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Analoguesat · 10-03-06, 09:03 AM

Out of the box most of your your shiny new Technomates dont have any card reader fitted. If you prise the front panel off the riight hand side of the receiver(carefully!) you find its just a blanking plate with nothing behind it.

Technomate have now addressed this problem and there is an after market card reader available for DIY fitting.

Edited for annoying typos

BGonaSTICK · 10-03-06, 10:13 AM

... and here's a pic.

£30 at wizardsatellite.

This addon is for the Technomate TM-1000 D, TM-1000 CI and TM-1600 CI receivers.

It allows you to upgrade your FTA receiver to take any card. The Technomate TM-1500 CI+ is the only one of the 1xxx series to have a card reader, so if you've not made your purchase yet, think about whether you might need one in the future.

For the record, I've never dealt with Wizard, but I've heard both good and bad things about them.

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Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	Technomate card reader Out of the box most of your your shiny new Technomates dont have any card reader fitted. If you prise the front panel off the riight hand side of the receiver(carefully!) you find its just a blanking plate with nothing behind it. Technomate have now addressed this problem and there is an after market card reader available for DIY fitting. Edited for annoying typos __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

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BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 163 Times in 57 Posts	Re: Technomate card reader ... and here's a pic. £30 at wizardsatellite. This addon is for the Technomate TM-1000 D, TM-1000 CI and TM-1600 CI receivers. It allows you to upgrade your FTA receiver to take any card. The Technomate TM-1500 CI+ is the only one of the 1xxx series to have a card reader, so if you've not made your purchase yet, think about whether you might need one in the future. For the record, I've never dealt with Wizard, but I've heard both good and bad things about them. __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W