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Installation Instructions

Software Prerequisite

1. Turn off UAC
2. Install the DVBSLink service with DVBLinkServer.msi
3. Install the DVBDream module with DVBDreamBridgeSetup.exe

Select DVB Dream channels

1. In DVB Dream, open the configuration dialog by using the menu entry “Modules/DVBDreamBridge”.
2. Make them accessible to Media Center by using the checkbox next to each channels.
3. Close the DVBDreamBridge Configuration dialog.

Create the DVBDream source

1. Start the DVBLink Server Configuration tool.
2. Create a source by selecting the “DVBDream” template and using the green arrow (you can choose any name for your source).
3. Close the DVBLink Server Configuration tool and allow it to restart the service.

Bind the DVBDream application to DVBLink

1. Return to DVB Dream and open the DVBDreamBridge configuration dialog.
2. Select your new DVBDream source instance using the DVBLink Server Source combobox.

Setup Media Center

1. Open Media Center
2. Go to settings and begin the Setup Tv Signal process
3. Deep into the setup, it begins Examining TV Signals, which is a very long operation, just cancel the scanning
4. Choose Let me configure my Digital Satellite (DVB-S) without signal detection
5. If you have other tuners, select Add DVB-S tuners and select no if it asks you if you’re using a Set-top box
6. Select only DVBLink Tuner #1
7. Pick any satellite from the next list (your choice does not matter) and choose the Universal LNB option
8. Repeat operation 7 for each DVBLink tuner
9. Complete the TV Signals setup

Usage

DVB Dream must always be started manually. It’s recommended to add a shortcut in the Windows’ start menu to ensure that the application is always running when Media Center needs it.

EPG from XMLTV (optional)

1. Download an XMLTV file from an external source (using a tool like MC2XML) and place the XMLTV file in %ProgramFiles\DVBLogic\DVBLink\Sources\<Your source name>\EPG\Input.
   Note: The XMLTV file must be called xmltv.xml
2. There are no particular options in Media Center needed to enable support for EPG from EIT packets. You don’t even need to have a guide configured for download.
3. To enable EPG for a channel, you have to tune that channel in Media Center. Please allow between 5 to 20 seconds after tuning a channel before initial EPG data starts appearing in Media Center.
4. If using MC2XML, it is highly recommended to “filter” down the XMLTV file (MC2XML.CHL) to the list of channels that you will map. For example, the full XMLTV from Zap2It TV is about 70MBytes, while your own subscription might be only a few channels for about 1/10th of this size.
5. If using MC2XML, we recommend the use of MC2XML.REN to rename the channels for meaningfull names.
   Remember that the name inside the XMLTV file MUST MATCH the names in DVB Dream.

Notes

After a satellite scan, DVB Dream must be restarted to allow DVBDreamBridge to detect new channels.

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