I just got a dish 500 with a DS-301 reciever and card. Are there any good sites with info for newbies? I've been reading a lot of the posts here but it's hard to figure out what people are talking about when I don't even know what stuff like FTA is.
Thanks. Can anyone tell me if all of this talk about not having a new bin completely screws me over? I was hoping to watch UFC61 tonight. Is that totally out of the question until a new bin hits the streets?
The bin talk is regarding Free To Air (FTA) receivers.
What your talking about is using Plastic or a program on a card that fits into a DN receiver. That's a whole different world. You need to research sites like dssmillie (google it) to find out where you sit.
asdf, I guess from your post it looks like you want to hack a rom 102 card which is a bit complicated for a newbie... first if your card is locked you need a card unlocker which cost about $80(if your card is unlocked then its fine), after that you need an iso programmer which could cost around 60 $ and a jtag cable that could cost between 50-80 $....and on the top of that lot more research, i would suggest you to get it done from somebody else for the first time, who does that kind of stuff and for the resouces on how to program rom 102 go to www.bellexpress dot vu
I did buy it from someone who already did the needed modifications. I'm actually up and running now. Thanks for everyone's help. One last thing, does anyone know where to download new bin files when they come out?