Samsung Software

[me-smith]

I was given a Samsung FTA receiver (9400 FTA) by someone who upgraded.

After a scan of ASTRA 2 I deleted a bunch of transponders that

belonged to God and shopping, then pruned the channels down to about a

dozen that I would routinely watch (Beeb, ITV, etc.). The result is

fast, rock steady in any weather and I'm thoroughly delighted.

Now. Software updates. I look at ASTRA 2 (fixed) and the Samsung

uses OTA from ASTRA 1 Sirius and Hotbird. So, am I out of luck? Do I

care? Do software updates just keep the internal lists up to date or

do they patch software bugs, etc. If the former, I do manual scans

anyway. If the latter, I haven't found any problems.

In the background I can hear my departed father's voice saying, "Look.

If it ain't broken, don't try to fix it!" Is dad right?

 

[Analoguesat]

Patches can allow you to watch some pay tv services (not Sky UK - they are secure.) Should you want to update the software you should be able to get the official s/w off the manufactures web site

However, if it does what you want it to do leave it alone.