ect, but would just like to get all i can, just for the hell of it lol.

Derek

[pt-1]

Originally Posted by Derekwd

Got an openmedia box of my son, cable tuner as gone very weak on it so having a play on the sat side of it, just for something to do lol.

I have a standard sat dish up, done a scan found all the channels, now i can view channels like BBC,ITV,FILM4,True Movies and others, but cant view Sky 3, i know its on freeview so was wondering if i need something else on box to view it.

Using DW Neutrino v2

Thanks in advance
Derek

There is a difference between FreeToAir (FTA) and FreeToView

Thx to old BSlyB they even manage to charge you for something that is free...

Their contract runs out soon so all the Channels (BBC,ITV,Channel 4 and Five) should be FTA and no card needed.

The Freesat (BBC & ITV) run via BSlyB's Satellite Platform and are "tied" into the OpenTV Standard (not open of course) and a special plugin or Diff is needed to get more than only Now&Next EPG

[RoYaL KiD]

cheers for that pt-1...you learn summat new everyday!!