Free to Air digicipher 2

[magog45]

This is not really about DVB receivers, what I would like to know is if there is a receiver available that will pickup the unencrypted digicypher 2 signals such as PBS on AMC 3. I have been playing with my Starchoice receiver 401 model but no luck there.

Thanks

[bobkat]

Originally Posted by magog45

what I would like to know is if there is a receiver available that will pickup the unencrypted digicypher 2 signals such as PBS on AMC 3.

Thanks

That is a well guarded Motorola secret... :wink:

Here's a groovy site to check out ---> http://www.4dtvforum.com/index.php

kat

[magog45]

Even to be able to remap the frequency map and get the 401 to recognize other satellites. I see lots of talk on the 4DTV forum about C-band and the motorola receivers that handle that but nothing on the 401. It seems everyone else is very interested in "testing" but I don't see any comprehensive information in any of the forums I visit, just bits and pieces.

Thanks

[bobkat]

Originally Posted by magog45

It seems everyone else is very interested in "testing" but I don't see any comprehensive information in any of the forums I visit, just bits and pieces.

Thanks

HeHeHe :lol: That's what I meant by "well guarded secret"; many of the guys on that forum are current or ex Motorola/GI engineers. They know a hell of a lot more than they post on the forums -- trust me. As for the Navigo 401 you won't find much about it since it is built for StarChoice and is not really worthy of note - at least not for those forum folks :cry: There is no way to manually enter transponder data on that receiver so you cannot play around and pick up free DCII stuff - I had a Motorola DSR-905 receiver that was "semi" manual; I played around a bit with it to manually enter some channels but it got pretty boring... :roll:

kat