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HornHonker · 2002-08-19, 08:55 PM

H card user's channels have begun to drop off. I understand the full shutdown will take a couple of days.

Sketcher · 2002-08-20, 08:27 AM

Does this include H cards being used in a computer? A friend of mine has that.

james99 · 2002-08-20, 09:11 AM

Yes. All flavours of H are dead.

travisc · 2002-08-20, 09:36 AM

Are they all dead now or just dying? Any official confirmation from DirecTV that they're shutting it down?

My dad's in for a surprise when he gets back from vacation

james99 · 2002-08-20, 09:50 AM

Here are the dates the channels will stop working:
8/19: 375,377,400-499
8/20: 100-199
8/21: 800-899
8/22: 600-699
8/23: 500-599
8/24: 900-999
8/25: 1-99
8/26: 300-399
8/27: 200-299
8/29: 700-799

hoaxer89 · 2002-08-20, 04:29 PM

yeah they are dead a dealer i know says that they sent down a malicious stream that is eating away at the chip inside the receiver and that hundreds of his customers are comming to get it reprogrammed!!! thats why it took me hours to get a hold of him!!! Anyone with a pirated DirecTV dish should switch! to expressvu or to dishnetwork, can anyone tell me if this has effected both DTV and DN?

travisc · 2002-08-20, 04:51 PM

"eating away at the chip inside the receiver"? That's different.

No, what's happening is that DirecTV did/is doing a card swap. Any legitimate subscribers should have received a new P4 card. They're now shutting down the H datastream, and the HU should follow at some point. It's not a matter of it being an ECM - they're just shutting down the data that an H card can decode.

Probably your dealer wants to get people in so he can foist some re-programming off on them that won't work for any length of time, but he can squeeze some extra money out before the jig is up.

hoaxer89 · 2002-08-20, 04:55 PM

OH! i get it but he also said that some of his customers from DN are also comming wanting a reporgramming? thank good i didnt order a DTV system, btw does DN have any plans for changing there Cards? i know that there is a ECM string in DN signal for sure!

travisc · 2002-08-20, 04:57 PM

I don't know about Dish Network. I'm not up on hacking techniques, nor is this the right forum to discuss it.

2002-08-19, 08:55 PM	#1
HornHonker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Victoria BC Canada Posts: 578	H Card shutdown has begun. H card user's channels have begun to drop off. I understand the full shutdown will take a couple of days.

2002-08-20, 04:29 PM	#6
hoaxer89 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ninth Gate Of hell (calgary, AB) Posts: 36	yeah they are dead a dealer i know says that they sent down a malicious stream that is eating away at the chip inside the receiver and that hundreds of his customers are comming to get it reprogrammed!!! thats why it took me hours to get a hold of him!!! Anyone with a pirated DirecTV dish should switch! to expressvu or to dishnetwork, can anyone tell me if this has effected both DTV and DN? __________________ Die You Dirty RAT!

2002-08-20, 04:55 PM	#8
hoaxer89 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ninth Gate Of hell (calgary, AB) Posts: 36	OH! i get it but he also said that some of his customers from DN are also comming wanting a reporgramming? thank good i didnt order a DTV system, btw does DN have any plans for changing there Cards? i know that there is a ECM string in DN signal for sure! __________________ Die You Dirty RAT!

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2002-08-20, 08:27 AM	#2
Sketcher Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 661	Does this include H cards being used in a computer? A friend of mine has that.

2002-08-20, 09:11 AM	#3
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Yes. All flavours of H are dead.

2002-08-20, 09:36 AM	#4
travisc Veteran Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uxbridge, ON Posts: 3,588	Are they all dead now or just dying? Any official confirmation from DirecTV that they're shutting it down? My dad's in for a surprise when he gets back from vacation

2002-08-20, 09:50 AM	#5
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Here are the dates the channels will stop working: 8/19: 375,377,400-499 8/20: 100-199 8/21: 800-899 8/22: 600-699 8/23: 500-599 8/24: 900-999 8/25: 1-99 8/26: 300-399 8/27: 200-299 8/29: 700-799

2002-08-20, 04:51 PM	#7
travisc Veteran Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uxbridge, ON Posts: 3,588	"eating away at the chip inside the receiver"? That's different. No, what's happening is that DirecTV did/is doing a card swap. Any legitimate subscribers should have received a new P4 card. They're now shutting down the H datastream, and the HU should follow at some point. It's not a matter of it being an ECM - they're just shutting down the data that an H card can decode. Probably your dealer wants to get people in so he can foist some re-programming off on them that won't work for any length of time, but he can squeeze some extra money out before the jig is up.

2002-08-20, 04:57 PM	#9
travisc Veteran Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uxbridge, ON Posts: 3,588	I don't know about Dish Network. I'm not up on hacking techniques, nor is this the right forum to discuss it.