Hi
The brief version first:
I have a Thomson 160gb PVR (DVB-T) originally supplied at cut price as
package with Top Up TV.
If I remove the smart card (TUTV, Sedanta etc) I also lose access to all
other features such as the EPG and the archived programs on the HDD.
A dialog appears on screen that those features are only available as
part of the subscription to TUTV. Without the card it is a basic DVB tuner
only. How do I tweak or modify so that without a TUTV subsciption I
still have it as a PVR?


The long-winded version:
TUTV is not a great service, I only really used GOLD and Sedanta.
The Thomson PVR makes excellent recordings.
But in recent months there were several over the air upgrades that have
crippled our machines - crashes, EPG fails, even bug fixes for previous
"upgrades" have been problematic.
So I cancelled my subscription to TUTV, thats when I learned that most
of the other features of the PVR would also be lost, primarily it can no
longer be used as a PVR, just as a basic DVB-T.
My subscription to TUTV ends in first week of Jan.
I have purchased a Sony 995 DVD recorder/PVR (250gb.)
I have been transferring over my Thomson archived programs via RGB -
RGB scarts, and the recordings are excellent, indiscernable from the
originals. But.....
The Sony has only one DVB-T tuner.
I want to retain the Thomson as a second PVR and as it has twin digital
tuners, as a connected tuner via RGB scart to the Sony, so as to have
in effect 3 digital tuners accessed via the Sony.
I'm not out to defraud TUTV, I just want access to the HDD and to
continue using it as a PVR. But how?
Is there a smartcard that would un-encrypt and allow access (Not to
the EPG or TUTV, just want access to the HDD)
Or a modification?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi
The brief version first:
I have a Thomson 160gb PVR (DVB-T)
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