Beginners guide to everything

[Realist]

I know how complicated eveything seems at first (after all I only got into the sat scene a couple of months ago)so I thought I would explain the basics in one thread so beginners can read up on everything in one post.

Content

1) Technomate Patching Questions

2) Card Sharing

3) Cards/Cams/Encryptions

4) General Satellite Questions

5) Channels with English programming which opens with a Patch - Hispasat

If there is anything that you feel needs adding, feel free to post it.

[Realist]

Technomate Patching Questions
Q) What is a patch?
A) A patch is a piece of software (written by Darkman) which opens/unlocks a few public hacked packages/channels using keys.

Q) How do I open these hacked channels?
A) You will need the latest patch. CLICK HERE to go to the technomate software forum and select the appropriate patch for the box you have.

Q) How do I transfer the patch to the box.
A) You will need to loader. Extract and open the file. On software, select the correct patch and then connect your pc up to your satellite box using a null cable. Auto-connect your box so you know which com port its using then press connect. It will say something like version 1.6 detected and just press start. It will now begin to upload your patch.

Q) What do I do after ive installed the patch?
A) You will need to restart your box and tune into your chosen channel. It may take a while to open at first.

Q) How long does a patch last? Will it need updating every month? Every week?
A) Patches are always released but you only need to update yours if a new channel/package becomes available or something happens to the encryption on a certain channel and needs updating.

Q) So I don’t need to enter anything else afterwards?
A) Yes. If a package/channel changes the encryption to another hacked encryption then you will need to either update the keys or your patch.

You will also need to update the keys if you wish to view multivision as they change keys daily at the moment.
You can also update keys by uploading the softcam file to your technomate using the loader.

Q) What channels can I get with a patched box?
A) Well this changes all the time. At the time of writing this the main packages that you can get are tps, digital+, tv cabo and some other smaller packages such as mediapark. Although, channels come and go. If you would like to know what channels that have English programming are currently open, look below.

Q) Why can’t I open X or Y channel using this patch?
A) You can only open a few public hacked channels using a patch. A lot of channels are not hacked so you will need to buy a subscription from a dealer to view it.

A package could also be hacked (ie Premiere) but it’s a commercial hack so you will need to buy a specialist card to open it. More information on all of this can be seen below.

If the channel is normally available to but not for you then check you have the latest patch/keys and that the channel is currently open. Restart your box and see if that helps.

Try deleting the channels and re-scan them again.

If that doesn’t help you may need to ask for further help on the forum.

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Card Sharing Questions


Q) Is card sharing available on my satellite box?
A) Yes if you own a TM 7755 – 7655.

Q) How do I activate card sharing?
1. once you download the latest patch, do a factory reset
2. go to Config and select System Setting
3. enter 2004
4. Enable Card Share

After that open the loader and......

Exampl 1
ServerName= cardserv
IP Address=211.63.81.169
Port=10000
CAID=AUTO
protocol=NewCamD Ver.6
UserID ****** Password *******
DES Key=01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 15
[com_port_number]
port=1 or 2 or …..

Q) Will Card sharing be available to 1000 series owners?
A) Maybe. It has mentioned that it would be for the 7000 series 1st and then the 1000 series.

For more information about card sharing, go to the C/S TM forum (FOUND HERE)
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Cards/Cams/Encryptions

Q) What is a Conditional Access Module (CAM)?
A) A conditional access module (or cam) contains the technology needed to unlock encrypted subscription TV channels using a card. A Cam may be built into a receiver or a separate unit. CAMs are available for most encryption apart from the Videoguard (NDS) system used by sky.

Q) What is a Magic CAM?
A) Magic CAMs, Joker CAMS and Global CAMs contain the software for several types of encryption for use with viewing cards containing keys to disparate packages.

Q) What is a common Interface?
A) Receivers with a common interface can accept external CAM units of any kind, giving the users a broad flexibility.

Q) What is Nagravision, Seca, conax, viaccess, videoguard etc?
A) These are different types of encryptions. All can be discussed here apart from the Videoguard encryption or else anything related to sky.

Q) I heard viaccess has hacked, why isnt art available then?
A) There are different versions of the same encryption. So there’s viaccess 2.4 (which is hacked) but art uses viacceaa 2.5 (which is not).

Q) Opos, titanium, penta, knot – what is the point of all thse cards?
A) Each card will open a certain package. See each sub-forum for more info on what you can get on each card.

Q) Is it possible for me to subscribe to X or Y package?
A) Most packages require you to live in the country of where it is sold. You could get a second hand subscription from a dealer but this would cost a lot of money and can be quite difficult to get.
Adult subscriptions are easily available from dealers quite cheaply. Two other popular packages are digitalb and art. These are sold by most dealers and are very inexpensive.
Art show most English premiership games (even the 3pm games) with English commentary. Digitalb also show premiership but nowhere near as much as art and also show films (in English) and porn.

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[Realist]

General Satellite Questions


Q) How can I get more than 1 satellite?
A) You can have more than one dish, or have up to four “offset feed” LNBs on the same dish but at most these can only be for satellites within 10-15° of each other.

A motorised dish will provide a greater selection of satellites from across the whole sky. Users of small dishes up to 90cm can use simple DiSEqC 1.2 motorised mounts. Dishes of 1m and above will need a more powerful and complex 36v motor drive.

Q) What are DiSEqC and USALS?
A) Digital satellite equipment control is a standard created by Eutelsat for receivers to select between LNBs and control motorised dishes. A DiSEqC-Compatible receiver sends pulses at 22kHz, along the LNB cable to control a DiSEqC switch or motor.

Mini-DiSEqC switches can select between two LNBs, DiSEqC 1.0 is used for upto 4 LNBs, DiSEqC 1.1 for up to 16 LNBs, using two sets of pulses.
DiSEqC 1.2 uses the pulses to instruct a “smart” motor to move east or west, or go to a present position. USALS (also known incorrectly as DiSEqC 1.3 or gotoX) uses an even smarter mount which can find any position in the sky based on a single reference bearing and the users longitude and latitude.

Q) What are ‘Feeds’?
A) Broadcasters often use satellite links – feeds – to transfer programming to remote locations before broadcast. Feeds may be unedited, containing bloopers and footage unsuitable for broadcast. Many are unencrypted, although sport feeds are becoming rare and broadcasters are moving to the technically superior MPEG4:2:2 format.

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Channels with English programming which opens with a Patch - Hispasat


Hispasat

TV Cabo
Most channels on the tv cabo package have just English audio with Portuguese subtitles.

Discovery Turbo - Docs
Discovery Civilisation - Docs
Discovery Science - Docs
MTV Hits UK - Music
MTV Base UK - Music
MTV 2 Europe - Music
VH1 Classic UK - Music
TCM Europe - Films
Travel Channel UK - Entertainment
ESPN Sports Classic - Sport
Reality TV Europe - Entertainment
RTP Acores - Entertainment
Bloomberg TV Europe - News
SIC Comedia - Entertainment
FOX Portugal - Entertainment
Fox Life Portugal - Entertainment
RTP 1 - Entertainment
SIC - Entertainment
TVI – Films (In English)
Video-On-Demand (4 channels) - Films
Sky News International - News
Canal Hollywood - Films
VH1 Europe - Music
MTV Portugal - Music
Playboy TV Iberia - Adult
CNN International - News
Lusomundo Action - Films
Lusomundo Gallery (+1) - Films
Lusomundo Premium (+1) - Films
MCM Top - Music
BBC Prime - Entertainment
BBC World – News
CNBC Europe - News
Eurosport News – Sport
RTP Maderia - Entertainment
RTP Memoria - Entertainment
Lusomundo Happy - Films
SIC Mulher - Entertainment
People + Arts - Entertainment
AXN - Entertainment
Extreme Sports - Sport




Digital+
Most channels on the digital+ package have 2 audio channels – Spanish and Original.

Calle13 – Entertainment
Fox Spain – Entertainment
Paramount Comedy – Entertainment (only a few shows are English)
Cosmo TV Europe – Entertainment
People + Arts – Entertainment
Cartoon Network – Childrens
Cinemania Classico – Films
AXN Spain – Entertainment
Canal+ (+30m) - Entertainment (Mostly Films)
Canal+ 2 – Entertainment (Mostly Films)
Canal+ Cine 1 – Films
Canal+ Cine 2 – Films
Canal+ Cine 3 – Films
Disney Channel (+1)– Children
Playhouse Disney – Children
Toon Disney – Children
Taquilla 1 – PPV
Taquilla 2 – PPV
Taquilla 3 – PPV
Taquilla 4 - Taquilla
Taquilla 5 – PPV
Taquilla 6 – PPV
Taquilla 7 – PPV
Taquilla 8 – PPV
TCM Spain – Films
Nick Spain – Children
Cinemania (+30) - Films
Cinemania 2 – Films
Boomerang – Children
National Geographic Europe – Docs
Fox News – News

Mediapark
MGM - Films
Showtime – Films
Ctk – Films
Canal 18 – Films/Adult
Somas - Children
Natura - Docs
Buzz
Super


More Sats Coming soon!

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