tm 6800 hd help please

[jodie16873]

first time post but thought I'd give it a shot, my dad recently had a tm 6800 hd installed, the guy in the shop seemed to tell him all he had to do was click on links ( he gave him on paper) go to a site and he could download something that would un scramble his channels, I have looked everywhere but can't seem to work out what to do or where to get it from, the shop guy said we had to put our usb dongle in our computer download to that and put in the receiver, but we cannot find no downloads to put in, should we be paying somewhere to get this? please could someone just point me in the right place, just trying to help out my dad but I'm stuck, thanks for you time.xx

 

[tigertimtim]

google alsat for the site you want, you can either use a rs232 null modem cable which i find easiest or the usb feature ive not used, when you get on the site download the darkman loader then the latest 6800 patch.

 

[jodie16873]

downloaded it and installed, still most of the channels are scrambled, think my dad needs a crash course somewhere , all seems a but teqnical for him, thanks for your help tho tiger tim. guess its back to the shop he goes seems the guy in shop has taken his money and now dont want to help.

 

[Oily]

Hasn't cleared the channels for me neither so i don't think its your Dad fault ;)

Edit,just found this info:
Goto menu,then information,you'll see what patch is on there then type 2004

Hope this helps

 

[jodie16873]

ok thanks will give it a shot, still no wiser on it all, hahaha he was like a kid in a sweet shop thinking he could watch all films bless hahaha

 

[Oily]

ok thanks will give it a shot, still no wiser on it all, hahaha he was like a kid in a sweet shop thinking he could watch all films bless hahaha

Your cruel jodie

That will work if he has the darkman patch on it.PM if you need anymore help/info in finding out what he needs

 

[teddie]

on d,man patch,..d+ not working on auto update, and cabo have moved to nagra 3 encryption,...but all the other big providers are still working on auto ,.[exept showtime] im told ,....premier on 19 east,..tps, multivision, and loads of french ,etc,,on hotbird 13 east,...... also its really easy with usb stick,...good luck,..teddie.

 

[jodie16873]

Hi Oily thanks for the help, he did manage to get it all working watching films and everything, kid with new toy,,,,,,,,,,, then POOF hes killed it! says he downloaded summat ( no idea what) and installed via the FRONT of box....... machine died, THEN he reads manual, what ever he was trying to do HAD to be installed via the back usb post not the front!!!!!!! will he need to take it back to shop? or is there a quick fix? sorrrrrrrrrry to be a pain!

 

[kenrea]

There is no USB Port on the rear of the Technomate HD6800

 

[Oily]

Like kenrea has said,there is no rear USB.

He could try a factory reset then install the same patch again providing it still powers up ;)

 

[jimbo]

Download the key. Use winzip or winrar or similar you open the zip file. You plug in the usb stick into any spare usb slot of your pc. Wait a few moments for it to connect. You then extract the key file to the stick which shows as a removable disk. Eject the stick & remove from your pc. Switch on your sat receiver, plug the stick into the usb port behind the front flap. It will tell you that it sees the stick in drive. Select menu/usb/data transfer on your remote, highlight the keyfile and it will update in a few seconds. Remove the usb stick. job done, no need for a loader.


Thanks due to Lockey at Toes.

 

[Oily]

Jimbo,Jodie has said he's killed the box somehow.

Jodie,does it power up at all??Need a bit more info

 

[kenrea]

Yesterday I did much the same as Jimbo has suggested, in this case the key file was in fact a softcam key file. Having no real knowledge of these files, I just plugged my memory stick into my receiver went into the menu
highlighted the file and clicked OK. After 2 seconds the receiver re-booted
I still had the auto patch installed by name but when I hit the Cas menu
button, all keys had gone, only the names of a few providers were left.
Going on to TPS France 4 nothing updated.
Since then I have done a factory reset unplugged the mains for a while
reloaded official soft, then reloaded the latest patch but still I have no keys showing in the Cas menu section. :mad:

 

[jodie16873]

i got it mixed up, he downloaded something which should be installed via a port in the back, but downloaded it onto the usb dongle fing then put in front, he THEN decided to read the manual as the machine froze, manual says dont install into front the file which dad was putting in. all he has now is the word techomate on the front in lcd lights but not moving like it normaly does, he has rung shop where he bought it, blokes told him twiddle with buttons on front, hahaha how helpfull was he now he got his £600

 

[jodie16873]

dad says none of the knobs work on it at all it wont power up the blue light on right hand corner, all he has is techonmate on the front but not scrolling, no picture at all will come onto his tv

 

[tigertimtim]

jodie@ you really need to go on the alsat forum, its a specialist site for technomate recievers, can he do a factory reset or enter the main meny at all ?

 

[olisun]

dad says none of the knobs work on it at all it wont power up the blue light on right hand corner, all he has is techonmate on the front but not scrolling, no picture at all will come onto his tv

Looks like your dad might have switched off the power during the firmware upgrade process....

 

[tigertimtim]

thinking about it ive had my reciever freeze up a few times on certain channels, to cure the problem i have to unplug the machine then hold the channel change button when i turn it back on, i presume hes tried completly unpluging the reciever and turning it back on ?

 

[jodie16873]

to make sure i did it, ive unplugged it waited a while then put back on but still nothing, also sat n made sure everything was plugged in right. still nothing all he has is the word technomate NOt scroling like it normally does and can do nothing more with it.

 

[olisun]

to make sure i did it, ive unplugged it waited a while then put back on but still nothing, also sat n made sure everything was plugged in right. still nothing all he has is the word technomate NOt scroling like it normally does and can do nothing more with it.

Can you see any picture on the TV screen?

How are you connecting the TM to your TV?