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Technical notes section is an online guide to
help in answering some general questions, at
no time will we answer questions on how to
use our products or information for illegal
purposes. All information sold on
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- VC2
STATUS LETTER April 04
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- Dear
Customer,
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- The status
of the VC 2 is as follows: NO VC 2s models:
010 through 032 are being newly authorized.
Models 029 and later (plus series) are the
only models being sold and
authorized.
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- This is the
so called "VC2+ or Plus series. There are NO
viable "hacks" available for the pluses.
There have been some reported fixes, but none
have proved to be "bulletproof'. Hold on to
your money.
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- Authorizations
to older models had been accomplished by
obtaining channel authorizations codes from
cable head-ends and re-computing WIZARD
numbers from them. The numbers were typically
available for test purposes only, from
bulletin boards, etc.
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- A typical
"Pirate Fix" has been to sell a modem and
software for about $200 to $400.00. It was
installed inside any model excluding 029
(plus) box. Modem places call to BBS when
channels do not decode automatically. The
sources of these numbers has "dried-up",
occasionally, on the IRC #SATELLITE channel,
somebody will post vaid WIZARD
numbers.
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- A condition
of programmers offering lower prices for
programming and pirates having to increase
their prices due to the complexity of the
current "fix", has led to the situation of
VC2 Piracy no longer being an economical
alternative. When a year's cost of pirate fix
is about the same as legal authorization;
well you can figure it out yourself. The
"final nail" in the VideoCipher's coffin was
the introduction of the DirecTV D.S.S.
System. It has all but wiped the VC2 out of
competition.
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- There are no
fixes for converting the "older boxes" to the
newer datastrearm. The only apparent
difference is earlier and current models is
the location of the "digital data". In older
boxes it's located approximately where the
horizontal sync signal used to be.
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- In the new
(029) series or non-010, 018, 032, it's
located in the vertical blanking interval.
The difference in the timing relationship of
the two is why older boxes cannot decode the
newer datastream. A modification to extract
the newer datastream to replace it in the
older datastream position would possibly
allow old boxes to function as newer ones.
Nobody has done this. Apprently is isn't
going to happen.
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- 029
or Plus Series
Information
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Available From Us
Includes:
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- 17
Pages Computer Drawn Schematics for 029
Boxes.
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- Binary
File For Making VIDEO-ONLY Decoder Chip
(029)
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- VI.
07 System ROM Disassembled And
Partially
- Annotated
Source Code on Diskette
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- ALL
the above are $25.00 Postpaid
USA.
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- We still
offer a test chip kit for all VideoCiphers
except the 029 or Plus series. This is the
"SUPERCHIP" kit. It sells for $39.95 plus
$6.50 P&I. Valid WIZARD numbers must be
inserted to enable audio channel testing. For
legal use only! Video is always enabled for
testing.
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- Kit
includes: Instructions, 28-pin socket, Run
Chip. Current WIZARD numbers are not
available from Extreme Media, however. (see
above).
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