Recent content by Beebman

I managed to get hold of a second-hand Aston 1.05 CAM (CanalSat recommend version 2 Astoncrypt CAMs but that's mainly for interactive channels, or so I'm told) and I can now get all channels OK. So to answer my own question, yes it would appear you do need a CAM with the Technomate 1500 CI+ (at...

Thanks for your reply Channel Hopper - so if I were to buy an Aston CAM (that one seems to be recommended for CanalSat) and use it in combination with the 1500 CI+ it should work fine?

I'm sorry that another thread I started in a completely different forum has got attached to the front of this, I've no idea how that happened... I did that. :) Same person, same machine, same supplier, same problem. Keeps it all neat & tidy :D Rgds L.

I've just bought a 1500 CI+ and I'm having trouble getting a new French CanalSat viewing card to activate properly, i.e. some channels are refusing to unencrypt. I've spoken to the shop in France who supplied me with the card, the person there knew of the 1500 CI+ and he said that the only way I...

Oh yes they are! http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/canalsatfr.html France 5: Astra 1H, transponder 90, 12207 MHz W9: Astra 1G, transponder 74, 11895 MHz I also can't currently get unencrypted images for France 4, France Ô or TMC, yet France 2 & 3 are clear for me and they are also "TNT"...

The Astra 1 group (1G & 1H in particular for CanalSat France).

OK, problem now solved! I decided to try again toppervte33h's suggestion, i.e. to insert the card chip-down. And this time it worked! So why didn't it it work for me on Friday when I tried that? Well, having now got the card to work and seeing which channels I can get, I've discovered that for...

I've tried inserting it the other way as the manual doesn't actually tell you which way round cards should go in! However I only get a message telling me that the receiver is attempting to read the card if I insert it with the chip facing up. If I insert it chip down I don't get any such message.

Thanks for your welcome! I am indeed using the original firmware, the receiver is in factory-supplied condition, I've made no changes or patching to it.

Last week I obtained from the Parisian dealer Serge Surpin a one-year CanalSat card. Yesterday for the first time I inserted it into my Technomate 1500 CI+ receiver and got an invalid card message. I had assumed I'd have to get the card activated so I e-mailed Surpin and got a swift reply saying...