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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TopHouse" data-source="post: 22471" data-attributes="member: 176184">OK, after looking on various forums on satellite I've come to the conclusion that this one is the one that I'm happiest with, that coupled with the fact that the amount of help offered when I had problems was second to non, so big thanks to those who helped with my problems (esp Rolf) So what next?As a total beginner to this, knowing absolutely nothing about cards, cams, decoders, motorised dishes etc I've come to the conclusion that there is very little available for those that know nothing, practically every page I visited assumes some knowledge, yes, I know it's easilly done, I'm a serious computer fanatic and have worked on the tech side for a while, now I'm the local computer guru (just wish people would'nt come to me with problems on "Time" machines <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" /> )Anyway, slowly but surely I'm picking it up, but I do have some questions that I cant seem to find proper answers to, perhaps a board should be added to the forum for total noobs!If it helps, my setup is a 1 metre motorised dish, decoder is a Samsung 9500 VIACI, it has one cam in one of it's slots that has a blue & white sticker on it saying "Irdeto Access" (can't tell you much more) also have a Funcard 2 and a "Card Maestro" programmer. Main interests would be the football matches that aren't on elsewhere, movies and of course a little mature content doesn't hurt. (Apart from making me feel a bit inadequate after watching Palco a few times, didn't think they made them that big! where do they find those blokes? !!I've figured out the 6 in 1 thing now and am fairly comfortable with programming but a couple more questions which I've categorised.1 CARDSWhat's the difference between funcard 2, 3, 4 etc ? I know they have more memory on them but what for? Can you do more with a funcard 6 than a 2 or is the extra memory just redundant? if so, why make/sell them?What's the difference (I know the wafers are different) between funcards, gold cards, emerald cards etc, do the different cards give you different channels/features?2 CAMSOK, I've figured out that cams are the bit that decrypts the signals, so I take it that different cams allow you to decode different channels (please correct any mistakes I'm making) I also assume that these can be programmed too, so what does reprogramming them do? does it allow you to decrypt more encryption methods? If so, what's a magic cam for?3 IDEAL SETUP.If I wanted to make the most of my system, what other bits should I add to it (what I already have is above but I'm told my cam is a flashed one but am unsure, would it help to tell you what channels I can get?) What combination of cams & cards would you add? I also understand that you can flash your Sammy 9500, what do these flashes do for it? more channels/features, what? Could really do with an expert with a similar setup to explain some of this stuff in laymans terms for me, especially could do with a few contacts who have the same decoder.Apologies to anyone who takes the time to answer my above questions and does'nt appear to get a reply straight away, I'm flying off to Spain for 2 weeks this afternoon. Ohh, forgot to mention, I'm in the UK if it makes any difference.Many thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help this total beginner.TopHouse</blockquote>

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