Newbie here, Advice Needed

[jleggz]

hi there, im very new to the satellite scene, i was installing sky a while back but dont know much of anything else satellite wise,

ive just purchased a Technomate TM7650 and zone 2 satellite dish which was being used for hotbird, are there any other satellite signals i can pick up with this box and dish, ive heard about hispasat but im not sure if my box will get it or whether the dish would be ok, i live lowestoft, east coast, UK

many thanks in advance

james

[Analoguesat]

Hi James, welcome to the forum. Lets see, a zone 2 dish is a 60cm, so you should get:

13E / 19E / 5W & 30W with ease.

And you should get the stronger transponders off 42E / 39E / 16E / 7E / possibly 5E / 53E.

You might find my digital website useful:

http://www.digitalsat.co.uk/ (put the letters back together - one of BGSticks filters breaks the url.....)

this shows the satellites that are easily available from south east scotland using fairly battered equipment

[BGonaSTICK]

Hi James! :welc4:

There's loads you can do with your setup as AS says. There are also loads of encrypted channels available at the moment (with a patch). Have a read in our Technomate section, or use the search function here.

Feel free to ask any questions you like. We'll do all we can to help you expand your satellite horizons

[jleggz]

thanks for the help guys, and yes Analoguesat, your site is very helpfull, ive just been looking at the available satellites i might be able to receive, im going to put my dish up later and try hipasat, or turksat, whichever my technomate can receive,

sorry for the questions but what is a patch and how would i apply them to my receiver, i believe my technomate has a few avalable cams built into the receiver(so ive been told)

many thanks

james

(great site guys)

[BGonaSTICK]

A 'patch' is a piece of third party software which is grafted onto the original firmware to extend it's functionality.

What you're referring to as 'built-in CAMS' are (if I remember correctly on your receiver) two Viaccess CAMS.

These patches emulate (in software only) the operation of other types of CAMs - for encryption types other than Viaccess.

In comes as one file (original firmware and additional code), which you load into your receiver from your PC via the serial port on the back of the STB.

You can switch the patch on or off via the remote control if you so wish at any time.

HTH

[jleggz]

thanks bgonnastick, im now gonna check on the well known auction site for a null modem cable, ive just been on the alsat site and found a tm7650 loader and what i believe is the nagra 2 hispasat patch, im really trying to find some english audio channels, mainly cartoon bits and maybe films, am i going in the right direction for english audio channels, if not could you throw the bone and il go and fetch, lol,

many thanks

james

[BGonaSTICK]

Yes m8, Alsat and Satdudez carry the Darkman patches and loaders for the Technomates.

Be careful to get the correct versions for your model though. Flash the wrong one and your receiver is toast. Don't let this worry you unduly. Just be careful.

Some English audio is available on the Taquilla film channels etc. The patch will also open the Digital+ package on 19E, and maybe the Premiere package on the same bird. It'll may also do Digiturk on 7E. You can read up here on how to perform the flash and change keys using the remote.

Most cartoons don't seem to retain the English audio. I think it's because they are so much easier to dub into other languages, and the providers then turn off the English. Not always though.

I would try for 19E at the moment. A stronger signal and way more channels available, including FTA.

STICK

[jleggz]

i have downloaded the technomate loader and a hispasat 7650 patch, if i aim my dish at 19e and apply the patch, will i then just be able to search for channels ???, will the digital+ need a seperate patch for this

many thanks

james

[BGonaSTICK]

Digital+ is duplicated across 19.2E and 30W. It's very similar in content and the patch opens both. The patch is not just a Hispasat patch

Check all the packages out at Lyngsat.

[SAT-WORLD]

Originally Posted by BGonaSTICK

A 'patch' is a piece of third party software which is grafted onto the original firmware to extend it's functionality.

What you're referring to as 'built-in CAMS' are (if I remember correctly on your receiver) two Viaccess CAMS.

These patches emulate (in software only) the operation of other types of CAMs - for encryption types other than Viaccess.

In comes as one file (original firmware and additional code), which you load into your receiver from your PC via the serial port on the back of the STB.

You can switch the patch on or off via the remote control if you so wish at any time.

HTH

Can all digital receivers with a serial port,be patched or is it only some makes and models.
Can pvrs be patched.
Thanks.