Is there any form of "special" firmware for freeview?

[ricey]

Hey all,

Been here for a while for my dodgy cable box needs and enjoy the discussions on technology and whatever although this is my first post. Anyway, on with the issue...

Just bought a Woolworth's Worthit freeview box for my flat at university. I noticed however that there is a 9 pin port marked "service" which I assume is for plugging into the computer to update the firmware. So I have three questions, and I think I know the answer to one of them but here goes anyway.


1: Is there anywhere I can check for Woolies firmware updates?
2: Will any firmware work on the box and/or generic firmware? If so, where can I find it?
3: is there perhaps some..."special"/"decrypting"/"hacked" firmware for the freeview to receive encrypted channels?

I ask the third, because I have a euro*** at home and I concluded that since it ships without firmware, there must be people working on this sort of thing.


Curiosity killed the cat...

[Analoguesat]

1: Is there anywhere I can check for Woolies firmware updates?
You need to find the make and model and do a search on that. Possibly in the system setup there will be some info somewhere

2: Will any firmware work on the box and/or generic firmware? If so, where can I find it?
Unlikley in the extreme, and if you try and load firmware from another box onto it you are almost certain to wreck it.


3: is there perhaps some..."special"/"decrypting"/"hacked" firmware for the freeview to receive encrypted channels?
No You want = you pay for it. There was a pid hack for one of the slapper channel on some boxes a year or so back but I have no idea if its still available

[ricey]

yeah, I noticed that about keygens and what have you. Sounded like something that would be fixed exceptionally quickly.

Well thanks for the speedy reply (I was expecting to get flamed ) and off I go in search of updated, official (boooooo!) firmware.

[Analoguesat]

You might just need to leave it connected - many of the boxes auto update these days -or can be triggered from within the menu system.

[raindancerob]

Originally Posted by ricey

yeah, I noticed that about keygens and what have you. Sounded like something that would be fixed exceptionally quickly.

Well thanks for the speedy reply (I was expecting to get flamed ) and off I go in search of updated, official (boooooo!) firmware.

there was an online key gen for Television X/Red Hot which worked for about six months until the site was taken down.