can anyone help?
i have both a dm 500 and a dm 600 (600 is sat 500 is cable)
I have gone down the coast and they have foxtel here. I would like to use my optus service card here as i have all the channels i like on it and they only have basic package. I believe it may be cable they have here as with the dm500 i can pick up the data channel but nothing else is coming up at all. i can see at the bottom what should be on eg stargate SG1 or whatever. I have an optus featuring foxtel card that is set up with the box. this works at home with our optus cable and foxtel sat.
What would i need to do to get it working?
can you use the optus card on the foxtel cable network (i am assuming they are just using optus cable)
Should i try the sat reciever? this is a set of units so i am not sure what that would do to the other recievers if it is cable.
I have also tried a transponder scan using 00626Mhz
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can anyone help?
*If* the Optus cable card is actually a Foxtel NDS card ( never seen one and dont know how they work ), it should work for Foxtel satellite as well in a satellite receiver such as a DM500.
I'd suggest finding out which system (cable/satellite) is installed first.
Ask other occupants/building management/Foxtel.
A satellite decoder sends voltage up the coax, assuming there's an LNB/multiswitch on the other end.
Cable-Foxtel/Optus decoders don't output a voltage, so there is potential fror a satellite decoder to cause issues on a cable distribution network, although I suspect there would be voltage-blocking circuitry to prevent damage.
If you have a satellite decoder, it won't work on a cable system anyway.
Hi, yes the box is a pace. so in this case the DM500c should be working with the Optus NDS card so i must have the transponder frequency wrong when doing a scan. what do i need to know about doing a scan on the foxtel cable setup using a DM500C?
There is a Foxtel transponder ini file available.
Optus/Foxtel transponders are identical. And the NDS card should work regardless of whether it's Cable or Satellite. You just can't use a Cable STB on a Satellite connection and vice versa. They operate on different frequencies.
I'm a big proponent of not using stb's at all and going with HTPC systems. Much more versatile.
Last edited by tbergman; 09-09-10 at 08:53 AM.
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