Nokia D Box 2
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There is a pile of information about D-Box2 at this site h**p://ptone.freelinuxhost.com/
I've been thinking of getting one myself. Looks like you can do a lot of different things with it, including streaming a tv channel over your local network to watch it on your pc, or even record it.
I've been thinking of getting one myself. Looks like you can do a lot of different things with it, including streaming a tv channel over your local network to watch it on your pc, or even record it.
have a look at this thread mate there is a guide in the last post
http://www.world-of-digital.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37089
http://www.world-of-digital.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37089
the box is a german analogue box
u cant just plug it in and expect it to work.... its not that easy.
the box needs to be in debug mode first
then u need a few files thats made for ur area
and a good known working image would be best to have
u cant just plug it in and expect it to work.... its not that easy.
the box needs to be in debug mode first
then u need a few files thats made for ur area
and a good known working image would be best to have
go here h**p://www.ump2002.net/index.php enter the site bottom right . click on image archiv . top of page to the left . scroll down to dbox2 neutrino . and download boxcraker head 3.5think its 5th one down.
you will also need an ftp programme flash fxp is a good one to use for comunicating with the box.
while your there download rudebox aswell in the dbox2 enigma section
it scans better than neutrino
you will also need an ftp programme flash fxp is a good one to use for comunicating with the box.
while your there download rudebox aswell in the dbox2 enigma section
it scans better than neutrino
here is atutorial that i found not my work but thanks to whoever it was
1 .Flash with Boxcracker_head_3.5
2 .Press dbox button on remote
3 .Select 4 (einstellungen)
4 .Select 8 (sprache)
5 .Move down to sprache Deutsch
6 .Press “OK” button to select English
7 .Scroll up to “back”
8 .Press “OK” button
9 .Press red button to save settings
10.Make sure your network settings between the pc & box are compatible
11.Transfer your own “services.xml” to var/tuxbox/config/zapit
12.Reboot box (press dbox key on remote & select shutdown. Wait a few seconds & turn box back on)
You should now get the FTA channels (BBC1, BBC2, BBC News24 etc.)
13.Transfer “profile” to etc/ (for UK time zone)
14.Transfer “clock” folder to share/tuxbox/lcdd (for English language LCD clock)
15.Press blue key on remote
16.Press 2 (camd menu)
17.From the LCD display select “evocam starten”
Wait for confirmation message on TV screen
18.Transfer “Autoupdate.key” to var/keys
19.Delete contents of “softcam.key” file in var/keys
20.Reboot box (press dbox key on remote & select shutdown. Wait a few seconds & turn box back on)
21.Encrypted channels should clear in about 30 seconds
1 .Flash with Boxcracker_head_3.5
2 .Press dbox button on remote
3 .Select 4 (einstellungen)
4 .Select 8 (sprache)
5 .Move down to sprache Deutsch
6 .Press “OK” button to select English
7 .Scroll up to “back”
8 .Press “OK” button
9 .Press red button to save settings
10.Make sure your network settings between the pc & box are compatible
11.Transfer your own “services.xml” to var/tuxbox/config/zapit
12.Reboot box (press dbox key on remote & select shutdown. Wait a few seconds & turn box back on)
You should now get the FTA channels (BBC1, BBC2, BBC News24 etc.)
13.Transfer “profile” to etc/ (for UK time zone)
14.Transfer “clock” folder to share/tuxbox/lcdd (for English language LCD clock)
15.Press blue key on remote
16.Press 2 (camd menu)
17.From the LCD display select “evocam starten”
Wait for confirmation message on TV screen
18.Transfer “Autoupdate.key” to var/keys
19.Delete contents of “softcam.key” file in var/keys
20.Reboot box (press dbox key on remote & select shutdown. Wait a few seconds & turn box back on)
21.Encrypted channels should clear in about 30 seconds
Getting a working services.xml file for your DBox2.
thanks to DJ OD
This tutorial assumes the following:
You have a DBox2.
You have it already in debug mode.
You have a working cable feed.
You have a 2xI Nokia Dbox. Other types of box will require you to obtain correct images for your box and not the ones linked below.
You are using Windows XP on your PC. Instructions will have to be adapted if you are using another version of Windows.
You have an FTP program, like CuteFTP or SmartFTP installed on your PC.
Hardware you will need for this tutorial:
A crossover network cable.
A null modem serial cable.
A network card in your PC. If you have more than one, disable all except the one you want use.
The default symbol rate and frequency for your area. (AreaCode.pdf in software pack.)
Software you will need:
An enigma image (IE RudBox
A neutrino image (IE BoxCracker
VoxCalc
EnConv
Image Flashing Assistant
Okay lets get started!:
First thing to do is to set up your PC. Create a directory on your PC and put all the software bits and bobs in there. That way, things are easy to find. For the sake of this tutorial we’ll call this folder c:\dbox\. Next double click the Image Flashing Assistant setup file and install this. Now set the IP address of your PC. (You only need to do this is you have not set one for something else, IE a LAN.) To do this, right click on “My Network Places” and select “Properties”, then right click on “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. Next, click on “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and then click “Properties”. Click “Use the following IP address” and enter in an IP address and subnet mask used to identify your PC. You can leave the gateway entry blank. I used IP = 198.152.0.2 and Gateway 255.255.255.0. Now click “OK” as many times as needed to close all the property windows. You will also need to set the network card you are using to 10mps Half Duplex. To do this on right click “My Computer”, select “properties”, click on the Hardware Tab and press the “Device Manager” button. Then expand the Network adapters branch and you should have your network card listed, probably marked with 10/100 somewhere. Right click on it and select “properties”. Click on the “advanced” tab and click on the property entry in the menu called “link speed and duplex”. (Note: Some graphics cards have separate entries for this.) Make the settings read 10Mps Half Duplex. Click “OK”.
Now hook up all the stuff!:
Connect the dbox to TV, connect cable feed to dbox. Connect one end of crossover network cable and the null modem serial cable to the sockets on the dbox, the other end to the sockets on your PC. Do NOT plug the dbox into the mains yet, if you did already, just unplug it! Now run the Image Flashing Assistant program you installed before. A screen pops up something like this:
Click on “Scan” and navigate to your C:\dbox\ folder and select the enigma (RudBox) image. Select the network card you connected the network cable to from the drop down list and then select “yes” and choose the port where your serial cable is connected. Once done select “Start”. Click okay after reading the message that pops up. Select “Unblock” should a Windows Firewall warning pop up. Now plug in the dbox and wait for the flashing process to complete. A message will pop up when it’s finished saying something along the lines of flashing process complete, only in German… Select “OK”, and “OK” again. The Image Flashing Assistant will now close.
Now unplug the dbox and plug it in again and watch the TV screen. A pretty young laydee should appear ;-) (If using the RudBox2 image, otherwise it could be any picture really…). The box should boot and present you with a language screen. The obvious choice is to select English. It will then ask if you want to do a scan. Not yet my friend, just press the “Home” key on the remote until all the menus have gone, leaving you with a blank screen and maybe a message along the lines of “No channel found”.
Now on the dbox press the “dbox” key. From the menu select “Settings” and then “Advanced Settings” and then “Communication” or “Network”. There should be an option to set and IP address for the dbox. Do this… I used 192.158.000.024 for the IP, and subnet mask 255.255.255.000. This paragraph may not be entirely accurate as I am writing it from memory and don’t have the image loaded in front of me to check every detail. I’m sure you understand…
Back on the PC, using Windows Explorer, navigate to your c:\dbox\ folder and double click the VoxCalc program. A Dos window should open up with a prompt to enter your “default frequency”, so enter it. (Can be found in the AreaCode.pdf file in software pack. Note: Enter the number as shown in the example given in VoxCalc, so if the AreaCode.pdf says your frequency rate is 755.000 enter it into VoxCalc as 755000000 or if it’s 578.250 enter it as 578250000.) Next VoxCalc will ask you for your “symbol rate”, so enter that. (Also found in the AreaCode.pdf file. Note: Enter the number as shown in the example in VoxCalc: So if it’s 6.952 enter it as 6952000. If your symbol rate is not listed in the AreaCode.pdf file, try 6952000. If the scan doesn’t work properly, change it to 6887000, repeat this paragraph to make a new cabels.xml and scan again.) Next it will ask you for a provider name, put in any name you like as it does not appear to matter! (Note: If you are using a “zg0re” image, this name has to be “Kabel Deutschland”.). Once you press enter after entering a name, the program will close and put a “cables.xml” file in your c:\dbox\ folder. Nice!
Now open your favourite FTP program and create a new connection using these details:
Name of connection: “My Dbox”
IP: “198.152.000.024”
Username: “root”
Password: “dbox2”
Once connected, copy the newly made cables.xml file to this folder on the dbox, if there is a cables.xml already there, overwrite it:
/var/tuxbox/config/
Now on the dbox press the “dbox” button, select “settings” and the select “Transponder scan” and then select “Auto scan”. In the network box should be your provider name you specified in your cables.xml. Select it and it will check for a signal. After a while it should say “Transponder found. Do you want to scan for services?”. Make sure “erase all” is ticked then click “Proceed”
It should now scan for channels using the cables.xml file and find lots of channels! Again this paragraph may not be entirely accurate as I am writing it from memory and don’t have the image loaded in front of me to check every detail.
Go back to your PC FTP program and navigate to this folder:
/var/tuxbox/config/enigma/
Copy the file “services” (Note: NO file extension) to your c:\dbox\ folder. Open up a command prompt (Start, Run, type “command” or “cmd” and enter). Type “C:” (if your not already on c: drive) and then type “CD\” (if you are not already at the c: drive root). Type “cd dbox”, and then type “enconv services services.xml 3 3”. A “services.xml” file should now be created and found in your c:\dbox\ folder.
Now to flash your neutrino image of choice. You should now know how to flash the dbox, but if not do this…
Open the Image Flashing Assistant. Click on “Scan” and navigate to your C:\dbox\ folder and select the neutrino (BoxCracker) image. Select the network card you connected the network cable to from the drop down list and then select “yes” and choose the port where your serial cable is connected. Once done select “Start”. Click okay after reading the message that pops up. Select “Unblock” should a Windows Firewall warning pop up. Now plug in the dbox and wait for the flashing process to complete. A message will pop up when it’s finished saying something along the lines of flashing process complete, only in German… Select “OK”, and “OK” again. The Image Flashing Assistant will now close.
Now unplug the dbox and plug it in again and watch the TV screen. You should get the BoxCracker loading screens and eventually get a picture. You should now hopefully have ALL the channels with the exception of all Front Row Channels bar a few. This is another story…
Editing your services.xml file to include PPV.
First of all, have a hunt around on the net/forums for a services.xml file that is generally near your area. (I have included one in the software pack for reference) Download it and open it in Internet Explorer. Scroll down the file until you see a bit that relates to Front Row. Should look like this:
Now open your services.xml file in Notepad. (Some say Notepad is bad and you should use a proper XML editor, like UltraEdit. I did try this and found I had more success with Notepad, weird…) Look for a line that looks like the image below and replace the highlighted text in the image below, with the highlighted text in the image above.
Note the different channel service_id and service_type. Repeat this process for all of the blocks of text relating to Front Row and save your new services.xml (Hope you backed up the old one, in case it don’t work ;-)) FTP this new file back to your dbox as described earlier in the tutorial and reset the dbox. You should now hopefully have all channels and PPV!
If you do, don’t forget to upload them to your favourite online forum ;-). If you don’t well, best go ask a few questions on your favourite online forum. Please give as much information about the problem as that will make it easier to the guys there to help you.
If it’s only your PPV that’s not working try this.
The 5 or so PPV channels your initial scan find are not really PPV channels at all. They are NVOD channels each of which contains several PPV channels. Each of these channels has a SID, which you need to find for you area. If you select one of the NVOD channels and then press right on your remote, you MIGHT get the first PPV channel going. This seems a bit hit and miss, but eventually with patience you should get one. Try different channels until you do get one going. Once you have a channel running, press RED & then BLUE and you will see some technical info, including the SID for that PPV Channel. All the PPV channels under the current NVOD will be sequential. You can then add entries for that complete NVOD, either by adding 1 to, or taking 1 off the hex number in the quotes for the channel service_id. If you look at the example images above it will make more sense.
I think that’s about it for this tutorial. Good luck!!!
Disclaimer
I nor anyone else, nor any online forum mentioned at any point in this tutorial take any responsibility for any damage to any equipment you choose to tamper with based on this tutorials information.
It is a criminal offence to connect any modified equipment to a cable feed with the intention of receiving free television. This tutorial is for educational purposes only. What you use it for is up to you.
Credits
Mega thanks to everyone! Without whose help this tutorial would still be in loads of bits all over the net! ;-). Especially to: PT-1, Panda, RobbieVox, gernBOT, BlackBeard for their kind words and patience. And of course all the other members on our most favourite online forums that helped me with my silly questions.
DJ OD
thanks to DJ OD
This tutorial assumes the following:
You have a DBox2.
You have it already in debug mode.
You have a working cable feed.
You have a 2xI Nokia Dbox. Other types of box will require you to obtain correct images for your box and not the ones linked below.
You are using Windows XP on your PC. Instructions will have to be adapted if you are using another version of Windows.
You have an FTP program, like CuteFTP or SmartFTP installed on your PC.
Hardware you will need for this tutorial:
A crossover network cable.
A null modem serial cable.
A network card in your PC. If you have more than one, disable all except the one you want use.
The default symbol rate and frequency for your area. (AreaCode.pdf in software pack.)
Software you will need:
An enigma image (IE RudBox
A neutrino image (IE BoxCracker
VoxCalc
EnConv
Image Flashing Assistant
Okay lets get started!:
First thing to do is to set up your PC. Create a directory on your PC and put all the software bits and bobs in there. That way, things are easy to find. For the sake of this tutorial we’ll call this folder c:\dbox\. Next double click the Image Flashing Assistant setup file and install this. Now set the IP address of your PC. (You only need to do this is you have not set one for something else, IE a LAN.) To do this, right click on “My Network Places” and select “Properties”, then right click on “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. Next, click on “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and then click “Properties”. Click “Use the following IP address” and enter in an IP address and subnet mask used to identify your PC. You can leave the gateway entry blank. I used IP = 198.152.0.2 and Gateway 255.255.255.0. Now click “OK” as many times as needed to close all the property windows. You will also need to set the network card you are using to 10mps Half Duplex. To do this on right click “My Computer”, select “properties”, click on the Hardware Tab and press the “Device Manager” button. Then expand the Network adapters branch and you should have your network card listed, probably marked with 10/100 somewhere. Right click on it and select “properties”. Click on the “advanced” tab and click on the property entry in the menu called “link speed and duplex”. (Note: Some graphics cards have separate entries for this.) Make the settings read 10Mps Half Duplex. Click “OK”.
Now hook up all the stuff!:
Connect the dbox to TV, connect cable feed to dbox. Connect one end of crossover network cable and the null modem serial cable to the sockets on the dbox, the other end to the sockets on your PC. Do NOT plug the dbox into the mains yet, if you did already, just unplug it! Now run the Image Flashing Assistant program you installed before. A screen pops up something like this:
Click on “Scan” and navigate to your C:\dbox\ folder and select the enigma (RudBox) image. Select the network card you connected the network cable to from the drop down list and then select “yes” and choose the port where your serial cable is connected. Once done select “Start”. Click okay after reading the message that pops up. Select “Unblock” should a Windows Firewall warning pop up. Now plug in the dbox and wait for the flashing process to complete. A message will pop up when it’s finished saying something along the lines of flashing process complete, only in German… Select “OK”, and “OK” again. The Image Flashing Assistant will now close.
Now unplug the dbox and plug it in again and watch the TV screen. A pretty young laydee should appear ;-) (If using the RudBox2 image, otherwise it could be any picture really…). The box should boot and present you with a language screen. The obvious choice is to select English. It will then ask if you want to do a scan. Not yet my friend, just press the “Home” key on the remote until all the menus have gone, leaving you with a blank screen and maybe a message along the lines of “No channel found”.
Now on the dbox press the “dbox” key. From the menu select “Settings” and then “Advanced Settings” and then “Communication” or “Network”. There should be an option to set and IP address for the dbox. Do this… I used 192.158.000.024 for the IP, and subnet mask 255.255.255.000. This paragraph may not be entirely accurate as I am writing it from memory and don’t have the image loaded in front of me to check every detail. I’m sure you understand…
Back on the PC, using Windows Explorer, navigate to your c:\dbox\ folder and double click the VoxCalc program. A Dos window should open up with a prompt to enter your “default frequency”, so enter it. (Can be found in the AreaCode.pdf file in software pack. Note: Enter the number as shown in the example given in VoxCalc, so if the AreaCode.pdf says your frequency rate is 755.000 enter it into VoxCalc as 755000000 or if it’s 578.250 enter it as 578250000.) Next VoxCalc will ask you for your “symbol rate”, so enter that. (Also found in the AreaCode.pdf file. Note: Enter the number as shown in the example in VoxCalc: So if it’s 6.952 enter it as 6952000. If your symbol rate is not listed in the AreaCode.pdf file, try 6952000. If the scan doesn’t work properly, change it to 6887000, repeat this paragraph to make a new cabels.xml and scan again.) Next it will ask you for a provider name, put in any name you like as it does not appear to matter! (Note: If you are using a “zg0re” image, this name has to be “Kabel Deutschland”.). Once you press enter after entering a name, the program will close and put a “cables.xml” file in your c:\dbox\ folder. Nice!
Now open your favourite FTP program and create a new connection using these details:
Name of connection: “My Dbox”
IP: “198.152.000.024”
Username: “root”
Password: “dbox2”
Once connected, copy the newly made cables.xml file to this folder on the dbox, if there is a cables.xml already there, overwrite it:
/var/tuxbox/config/
Now on the dbox press the “dbox” button, select “settings” and the select “Transponder scan” and then select “Auto scan”. In the network box should be your provider name you specified in your cables.xml. Select it and it will check for a signal. After a while it should say “Transponder found. Do you want to scan for services?”. Make sure “erase all” is ticked then click “Proceed”
It should now scan for channels using the cables.xml file and find lots of channels! Again this paragraph may not be entirely accurate as I am writing it from memory and don’t have the image loaded in front of me to check every detail.
Go back to your PC FTP program and navigate to this folder:
/var/tuxbox/config/enigma/
Copy the file “services” (Note: NO file extension) to your c:\dbox\ folder. Open up a command prompt (Start, Run, type “command” or “cmd” and enter). Type “C:” (if your not already on c: drive) and then type “CD\” (if you are not already at the c: drive root). Type “cd dbox”, and then type “enconv services services.xml 3 3”. A “services.xml” file should now be created and found in your c:\dbox\ folder.
Now to flash your neutrino image of choice. You should now know how to flash the dbox, but if not do this…
Open the Image Flashing Assistant. Click on “Scan” and navigate to your C:\dbox\ folder and select the neutrino (BoxCracker) image. Select the network card you connected the network cable to from the drop down list and then select “yes” and choose the port where your serial cable is connected. Once done select “Start”. Click okay after reading the message that pops up. Select “Unblock” should a Windows Firewall warning pop up. Now plug in the dbox and wait for the flashing process to complete. A message will pop up when it’s finished saying something along the lines of flashing process complete, only in German… Select “OK”, and “OK” again. The Image Flashing Assistant will now close.
Now unplug the dbox and plug it in again and watch the TV screen. You should get the BoxCracker loading screens and eventually get a picture. You should now hopefully have ALL the channels with the exception of all Front Row Channels bar a few. This is another story…
Editing your services.xml file to include PPV.
First of all, have a hunt around on the net/forums for a services.xml file that is generally near your area. (I have included one in the software pack for reference) Download it and open it in Internet Explorer. Scroll down the file until you see a bit that relates to Front Row. Should look like this:
Now open your services.xml file in Notepad. (Some say Notepad is bad and you should use a proper XML editor, like UltraEdit. I did try this and found I had more success with Notepad, weird…) Look for a line that looks like the image below and replace the highlighted text in the image below, with the highlighted text in the image above.
Note the different channel service_id and service_type. Repeat this process for all of the blocks of text relating to Front Row and save your new services.xml (Hope you backed up the old one, in case it don’t work ;-)) FTP this new file back to your dbox as described earlier in the tutorial and reset the dbox. You should now hopefully have all channels and PPV!
If you do, don’t forget to upload them to your favourite online forum ;-). If you don’t well, best go ask a few questions on your favourite online forum. Please give as much information about the problem as that will make it easier to the guys there to help you.
If it’s only your PPV that’s not working try this.
The 5 or so PPV channels your initial scan find are not really PPV channels at all. They are NVOD channels each of which contains several PPV channels. Each of these channels has a SID, which you need to find for you area. If you select one of the NVOD channels and then press right on your remote, you MIGHT get the first PPV channel going. This seems a bit hit and miss, but eventually with patience you should get one. Try different channels until you do get one going. Once you have a channel running, press RED & then BLUE and you will see some technical info, including the SID for that PPV Channel. All the PPV channels under the current NVOD will be sequential. You can then add entries for that complete NVOD, either by adding 1 to, or taking 1 off the hex number in the quotes for the channel service_id. If you look at the example images above it will make more sense.
I think that’s about it for this tutorial. Good luck!!!
Disclaimer
I nor anyone else, nor any online forum mentioned at any point in this tutorial take any responsibility for any damage to any equipment you choose to tamper with based on this tutorials information.
It is a criminal offence to connect any modified equipment to a cable feed with the intention of receiving free television. This tutorial is for educational purposes only. What you use it for is up to you.
Credits
Mega thanks to everyone! Without whose help this tutorial would still be in loads of bits all over the net! ;-). Especially to: PT-1, Panda, RobbieVox, gernBOT, BlackBeard for their kind words and patience. And of course all the other members on our most favourite online forums that helped me with my silly questions.
DJ OD
you have all you need apart from the auto update file and keys
all i ask from you is to read the tutorials and have a go at it and also read the tutorial in the link i posted if not sure read and try again you will get there dont expect to be spoon fed all the info . part of this hobby is doing it all for yourself and learning from your mistakes
goodluck
faz
to any mods i have not posted any keys as i dont know if i am allowed to do so and would not want to break the rules.
all i ask from you is to read the tutorials and have a go at it and also read the tutorial in the link i posted if not sure read and try again you will get there dont expect to be spoon fed all the info . part of this hobby is doing it all for yourself and learning from your mistakes
goodluck
faz
to any mods i have not posted any keys as i dont know if i am allowed to do so and would not want to break the rules.
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I think i got what i need and am going to have go, BUT what is the file that is made for your area? Is that the ntl codes? I live in the warrington area so does that mean i am in an old C&W area and they are the codes i need or do i get the normal NTL ones?
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