DREAMBOX 500S BY STEP SETUP

The first thing to do with any box is to flash it with a good image(this is the tv software ) and also the image needs to be clone safe (if your box is a clone) most new dm500s bought these days are clones. The items you need to flash your box are an image ,i suggest nabilosat darkstar 11 ,and you will need a loader called dreamup (the loader sends the image into the box) and you will need a null modem cable to connect the box to your pc and open dreamup, the first thing you set is com port(this is the port where the null modem cable is connected) some pcs have more than one port so it may have options com1 and com2 etc ,i would start at com1. ok now click on connect (info should appear in the info box ) it should say box type in this case dm500 and also box is alive and speaking ,(this is the point if com1 is the wrong com port that no info will appear in the info box so then try com2 etc )you should see connection prepared no plug in your box and you will see more info in the info box. now click on flash and you will be directed to browse your pc for the image you downloaded ,when you find the image click on it and then click either open or press enter and you will be returned to dreamup . you will be asked if you want to perform a flash erase (you say no )and your box should be flashing now ,it takes about 12 minutes for a dm500 to flash .what untill the flashing process is 100% complete then click disconnect and then disconnect and unplug your box from the pc .

Now hook your box up to your dish and your tv , the next step is the setup which is easy you just follow the onscreen prompts like tv type =pal and time settings = london,dublin , for the sky satellite you need to scan astra/eurobird 28.4 east . this bit should take about 5 nminutes. and now you should have all free to air channels on your box .

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