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Old 05-24-2006, 10:33 AM
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That is true. They are known as Megapipe or Combo. While you can purchase a receiver to see them the receiver is designed for only one channel at a time. Major resetting of everything to view a different channel. Another issue that comes into play is encryption. You will not (at least to my knowledge) get a commercial receiver authorized.

So as an example on M5 (SatMex5) there is a listing for Galavision. It is Megapipe and while lyngsat lists it as clear it is actually encrypted. So after you fork out the money for the receiver and get it all dialed in on the tp you can not view as nobody will authorize the receiver. Just an example I have got some word from people in Mexico that say it can be seen with a commercial receiver and actually gave me the specific receiver to use. I have not found one yet (used) under $2500.00.
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