Using S African Sat decoder in UK

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rifty

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My Satellite Setup
Multichoice DSTV
My Location
London & SE
I have a DSTV Multichoice Dual-View decoder which I bought in S Africa and used to receive the DSTV programs.

I can set it to look at Astra 2 and set up the network details etc. and the signal strength is good, and the unit finds the bouquets and loads the channels into memory - and even decodes the program details and shows them.

It complains about the encoder card. Are ALL the channels encoded? What about the ITV, Sky News etc.? I thought these were free to view?

Has anyone any experience of using the SA box in UK?

For technical detail - it is called a DSD820 manufactured by UEC Technologies - it has an IRDETO decoding logo on it.

IT has a very detailed setup menu - asking me if I want to use NIT, SMARV or none - I can set the Freq Lo and Freq High, polarity, FEC and which satellite I have chosen to point to.

I already have a Sky+ box, so this is an extra, running off a second dish pointed at Astra 2.

Anyone help?
 
Yes, ITV etc are free to air, so perhaps it is one of the video settings which is incorrect.
 
you will need a DSTV smartcard cos they use irdeto 2 encryption which is still not yet cracked 0r a MIRACLE to be able to view their channels.
 
Scoop, rifty is trying to use it for the free to air English channels on Astra 28.2, so won't need a card of any sort, he is based in the UK. :)
 
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