you kiddin theres no bin file now for 2weeks 4000 5ooo & 6000 no support boxes arent worth nothingSpinnerbait said:
split from FTA Coolsat 5000 w/card reader post in Buy/Sell
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Looks like support for these boxes are gone.
From what i have read there were two people at the norw release site that put bins out for these boxes,the boss and topcat.
Here is a c/p quote from topcat explaining why he did what he did....
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I can tell you that myself and the Boss did what we did for one reason Only ! And that reason is our Loyalty to our members ! And thats the ONLY Reason.
I can understand not wanting to support the 4k any longer because its been around three plus years but IMHO to cut support for the 5 & 6k models was not right ! It was Their fault they did not secure All the chip sets not the buyers ! Those units where still for sale a few short months before they wanted to stop support and thats why we reacted the way we did !
Now that I have made this statement do me a favor PLEASE don't turn this into a Thank You TopCat thread !! I don't do what I do for the Glory ! I do it ONLY because I like Helping people !
end quote.
Maybe somebody will pick up support for these later on,but for right now things dont look good for us who own the 4,5 and 6000,but thats why i say if your going test always have more then one option,because in this hobby things are always changing.
Looks like support for these boxes are gone.
From what i have read there were two people at the norw release site that put bins out for these boxes,the boss and topcat.
Here is a c/p quote from topcat explaining why he did what he did....
start quote---
I can tell you that myself and the Boss did what we did for one reason Only ! And that reason is our Loyalty to our members ! And thats the ONLY Reason.
I can understand not wanting to support the 4k any longer because its been around three plus years but IMHO to cut support for the 5 & 6k models was not right ! It was Their fault they did not secure All the chip sets not the buyers ! Those units where still for sale a few short months before they wanted to stop support and thats why we reacted the way we did !
Now that I have made this statement do me a favor PLEASE don't turn this into a Thank You TopCat thread !! I don't do what I do for the Glory ! I do it ONLY because I like Helping people !
end quote.
Maybe somebody will pick up support for these later on,but for right now things dont look good for us who own the 4,5 and 6000,but thats why i say if your going test always have more then one option,because in this hobby things are always changing.
Here is the Problem, Don't PM me BTW for support or help..... It wont happen..
I have been in the Satellite Business for the last 20 some years now as a dealer,installer and at time i have written my own software (fixes)
Here is the problem and why your support dies... Most dealers do not make the fixes nor would most have any idea how to! Its the same way with the old Directv fixes. One guy rights them gets a few grand for it and everybody else cashes in large on it. I knew some dealers that made huge money back in the day of VCII fixes But the actual writer usual makes jack shit.. He writes and fixes and corrects things for maybe $5000 and the guy that has paid him $5000 just finished buying his new $500,000 home and pays cash for the most part on it... They get pissed off and in the end tell everybody to go screw them selfs, including the dealer that just bough the half a million dollar home...
Now i have not been involved in this FTA fixes but it was free from my understanding, well someone spent time at their machine making these fixes and you think they are going to keep doing it for Free? Would You?
Think about this the next time you get pissed off that their is no fix for this or no fix for that.. Hey Your ripping off programming.... In the end you may see yourself shelling out more for Piracy then an actual subscription...
I have been in the Satellite Business for the last 20 some years now as a dealer,installer and at time i have written my own software (fixes)
Here is the problem and why your support dies... Most dealers do not make the fixes nor would most have any idea how to! Its the same way with the old Directv fixes. One guy rights them gets a few grand for it and everybody else cashes in large on it. I knew some dealers that made huge money back in the day of VCII fixes But the actual writer usual makes jack shit.. He writes and fixes and corrects things for maybe $5000 and the guy that has paid him $5000 just finished buying his new $500,000 home and pays cash for the most part on it... They get pissed off and in the end tell everybody to go screw them selfs, including the dealer that just bough the half a million dollar home...
Now i have not been involved in this FTA fixes but it was free from my understanding, well someone spent time at their machine making these fixes and you think they are going to keep doing it for Free? Would You?
Think about this the next time you get pissed off that their is no fix for this or no fix for that.. Hey Your ripping off programming.... In the end you may see yourself shelling out more for Piracy then an actual subscription...
I am one of the smucks who purchased a Coolsat 6000 about 2 years ago. Programming it was pretty easy as the group that made the fixed posted them online.ISOMSOG said:
The difference betwen FTA and the old DTV days is that each receive now has their own little fix and generally one is not compatible with the other. While receive companies would never admit to being behind the fixes without someone supporting their receiver no one would buy their brand.
I know some dealers would sell support but really in the FTA game that is just extra cash for them as programming them is pretty easy.
So while we never had to pay NORW for the fix, somewhere alone the line COOLSAT had to fund the fixes. They have retire the model and now looks like they also have stopped funding to NORW so they are no longer writing fixes fot these models.
So it is over for the CS 4000, 5000, and 6000. I am not complaining as I got good use out of mine. I am disppointed that NORW has not said anything as COOLSAT can not say anything at all.
So I am out to get a new receiver and since I have a choice it certainly would be a Coolsat model.
Captive works and viewsats have pretty good and fast support
Had a bluejay myself but the support hasn't been there since January...thinking of picking up a viewsat
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Had a bluejay myself but the support hasn't been there since January...thinking of picking up a viewsat
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