Where is the new firmware for starview hd combo?

[chrisg]

could someone explain something to me please. i installed the starview 6/7 firmware on my HD combo lan found here...
Digital Kaos - Downloads - Latest Bin File For Starview 6 & 7
my box works and i can watch the white coloured channels but not the yellow. i guess the yellow ones are the scrambled channels? anyways, i was wondering why my box will not connect to the server? i mean surely the decryption method is the same as the 6 and 7? is there anything i can tweak to get this to work?

thanks.

[mast]

Hi

Nope, that file is for sv6 and sv7 only. There has been no release of firmware that will make the combo work at the moment. Not on cable side anyway.

[chrisg]

ok i guess im just gonna have to wait. thanks

[mast]

Hi

You can use the combo on the sat side.

[chrisg]

Hi

You can use the combo on the sat side.

i'll look into that if there isn't a cable fix sometime soon.
with sat is there anyway to get all of the channels without paying at all?

and just outta curiosity, in theory would the server that the 6&7 connect to decrypt the channels on the HD combo? im no expert but i do know people that can write software. so basically what im asking is, if i took the server connection bit of the software and added it to the current HD combo firmware, would it work?
like i said, i dont have a great understanding but i know people that do.

[mast]

Hi

With sat you would have to pay for c/s. I think a lot of people are getting fed up waiting for a fix to materialise and are turning to sat side with their combo.

As for wether you can use the sv6/7 server on the combo I couldnt answer but if it was as easy as that then Im sure a fix would have been released by now.

[chrisg]

Hi

With sat you would have to pay for c/s. I think a lot of people are getting fed up waiting for a fix to materialise and are turning to sat side with their combo.

As for wether you can use the sv6/7 server on the combo I couldnt answer but if it was as easy as that then Im sure a fix would have been released by now.

ok thats something i wont bother doing, id rather get a new secondhand 6 or 7 and chance it. why are there no free sky servers like the starview cable one?

the only reason i queried that is because i dont know much about who makes the firmware. i assumed people were waiting on starview and no one had bothered to have a look themselves.

[mast]

Hi

No free servers cos it costs , on cable side its not really free but is included in sale of box as a "gift". The running of server is part of the price when you buy box be it sv or kv.

By providing "free" server or "gift" as Ive put it, it generated a lot of sales for sv and kv therfore recuperating server costs and their firmware made the boxes almost plug and play unlike on sat side you got to do a bit more.

[lloffty5]

sv

re chrisg i no you dont want to pay for sat cs but i have a svhd combo that i use on sat now and i have a years cs sub of just ?60 for everything sly has to offer and more and 50+hd channels to boot

[chuckles53]

The thing is us with the hd boxes bought them to use on cable side with the extra benefit of hd.My box has another 8 months left were as some sv6 boxes had very little time left if any.So i think the powers to be should get them up and running again unless as a lot of people are saying they are only in it for a quick buck and couldnt give a dam about us with the hd boxes even though they cost twice as mutch.And yes i no they can go to the sat side but that is not the issue here.