| Author |
Message |
silent bob
Guest
|
 Posted:
Fri May 20, 2005 6:32 am Post subject:
foxtel smart cards |
|
|
Just wondering does anybody know if the foxtel smart card can be used
in both a cable stb and a satellite one. The reason I ask is that the
foxtel won't give me a connection because I live in a MDU, my sister
has recently moved into a house with foxtel cable already installed. If
I ask her to connect to foxtel, take her stb from her pay her the money
to pass it on to foxtel. Then install a satellite on the roof of my
flat and plug her box into to it would it work? Or are the scrambling
systems completely diffirent? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
bosustow
Guest
|
| Posted:
Fri May 20, 2005 8:08 am Post subject:
Re: foxtel smart cards |
|
|
"silent bob" <fake3192@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116552758.759424.244440@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Just wondering does anybody know if the foxtel smart card can be used
in both a cable stb and a satellite one. The reason I ask is that the
foxtel won't give me a connection because I live in a MDU, my sister
has recently moved into a house with foxtel cable already installed. If
I ask her to connect to foxtel, take her stb from her pay her the money
to pass it on to foxtel. Then install a satellite on the roof of my
flat and plug her box into to it would it work? Or are the scrambling
systems completely diffirent?
|
no, you would require someone to have satellite, cable card will not work
with Sat |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
qqqq
Guest
|
| Posted:
Fri May 20, 2005 1:10 pm Post subject:
Re: foxtel smart cards |
|
|
Foxtel NDS cable cards work in NDS satellite boxes. Believe it or not.
"bosustow" <bosustow1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0kdje.14577$Le2.89809@nasal.pacific.net.au...
| Quote: |
"silent bob" <fake3192@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116552758.759424.244440@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Just wondering does anybody know if the foxtel smart card can be used
in both a cable stb and a satellite one. The reason I ask is that the
foxtel won't give me a connection because I live in a MDU, my sister
has recently moved into a house with foxtel cable already installed. If
I ask her to connect to foxtel, take her stb from her pay her the money
to pass it on to foxtel. Then install a satellite on the roof of my
flat and plug her box into to it would it work? Or are the scrambling
systems completely diffirent?
no, you would require someone to have satellite, cable card will not work
with Sat
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Simmo
Guest
|
| Posted:
Fri May 20, 2005 2:31 pm Post subject:
Re: foxtel smart cards |
|
|
"qqqq" <qqqq@xxxx.com> wrote in message
news:428d9b48_2@news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com...
| Quote: | Foxtel NDS cable cards work in NDS satellite boxes. Believe it or not.
And Dreambox ...believe it or not... |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Arpalice
Guest
|
| Posted:
Fri May 20, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject:
Re: foxtel smart cards |
|
|
| Quote: |
And Dreambox ...believe it or not...
Not for long...unfortunately |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Simmo
Guest
|
| Posted:
Fri May 20, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject:
Re: foxtel smart cards |
|
|
"Arpalice" <arpalice@polipon.com.au> wrote in message
news:428dbca0@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
| Quote: |
And Dreambox ...believe it or not...
Not for long...unfortunately
Oh dear? why?..... |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dogs Breath
Guest
|
| Posted:
Fri May 20, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject:
Re: foxtel smart cards |
|
|
Lord Data said we would be OK. and he knows everything
"Simmo" <blahblah@blah.com.au> wrote in message
news:Cfjje.9162$E7.1758@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
| Quote: |
"Arpalice" <arpalice@polipon.com.au> wrote in message
news:428dbca0@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
And Dreambox ...believe it or not...
Not for long...unfortunately
Oh dear? why?.....
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Glenn P
Guest
|
| Posted:
Sat May 21, 2005 5:09 am Post subject:
Re: foxtel smart cards |
|
|
"silent bob" <fake3192@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116552758.759424.244440@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Just wondering does anybody know if the foxtel smart card can be used
in both a cable stb and a satellite one. The reason I ask is that the
foxtel won't give me a connection because I live in a MDU, my sister
has recently moved into a house with foxtel cable already installed. If
I ask her to connect to foxtel, take her stb from her pay her the money
to pass it on to foxtel. Then install a satellite on the roof of my
flat and plug her box into to it would it work? Or are the scrambling
systems completely diffirent?
|
I think you've all missed a very important point in his question.
The way I read it is, he want's his sister to get Foxtel CABLE, as he says
the house she moved into already has the CABLE connected, he then wants to
take her CABLE stb to his house & plug it into a SATELLITE dish he is going
to install on his roof. Whether the smart card will work between cable &
satellite doesn't really matter, because the tuners are different between
cable & satellite (like AM & FM radio), so the cable box won't work on
satellite & a satellite box won't work on cable. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
silent bob
Guest
|
| Posted:
Sat May 21, 2005 7:37 am Post subject:
Re: foxtel smart cards |
|
|
Glenn P wrote:
| Quote: | "silent bob" <fake3192@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116552758.759424.244440@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Just wondering does anybody know if the foxtel smart card can be
used
in both a cable stb and a satellite one. The reason I ask is that
the
foxtel won't give me a connection because I live in a MDU, my
sister
has recently moved into a house with foxtel cable already
installed. If
I ask her to connect to foxtel, take her stb from her pay her the
money
to pass it on to foxtel. Then install a satellite on the roof of my
flat and plug her box into to it would it work? Or are the
scrambling
systems completely diffirent?
I think you've all missed a very important point in his question.
The way I read it is, he want's his sister to get Foxtel CABLE, as he
says
the house she moved into already has the CABLE connected, he then
wants to
take her CABLE stb to his house & plug it into a SATELLITE dish he is
going
to install on his roof. Whether the smart card will work between
cable &
satellite doesn't really matter, because the tuners are different
between
cable & satellite (like AM & FM radio), so the cable box won't work
on
satellite & a satellite box won't work on cable.
|
Okay lets say I can get my hands on a satellite box, would I be able to
take the card from the cable box and put it into the satellite stb
would that work?
If so would I need a specific foxtel stb or would anyone with a irdeto
smart card slot. There some foxtel satellite stbs up for auction on
ebay (DSD 700) would these work or are these now obsolete?
And thanks for the information everybody, I'm quite naive as to the
techinical side of the foxtel system (I'm sure thats become painfully
obvious by now) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ
Memberlist
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in