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Noob... What do I buy
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<blockquote data-quote="dazzer" data-source="post: 50059" data-attributes="member: 180733"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I'm in the same situation as longstockings. In fact I'm in the south west too !!</p><p>I've been into satellite stuff in the past but I moved into a cheap flat with the missus in order to save enough money to buy a house. Didnt realise at the time there was a "no dish" rule and I lost touch with what was happening in the satellite world. I'm now in a new house and have come back to see whats new and I'm totally lost.</p><p></p><p>I have motorised 1m dish with a 0.6db LNB, which cost an arm and a leg and a testicle at the time, connected to a PACE 508IP. I guess the receiver is worthless now as are the various D2MAC decoders I have knocking around. I've got a parallel port PIC programmer that I built from a schematic I found on the net and a card\RS232 converter that I used to connect my 508IP to an old 386. I also have a VC2 box that I converted from VC1 (crappy amstrad thing I think) and various cards, single PIC and PIC + 24L16. </p><p></p><p>So, here come a thousand questions and I feel a bit guilty about asking so many questions when I could get some of em answered by reading a mag or two but I know I'll get a few personal opinions thrown in which I always find helpful.</p><p></p><p>1) Is any of my existing kit useful. I presume the dish\LNB combo is still usable.</p><p></p><p>2) Irdeto, viacess etc are encryption methods needing special hardware to decrypt ? CAM ? Are these addons or is this refering to a card ?</p><p></p><p>3) Good reciever to get started ? Cheap as I only have one remaining testicle to which I'm very attached too !! Maybe a list of 2 or 3 would be ok as I appreciate its a tough one to answer.</p><p></p><p>4) How many channels\encyption systems have been compromised ? Is there a reasonable selection to choose from. A XXX channel where the camera man can manage to get a viewing angle below horizontal would be a bonus.</p><p></p><p>5) Is there still an issue with getting keys on a regular basis like in the D2MAC days. Autoupdating available on any cards\channels ? </p><p></p><p>I've more questions but I guess I figure many of them out when I get a system up and running. It's the CAM\card thing I'm most confused about at the moment !! </p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>dazzer</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dazzer, post: 50059, member: 180733"] Hi, I'm in the same situation as longstockings. In fact I'm in the south west too !! I've been into satellite stuff in the past but I moved into a cheap flat with the missus in order to save enough money to buy a house. Didnt realise at the time there was a "no dish" rule and I lost touch with what was happening in the satellite world. I'm now in a new house and have come back to see whats new and I'm totally lost. I have motorised 1m dish with a 0.6db LNB, which cost an arm and a leg and a testicle at the time, connected to a PACE 508IP. I guess the receiver is worthless now as are the various D2MAC decoders I have knocking around. I've got a parallel port PIC programmer that I built from a schematic I found on the net and a card\RS232 converter that I used to connect my 508IP to an old 386. I also have a VC2 box that I converted from VC1 (crappy amstrad thing I think) and various cards, single PIC and PIC + 24L16. So, here come a thousand questions and I feel a bit guilty about asking so many questions when I could get some of em answered by reading a mag or two but I know I'll get a few personal opinions thrown in which I always find helpful. 1) Is any of my existing kit useful. I presume the dish\LNB combo is still usable. 2) Irdeto, viacess etc are encryption methods needing special hardware to decrypt ? CAM ? Are these addons or is this refering to a card ? 3) Good reciever to get started ? Cheap as I only have one remaining testicle to which I'm very attached too !! Maybe a list of 2 or 3 would be ok as I appreciate its a tough one to answer. 4) How many channels\encyption systems have been compromised ? Is there a reasonable selection to choose from. A XXX channel where the camera man can manage to get a viewing angle below horizontal would be a bonus. 5) Is there still an issue with getting keys on a regular basis like in the D2MAC days. Autoupdating available on any cards\channels ? I've more questions but I guess I figure many of them out when I get a system up and running. It's the CAM\card thing I'm most confused about at the moment !! Thanks, dazzer [/QUOTE]
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