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[Timmy Downawell]

I don't think so, but I have seen Aurora cards for sale on Ebay so you could get one there I suppose.

[wahroonga farm]

Perfectly legal and no problem for SBS and ABC tv/radio all regions (except ABC Victoria). Spend $100 on an Aurora card (+sat gear) activate it for your address and away u go.

But no commercial channels unless you are in a TV 'black spot'.

And you won't get one on eBay either.

And even if you get the commercials activated, if your on the East Coast no GWN or WIN and if on the West Coast no Imparja or Central Seven.

There are ways for those who personally own old Aurora cards.

[wahroonga farm]

http://www.satworld......nnel Info.pdf
http://www.imparja.com.au/service.htm
http://www.satplus.c...ebcontent10.htm

[Cloud9]

antennaman, on Oct 19 2006, 04:13 PM, said:

will they let me get optus aurora gear even if i have ey adequate terrestrial reception? i ust want the differet timezones on GWN and Win And Imprja would be interesting aswell. any help much appreciated thanks.

To receive GWN, WIN, IMPARJA, CH34 (community TV only on weekends) ...inform them that you travel extensively in the outback (NT & WA) in a mobile caravan.

[dryfry]

antennaman, on Oct 19 2006, 03:30 PM, said:

my friend who has optus aurora with GWN and WIN and is supposed to be in a television "black spot" because of a hill behind their house but across the road there is perfect tv signal and yes we are on the east coast...well about 200k from it as the crow flies

Ask your friend how he or she got  WIN and GWN.....And ask if you can get the same..

[Smacca]

dryfry, on Oct 21 2006, 09:53 PM, said:

Ask your friend how he or she got  WIN and GWN.....And ask if you can get the same..

GWN and WIN via Aurora are administered/activated by Optus themselves. You can apply to have these activated if you're travelling through or live in parts of WA that lack a terrestrial antenna, or live in parts of WA that has poor terrestrial reception. The latter involves a specialist visit by an antenna installer to confirm the poor reception. As for complete lack of reception, Optus will activate it, no questions asked. For travellers; applying via the Optus Aurora News website is the only way to do it.

Imparja and Southern Cross Central (formerly 7 Central) independantly activate their services. They follow the same rules as the WA commercial channels, and also offer travellers the option;

* Southern Cross Central Activation Form (must state you're travelling in the 'Notes' field)
* Imparja Authorisation Form for Travellers (PDF)

The only way it is possible to be watching GWN, WIN, Imparja or SC Central outside of their licensed areas is if the smartcard is still activated for a traveller. After all that, if you can't activate the commercial channels, then you're left with these;

TVSN, Expo, Indigenous Community TV (ICTV), Aurora Info/Tune Channel, Foxtel Help, iEPG Video Satellite, ABC WA, ABC NT, ABC SA, ABC SE, ABC Q, SBS WA, SBS SE, SBS NT, SBS QLD, SBS SA, plus a couple of movie channels.

[wahroonga farm]

...... and most importantly Aljazeera English now FTA on C1.

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"As for complete lack of reception, Optus will activate it, no questions asked."

Optus utilises remote licence areas locality maps; the boundaries of which are defined by post codes.

So despite no reception, wrong postcode and your in for a potentially expensive ABA 58.

[Colin 2905]

Smacca, on Nov 23 2006, 05:39 PM, said:

The only way it is possible to be watching GWN, WIN, Imparja or SC Central outside of their licensed areas is if the smartcard is still activated for a traveller.

Another way to watch Imparja (and ICTV if it appeals to you) and SC Central is to receive the feeds via Optus D1. There's also three x SBS feeds and six x ABC feeds.

To receive Imparja and ICTV requires a receiver that allows manual PID entry or editing, but the others should be fine unless it's a sucky UEC.

GWN audio is available on PAS-2, but that's not going to be much fun.

[wahroonga farm]

Are GWN & WIN available as a FTA feed on a WA only beam .... somewhere?

[Smacca]

wahroonga farm, on Nov 24 2006, 06:32 AM, said:

...... and most importantly Aljazeera English now FTA on C1.

I can't seem to get this channel. I've entered the Vid and Audio PIDs etc, but it just finds a channel named "User"

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Optus utilises remote licence areas locality maps; the boundaries of which are defined by post codes.

So despite no reception, wrong postcode and your in for a potentially expensive ABA 58.

Ahh, I wondered how they defined the boundaries.

[Colin 2905]

Smacca, on Nov 24 2006, 10:14 AM, said:

I can't seem to get this channel. I've entered the Vid and Audio PIDs etc, but it just finds a channel named "User"

Which receiver?

[Smacca]

Colin 2905, on Nov 24 2006, 09:23 AM, said:

Which receiver?

Humax IR-5410z

[Colin 2905]

Smacca, on Nov 24 2006, 10:38 AM, said:

Humax IR-5410z

I've never had a Humax, but I understand that some models can, and some can't. If yours can, it's not because it wants the PIDs in hex, is it? (ie; 0x0400 / 0x0401 / 0x0400). Struck this recently with someone on the Vetrun forums when he posted a screenshot, but his is a different model.

Or if it is hex and you'd prefer decimal (ie; 1024 / 1025 / 1024 ), try hitting the left volume button, and see if goes from hex back to decimal.

[Smacca]

Colin 2905, on Nov 24 2006, 09:48 AM, said:

I've never had a Humax, but I understand that some models can, and some can't. If yours can, it's not because it wants the PIDs in hex, is it? (ie; 0x0400 / 0x0401 / 0x0400). Struck this recently with someone on the Vetrun forums when he posted a screenshot, but his is a different model.

Or if it is hex and you'd prefer decimal (ie; 1024 / 1025 / 1024 ), try hitting the left volume button, and see if goes from hex back to decimal.

Ahh, I was entering them as Hex as I thought that was the only way. It works fine now. Thanks heaps Col

[Colin 2905]

Smacca, on Nov 24 2006, 10:56 AM, said:

Ahh, I was entering them as Hex as I thought that was the only way. It works fine now. Thanks heaps Col

Whoops, I just remembered that you were asking about Aljazeera on C1, and the PIDs I mentioned are for Imparja (now on D1).... but you figured it out anyway.  

[Smacca]

Colin 2905, on Nov 24 2006, 10:03 AM, said:

Whoops, I just remembered that you were asking about Aljazeera on C1, and the PIDs I mentioned are for Imparja (now on D1).... but you figured it out anyway.  

Haha. AJE have really outdone themselves. It's like a mixture of BBC World and Sky News. My only gripe is no EPG

[chriswoo]

Hi all, tried for AJE this morning but nothing on my dreamax DT470.

Could someone please list all the relevent details (PID etc) so i can have another go this arvo...

Cheers
CHRISWOO

[Colin 2905]

chriswoo, on Nov 25 2006, 11:42 AM, said:

Hi all, tried for AJE this morning but nothing on my dreamax DT470.

Could someone please list all the relevent details (PID etc) so i can have another go this arvo...

From http://english.aljaz...F3701E39A3B.htm .....

Satellite = Optus C1
Frequency = 12367 MHz
Polarity = Vertical
Symbol Rate = 27800
FEC = 3/4

V-PID = 1121
A-PID = 1122

[chriswoo]

Colin 2905, on Nov 25 2006, 12:25 PM, said:

From http://english.aljaz...F3701E39A3B.htm .....

Satellite = Optus C1
Frequency = 12367 MHz
Polarity = Vertical
Symbol Rate = 27800
FEC = 3/4

V-PID = 1121
A-PID = 1122

cheers mate..

mine also ask's for a p-pid....any ideas??

[DrP]

Probably asking for PCR, put the same number in as for the V-PID

[wahroonga farm]

Check Lyngsat http://www.lyngsat.com/optusc1.html or Aljazeera http://www.satdirect...jazeeraeng.html (down the bottom)

Al-Jazeera International Promo
Satellite : Optus C1
Orbit Location : 156.0 East
Frequency : 12367
Polarity : Vertical
Symbol Rate : 27800
FEC: 3/4

However there's a problem with the Dreamax (and many other boxes)! Whilst there's a pid entry menu, it won't find Aljazeera as the pids are 'hidden'. Which is a little odd; considering that Aljazeera want us to watch (I presume).

You will have to 'edit' an existing channel and TP with the Aljazeera details to get it (you can re-scan the trashed TP again to regain the channels if you need them).

[chriswoo]

After some fiddiling about i got it guy's.

Thank's for the help.