Help With Technisat SkyStar2 TV4PC!!

[Rax]

Hi,

 

 

I've got a Technist SkyStar2 PCI card on my Windows XP machine. I can surf the net fine with it, but cannot view any programs even the free ones. I e-mailed tech support and the following reply was sent to me:

 

Important: Tuning is working all the time, does not matter if card is locked or not

 

1. Test

- open Setup4PC; go to Transponder Management

- choose a transponder from the list

- click edit

- in the new window, upper right area you should see information to the orbital position/satellite the card is currently tuned to

- if you only can read "no information" it seems the card is locked (1. indicator)

 

Recheck this by using another transponder

 

 

 

2. Test

- open TV4PC

- choose a TV channel

- "Can not play channel" is displayed at the bottom

 

This is second indicator for a locked card

 

 

3. Test

- tune your card to a data service you are able to receive

- start the client application of this data service

- check in Setup4PC/ statistic if you can receive any IP data.

 

4. Test

- try to scan three different transponder for TV channels (see readme on CD for more informations regarding scanning)

If there are messages like "no PAT" all the time and the previous tests failed, your card is locked.

In case the card you used was brandnew contact your sales for an exchange of the board.

Take care that you have just the original software on your PC. Any other drivers/software parts can cause a card lock again.

 

 

 

 

Additional inforamtaions to the "lock" function that is part of the EuropeOnline DVB cards/software can be found in different boards in the WWW.

Check

 

http://212.56.240.42/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=6

 

or

 

http://www.eonboard.net/viewforum.php?f=4

 

and

 

http://www.DVBViewer.com/forum/

 

 

 

In case your card is not locked and you still have this message, please make sure you have installed the latest drivers for your

 

graphic card and motherboard. This is due to the software based audio/video rendering. Another solution can be to reduce screen resolution and color depth.

 

 

 

Regards

M. Weber

 

I tried a few of the test he mentioned and yes he's right my card is locked. What can I do now? I have read some other posts but could not understand what they were talking about (I'm a newbie).

 

I'd appreciate any input and help anyone can offer me.

 

Thanks,

[Klausing]

Please use the searchfunction. Here in the board are a lot of good descriptions like this:

thread 1

thread 2

 

happy new year

Steffen

[Rax]

Thanks. But they are all in German. I cant understand it.

[Klausing]

Hi Rax,

i have made a translation for you:

This is a translation of christians thread in http://www.DVBViewer.com/forum/index.php?a...ct=ST&f=9&t=325

Its for all people that can not speak german!

 

1. Workaround:

 

-Technisat driver + software 4.2.2 installed

-then System32\Drivers\Skynet.sys and B2C2SkyNET. inf deinstall

-reboot

-now only drivers version 4.01, beta 8 of www.eoniside.com, installs

-reboot

-card runs

 

Attention:

Merely been suitable for Win98 SE. Not with W2K or Win XP

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2. Workaround:

If one would like to necessarily use Technisat-software, is following to do.

 

-It guarantees that EOL card already was activated by means of EOL software

-Alto software deinstall, at the the best plate harddisk does

-Now install TechniSat 4.2.2

-Now perform merely following entry in Registry

 

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\B2C2, Inc. \ Install]

"Id"=dword:00000001

 

-PC again start

-Card runs with TechniSat software

 

 

Attention:

Merely EOL Lock affected cards could work with TS software through this workaround. For activation is EOL software needed . Tested under Win 98 SE and W2K Professionell

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3. warning

 

It seems that some software of privat projekts locks the card.

At this time i cant say precise things because i havent this software.

Consequently always only the software of the provider / dealer uses, from which they

Card was acquired. Speak EOL cards with EOL software; TS cards with TS software;

Netsystems cards with Netsystems software; NTV-I cards with NTV-I software.

Problems, that originate through mixing different versions, can no more

is understood. Application free tools, that is not from the provider or dealer certified

happens on own danger.

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4. original activation EOL

 

Owners of an EOL card with played EOL software can her/its/their card

every time with complaint of a particular link in the internet Explorer (re)activated).

However, the activation code must familiar and is secured somewhere.

Then only following inputs:

 

http://localhost:45762/auth.html?authcode =... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

 

With what does XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX correspond to the activation code.

PC restart, that was it.

 

Go under all the OS

 

 

 

this is a (little bit changed ) translation of christian workaround.

I hope my english is good enough for understanding.

cheers

Steffen

[beecee]

I know only 2 ways of resolving this problem:

1st Install the 4.01 drivers (wont work on XP machines)

2nd Proceed with EOL's activation procedure to get ur authentication code (specific for ur card MAC address) - write it down and use with te 4.22 drivers (the authcode is card not drivers dependent)

Klausing wrote about them already.

 

The is third way: read this This forum topic and ask hackbart for ur authcode. May works :-)

 

Keep warm. It's cold here in Poland :-P.