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oldnick666
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Can anyone give me a beginers guide to the CI? What does it provide? How do you get one? Thanks, Nick
Thanks very much for clearing that up. I guess my slot will not get any use then
But can I put my Sky viewing card in there?
I think it's now called a "Dragon Cam" - and it should get all the channels that the Sky smartcard is authorised for.Some other members have used a diablo cam and inserted their sky card. It allowed them to get C4HD apparently. Don't think you'll get the specific sky channels though. Also the sky card would need to be inserted into an active sky box every month in order to ensure it was 'kept alive'
I would be very interested in hearing from other users about their experiences with cams and what they used them for. This seems to be an area that not too many people are familiar with.
I have used a Diablo cam with Sky card to get CH4 HD, ,just waiting for CH4 HD to go onto freesat,as it a pain moving the cam between my Humax and my motorised Technomate 6900 system!
What is the LNB Out socket, at the back of a Humax HDR for?
It's essentially to allow a hdr to be used with a single lnb, tuner 1 out is connected to tuner 2 in to give the second tuner a feed. This uniquely allows two channel recording and 3rd channel viewing with some restrictions using only a single cable
Hi guys, would it be possible to use a Sky Freeview card on a Humax HDR to watch Irish channels. Am based in Ireland and I have a mate with sky subscription, who can order it for me.
Question is would it work, or has it ever been done?
Am OK with the UK Channels, but would like to add the Irish channels as well. Also what is the LNB Out socket, at the back of a Humax HDR for?
If you mean RTE1, 2,TV3 etc it is not possible as those channels are not free to air or free to view with a Freesat from Sky card. They are encrypted and only available through a Sky box with a subscription and a card registered to an address in the Irish Republic. There is no equivalent to Freesat from Sky for use in Ireland.
Thanks for clearing this up. It had me baffled, as I still want to view RTE and the Irish lot. Looks like a normal aerial would need to be added to the package.
But, then comes the issue of, how to incorporate this onto a Humax Box, would I need a switch? And if yes what kind, as I intend to have 2 lines from the Twin LNB into the back of the Humax, so where does the arial cable come in then?
Cheers.
Thanks for that grahamlthompson, seems like RTE really want to make it difficult for us. Well I'll just have to connect the aerial directly to the TV, the way it was, though I was hoping to get all the channels in 1 place. As well as controlled by Humax Remote control. Looks like old system is still the best, changing back and forth from TV remote to Humax remote for all Sat Channels.