After lots of trying, i finally managed to find out how to make my menus active in drupal 7, using the drupal menu block module.
There is one nasty thing which i can't find just a simple solution for, a default block style is still surrounding my menu, and i need to get rid of that.
I tried to override the blocks using:
menu-block-wrapper--[menu name].tpl.php
But it only change things inside the menu block, here an example. I need to get rid of the gray area around the menu:
Anyone any idea's and suggestions.