Good news and bad! By coincidence a friend turned up at my house today with a Goldmaster 9400 CI under his arm
and asked me to show him how to find and load software, keys etc. We found the various
files and went through the process but when we tried to transfer the files to his receiver
nothing happened. So we're 90% there, but a little more research is needed to find out what
we're doing wrong. Below is the general method, and where to look for files. If you try it
out for yourself perhaps you could let me know your results.
The aim is to be able to decrypt encrypted channels in your receiver's software instead of
installing electronic cards and chip cards. To do this you need to replace the original
software with emulation software (EMU for short). You enter keys (long strings of letters and
numbers used in the decryption process), using your receiver's remote controller.
Fortunately, the kind souls who write the EMUs also enter the latest keys into them, so you
don't have to.
You need:
1. A "null modem" cable to connect a serial port on your computer to the serial port
on your Goldmaster receiver. For full specification see
www.nullmodem.com
2. A loader program on your PC to transfer the file you get from internet to your
receiver.
3. The image file that you want to load into your receiver.
If your image file isn't bang up to date you may need to update a few of the keys which may
have changed mean time. So you'll also need......
4. A text file listing the latest keys, which you use to update the image file
manually.
Where to get them:
Image file:
www.uydukurdu.com/showthread.php?t=9683
Hunt for the file name that includes your exact model number. It'll be a compressed file,
either ZIP or RAR so you'll need WinZIP or WinRAR to decompress them. In the files I looked
at they also included the loader program, named yukleme.exe and the instructions in
Turkish. A Turkish friend told me that they looked to be identical to mine, see below. The
image file has the extension .TFD
Other download sites are:
http://www.files-sat.com This is well organised. Click on the link "Public Downlads" then
on "Receiver software" - you'll find all the different receiver types. Loading instructions
are also included but in Turkish.
www.fookfiles.com/
www.intirnet.net/upload/index.php aka
http://www.mavitunasat.com/
www.amerikantv.com/
www.tnt2.shows.it/
Most of these sites also include key files, in .txt form - but lets get the file transfer
sorted out first!
You can disconnect the aerial and TV connections if you need to take the receiver to your
computer.
With mine, I connect the cable with receiver switched off. (The 9400 hasn't got an on/off
button so we pulled the plug from the wall socket). I start the loader program and specify
which image file I want to load, then I switch the receiver on. The loader detects the
receiver and the rest is automatic.
The first few times that I did it, I connected a TV to the receiver so that I could see
what was happening, but you don't need to. The receiver's front panel displays progress.
Warning: it's illegal to watch pay channels without paying, so this discussion is only for intellectual exercise purposes. After achieving success we unload the software and don't watch any programmes. (Yeah, right....)