Starview Boxes
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22. October 2007 @ 07:46 |
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Sorry I was just been lazy :)
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fergusrb
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22. October 2007 @ 08:49 |
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If people were to believe what Adrian Weckler wrote in an article in the Sunday Business Post yesterday, you would believe that the writing is on the wall for the Starview box.
He mentions how U** (new owners of N** and C*****) and Sly (which I find hard to believe) are growing increasingly concerned at the number of free digital boxes accessing their subscription based content. The reason I don?t believe Sly are getting concerned is that it?s a lot harder and more expensive to find something that works as easy as the box in terms of hacking the U** channels. He mentions that U** have been working hard recently on finding an alternative system to fend off these boxes, but it will be sometime before a workable solution will be released.
I?m sure the owners of UPC are very concerned at the minute with how easy people are finding it to access the channels, but they also seem to be aware that they will never prevent everyone from doing it. Apparently they aren?t after the odd enthusiast who trys to gain free TV. It?s the ordinary joe soap they are targeting now. Those that wouldn?t know where to turn if their boxes stopped working all of a sudden. In fairness to N**, the last few updates they made, had a big affect on joe soaps perception of the boxes. People I have spoke with now have the opinion that the starview boxes no longer work. So for me that was a successful campaign for N**.
Adrian also goes on to state that there is a misconception by people selling these boxes, that it is not illegal to do so. He even goes as far as mentioning the act that apparently proves that it is illegal to sell the boxes. Well in one way he is right and in another he is not. When you buy the starview boxes from the manufacturer, they aren?t able to automatically pick up the scrambled channels. You can?t even access a hidden menu to turn on the ability to do so. So it is up to the user to give the boxes the ability to ?hack? the channels. They do this by downloading new firmware from the Internet, that allows them to turn on secret menu, which in turn allows them to turn on a key cracking functionality within the firmware.
In terms of U**?s attempt at bringing in a solution that will render the boxes useless, I?m personally unsure how successful this will be. Most encryptions used by TV companies have been hacked at this stage and anything new won?t take that long for the hackers to break. But in saying that, it?s not Mary down the road that?s going to have the knowledge to do this, it?s back to people in the know.
Anyway, I think Adrian should have done a bit more research into the starview and other boxes before making his assumptions surrounding it?s use. Even a few hours spent researching how they function would have made it a more informative article.
And so say all of us amen let this be an end to speculation and scaremongering
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Alank123
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23. October 2007 @ 03:09 |
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good morning sc0user,
got all the stations working again, thanks a mil
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23. October 2007 @ 06:41 |
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Youre welcome :)
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shineka1
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23. October 2007 @ 09:39 |
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hi tere cud anybody help ,i am lookin for software for starview 2 i have version 40 on my starview 1 ,and another question does the starview 2 work on ntl mmds ,and how do i set it up if it does thank u
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23. October 2007 @ 09:42 |
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Originally posted by shineka1: hi tere cud anybody help ,i am lookin for software for starview 2 i have version 40 on my starview 1 ,and another question does the starview 2 work on ntl mmds ,and how do i set it up if it does thank u
All firmware can be found in Eamos FTA Library at the bottom of my post. Use version 4.50 for The Box (Starview 2) as this is the most stable for now. Yes it will work on N** MMDS just do an autoscan.
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shineka1
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23. October 2007 @ 09:45 |
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ok thanx alot for ur help
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23. October 2007 @ 09:49 |
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Youre welcome any problems just drop back.
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i_dont_no
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28. October 2007 @ 09:26 |
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Originally posted by sc0user: No problem :)
Scouser your a Genius!
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28. October 2007 @ 18:16 |
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Thank you but for what ????????
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28. October 2007 @ 21:19 |
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It must be for all your help and advice :)
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Alank123
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2. November 2007 @ 05:21 |
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hi guys,
a friend of mine has a small problem with some of his channels, celtic tv and other channels are not coming in, he's living in Dublin and he's on N*l ( starview1 ) the fre is 395.000 thats the problem, the channels are there but just blank
can you help???
thanks
Alan
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apkavana
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2. November 2007 @ 06:27 |
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alan make sure you are on the channel hit Menu /installation and then do a manual scan at that frequency / this will pick up the Celtic channell working . delete the old one from Tv list. Say hello to Stephen Windermere
apkavana
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Alank123
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2. November 2007 @ 06:31 |
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who's Stephen Windermere?
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apkavana
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2. November 2007 @ 06:34 |
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Is he not your brother in law : Dublin Clonsilla
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Alank123
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2. November 2007 @ 06:36 |
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No pal sorry....im Alan Kinlan
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apkavana
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2. November 2007 @ 06:39 |
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Thats ok - wrong Alan
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antnkia
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2. November 2007 @ 10:08 |
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hi does anyone do jtagging think i have a cloned box that has died on me is it easy to do or does anyone out there do it thanks ant.
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2. November 2007 @ 21:30 |
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Originally posted by Alank123: hi guys,
a friend of mine has a small problem with some of his channels, celtic tv and other channels are not coming in, he's living in Dublin and he's on N*l ( starview1 ) the fre is 395.000 thats the problem, the channels are there but just blank
can you help???
thanks
Alan
The 395 freq channels have all moved to 394 , This freq change happened a couple of weeks ago , delete the channels on 395000 , Celtic , rangers ,Set 2 etc and do a manual scan on 394000 and all these channels will come back and will be found at the end of the channel list , Also do a manual scan on 402000 for Racing Uk , Zee TV , TVX Uk Gold + 1 , Living + 1 , Bravo + 1 etc
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2. November 2007 @ 21:34 |
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Originally posted by antnkia: hi does anyone do jtagging think i have a cloned box that has died on me is it easy to do or does anyone out there do it thanks ant.
Are you in Ire or UK ?
If you are in Ireland send a private message to Fergusrb and he can point you in the right direction
If you are in the Uk , sorry I dont know anyone that can help you but you could try it yourself , have a look here at jtag Info http://www.freewebs.com/dooby2oon/
You can get what you need to do this here
http://www.tailor-madecircuits.com/shop/...?products_id=31
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3. November 2007 @ 06:14 |
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hiya sorry if i sound thick but i got a starview 2 box with firmware api ver : 4.00e_E
boot ver : 7.0
7.jun. 2007
i noticed alot of ppl say they have version 4.51 do i have to update mine? i havent really had a problem, think 2 channels have disappeared and theres different channels in there place but guessing a auto tune will fix it.
cheers for ne help
ATTI
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AfterDawn Addict
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3. November 2007 @ 10:14 |
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Starvi*w 2 (THE B0X)
4.50 Ireland
4.51 UK
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3. November 2007 @ 12:15 |
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ok but ddo i have to update mine or not as there dnt seems to be ne problem, if i dnt what can happen ? cheers
ATTI
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3. November 2007 @ 12:41 |
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found a beta version for the uk v4.52 gunna have a go at installing it :D
ATTI
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jarrad07
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3. November 2007 @ 14:09 |
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Help ive lost satan!! 1 went off this morning can anybody help thanks
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