I bought an SL 65 for a friend of mine so he could watch Turkish TV around 4 1/2 years ago. For the money, it has been a very good unit.

Probably about time I took the lid off and ordered a new set of capacitors for the power supply though. Yes you need to do that. My SL65 must be about 5 years old and last year some Hotbird channels were breaking up. I suspected an LNB problem, but opened up the box, and sure enough, bulging PSU capacitors.

Why oh why can't the manufacturers spend a few pence more on better caps? I have one, now seven years old now, never fails me, I use it as a turner for my Panasonic in other sat mode for HD FTA. I paid £19 along with an 80cm Comag dish at Lidl Hightown Wrexham. Excellent quality. £19.00 for a HD sat box. You are deluded. It has upscaling to hdmi.

Hdl Image Installer Ps2 Download 2016 - And Torrent 2016 more. The 2005 model uses the same hardware and firmware as the Comag SL65 and Chess SL35. The firmware is also very similar to that used in the Strong SR65xx series, and it can be ported from the Strong SRT65xx to the Silvercrest SL65 and vice-versa. The latest firmware is version 1.75, which corrects the support of. A little word of warning from someone who blew the power supply when doing a firmware update on a sl65: Don't! Comag are the manufacturers of these boxes and they have been forever changing the componants of these STB's. Some updates work well with only certain boards and if you perform the same firmware.

A facility your TV already has for a SD input notably RGB scart. The chances of a £19.00 sat box having a better scaler than your Panny tv is lower than a snowball in hell surviving for 10 minutes Try connecting by a fully wired scart lead to a RGB capable scart, it should have an even better picture. 7 yrs ago you are talking much more than £100.00 for a genuine 1080i sat box. That apart it's a decent SD box, the hdmi is a usefull convenience option not worth much from the point of actual picture quality unless it's used with a very poor TV. (A Panasonic certainly does not qualify). Can you view BBC-HD, CH4-HD, ITV1-HD or NHK-World TV on it, no way. Some can't be even viewed on some true HD receivers because they need DVB-S2 a standard not invented 7 years ago.

£19.00 for a HD sat box. You are deluded. It has upscaling to hdmi. A facility your TV already has for a SD input notably RGB scart. The chances of a £19.00 sat box having a better scaler than your Panny tv is lower than a snowball in hell surviving for 10 minutes Try connecting by a fully wired scart lead to a RGB capable scart, it should have an even better picture.

7 yrs ago you are talking much more than £100.00 for a genuine 1080i sat box. That apart it's a decent SD box, the hdmi is a usefull convenience option not worth much from the point of actual picture quality unless it's used with a very poor TV. (A Panasonic certainly does not qualify). Can you view BBC-HD, CH4-HD, ITV1-HD or NHK-World TV on it, no way.

Some can't be even viewed on some true HD receivers because they need DVB-S2 a standard not invented 7 years ago. See my thread above. Only Comag use the name Silver Crest, these may be specials not on the web, Lidl only sell Comag stuff for sat from what I have seen. Well you are wrong there. It's true that Comag have been the name associated with Lidl's satellite receivers for many years but the receiver on sale today is by Targa, in a SilverCrest brand box. Canon Service Support Tool Sst Software V4.11 Download. The brand SilverCrest appears to be used by Lidl for all their electronic stuff.

Lidl probably set up the SilverCrest brand as a customer focus for promotion and to outsource product support and repair of all their electronic equipment. Some years ago, possibly ten years, Lidl sold a satellite PVR and a Hard drive DVD player under the brand name Targa. The label on the equipment bore both the Targa logo and the Lidl logo. At that time SilverCrest was on the Comag receiver boxes.

The following information is for educational purposes only! There is a lot of info on this excellent forum concerning the above receiver.

I thought it may be helpful to have a detailed description of how it can be patched. This receiver appears in various guises and has been on sale at Lidl, Maplins and Aldi and others. These instructions are specifically for the 12v or camping model. By following them, you should be able to successfully patch your receiver. However you should be aware that there is always a danger of corrupting your receiver when updating the original software - so you do so at your own risk.

This little receiver is ideal for recreation/travelling but is not really for serious use. I bought a Tevion brand receiver from Aldi, as part of a mini satellite (portable) system, which I have found is the same as the Comag SL65/12v receiver and the Silvercrest SL65/12 receiver. More importantly it uses the ALI M3329 B1 chipset which is patchable using the correct software. Before you proceed, I would recommend that you positively identify your chipset by removing the outer casing of your box.

This way you will not be left with an expensive doorstop on your hands. You should see a square chip on the main board, with a very thin metal cover (heat sink!). You will need to remove this (I used my thumb nail), to reveal the type of chip. If it is marked ALI M3329 B1 then it can be patched. Edit 27/06/08 - If it is an E1 it can be patched. See:- If it has ALI M3329 A1 written on it, then resign yourself to watching FTA channels only. To repair the damage that you have just inflicted on your box, you will need to purchase some heat sink compound to re-attach the heat sink to the chip.

Remove all remnants of the original gunk before doing this. You can now replace the outer casing. OK, so in order to patch the receiver you will need a 9 pin serial null modem c@ble and a suitable PC with RS232 serial port.

Update 05/11/07: Although the following firmware works fine, it is now possible to flash the 'B1' chipset with modified Truman firmware - which is more upto date. Credit must go to TrumanCapote, andysly and others for their brilliant findings. Please follow the thread in it's entirety as it has been a work in progress! Details here: Files for B1 and E1 here: _Older Firmware option below (see link for Mod Truman option directly above for newer method!) The patches and loaders which I used, are contained in a file 'SL65A.zip' which I found here _or google 'SL65A.zip'. Turn PC off, connect your null modem c@ble up to your receiver and switch on PC and receiver.

(Make sure your box is switched 'on' and not in 'standby'. Unzip the file and launch the Upgrade_DVB.exe Browse for the SW_SL65_A.bin, and click next You should see:- Test serial port status....Finished Collect STB information....Finished Starting download....

Wait until the process has completed. Now launch KeyUpdater_04Sep2006.exe This time browse for Key27012007.bin Click next and follow the on screen instructions. Once complete turn off and restart your receiver. You should now be presented with a language menu. Select your language. If you now key 2580 you should receive the on screen message 'cas enabled!'

If you go to the 'Installation' menu, you should have the option 'Key editor' Here you can enter keys for the relevant provider. Press Fav button and keys 1-6 will enter A-F. Press again to return to number entry. Save keys and exit.