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The only thing that could has size increased is electrolytic capacitor but all of them look fine. I even removed the hard drive to keep the PSU not being overloaded but it did not help, so my best guess is still the flash chip being unstable. I have seen pen drive having "bad sector" - the same...

Hi, I have a Dreambox DM7020 that I used for years without any problem. However in the last few months it started producing a strange symptoms. The box intermittently just frozen for no reason. I usually put it to stand by mode after watching TV in the evening, then next evening I could not...

Thank you guys. I think I got the answer for all of my questions.

Well, but if the number of additional channels a Sky viewing card offers over the FTA ones is so small, what is the point of buying such the card? (If I recall correctly Sky have been selling the blue card with a small yellow house on it for years for about 20 quids or more) And back to my...

Thanks for the reply. But there is something I couldn't understand. First, why is it necessary to unblock the EMM messages before the entilements run out and, second, what will happen after entilements run out? Just a note to make myself clear: "Freesat" is not the same as "Freesat from Sky"...

I just have cancelled Sky contract and they don't want the (white) card back. Now I am using it in a Dreambox to view free channels. However I have read that if they deactivate the card, it would be useless for "Freesat from Sky" ones. My simple question is is there a way to keep it activated...

Hi There, I have a 7020 with an Alps tuner in it, hopefully it is a version with fixed network card. However when transferring large files from the Dreambox, the download speed varies between 1 and 3.5 MByte per sec. I have seen many posts where people take a speed of 4MByte per sec as a...

Hi There, I have a 7020 with an Alps tuner in it, hopefully it is a version with fixed network card. However when transferring large files from the Dreambox, the download speed varies between 1 and 3.5 MByte per sec. I have seen many posts where people take a speed of 4MByte per sec as a...