In our example, I am considering a receiver model General Satellite DRS 4500, but this also applies to DRE receivers 5500 and DRE 7300.

Receiver software updates usually occur in automatic mode from satellite.

Sometimes when the update fails software The Tricolor TV receiver does not turn on or it says that there is no signal. The reason for this may be that the receiver's power is turned off during the satellite update process.

To flash the receiver's firmware at home, you will need a null modem cable, a computer or laptop with a com output, and the firmware itself. The firmware and firmware program can be downloaded from the official website of the receiver manufacturer at http://general-satellite.ru/support/soft/.

After this, connect the receiver, with the receiver's power turned off, using a cable to the computer. We launch the flasher, press the upload button and plug the receiver into a power outlet. The firmware update process is in progress.

After this, you need to go through the process of setting up the receiver.

Resetting the Tricolor 4500 receiver to factory settings and further configuring it.

1. Press the menu button on the tricolor remote control.

We get to the Main menu of the DRS 4500 or DRE 4500 receiver.

Go to Settings and click OK.

2. The receiver will ask us for a PIN code: Enter the PIN.

The default PIN code is four zeros.

We dial 0000 and should get into the settings menu.

If this does not happen, then the PIN code has been changed and you need to remember it.

3. In the Settings menu, go to the very bottom item: Factory Settings.

4. Read the warning on the TV screen.

Press the red button on the remote control.

Select YES and click OK.

After pressing, a factory reset occurs.

5. After the reset, we are taken to the language selection menu.

Click the OK button twice without touching any settings.

6. We get to the automatic search page.

Here we look at the lower right corner.

Two scales must be greater than 50%.

If this is not the case, we solve the problem with the dish or connection.

If more than 50%, click OK with the Next button highlighted.

7. We wait for the channels to be searched.

After searching, a message will appear that it found 53 channels, you may have 50.

8. We get to the Time settings menu.

Select your time zone and set the date and time.

Select OK and click OK.

Below, the video instructions show and explain how to reset the receiver to factory settings, and then how to configure and search for channels.

Dear subscribers!

By technical reasons There may be interruptions in signal reception for subscribers after maintenance work on January 21, 2015 from 02:00 to 10:00, which manifest themselves in the coding of Tricolor TV TV/radio channels.

If problems occur, you must reboot the receiving equipment.

If necessary, send reactivation commands.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Your "Tricolor TV"

And if you have receiver models DRS–4500, DRE–4500, DRE–5500, then click HERE.

If you have other Tricolor models, click HERE.

1. Owners receiving equipment models DRS–4500, DRE–4500, DRE–5500, CI7101s, as well as modules CAM-Siberia-DRE perform a reset to factory settings.

To do this, press “Menu” on the receiver’s remote control, select “Settings”, press the “OK” button, then “Manual search”, confirm the selection by pressing the “OK” button and specify in the window that appears following parameters:
Satellite name: Doesn't matter
Frequency: 12355
Polarization: Left
Flow rate: 21500
FEC: 1/2
Important! In point " Network search"should be set to "YES" ("Menu" - "Settings" - "Manual search" - "Advanced" - "Network search" - "YES").
Then you need to select “Start Search” in the “Manual Search” menu and click the “OK” button. Attention! For equipment not manufactured by General Satellite, the settings path may be different. If, after re-searching for channels, the program list is not displayed correctly, then you need to clear the program list through “Menu” - “Settings” - “Channel Organization” and repeat the re-search again. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

2. Owners of receiving equipment models GS–8300, GS–8300N, DRS-8300, GS–8300M, GS 8302, GS 8304, GS 8305, GS 8306, HD-9300, HD 9303, GS-8307,GS-8308, DRS -8308 reset to factory settings. Re-search for TV channels "Tricolor TV".
To do this, press “Menu” on the receiver’s remote control, select “Search for Tricolor TV channels” “OK” and update the list of TV channels, following the prompts on the TV screen.

On the night of February 3-4, 2014, from 2:00 to 10:00 (Moscow time), maintenance work will take place, during which the composition of the “Maximum HD” and “Optimum” packages in the DirecTV-1R satellite broadcast area will change. In order to increase the stability of the signal from the DirecTV-1R satellite, on the eve of the Winter Games, on the night of February 3-4, 2014 from 02:00 to 10:00 (Moscow time), work will be carried out, after which the broadcasting of TV channels will be suspended:
“Mother and Child”, “Nano TV”, “Much TV”, “India TV”, “RTG TV”, “Tonus TV”, “Zoo TV”, “Comedy TV”, “365 days”, “NSTV”, "OTV Chelyabinsk". Broadcasting of these TV channels will be resumed after the launch of a new satellite, scheduled according to information from the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Space Communications" on March 4, 2014, its arrival at the station and testing the performance of the on-board equipment. Upon completion of the preventive work, in order to resume viewing other TV channels “Tricolor TV-Siberia” from 10:00 (Moscow time) 02/04/2013 you must:

Setup and repair of the Tricolor TV receiver in Bratsk, Padun, Energetika: Gidrostroiteley 57 t 270353.

Instructions for updating the software of receivers models DRE-4500, DRS-4500 and DRE-5500. (for subscribers of Tricolor TV-Siberia)

From April 22, 2014, a software update for receivers of the DRE-4500, DRS-4500 and DRE-5500 models will be launched for Tricolor TV-Siberia subscribers, after which you will be able to watch Tricolor TV channels from the new satellite "Express-AT1".

Before starting the update, write down current version software by going to the “Status” item in the main menu of the receiver.

Once the update is complete, the receiver software version should change to 2.2.215. New software will be downloaded from the air.

To update the receiver software, run the following actions:
1. Unplug the receiver's power cord from the outlet, and then plug the receiver back in.
2. Switch the receiver to the TV channel “Infochannel “Tricolor TV” (until the update is completed, this channel will be located at No. 9 (10) in the list, or in the place of the TNT channel).

After a few seconds, the following message will appear on the screen indicating the need to update the receiver software:

When of this message select the “YES” option and press the “OK” button on the remote control.

3. After agreeing to the update, service messages about the process of updating the receiver software will begin to appear on the screen. The type of messages is shown below. The software update takes about five minutes.

Attention! During the software update, do not turn off the power to the receiver! Otherwise, the receiver may fail!

4. Once the software update is complete, you will be prompted to press the “OK” button on the receiver’s remote control to reboot the receiver.

5. After rebooting, the receiver will turn on in the “Setup Wizard” mode. In a few steps, you will be asked to select the menu language, configure video output, search for Tricolor TV-Siberia TV channels and configure the display of time and time zone.

6. After completing the “Installation Wizard”, you can make sure that the receiver software version has changed to 2.2.215. To do this, go to “Menu”, select “Status” and check the value in the “Software version” line:

7. If the software version remains unchanged, you need to turn off and turn on the receiver on the Tricolor TV Infochannel channel and repeat the software update procedure.

8. This completes the receiver software update. The receiver is ready for further operation.

If the software update fails, download the firmware for Tricolor TV Siberia receivers from ours.

Instructions for updating the software of receivers models DRE-4500, DRS-4500 and DRE-5500. (for subscribers of Tricolor TV-Siberia)

From April 22, 2014, a software update for receivers of the DRE-4500, DRS-4500 and DRE-5500 models will be launched for Tricolor TV-Siberia subscribers, after which you will be able to watch Tricolor TV channels from the new satellite "Express-AT1".

Before starting the update, write down the current software version by going to the “Status” item in the main menu of the receiver.

Once the update is complete, the receiver software version should change to 2.2.215. New software will be downloaded from the air.

To update the receiver software, follow these steps:
1. Unplug the receiver's power cord from the outlet, and then plug the receiver back in.
2. Switch the receiver to the TV channel “Infochannel “Tricolor TV” (until the update is completed, this channel will be located at No. 9 (10) in the list, or in the place of the TNT channel).

After a few seconds, the following message will appear on the screen indicating the need to update the receiver software:

When this message appears, select the “YES” option and press the “OK” button on the remote control.

3. After agreeing to the update, service messages about the process of updating the receiver software will begin to appear on the screen. The type of messages is shown below. The software update takes about five minutes.

Attention! During the software update, do not turn off the power to the receiver! Otherwise, the receiver may fail!

4. Once the software update is complete, you will be prompted to press the “OK” button on the receiver’s remote control to reboot the receiver.

5. After rebooting, the receiver will turn on in the “Setup Wizard” mode. In a few steps, you will be asked to select the menu language, configure video output, search for Tricolor TV-Siberia TV channels and configure the display of time and time zone.

6. After completing the “Installation Wizard”, you can make sure that the receiver software version has changed to 2.2.215. To do this, go to “Menu”, select “Status” and check the value in the “Software version” line:

7. If the software version remains unchanged, you need to turn off and turn on the receiver on the Tricolor TV Infochannel channel and repeat the software update procedure.

8. This completes the receiver software update. The receiver is ready for further operation.

If the software update fails, download the firmware for Tricolor TV Siberia receivers from ours.

From April 22, 2014, a software update for receivers of the DRE-4500, DRS-4500 and DRE-5500 models will be launched for Tricolor TV-Siberia subscribers, after which you will be able to watch Tricolor TV channels from the new satellite "Express-AT1".

If the update did not work, or you have other problems finding channels, read the addendum at the end of the instructions.

Before starting the update, write down the current software version by going to the “Status” item in the main menu of the receiver.

Once the update is complete, the receiver software version should change to 2.2.215. New software will be downloaded from the air.

To update the receiver software, follow these steps:
1. Unplug the receiver's power cord from the outlet, and then plug the receiver back in.
2. Switch the receiver to the TV channel “Infochannel “Tricolor TV” (until the update is completed, this channel will be located at No. 9 (10) in the list, or in the place of the TNT channel).

After a few seconds, the following message will appear on the screen indicating the need to update the receiver software:

When this message appears, select the “YES” option and press the “OK” button on the remote control.

3. After agreeing to the update, service messages about the process of updating the receiver software will begin to appear on the screen. The type of messages is shown below. The software update takes about five minutes.

Attention! During the software update, do not turn off the power to the receiver! Otherwise, the receiver may fail!

4. Once the software update is complete, you will be prompted to press the “OK” button on the receiver’s remote control to reboot the receiver.

5. After rebooting, the receiver will turn on in the “Setup Wizard” mode. In a few steps, you will be asked to select the menu language, configure video output, search for Tricolor TV-Siberia TV channels and configure the display of time and time zone.

6. After completing the “Installation Wizard”, you can make sure that the receiver software version has changed to 2.2.215. To do this, go to “Menu”, select “Status” and check the value in the “Software version” line:

7. If the software version remains unchanged, you need to turn off and turn on the receiver on the Tricolor TV Infochannel channel and repeat the software update procedure.

8. This completes the receiver software update. The receiver is ready for further operation.

If the receiver does not update for some reason: it does not see the signal on the INFO channel, or cannot download the update from the satellite, you need to do the following steps:

1. Go to MENU - SETUP (code 0000)
2. Scroll down the menu list to FACTORY SETTINGS and press OK
3. Press the red I button on the remote control and agree by moving to YES and pressing OK
4. After rebooting the receiver, refuse automatic settings by pressing EXIT on the remote control
5. When the message " Empty list" press MENU on the remote control - SETUP - MANUAL SEARCH
6. Here set the parameters: FREQUENCY - 12226, POLARIZATION - 27500, FEC - 3/4. 2 scales on the right, below should show a signal
7. Go to the bottom menu item ADDITIONAL. Here NETWORK SEARCH should be YES
8. Press the EXIT button on the remote control and go to the previous item MANUAL SEARCH
9. Click START SEARCH and wait for the search to finish. There should be 48 channels found

Most likely, after searching for channels, the receiver will find a software update on the satellite and ask for consent to update. In this case, we must agree. The receiver will download the update and reboot. After the update process, the list of channels will be cleared and you will need to search for channels again according to the above scheme.