Are Dish Scrambled

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Are the signals from the Dish or Directtv scrambled, or can they be
picked up by a OTA reciever ?


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Forgot to say What I got.
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LG LST3510A

Product Specs Specification
LG Electronics HDTV Receiver/Hi-Format DVD Player with ATSC Tuner
Warranty:Months
Labor/Parts 3/12
Brand LG Electronics
Receiver Type HD Receiver with ATSC and QAM Tuners
Remote Control Type Unified
# Audio Outputs 2
# Composite Video Outputs 2
# Component Video Outputs 1
# S-Video Outputs 1
Coaxial Digital Output No
Optical Digital Output Yes
Dolby® Digital Compatible Yes
Parental Controls Yes
On-screen Menu Yes
Selectable Screen Formats Unavailable
Included Accessories Unavailable
NOTE Requires a Dolby® Digital System to receive Dolby® Digital Sound.
NOTE This unit requires an HD-compatible TV to display high definition
programming.
Other Features DVI w/HDCP Connector, Built-In Enhanced Scaler, Front
Flourescent Display for Channel/Station, PSIP-based Electronic Program
Guide, RS-232 Serial Port




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NEVER approach a PC thinking "This will only take 5 minutes"

"Joe H" <JoeT@mailpuppy.com> wrote in message
news:ue-dnXUjhrTy7kXdRVn-ug@giganews.com...
> Are the signals from the Dish or Directtv scrambled, or can they be
> picked up by a OTA reciever ?
>
>
> --
> NEVER approach a PC thinking "This will only take 5 minutes"
>
>

 

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Whatever you have, the signal is digital, not regular old fashioned
analog type. Your equipment must be able to interpret digital
signals, which I guess you could say is a kind of scrambling. But
then even if your system could do digital, I think they've got it so
you need a key to get it to work. I have DirecTV and 3 digital tuners
- each tuner has a key card.

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:13:49 -0500, "Joe H" <JoeT@mailpuppy.com>
wrote:

>Forgot to say What I got.
>--------------------
>LG LST3510A
>
>Product Specs Specification
> LG Electronics HDTV Receiver/Hi-Format DVD Player with ATSC Tuner
>Warranty:Months
>Labor/Parts 3/12
>Brand LG Electronics
>Receiver Type HD Receiver with ATSC and QAM Tuners
>Remote Control Type Unified
># Audio Outputs 2
># Composite Video Outputs 2
># Component Video Outputs 1
># S-Video Outputs 1
>Coaxial Digital Output No
>Optical Digital Output Yes
>Dolby® Digital Compatible Yes
>Parental Controls Yes
>On-screen Menu Yes
>Selectable Screen Formats Unavailable
>Included Accessories Unavailable
>NOTE Requires a Dolby® Digital System to receive Dolby® Digital Sound.
>NOTE This unit requires an HD-compatible TV to display high definition
>programming.
>Other Features DVI w/HDCP Connector, Built-In Enhanced Scaler, Front
>Flourescent Display for Channel/Station, PSIP-based Electronic Program
>Guide, RS-232 Serial Port



....D.

 

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>But then even if your system could do digital, I think they've got it so
> you need a key to get it to work. I have DirecTV and 3 digital tuners
> - each tuner has a key card.
>


DishNetwork is scrambled with a system called NagaraVision. I suppose
DirecTV probably uses the same. Dish sends the key through the satellite to
your receiver which is the purpose of that little card. Don't think that
you can borrow a friends card to put into yours because the cards are
"married" to the receiver they come with.

DougH