Receiver Recommendations

fdservices

Hi, I have a dish set up receiving three Satellites, Astra 1, 2 and Hotbird. Now I want to add a receiver which will receive all the channels from all three sats, and be able to receive TNT as well, which is, I think, Viaccess 3. I may also wish to add Canal+ later which is also Viaccess 3.

The TNT recommendation is the STRONG STR 6420, but I do not know if it will do all the above, and I am pretty sure it has only one Viaccess card reader.

Since I am strictly a newbie can someone suggest what I should look into?

Many thanks

Andrew

HB13DISH

Have you considered the DreamBox 7025S?
You can have two different tuners, one for satellite DVB-S and the other for terrestrial DVB-T.
I think that it has a CI slot and also a card reader so that should take care of the official smartcards.
Also add internal HDD for recording.
Selection of satellite channels would be accomplished by using a Diseq switch.

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Robbo

What you want to do is is almost impossible. There are over 10 different packages on those three sats using a variety of encryption systems. Some of them also requiring a dedicated receiver. The Dreambox/linux receivers may work with a fair few of the offical provider cards, but maybe not all of them though.

I suggest you do a lot of digging, to establish which packages you really want and find out if any specific hardware is needed, or whether a hardware CAM or Dreambox can be used.

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HB13DISH

Sorry Robbo, but I think that the O/P is interested only in the TNT package and/or the French Canal+, unless he really means ALL the encrypted channels and not only FTA.
So basically two card readers should be enough.

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Robbo

Yes, you are probably right

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fdservices

Yes that's right TNT and possibly Canal+

Thanks for the replies I'll take a look at the Dreambox first.

Andrew

fdservices

The ads refer to "2 x Smartcard-Reader" is this the same as a Viaccess card reader, or perhaps all the readers are the same? Sorry for my ignorance, but I will learn.

Andrew

HB13DISH

The smartcard readers use software CAM emulation, something like CCcam in order to decrypt the official card of say Canal+.
There should also be a mention of CI CAM slot, where you insert a PCMCIA module like Viaccess and then insert the official smartcard inside it.
You then need to select the type of cam from a dropdown list.
I suggest that you download the 7025 user manual and specification sheet and go over all the details.
Good Luck

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fdservices

OK I will, thanks

Andrew

HB13DISH

I had a closer look at the Strong SRT 6420 and it looks like a cheaper option for you with a price tag of 149 Euro or less.
It has only one embedded Viaccess CAM, but will give you TNT sub for 4 years.
You can buy 2 receivers (for the second CI slot) and it is still a cheaper option than 7025. But check if the remotes can be set so as not to activate one another.

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