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ewftes1 · 13-07-06, 09:13 PM

hi everyone ive just entered into the world of cams and smart cards, trouble is i havnt a clue what am doing.
the situation so far i bought a dragon trex cam with smart card to increase my range of channels, you guessed it, it never happened
i have a Kaon 57 sat reciever, what i need is the basic info on cams they say you can update the cams on your pc tried failed, and of course you can do it through your sat reciever treid no menu for it only when you load the cam.

many thanks if you can help.

BGonaSTICK · 13-07-06, 09:25 PM

Hi ewftes 1 - welcome to the forum

I'm not the right person to answer CAM and card questions, but we have some good people here who will sort you out I'm sure

I'll move your question into our CAMS and cards section, and one of our members will hopefully be able to help.

In the mean time, what card do you have? Is it just the loader card, or do you have another card?

You can re-program your CAM with a loader card, or you can use something like a CAS3. Do you have anything like that? What card programmer do you have? Do you have a laptop with a PCMCIA slot?

I have to say that there isn't much open with your CAM at the moment, but if you were to stick a Cerebro card in it, you could get Premiere on 19.2E.

STICK

Mickha · 13-07-06, 10:42 PM

Hi ewftes1,
the Dragon Cam works by updating its firmware, known as Predator, the latest version of which is 3.43, using a loader card, either a PIC F84a or a Fun Card 7. Nowadays you can also use a CAS 2 and dummy loader or a CAS 3.
Once the firmware is loaded you can then enter the menu and manually update key changes, if known, using the debug option.
I'm assuming you have the latest Dragon/T-Rex cam with the SIM card for the porn channels INXTC and XPLUS, which are available on Hotbird 13E and 10E.
At present there is not a lot of packages open, on any emulation system, but you can get SRG (Swiss) package on Hotbird, Mediapark 30W, and a scattering of Cryptowork channels, TCM and others on 19E and 5E.
If you post back with more details of your card programmer, and satellites you can get, I'm sure someone can help further.
Best wishes
Mickha

13-07-06, 09:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
ewftes1 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	cams and smart cards hi everyone ive just entered into the world of cams and smart cards, trouble is i havnt a clue what am doing. the situation so far i bought a dragon trex cam with smart card to increase my range of channels, you guessed it, it never happened i have a Kaon 57 sat reciever, what i need is the basic info on cams they say you can update the cams on your pc tried failed, and of course you can do it through your sat reciever treid no menu for it only when you load the cam. many thanks if you can help.

13-07-06, 09:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 163 Times in 57 Posts	Re: cams and smart cards Hi ewftes 1 - welcome to the forum I'm not the right person to answer CAM and card questions, but we have some good people here who will sort you out I'm sure I'll move your question into our CAMS and cards section, and one of our members will hopefully be able to help. In the mean time, what card do you have? Is it just the loader card, or do you have another card? You can re-program your CAM with a loader card, or you can use something like a CAS3. Do you have anything like that? What card programmer do you have? Do you have a laptop with a PCMCIA slot? I have to say that there isn't much open with your CAM at the moment, but if you were to stick a Cerebro card in it, you could get Premiere on 19.2E. STICK __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

13-07-06, 10:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mickha Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4,800 Thanks: 42 Thanked 1,203 Times in 850 Posts	Re: cams and smart cards Hi ewftes1, the Dragon Cam works by updating its firmware, known as Predator, the latest version of which is 3.43, using a loader card, either a PIC F84a or a Fun Card 7. Nowadays you can also use a CAS 2 and dummy loader or a CAS 3. Once the firmware is loaded you can then enter the menu and manually update key changes, if known, using the debug option. I'm assuming you have the latest Dragon/T-Rex cam with the SIM card for the porn channels INXTC and XPLUS, which are available on Hotbird 13E and 10E. At present there is not a lot of packages open, on any emulation system, but you can get SRG (Swiss) package on Hotbird, Mediapark 30W, and a scattering of Cryptowork channels, TCM and others on 19E and 5E. If you post back with more details of your card programmer, and satellites you can get, I'm sure someone can help further. Best wishes Mickha