Fortec Ultra?

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I now have a 4DTV up and running along with a couple more 10' BUD's laying
in the yard (yea, I know, Redneck) and a couple of good C/Ku receivers in
the basement. Been toying with the idea of putting up a second dish and
piggy backing a DVB for FTA. Spent the weekend helping the neighbor load a
U-Haul to the brim. He says "clear out what is left, it's all yours". Two
hours after he is gone I find this Fortec Ultra, brand new, in the box?? It
has an "e-Bay" label. I'm thinking "cool, how lucky can I get" but after a
few hours of reading here, I see this stuff about hacking. It looks unused
and seems untouched. My question, (finally, get on with it) Is there
something I should look for, if it has been tampered with, when I fire it
up?

Thanks
Jim

Archived from groups: alt.video.satellite.mpeg-dvb (More info?)

Thanks
No menus, just the running of the dashes. Uploaded v2.64, now it comes up
with a menu.
Later
Jim

"Valdivar" <rebelleader68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6lt9e.4385$9G.435109@news20.bellglobal.com...
> If you fire it up the software menus will be as in the manual,somewhere it
> should even say what fortec version it is,whereas if it's been tampered it
> will have software for stealing encrypted channels.
>
> "Jim Padgett" <jim.padgett@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:V7m9e.630$l45.233@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
>>I now have a 4DTV up and running along with a couple more 10' BUD's laying
>>in the yard (yea, I know, Redneck) and a couple of good C/Ku receivers in
>>the basement. Been toying with the idea of putting up a second dish and
>>piggy backing a DVB for FTA. Spent the weekend helping the neighbor load
>>a U-Haul to the brim. He says "clear out what is left, it's all yours".
>>Two hours after he is gone I find this Fortec Ultra, brand new, in the
>>box?? It has an "e-Bay" label. I'm thinking "cool, how lucky can I get"
>>but after a few hours of reading here, I see this stuff about hacking. It
>>looks unused and seems untouched. My question, (finally, get on with it)
>>Is there something I should look for, if it has been tampered with, when I
>>fire it up?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jim
>>
>
>