Help needed with "UNBRANDED" card

rilo

Hi everyone,

I am new to the latest "digital format" of this hobby, and could ask some very stupid questions. (have tinkered with analog since 1983 with a 6m mesh dish on C band, since destroyed - now have 70cm + 90cm + 1.5m Ku fixed to different directions & 1.8m Andrews + 2 each 2m & 2.4m fibreglass uninstalled)
I just bought a "very cheap" card, same as most prominent on E-bay under description : "DVB-S Satellite TVTuner Video Capture PCI Card with remote Control" but for quite a bit less overall, only US$ 27.17 with free delivery worldwide, which I am expecting over the next week.

Anyone has any idea what it is for settings in ProgDVB etc.
Plan to use it on various satellites spanning from NSS-10 @38 W down to beyond Panamsat 7+10 @68.5E from my African location South of the equator.
My luck with this recently started experimentation with digital satellite tv reception ran out when my Broadlogic / V@Box ABA2030 which had been used since around 2003 for internet data off Pas7 @ 68.5E ceased to function with message "data cable unplugged", and replaced with an even older data only HARMONIC card which had been used on the same service previously.
Also expecting delivery of a box for laptop, just bought on E-bay, and described as "USB Digital DVB-S Satellite TV Tuner Box PVR DVR", and eyeing the "Twinhan VisionPlus 1020A DVB-S PCI Card" on a current bid.

Advice highly appreciated.

BombedOne

Just look on main chip -in most cases that will be BT878/connexant 878 chip, which means you just have clone of TvinHan VP1020, VisionDTV and so on.

USB Digital DVB-S Satellite TV Tuner Box PVR DVR - if this is in metallic case, than it'll be Turbosight Q-Box clone, if plastic one - one from NEWMI - _www.newmi.com

rilo

Thanks a lot.
Definitely try it out.

rilo

Hi everyone,
Following BombedOne suggestion, I have identified my new USB box as Newmi DM22S (or clone DM04) - works fine on SABC etc @ 68.5e Nagravision, but untried on Multichoice South Africa Irdeto 2 for now. In use with ProgDVB 6.03.04 + Vplug 2.4.0.0 on Vista business. PC is dual-core 2.2G with 4G memory. Attempts on W2 @16.0e Parabole Reunion Viaaccess, running Vplug monitor reports "detected: VIA1 (0500)", using only 2 keys I found gives "incorrect hash - auto ecm started". Leaving PC to run on "Antenne Reunion" overnight displays their frozen after shutdown sreen by morning (I do get 2 radio stations on same though).
CanalSat Reunion displays CanalPlus (SECA/MediaGuard) detected as SECA(0100) but no "frozen screen" when left on the same "Antenne Reunion" service overnight, which they also carry, but again I get 2 other radio stations.
I am also running a second system, card identified as VisionPlus 1020 on a Pentium 4 2G4 512Mb machine and WinXP pro - same ProgDVB & Vplug versions with similar lack of success.
I am uncertain on how to setup Vplug despite fair research, and appreciate any help / suggestions on how-to extract / aquire the required keys for services of interest above. (guide for a compleat idiot anywhere) It appears that many others are after these same services, and I will be happy to assist in any way I can from my fair signal strength location.
Time for bed, its very humid and raining - cheers for now.

BombedOne

Check this:

_ttp://www.dvbsupport.net/paytv.html

List of Vpluggable channels so far.

I don't see parabole reunion to be opened by it.