I have a friend (not local to me, unfortunately) who found a lady on Craigslist that was giving away a satellite system. He's been hearing me talk about FTA and so he went and got it. From the way he describes it, it's similar to the system described at this link and he got receiver, dish and LNB.
Interestingly, on that page it notes, "The 2008-2009 school year is the final year that the Homesat service will be available via satellite, scheduled to end on May 31, 2009. After that date, the classes will only be available through alternative means." (I'll forego making any snarky comments about BJU and why people might not want their service). The elimination of the service means that potentially there will be more of these systems that are not being used for anything. If someone is willing to give one away, it would definitely be worthwhile to get the dish and LNB, if you find such a system, but what we can't figure out if whether the H2100IR receiver can be used for FTA. It apparently uses a conditional access card of some kind, which makes me wonder if it will work for FTA if the card is removed, or if it just goes dead.
The receiver is made by Atlanta DTH, Inc. but I cannot find anything about that receiver on their site. My friend wants to know if he actually has a fully functional system, or just half of one.
If the thing won't work for FTA as is, are there any tricks that will make it work that anyone knows of?
Interestingly, on that page it notes, "The 2008-2009 school year is the final year that the Homesat service will be available via satellite, scheduled to end on May 31, 2009. After that date, the classes will only be available through alternative means." (I'll forego making any snarky comments about BJU and why people might not want their service). The elimination of the service means that potentially there will be more of these systems that are not being used for anything. If someone is willing to give one away, it would definitely be worthwhile to get the dish and LNB, if you find such a system, but what we can't figure out if whether the H2100IR receiver can be used for FTA. It apparently uses a conditional access card of some kind, which makes me wonder if it will work for FTA if the card is removed, or if it just goes dead.
The receiver is made by Atlanta DTH, Inc. but I cannot find anything about that receiver on their site. My friend wants to know if he actually has a fully functional system, or just half of one.
If the thing won't work for FTA as is, are there any tricks that will make it work that anyone knows of?
