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I was just experimenting last week, and found out the PVR that opens Dishnet and Bell Expressvu (see list of channels below) also has a built in ATSC decoder, so I can record the local HD (1080i) digital channels. My on air stations are 21 in total which I get with a simple HD antennae. I tried my 3 dollar rabbit ears which brought in the same channels, but I wanted something more weather resistant so I purchased an inexpensive HD antennae. The channels are all free, non coded channels so anyone can get them with the new TV's as they have the built in ATSC convertor. But the best part was finding out that I have 7 PBS channels. All the channels can be recorded on the satellite PVR (as it has a local channel antennae scan) and then if you want, you can edit and burn to a DVD with any basic editing software. These file can be copied to you pc, or just bring the external drive that is connected to the pvr and edit right from that without copying any files at all. How sweet. What could be more simpler. Now I guess here is the info you are seeking.
For $150 I am offering the following 4 items (receiver not included)..But wait. On June 20th, this will be on sale for $75. You can only get this deal if you email me an ask me about the promo, I am not going to change the paypal page for one day. I will personally email you the package.
1) Software to open channels of Dish and Bell. This list is always getting larger and larger and this is not the complete channel list but it gives you an idea of what you will receive. See the following 2 lists that you can open with your receiver with your purchase. You can receive Both Dish and Bell on the same receiver. All the info when you purchase.
Here are some of the Dish Channles That Are up. The list gets bigger all the time!
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Here is the Bell Expressvu Channel list you may receive with the same receiver!
| 1010...DV SRC - Montréal(CBFT) 1011...DV SRC - Ontario-Outaouais(CBOFT) 1012...DV SRC - Edmonton(CBXFT) 1015...DV VRAK.TV 1019...CTV2e 1020...DV OMNI 1(CFMT) 1021...DV OMNI 2(CJMT) 1022...TVODv 1023...APTN 1024...APTNn 1025...DV YTV - East 1026...YTV-W 1027...DV Slice 1028...Food Network Canada 1030...DV Bravo! Canada 1031...DV E! Entertainment Television Canada 1032...DV Discovery Channel Canada 1048...The Accessible Channel 1050...DV Audio EPG 1051...DV CBC - East(Toronto-CBLT) 1052...DV CBC - West(Vancouver-CBUT) 1053...DV CTV – East(Toronto-CFTO) 11054...DV CTV - West(Vancouver-CIVT) 1055...DV Global - East(Toronto-CFCF) 1056...DV Global - West(Vancouver-CHAN) 1057...DV Citytv – Eaast(Toronto-CITY) 1058...DV Citytv - West(Vancouver-CKVU) 1061...DV CTV - Norther Ontario/Sudbury(CICI) 1062...DV CTV - Winnipeg(CKY) 1063...DV CBC - Winnipeg(CBWT) 1064...DV CBC - Atlantic(CBNT) 1065...DV VisionTV 1066...DV CTV Two – Toronto/Barrie(CKVR) 1067...DV CTV Twoo - Victoria/Vancouver(CIVI) 1068...DV Global - Saskatoon(CFSK) 1069...DV Global - Calgary(CICT) 1070...DV CTV - Montreal(CFCF) 1074...DV PBS - East(WGBH) 1075...DV PBS - West(KCTS) 1076...DV CTV - Calgary(CFCN) 1077...DV CTV - Edmonton(CFRN) 1078...DV Global – Winnipeg(CKKND) 1080...DV The Weather Network 1081...DV MétéoMédia 1082...DV Treehouse TV 1083...DV Home & Garden TV Canada 1084...DV History Television 1085...DV Teletoon - East 1086...DV Teletoon - West 1087...DV Télétoon 1088...DV The Comedy Network –“ East 1089...DV The Comedy Network - West 1090...DV Space: The Imagination Station 1091...DV Tvtropolis 1092...DV Disney Family Channel - East 1093...Dv Disney Family Channel - West 1100...SRC - Acadie/Moncton(CBAFT) 1113...SHOP 1 1114...V - Montréal(CFJP) 1115...TVA - Montréal(CFTM) 1118...SRC - Winnipeg(CBWFT) 1119...SRC - Edmonton(CBXFT) 1120...SRC - Vancouver(CBUFT) 1121...TVA - Ouest(Montréal-CFTM) 1124...Réseau Info Sports 1125...SRC - Ontario-Outaouais(CBOFT) 1126...Réseau d'information 1127...Le Canal Nouvelles 1129...Canal D 1130...MétéoMédia 1135...Canal Vie 1140...VRAK.TV 1141...Musique Plus 1142...Musimax 1143...ARTV 1184...Channel Lock Out Info 1195...Free Preview Information Channel 1199...NTV - St. John's(CJON) 1200...CBC – Atlantic(CBNT) 1201... CTV-HH 1202...CTV Two - East(Atlantic) 1203...CBC - Halifax(CBHT) |
1204...Global - Halifax(CIHF) 1205...CTV-M 1206...CBC-M 1207...MTRO 1208...CBC - Ottawa(CBOT) 1209...CTV Two - Ottawa/Pembroke(CHRO)1210...CBC-T 1211...GBL-T 1212...CTV – Toronto(CFTO) 1214...Citytv -- Toronto(CITY) 1215...OMNI 1(CFMT) 1216...OMNI 2(CJMT) 1217...CHEX 1218...CHCH 1219...CTV Two - Barrie/Toronto(CKVR) 1220...CTV Two - London(CFPL) 1221...CTV - Northern Ontario/Sudbury(CICI) 1225...CTV - Winnipeg(CKY) 1226...CBC - Winnipeg(CBWT) 1227...Global - Winnipeg(CKND) 1228...Citytv - Winnipeg(CHMI) 1229...CTV-O 1230...CBC - Edmonton(CBXT) 1233...CKWS - Kingston 1234...Global - Montreal(CKMI) 1235...CTV - Regina(CKCK) 1236...GLB-S 1239...CTV-E 1240...Global - Edmonton(CITV) 1241...CITYE 1242...CBC - Yellowknife(CFYK) 1243...CTV-C 1244...GBL-C 1245...CBC-C 1246...Citytv - Calgary(CKAL) 1247...CBC - Regina(CBKT) 1250...CTV - Vancouver(CIVT) 1251...CBC-V 1252...Global – Vancouver(CHAN) 1253...CITYV 1254...OMNBC 1255...CCHEK - Victoria 1256...A.VI 1259...CFJC 1260...CKPG 1261...VisionTV 1265...TVOntario 1266...SCN 1267...CTV Two - Alberta 1268...KNOW 1269...APTN - Winnipeg 1270...APTN North – Yellowknife(CHTTY) 1271...Free Preview Information Channel 1274...GTV 1280...NBC - East(WHDH) 1281...ABC - East(WCVB) 1282...CBS - East(WBZ) 1283...Fox - East(WFXT) 1284...PBS - East(WGBH) 1286...SHOP 2 1287...NBC-W 1288...ABC-W 1289...CBS-W 1290...FOX-W 1291...PBS-W 1292...TCM 1293...AMC 1294...PEACH 1295...WGN 1296...WSBK - Boston 1297...CW11 1298...KTLA - Los Angeles 1300...The Movie Network 1301...The Movie Network - MFest 1302...The Movie Network - MExcess 1303...M-FUN 1304...The Movie Network - Mpix 1305...MRPIX 1306...HBO Canada - East 1307...HBO Canada - West 1330...IFC 1332...DUSK 1333...W Movies 1334...ACTN 1335...DTVA 1336...DOCU 1337...SLVSC 1388...FIGHT 1389...Wild TV |
1401...The Sports Network 2 1404...Gol-TV 1405...Sportsnet - Ontario 1406...Sportsnet - East 1407...SNETP 1408...Sportsnet - West 1409...ESPN Classic Canada 1410...The Score 1411...Outdoor Lifestyle Network 1413...CBS Sports Network 1415...NBA TV Canada 1416...GOLF 1417...Speed Channel 1418...Rogers Sportsnet One 1419...World Fishing Network 1420...Setanta Sports 1421...NHL Network 1448...NFL Network 1500...CNN - Cable News Network 1501...CTV News Channel 1502...CBC News Network 1503...CP24 1504...Business News Network 1505...WEA 1507...Fox News Channel 1508...HLN 1509...CNBC 1510...BBC World News 1512...CPAC - Cable Public Affairs Channel 1514...ichannel - The Issues Channel 1515...TECH G4 Canada 1516...AJE 1520...Discovery Channel Canada 1521...TLC - The Learning Channel 1522...History Television 1523...Discovery Science Canada 1524...National Geographic Channel Canada 1525...Animal Planet Canada 1528...Investigation Discovery Canada 1529...BookTelevision 1530...Bite TV 1551...YTV - East 1552...YTV - West 1553...Treehouse TV 1554...Teletoon - East 1555...Teletoon - West 1556...Family Channel Canada - East 1557...Family Channel Canada - West 1570...MuchMusic 1571...MuchMoreMusic 1575...Country Music Television 1576...Black Entertainment Television 1578...PUNCH 1581...MTV 1598...SHOP 3 1599...TELETOON Retro 1600...Home & Garden Television Canada 1601...Slice 1602...W Network 1603...Food Network Canada 1605...FashionTelevisionChannel 1614...SHOP 4 1615...A&E Network 1616...SHO-E 1617...Showcase - West 1618...TVtropolis - East 1619...TROPW 1620...BRAVO 1621...E! Entertainment Television Canada 1622...The Biography Channel Canada 1625...The Comedy Network - East 1626...CMDYW 1627...SPACE 1628...SPIKE 1629...CAVE 1631...Military Channel 1639...GSN 1641...BOLD 1651...Crossroads Television System 1652...MIRCL 1660...SHOP 1698...TLNE 1702...ATN 1716...Fairchild TV - East (some Mandarin) 1717...Fairchild TV - East 1718...FAIRW 1719...TALNT 1724...RTDY 1729... SONY |
All the above includes the free lifetime files for opening your satellite receiver. This includes lifetime membership, online real time support, access to wholesalers for reputable hardware that will allow you to do this.
2) You also get access to the files that will open your Apple TV, if you have one, plus the simple instructions how to do this.
On demand pay movies are now completely open. All movies are free to view. All you need is an internet connection and Apple TV, plus the added software you can donwload and you will get all the movies. You do not need a netflix account! Just plug the box into you internet connection, then connect the box to the TV and you are good to go (After applying the files!)
Other Features are!
You can put addon's which will enable you to open up all sorts of new video channels such as G4TV, Revision3, National Geographic, and even your Google Reader account to name a few.
Another great addon allows you to watch Hulu.
One thing that this addon is great for is being a media server. If your mac has a whole bunch of media on it that you don't want to convert into iTunes, this is a great option for you to stream your computer's media to your TV
You can even have a whole slew of plugins you can use at your disposal for things like enabling ftp into your device for easy file transfers from your computer to the device.
Last, but certainly not least, where you'll be able to control your device even if your Television is off. It brings up a display of your device's "desktop" If you're stuck in a traffic jam or out on a romantic date and want to have a movie rental queued up when you get home, just open up Remote HD on your device (assuming you have internet) and select the show or movie you want ready. You can't watch your movie or tv show over your device, but you can stream audio. Not sure how well audio playback would be because it will have to stream from your computer to your ATV and then from ATV to your device. Over 3g it may be a little choppy, but it's still pretty darn cool. For more on this visit this tutorial to install and be able to control your devbice from work, school, or anywhere really.
3) Free Internet Satellite Software so you can watch satellite on your pc withiout the need of a satellite dish or receiver! This is different from the HD satellite channels listed above. This is extra and free. All you need is an internet connection and a TV or pc monitor. The purchase will include the following full versions and the free link to download it.
4) 24 hour online support for any questions with setting up your satellite dish or receiver and how to open your channels!
All this for $150. Just click to order.
Other Features are!
You can put addon's which will enable you to open up all sorts of new video channels such as G4TV, Revision3, National Geographic, and even your Google Reader account to name a few.
Another great addon allows you to watch Hulu.
One thing that this addon is great for is being a media server. If your mac has a whole bunch of media on it that you don't want to convert into iTunes, this is a great option for you to stream your computer's media to your TV
You can even have a whole slew of plugins you can use at your disposal for things like enabling ftp into your device for easy file transfers from your computer to the device.
Last, but certainly not least, where you'll be able to control your device even if your Television is off. It brings up a display of your device's "desktop" If you're stuck in a traffic jam or out on a romantic date and want to have a movie rental queued up when you get home, just open up Remote HD on your device (assuming you have internet) and select the show or movie you want ready. You can't watch your movie or tv show over your device, but you can stream audio. Not sure how well audio playback would be because it will have to stream from your computer to your ATV and then from ATV to your device. Over 3g it may be a little choppy, but it's still pretty darn cool. For more on this visit this tutorial to install and be able to control your devbice from work, school, or anywhere really.
If you click on the mailbox below it will open a page with a direct click link to my email. I am doing this to avoid spam. Sorry for the extra click!
Now Back to Dishnet and Bell Expresvue which are open for free. No Subscription needed.
Our new receivers have HDMI, see photo below. |
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Here is a great free link listing of all the stationary satellites that are bringing us TV
Check out the footprint on the page telling you what size dish you need, also the other tabs especially the satellite, charts, and packages. Remember we can now get nagra3 encryption!
If you want to see what other satellites and channels/programs you can receive I have a very cool software program you can use. It lists virtually every satellite around the world with all the channels each one receives. It also tells you what size dish you need to receive programming from that satellite. It also tells you what transponder each channel is on plus all the frequencies, which is a great tool for programming your receiver for better channel scanning. Also you can sort by language, so if you are interested in Ethnic programming you can readily see what interests you. Once installed, give the software a minute and you will see the thousands of channels available. To download the program, just click on the paypal button below and help make a contribution to this site. I will then send you the software link for downloading It is all for the same product, the pricing is for those want to make a larger donation to keep this site going. If you want to help keep this site alive you can make a donation which would be greatly appreciated, and I will send you a satellite program that lists all satellites that cover the earth, and which channels they broadcast, and who can receive thse signals.
Interested in ordering? Do you want the latest pricing? Do you have any questions? Need more info, read on. Push the mailbox icon to contact me.
If you click on the mailbox below it will open a page with a direct click link to my email. I am doing this to avoid spam. Sorry for the extra click!
I have a list of other receivers for Direct TV and FTA receivers at the bottom of this page. www.rabbitmedia.com/forsale.htm
Other specials I have for this month are new scooters shipped to your house by a bonded delivery service. These are new in the crate. Special is $999, delivery is free to your door if you live in the USA. More info at www.rabbitmedia.com/scooter.html. Normally these are $1800 so take advantage of this limited offer.
Other items for sale at www.rabbitmedia.com/forsale.htm This is an assortment of scooters, hobby stuff, electronics, computer accessories, diving gear, and a whole bunch of useful things. Check out the darkroom and photo stuff!
More info than you need, but this tells you what you really get in detail.
Here is a user's review of one ouf our similiar units. Procedures are similiar to all units!
Receiver
Has front door for USB and optional card reader, the front has the usual button, channel up and down, volume up and down, Menu, and OK button. The rear comes equipped with RCA, Component, S Video, or HDMI, SPDIF, RS232C, and built in fan for cooling
Set up
I proceeded to connect HDMI, Coaxial, and Power Source and then turned the power on to navigate through the menu screens. Another cool thing with HDMI is you could also hook your RCA Cables to the receiver and connect to a VCR if you need to record something on it if need be. Check the dish setting to see and quickly noticed the quality registers higher than the strength and that the quality also fluctuates between 91% to 100%. I then Closed out and was ready to Flash.
Programming and Saving
I now decided to save the factory Bin and the latest release to my computer and transfer from there to my USB stick to upload to the receiver. 1st step was top load the Factory Rom V 101, took about 1 ½ minutes to load then ask to reboot, now ready to load the latest release, and then once loaded ask to reboot again. I now set all my Antenna settings and saved. I then set all my user settings and saved, another cool little feature in there is the front LED brightness can be adjusted. Then I set my time setting. Then I set my local settings and also set all my user options and saved. I was now ready to scan, I decided to do an individual scan to make sure I got an exact count of each Sat channels. Once I did an individual scan of all 4 Sats all was good , so I then decided to go back and try the multiple scan feature which is in the same place but when going to your Sats you hit the Blue button on your remote to save the Sat as your favorite, once I saved all 4 Sats I then press the Yellow button to scan all. Once all was done I then decided to tune to DN channel and waited for it to roll, DN took exactly 2 minutes to roll, then went to BEV Channel, and remember BEV is renumber by 2000 and that took about 4 minutes to roll, then I proceeded and checked to make sure all channels scanned in fine. Now once viewing I adjusted the picture and made sure it was set to 16:9 and turned the display mode to Full screen. Picture quality is pretty impressive. Then proceeded to check my locals, they worked but local number renumbering did not, so I will have to look into that more.
Remote
Remote is pretty slick, not small in size but range is good, and has a TV, VCR, DVD, and STB button. And multiple feature buttons. Menu and exit buttons are in the right place, would prefer the numbers to be on top but this will do. Also has a sleeper time button. Red button alone enables the time feature, Green button brings up the Category menu, Yellow button brings up the AV settings, and the blue button is for USB if connected. Also has a radio and Sat button which does work. Zoom button, and a search button.
My next testing will be the PVR function and I will report that later on as that will take a little more time to test. For now that is it and I must say this is my first SV product and I am pleasantly impressed. I will also post some pictures for you all to see.
OK today decided to play a little with the PVR and use the USB stick to start all was good, so far no issues, I then decided to try to use my WD USB not powered 80 Gig drive and kept saying USB not found, tried formatting and the same message, Will do more testing as the day goes on, and in case I will be asked it is formatted in Fat32. Below are some screenshots of the unit.
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That is really all the information you need. The rest are just model specifications and technical details. You can stop reading here unless you want to read a lot of technical info. Other just email me and ask me more specific questions.
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Dishnet is working!!! Note that All of Direct TV is down...nothing is working at this time for Direct TV in an way shape or form. I do not support Direct TV as nothing works for it. |
I have a garage sale at www.rabbitmedia.com/forsale.html if you are interested in any electronic gadgets, darkroom stuff, or other things I am getting rid of.
People still send me emails asking if anything works for Direct TV. Nothing out there works for Direct TV!
Interested in ordering? Do you want the latest pricing? Do you have any questions? Need more info, read on. Push the mailbox icon to contact me.
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This box does not decode Nagra2. It won't decode Dishnetwork like the above boxes. NO PPV movies, no major networks or specialty channels. This is for international TV!The box pictured left are Free to Air receivers. It is the best unit for International viewing. If you don't want the hassle of a computer you can get the device as a stand alone. No computer needed! It comes with a remote control, automatic channel scanning, signal meter, and a list of satellites you can point to. The box comes as a free to air receiver. It does not decoded encrypted channels. See chart below for International programming. Special!$55 US plus shipping |
Here is a list of the free to air channels you can view with the receiver at $55. You cannot get Dishnet with this receiver.
Arabic
Asian
Korean
Spanish
Chinese
Other Channels
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This list may be changed with out notice. We promise free tv channel programming with these units.
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International Programming as well!
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Arabic Channels Includes: ART Global, ART Movies, LBC, Al Jazeera, ESC-1,
Future TV, Nile Drama, Dubai Satellite Channel, ART Music Radio, Radio Al
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South Asian Channels Includes: Zee TV, Sony Entertainment Television, TV ASIA, B4U, Zee Cinema , Set, Sun TV |
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Chinese Channels These channels features three Mandarin and Cantonese-language channels with content from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. The Mabuhay Channel a Tagalog-language channel, offers news, entertainment, movies, public affairs, music, lifestyle, documentaries, children's entertainment, sports and travel programs 24 hours a day. With the collaboration of 5 different Filipino Media Companies: ABC Channel 5, NBN Channel 4, CCI Asia Group, Viva Entertainment and Philippine Multimedia Systems Inc. The Mabuhay Channel brings the most exciting and popular programming directly from the Philippines. The Mabuhay Channel's programming includes comprehensive news programs such as "Teledyaryo Ala Una", daily Filipino movies and much more. |
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Greek Channels Greek Language Package |
| Polish Channels These top-quality channels provide a variety of general entertainment including news, series, dramas, sports, and children's programming. A fantastic way to stay in touch with your homeland. Polish Language Includes: Polsat 2 International, TVN 24, Radio Maria Poland |
| Russian Channels Russian Language Package. RTVi and RTVi provide news, movies, sports, and music and are sure to add some homeland to your home . 2-Channel Russian Package Includes: RTVi and RTVi Plus NTV America |
| Korean Channels SBS, MBN, KBS, and Arirang TV are all provided Enjoy watching incredible television consisting of the latest movies, TV series, sports, news, infotainment, children's programs, music videos, documentaries and travelogues to the Korean communities in the United States. |
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Israeli Channel The Israeli Network. |
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Plus Many more Every country just about available! |
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Free TV in the Caribbean! St. Maarten receives its first FTA receiver. |
In St. Maarten, (pictured above) in the West Indies, a satellite pc card was installed with a 6 foot dish that brought in satellites, 110, 119, and 61.5., basically all of Dishnet, where it is legal to do. This was done without a satellite receiver or access card! Althought the 6 foot dish is overkill, even in Caribbean standards, it was handy, so we used it, but a 4 foot dish would have worked just as well. In the United States an 18 inch dish is all that is needed for legal free to air TV.
If you are in St. Maarten and need a system set up call Leroy or visit him at his showroom. He can be reached at 011-599-554-0248 or 011-599-522-0248. In St. Maarten, the list above, are but some of the channels we brought in - Plus, Plus...all the ppv movies and sports events! The list is not complete as all the HBO channels came in plus about 70 local channels which brought in seveal PBS's as well as several Warner Brother's channels. Also many more of the movie channels came in such as IFC, Starz and Encore, but the list gives you a genereal idea...
So how can I get this? Well it starts with a free to air receiver. This is a legitimate recevier that will get only authorized, free to the public access channels. Usualy these are news channels and public service channels. Below is a list of the channels available on just a few of the satellites. If you are living in an authorized area you may apply software to open up the rest of the channels as was done in St. Maarten. Once you have the this system, you can, on your own modify it. I cannot do that for you as it may be illegal depending on where you live. You will have to add the files yourself but it is a very simple procedure.
