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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Hello everyone After all the help that I received, I thought that I should report the outcome. I decided to buy an Opentel UHD 4000 receiver which is certified by Tivusat and can deal with transmissions in 4K (not that there are very many of those). Amazon did not have it in stock on its...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    I think that you are right on all fronts. That is why I am going for products on the approved list for my next purchase. :)
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Thank you for providing a link to this thread on a different forum. I am in the lucky position of being able to read and write Italian as well as to speak and understand most of what I watch on Italian television. The thread was summed up in the first few posts - and that saved me from reading...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Hello Pepeyeb In fact, I have changed my mind about the TS4502. My television actually is UHD 4K (thanks, again, to Ozumo for telling me) and I am looking for a STB that is officially approved by Tivusat. Amazon Italy sells several but there is a long wait for delivery - early to mid February -...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Thank you for both these replies. I have narrowed down the possible STBs based on availability in the UK. The highest scoring ones in a review made by "Consumo" (which seems to be similar to which? in the UK) were made by Humax. The Telesystem TS4502 HD S" CI+ came in seventh with a score of 7.9...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    No. I just put the CAM into the TV slot to find out what would happen. Going to the settings on the television, the CI tab was able to detect the card and read the expiry date and more besides. However, I did not connect the satellite cables to the television. I do not want to mess about too...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Thank you. Originally, RAI had a channel named simply RAI HD. The blue card did not decrypt it. I found out that lots of Italians used the Samsung CAM2 and I bought it on-line. It has operated trouble-free ever since. However, my blue card is SD only. Others may have a different one that does...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Thank you for doing the translation. I posted the notice so late that I did not have time to translate it. I also appreciate the link to the spec for my television. Although that is the correct model, I do not think that mine is 4K. It does not say so on the invoice and I cannot remember...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Hello and thank you for offering more advice. As I mentioned to Analoguesat, my blue SD card works correctly. However, it does not open HD channels and that is why I want to upgrade. I did buy a gold card and official CAM from Amazon a couple of months ago but they did not work in my Technomate...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Hello again My existing SD card works perfectly and is inserted correctly. When I remove the CAM from the slot, the encrypted channels are blocked again. Once I replace it in its slot, they are visible once again. Here is a notice that I received from Tivusat about the changes. Of course, it...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Thank you - again - for putting me right! I intend to buy another STB. The initial "one-off" outlay is modest compared with a subscription service. These exchanges have enabled me to form a better understanding of what I need. I have used satellite TV since 2004 but only as a passive consumer...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Breaking my silence just to mention that there seems to be two versions of the 5402. One is the M3 CI Super+ and the other is the M3 CI+ super+ I have seen photographs of both. I seem to own the "wrong" one! There are lots of options to buy and I need to sift through them to find one that suits...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Once again, many thanks! I am now much better informed about what I need to look for. I will maintain radio silence while I research the manufacturers' websites for more information about their boxes. If I am going to spend money on new equipment, I want to ensure that I buy the most modern...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Thanks for the additional suggestion. I have checked and I already had 11013H and 11013V installed with signal strength of 92-95%. I have now re-re-re-scanned the whole of Hotbird 13E to see if anything different emerged. In fact, all the HD versions of the RAI bouquet seem to be on 11013 and...
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    Help Required Tivusat HD Channels

    Thank you. I will add that and see what happens. However, I will still need to buy the HD card and (possibly) CAM is the Samsung CAM2 does not open the encryption.
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