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Hope I have this in the right section.
Can I upgrade my FTA receiver to receive subscription channels.
 
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R.T.B. said:
Hope I have this in the right section.
Can I upgrade my FTA receiver to receive subscription channels.
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Right section R.T.B. but do not expect an answer as you do not say which of the thousands available you have!!
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If your FTA receiver has a CI slot then, providing you buy the correct CAM to go in - yes.

No CI slots? No chance!

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toppervte33h said:
Right section R.T.B. but do not expect an answer as you do not say which of the thousands available you have!!
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My receiver is a Comag no slots.Can I add on a card reader.
 
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PaulR said:
If your FTA receiver has a CI slot then, providing you buy the correct CAM to go in - yes.

No CI slots? No chance!

PaulR
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The receiver is a Comag no slots.Any add ons available.
 
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As far as I know it's not possible to engineer in some CI slots, or even a built-in CAM, to a receiver that wasn't designed with them in mind to start off with.

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go and buy a manhattan plaza box,it combines FTA and CI slots + its a very inexpensive brilliant piece of equipment.youll also like the blind scan feature :-)

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go and buy a manhattan plaza box,it combines FTA and CI slots + its a very inexpensive brilliant piece of equipment.youll also like the blind scan feature :-)

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Thank you for the information.Does that receiver support Diseqc.
 
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Comags can have unoffiucial s/w loaded (patched) which will open certain pay tv providers
 
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You need to state which Comag you have. The FTA2CI and the SL55 can both be patched with unofficial software that allows a few encrypted channels to be watched. I think there is a patch for the Porty1 but there isn't a patch for the Porty2 - - - yet :)

On the downside it is labour intensive as the keys change often and you usually lose some other box functions as well.
 
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