Beginner with a dragon Cam

[khedr]

I have brought dragon cam from a friend and it works properly with TPS and Multi Vision. I want to know what list of channels that it work with and how to update it when needed.
My receiver is Humax 5400 and I receive hot bird and astra
thank you

 

[HB13DISH]

I have brought dragon cam from a friend and it works properly with TPS and Multi Vision. I want to know what list of channels that it work with and how to update it when needed.
My receiver is Humax 5400 and I receive hot bird and astra
thank you

You can make your own list by browsing the Hot Bird 13E and Astra, as nobody will do it for you.
http://www.lyngsat.com/hotbird.html
http://www.lyngsat.com/astra19.html

Remember to click on the P=Packages to see more encrypted channels.
Hope that another member will reply regarding the updating.

 

[Mickha]

The Dragon doesn't usually openTPS it is just that TPS have turned off their AES so most things currently open it, this shouldn't last too long though.
With the Dragon and Predator 366 you can open the folowing packages: Premiere 19E, Polsat 13E and Digi TV 1W, along with a few other channels.
To update the Dragon you either need a Loader Card and card programmer, or a Cas 3.

 

[khedr]

is there any chance to open mct or s_x view

 

[Mickha]

Not without a new Predator, or Predasaur file, and support seems to have dried up again, only kinkdink was providing us with new files.

 

[khedr]

Thanks, My dragon Cam is reading ((predator 3.49)) and today it stopped to open TPS and some other channel.
Could you Please advise me to the best way to use this Cam

 

[Mickha]

The Dragon Cam will not open TPS, as this package altered its encryption, the only reason you could still view it was that they had turned off the AES and were using just the older encryption, I'm now guessing they've switched back as you can't open it, but I'm not able to check that at the moment.
If you upgrade to Predator 366 you can still open Premiere 19E, Polsat 13E and Digi TV 1W.

 

[khedr]

How can I upgrade it ?

 

[Mickha]

You either need a loader card, Fun 7 or PIC F84A, and card programmer, or a Cas 3 programmer.
What satellite equipment do you have?

 

[khedr]

My Satellite is Humax 5400

 

[Analoguesat]

You need to buy some extra equipment - starting with a programmer.

 

[khedr]

thank you, I wonder if you can direct me to a user guide that contain full information

 

[onetruescot]

Hello all,
I am new to all this + was wondering firstly how to update card or cam? I am pretty techy minded as i build PCs as a hobby.

The cam i have is version 3.02, bought from a friend and unsure if it has ever been updated, also loader card.. think he purchased it and never knew what to do with it really!!!

additional info - inserted cam into my pace ds810xe receiver and it showed it had predator version 3.58 installed. The loader card has some pre-installed stuff on it, but I am unsure of where to go from here....

your help would be much appreciated

onetruescot

 

[Mickha]

To update the Dragon Cam you will need a card programmer capable of programming your loader card.
There are two types of loader card, the Fun 7 and the PIC F84a, if it is a Fun 7 it will have it written on it, if it is a PIC F84a it will have Dragon Loader, or something similar, written on it.
If you really want to get a programmer for the future I would recommend the Cas 3+, as this can program both Cams and Cards.
You have not mentioned what satellites you cam receive, if you only have a standard mini dish for Astra 2, 28.2E, then you will not open a great deal, if you have a motorized satellite dish you can currently open the following packages with your Cam:
Premiere 19.2E, closing down very soon as they are upgrading their encryption to Nagra 3.
Polsat 13E
Digi TV 1W.

 

[onetruescot]

ok thanks Mickha for reply .. i do indeed have the dragon loader card and it seems to have had some stuff pre-installed on it when i go into the debug settings

however that seems a bit complicated to me just yet lol

i have a fixed (communal) sat dish, but its huge!!

I seem to get signals from all the satellites i have searched but granted, some have poor signal quality.

what is the next step i should take, do i need a card programmer like a cas3 to get the full potential of card and cam?

onetruescot

 

[Mickha]

Only if you can receive the satellites, and packages, mentioned.
You should be able to manually update the keys, go into the Cams menu, Debug, OhlAladin and the relevant provider, but I'm unsure if the channels will open using that predator version, but worth a try.
Have a look here for the channels currently available, try tuning tham in and manually updating the keys:
_http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/premiere.html
_http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/polsat.html
_http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/digi.html

 

[onetruescot]

:-worship - Thankyou Mickha,

I will try as you mentioned to manually key in.

I will also invest in a cas3+ as you mentioned earlier :-thumb1

thanks again, your a star > * lol

Onetruescot