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Terrestrial Television, Digital and Analogue
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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 180924" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>The "common interface" standard is a single type of plug and socket system, which exists across all types of digital TV receivers, terrestrial and satellite.</p><p></p><p>What plugs directly into the socket is a Conditional Access Module, which contains the electronics for one particular encryption/decryption system, there are various different systems, and a few CAMs can be "re-programmed" for several systems.</p><p></p><p>The viewing card the goes into the cardslot, and contains the "keys" needed to make the CAM actually decrypt encoded tv signals, normally it will only operate if you've paid the channel broadcaster a subscription fee.</p><p></p><p>In an "integrated" digital tv, the only CAM currently used in UK is the Topup TV one, but there may be other types used in different European countries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 180924, member: 192438"] The "common interface" standard is a single type of plug and socket system, which exists across all types of digital TV receivers, terrestrial and satellite. What plugs directly into the socket is a Conditional Access Module, which contains the electronics for one particular encryption/decryption system, there are various different systems, and a few CAMs can be "re-programmed" for several systems. The viewing card the goes into the cardslot, and contains the "keys" needed to make the CAM actually decrypt encoded tv signals, normally it will only operate if you've paid the channel broadcaster a subscription fee. In an "integrated" digital tv, the only CAM currently used in UK is the Topup TV one, but there may be other types used in different European countries. [/QUOTE]
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