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Article #1015Re: Hacking the UEC 660 Foxtel Satellite Decoder
From: p
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:00
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:00
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To find out more of what is available on Aurora go to http://home.iprimus.com.au/media9/aurora-g.htm also for all on Optus B3 go to http://home.iprimus.com.au/media9/satdeal.htm or go to www.auspaytv.com Jason Jordan <guru@swami.pcguru.com.au> wrote in message news:39C0CD03.149D7437@swami.pcguru.com.au... > Howdy Folks, > > Well a little bit of playing and I've now got 5 new free-to-air > satellite channels on my UEC 660 Foxtel Satellite Decoding Unit. > > Many thanks to www.satcodx5.com for the frequency list. > > I haven't seen these details anywhere else. I'm not aware of the > legalities of doing what I have discovered, so this is for > educational interest only. This may break the law. This may > void your warranty. This may render your decoder unusable. This > may cause your lover to leave you. This may set your house on > fire. You have been warned. > > The 5 new channels I've managed to add are: > > MOU-TV Maharishi Open University Asia > ThaiTV5 Thailand TV Channel 5 > MEDIASAT Screen shows test pattern with "MEDIASAT-SYD" > TRT-INT Turkish Television? > SPARE-CH8 Screen shows same as MEDIASAT > > MEDIASAT has an english speaker announcing that it is "the > primary audio channel for MEDIASAT". The other channels are > non-English. > > Whilst it may seen pointless, I had fun doing this. > > It seems Foxtel have the unit rigged so you can't easily add the > new channels, but I will describe the process I used below so > that I now have 37 Channels available. > > I will prevent the innocent from destroying their decoders by not > telling what the installer code is. If you don't know you can > easily find it. If you do know it... you should know better. > > Hit your MENU button > goto ADVANCED OPTIONS > goto CHANGE DISH INSTALLATION > ENTER INSTALLER CODE > goto SIGNAL SETUP > goto SIGNAL SETUP 1 (HOME) and change the ENABLED option to > DISABLED > goto SIGNAL SETUP 2 and change the DISABLED option to ENABLED > change the frequency to 12438 > change the symbol rate to 29473 > ensure the polarity is HORIZONTAL > goto SIGNAL SETUP 3 and change the DISABLED option to ENABLED > change the frequency to 12336 > change the symbol rate to 30000 > ensure the polarity is VERTICAL > exit back to CHANGE DISH INSTALLATION > TUNE & RESCAN > > The unit will now rescan... you'll see a message about waiting > for NIT acquisition. .. it'll then scan the services and return > you back to a tv channel. > > Now check channels 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 > > I also discovered 30 or so channels on 12720Ghz, 30000SR, V POL. > Only 1 channel was active with a "AURORA VISION TEST" test > pattern. > > You can send large denomination notes to me at .... oh never > mind. 8-) > > My advice is not to do this. You may be breaking the law, you > may be voiding your warranty... you may trash your decoder. > > Bottom line - don't blame me. > > ... I wonder if we'll see Olympics Feeds on the MEDIASAT links? > > Cheers, > > jas.
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