By now the word has spread across the internet and satellite forums alike that the N2 stream has finally come to an end. The N2 FTA hack was born on Sept 1st, 2005. It was first seen to be true by those who owned the Coolsat receivers. Back then Coolsat was king while Viewsat was still getting out of diapers. None the less, the N2 release spread like wild fire through the FTA community and before long all brands of that time had channels back up on DN. Bev didn't come till a few months later after already being dark for several months. We are once again at that crossroad. Bev has been dark now for several months and DN has just completed it's switch over to the new N3 encryption. There are many new brands and Coolsat, well is far from king. We have seen the birth of other new brands such as Captive Works, CNX and Sonicview while Viewsat has prevailed to be a mature and respected force in the FTA community.

While there is a new beast that has become popular in FTA in North America. This way of getting channels out of the dark has been in use for a long time in Europe and is by no means anything new. I am talking about IKS or otherwise also known as ICS. While this type of system is not the most liked due to safety reasons it has gotten more popular as more get desperate to get there once loved Free TV back. This has started making many brands start supporting ICS. Well the Viewsat Team is not one to go down that road and will continue to make sure that the standalone file prevails. Yes the Viewsat Team has had a few snags and wish to be further along than they are with a N3 release. Don't get me wrong they have gotten very far in progress now and with a bit more time they will show once again who is #1 and who is willing to continue making FTA users very happy just like they did back in the Summer of 2006 when the providers thought Map57 would end it all. Some will say these words are just a ploy to sell more receivers. Well it isn't, it is just how it will be. I have always been one to be straight up with the public and this time is no different. I do not expect all to go running out to buy a Viewsat tomorrow with nothing to show. The proof will be in the pudding. It's just the pudding isn't quite ready to be served just yet. Many have always said History likes to repeat itself. From fashions of the 70s appearing again to the fall of the stock markets plummeting again. We can expect the same within the FTA community and its prevailing with a N3 release.

The Viewsat Team would like to thank all its supporters and are working very hard to continue to support you the way they have done in the past. Summer is hear enjoy it and don't let TV run your life. Remember to support the providers with a back up sub, because after all without them there would be no need to provide a fix.

On the bright side for you South American users. N2 is still running strong on Telefonica and look for VS to come out with even more stable support for Telefonica.

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Gravity,where do I go to find out more about telefonica, and what is telefonica????

beanstalker telefonica fix is for spanish channels, do not load them in your receiver, unless you want spanish viewing, I do also believe that is for bird/sat 61.5.


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It's another sat for South American users.


its not for dn.. telefonica is a provider for South America which is not available in North America
is a Spanish telecom company that provides digital satellite TV service in South America from Amazona bird 61.0W.

Many 3rd party support groups release bins labeled as "Telefo or "Amazonas" when Telef changes keys, and hard-codes the new keys into the latest bin version

If one is not in South America / does not have an LNB pointed at 61.0W, there is generally no reason to load these bin revisions.

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Testing: Sonicview 4000,Viewsat Xtreme,Ultra,Lite,Captiveworks 800,Nfusion
Nuvenio HD,Sonicview 360 Elite(Ihub), Conaxsat Duo(&hub)

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.So love the people who treat you right.Love the ones who do not,just because you can.Believe everything happens for a reason.If you get a second chance,grab it with both hands.If it changes your life,let it.Kiss slowly.Forgive quickly.God never said life would be easy.He just promised it would be worth it.

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I would like to thank all viewsat coders for a job well done and I have all trust that we'll all be back watching TV very soon once again Thanks

Wink001

wink001 I sure hope so too Viewsat is a good brand, so we will just have to sit back and see what happens

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Testing: Sonicview 4000,Viewsat Xtreme,Ultra,Lite,Captiveworks 800,Nfusion
Nuvenio HD,Sonicview 360 Elite(Ihub), Conaxsat Duo(&hub)

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.So love the people who treat you right.Love the ones who do not,just because you can.Believe everything happens for a reason.If you get a second chance,grab it with both hands.If it changes your life,let it.Kiss slowly.Forgive quickly.God never said life would be easy.He just promised it would be worth it.

You do not have to be crazy to be my friend, but it sure helps.................

i know we are in the dark, but my question is I have 7 viewsat vs platinum lite boxes, and i would like to know if these boxes are going to be able to handle the new change over to N3. By reading some of the posts these boxes cant handle the IKS. Is this correct? so im hoping the coders can get us back and up here soon. Thanks for a great past year, you guys are great...
Coty

Viewsat will have to do something soon.If they can nobody knows what that is.I am sure that some of the newer receivers could handle going IKS and not sure about the older ones.The word/Rumor from the Viewsat camp is they will not lower themselves by going IKS.IKS maybe the only way to go.

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I agree with Ekim even though VS coders feel there is no need to go IKS route they might not have a choice. VS has a very good reputation and a lot of customers they will have to do something soon if they want to keep it that way. I wouldn't be surprised if i see a hub for VS receivers soon.

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Good things come to those who wait!

Thank-you for your patience.

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