Any truth to this M-Net decoder myth?

[PaulB_]

Hi all

I am a DStv subscriber, so this isn't relevant to me, however I have always wondered.

They say it's possible to keep an old M-Net decoder active, by unplugging it so that it misses the kill signal, and therefore the decoder stays active.

Any truth to this, and any other such urban legends?

Thanks

 

[pinball wizard]

Dunno what you are talking about, my folks have one of these:
http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/246/404246/404246_150228091757_DSC05125.JPG
which is the oldest mnet decoder I know, and they do nothing to avoid any mythical kill signal and the thing keeps on dishing up mnet and CSN...

 

[StoneCold]

Dunno what you are talking about, my folks have one of these:
http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/246/404246/404246_150228091757_DSC05125.JPG
which is the oldest mnet decoder I know, and they do nothing to avoid any mythical kill signal and the thing keeps on dishing up mnet and CSN...

Wow, vintage decoder that

Back in the day we used to have a Compact 9000, which I think was the replacement for the Delta 9000 if I'm not mistaken

 

[Randy_The_Squirrel]

Nope, if they change the encryption key, you're pretty much screwed... your sound will hiss and then when the system sees an update on the air, it will decode the update and lock the decoder.

 

[WaxLyrical]

How do you keep something active by unplugging it?

 

[Randy_The_Squirrel]

How do you keep something active by unplugging it?

They are talking about keeping the decoder off so that it doesn't hear the "disconnect" signal from the air.
Unfortunately though, that hole was plugged more than a decade ago on the analogue decoder.

 

[Ho3n3r]

Dunno what you are talking about, my folks have one of these:
http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/246/404246/404246_150228091757_DSC05125.JPG
which is the oldest mnet decoder I know, and they do nothing to avoid any mythical kill signal and the thing keeps on dishing up mnet and CSN...

I think the kill signal was invented for decoders invented AFTER dinosaurs went extinct.

 

[Diesal]

Dunno what you are talking about, my folks have one of these:
http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/246/404246/404246_150228091757_DSC05125.JPG
which is the oldest mnet decoder I know, and they do nothing to avoid any mythical kill signal and the thing keeps on dishing up mnet and CSN...

Wow, vintage decoder that

I have one too, any buyers?

 

[SauRoNZA]

They are talking about keeping the decoder off so that it doesn't hear the "disconnect" signal from the air.
Unfortunately though, that hole was plugged more than a decade ago on the analogue decoder.

Yes...but then the moment you want to ever use it then it would de-activate anyway which means the whole point of unplugging it in the first place was negated.

It's not like it's a device with any other purpose.

 

[Toxic T]

Yes...but then the moment you want to ever use it then it would de-activate anyway which means the whole point of unplugging it in the first place was negated.

It's not like it's a device with any other purpose.

Schrödinger's decoder :crylaugh:

 

[SauRoNZA]

Schrödinger's decoder :crylaugh:

Ha ha ha, very true.

 

[milomak]

Schrödinger's decoder :crylaugh:

one of the chirps i've ever heard

 

[Randy_The_Squirrel]

I have one too, any buyers?

I pick them up for R20 at my local pawn dive. All they are useful for, are some parts, so I strip out the transformer, and whatever else I need and bin the rest

 

[Hemps]

Cleaning out garage over the weekend I found my old decoder, going to be tossed.