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    what would happen if i inserted my austar didital smart card into my old dgt 400?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Betamaxx1 View Post
    what would happen if i inserted my austar didital smart card into my old dgt 400?
    Probably nothing... try it and see.

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    Nothing. The receiver won't have the firmware to decrypt using that card. You'll need a 3rd party receiver that supports your card, something like an UltraPlus, Mediastar, Strong or even a Dreambox (if you want a challenge) to use an Austar card but it can't be a card from a Mystar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeroyPatrol View Post
    Nothing. The receiver won't have the firmware to decrypt using that card. You'll need a 3rd party receiver that supports your card, something like an UltraPlus, Mediastar, Strong or even a Dreambox (if you want a challenge) to use an Austar card but it can't be a card from a Mystar.

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    You are correct - they wont work an I2 card at all, if memory serves me correctly, the last firmware they were using was 1.62 with a 1.13 cam in the rear - i did try with an I2 aurora but no go.

    I think these were last used by galaxy around mid to late 90's before poxtel came online.

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    s there any way to recieve anything at all with this (any channel)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Betamaxx1 View Post
    s there any way to recieve anything at all with this (any channel)?
    Sorry - but no, certaintly not on the optus birds (C1,D2 & D3), they may still work on other birds as pure FTA only (cardless/unencrypted), though i have not tested that theory on other birds.

    About the only thing they do well is to act as pie warmers and home brew heaters.

    I had 3 of them about 6 or so years ago, chucked them to the local tip when they became useless as there was no futher firmware updates for them.

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    dopey question for you all to laugh at
    What prompted hardware updates with austar/foxtel set top boxes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Betamaxx1 View Post
    dopey question for you all to laugh at
    What prompted hardware updates with austar/foxtel set top boxes?
    Technology changes.. able to do more with less bandwidth, different encryption methods, PVR capabilities, etc.

    All the new things that make a product more attractive/marketable.

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    why not keep using your betamax

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    Quote Originally Posted by Betamaxx1 View Post
    dopey question for you all to laugh at
    What prompted hardware updates with austar/foxtel set top boxes?
    Piracy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanity View Post
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    At the end of the day that was probably the primary driver.

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    i have 100s of tapes (beta) from austar before they used macrovision

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