Satellite Lingo/Abbreviations/Dictionary

[oldcrow]

AIO = All In One

Antenna - Satellite Dish

Autoroll/Key Autoroll - The reciever automatically updates the IDEA KEYS when the provider changes them so you don't have to enter them with your remote control.

ATR - Answer to Reset

Azimuth - The Left/Right positioning of the satellite dish

Back Haul - Live Feed / Up link feed (E.G. Sporting events, News , Etc.) (Meant for station affiliates only.) Note: Never call trouble number on the screen it's for TV stations only! (If they know you can see it, they may move it!.)

BB - Blackbird

BIN – A file in a BINary format suitable for flashing a ROM

Bird – A satellite

BL - blacklist the name of the coder that writes the bins for pansat and Ariza recievers

Blocker - Code placed on a rom card to prevent the satellite provider from streamlocking the card.

Bouquet - A group of channels

BOX KEYS - Secret keys that are in each receiver's firmware that identify the particular reciever.

BOOTSTRAP - Code that allows the receiver to power up and access the programming on the TSOP.

BSS - Broadcast Satellite Service. Also called DBS (Direct Broadcast Service). This is a satellite service that is uplinked for the specific purpose of reception directly by consumers. This includes XM/Sirius Radio, Direct TV, OffLimit, Off Limit, and Dish Network. Off limit, though a BSS service, actually operates in the FSS portion of Ku-Band.

BUD - Big Ugly Dish

Cable on a stick - Another name for the small dish

CAM - Conditional Access Module. With Dish/Off limit receivers, it is built-in. With FTA receivers such as Dreambox, it is a removable unit. CAMs process the information from the smart card and allow the receiver to decrypt channel information.

CAM ID - Individual identification number given to all Conditional Access Modules (Cam's) produced for satellite providers. (The numbers on the back of the card under the barcode)

C-Band - 3700-4100 MHz (downlink) and 5925-6945 MHz (uplink) Frequency. Also the general name used for the big dish. Used mainly for commercial purposes: linking feeds to network affiliates and cable systems. Most of these are not intended for general use but you can subscribe to them and many of them are not encrypted.

Channel List - List of channels/transponders loaded to FTA receivers to allow them to receive programming. Cheap/easy way to get channels, but better results are obtained by scanning all available transponders in your area. Most channel lists are set up to match the dish network channel order.

Charlie - Charlie Ergen, DISH Network CEO. Also known as Dish Network

CI Slot - Commmon Interface Slot, CAM is inserted in this

Clarke Belt – Another name for the satellite belt. Named after it’s discoverer, Arthur C. Clarke

Clean Feed - No commercials (Back hauls usually) E.G. Watch the Zambonie clean
the ice.

CLONING – Changing the IRD number, box keys, bootstrap etc. in a receiver's TSOP to match another.

Closed - Encrypted or Scrambled channel

Composite Video - Phono (RCA) Video

Conditional Access - System in which access to a particular channel requires unit (box) information and channel tier information before decryption can take place. Used by Dish Net/Off limit receivers and CAM-equipped FTA receivers.

DAVE - Digital Audio Video Entertainment. Also known as DirecTV.

DISH Network - Digital Information Sky Highway Network

DBS - Digital Broadcast Satellite

Digicipher 2 - Encryption system and video standard created by Motorola. Used by StarChoice, 4DTV, and Digicipher 2 free-to-air (not the same as MPEG2 FTA).

Direction - Also called Azimuth

DiSEqC - Digital Satellite Equipment Control

DL Freq. - Delivery Frequency / Downlink Frequency

DSS - Digital Satellite System. Video standard used by Direct TV.

DVB - Digital Video Broadcast. Video standard used by Dish Network, Off Limit, PowerVu, and MPEG2 free-to-air.

ECM - Electronic Counter Measure

EEPROM - Electrically Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory. for general testing purposes this can mean a card image or an eeprom image in a receiver. Includes basic command structure for function of the device.

Elevation - The Up/Down positioning of the satellite dish

Encrypted - Digital Video and/or Audio have been encoded and require special keys or processes to make it visible.

EPG - Electronic Program Guide

FIRMWARE - Software in the TSOP that allows the receiver to run.

FLASHED – Software program that reads the TSOP bin and makes changes in specific locations such as; the IRD number, Box Keys, Bootstrap etc.

Fonger -

FSS - Fixed Satellite Service. Satellite service intended for commercial applications, such as transmitting feeds from an uplink facility to a downlink facility where it can then be processed for other uses. With few exceptions, FSS transmissions are usually not intended for consumers directly.

FTA - Free To Air, Non-encrypted channel (digital)

GHz - Abbreviation for GigaHertz

Glitching - A method of "breaking" a card's encryption by using varying voltage and/or clock frequencies to allow access to internal areas of the card eeprom.

IKS - Internet Key Sharing

IRD - Integrated Receiver Decoder

IR - Infra-Red

Iso programmer - Interface used for programming ISO cards. (smart cards) not to be confused with a glitcher (hu loader) or modded loader

ITC - In The Clear, Non-scrambled channel (analog)

JKEYS - Software used to read a receiver's box keys

JTAG - Joint Team Action Group. A device made of five resistors and a DB-25 connector that allows the receiver to communicate with a computer. (JTAG is used to read from or write to the receiver's TSOP)

Ka-Band - stands for "kurz-above". Frequency 17.7-20.2 GHz (downlink). Will soon be the standard for broadband internet via satellite and may even become useful for DBS at some point in the future.

Ku-Band (BSS) - 12.2-12.7 (downlink) and 12.7-14.5 GHz (uplink). Used for Direct TV, Off Limit, and Dish Network. This portion of the Ku spectrum requires a circular LNB.

Ku-Band (FSS) - stands for "kurz-under". The 10.7-12.2 GHz (downlink) and 12.7-14.5 GHz (uplink) portion of the satellite frequency spectrum. In North America, this portion of the Ku spectrum requires a linear LNB.

L-Band - 1000-1500 MHz satellite band. Most commonly used for Radionavigation (GPS) and weather satellite use.

LNB - Low Noise Block converter

LNBF - LNB Feedhorn - Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and many Ku (FSS) dishes use an LNBF, which integrates the antenna's feedhorn with the LNB. Small diplexers are often used to distribute the resulting IF signal (usually 950 to 1450MHz) "piggybacked" in the same cable TV wire that carries lower-frequency terrestrial television from an outdoor antenna. Another diplexer then separates the signals to the receiver of the TV set, and the IRD of the DBS set-top box.

L.O. Frequency - Local Oscillator Frequency (C-band = 5150, Ku Linear = 10750, Ku Circular = 11250)

Loader - Glitching device

Locked - 99% of the time this means the card is secured from acces via a password placed on the card.

LOOPED – A card that has lost its ATR (Answer to Reset)

MCPC - Multi Channel Per Carrier

MHz - Abbreviation for MegaHertz

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MPEG II - Moving Picture Experts Group II, A system for compression of digital data

MUX - A group of channels on same frequency

NAG - An on screen error message

NAGRA 1&2 - Nagravision encryption (Dish Network )

NTSC - National Television Standards Committee. TV standard used in North America, Japan, and most of Latin America.

OEM - Original Equipment from the Manufacturer

OFF LIMITS - Please see the Site Rules #1

Open - In The Clear or Free To Air

Open Access - System in which access to a provider's entire network is accomplished by entering the public and parity keys. Used by the popular Fortec and Pansat receivers, as well as DVB-S cards.

OSD - On Screen Display

P4 & P5 - Videoguard encryption (Direct TV, Sky Mexico systems)

PAL - Phase Alternating Line. TV standard used in most parts of the world, including Asia, Europe, and Australia.

P-Band - 200-1000 MHz satellite band used for amateur DXing and weather satellite use. 200 MHz is the lowest satellite frequency possible because frequencies lower than that bounce off the ionosphere.

PCR - Packet Clock Rate

PID - Packet Identifier

Pizza Dish - Generic name for the small dish

PM - Private Messages

Polarization - The physical orientation of the waveform from the satellite. R/L are right and left 'circular' rotation similar to a corkscrew. H/V are horizontal/vertical similar to a fishing line cast either overhand or sidearm.

Rain Fade - When rain or snow affect the satellite signal. Also called attenuation.

RF - Radio Frequency

S-Band - 2310-2690 MHz frequency. The 2310-2360 MHz portion is used for XM and Sirius Radio. The higher portion (2500-2690 MHz) is allocated for DBS television service; but due to the small size of the spectrum, it has not been used.

SCPC - Single Channel Per Carrier

Scrambled - Analog video has been manipulated so that it is not intelligible.

SECAM - Another TV standard used primarily in France and Russia.

SKEW - Rotation (Clockwise / Anti-Clockwise) of the LNB or LNBF

Smart Card - A credit-card sized card with a microchip containing decryption information. A smart card is read by a CAM.

SOFTWARE FIX - A software upgrade that gets around a NAG or ECM

STB - Set Top Box, the FTA (Free To Air) reciever

Stream Locked - Cards which have been placed into the datastream without a blocker or with a poorly-designed blocker. Streamlocked cards are locked from access by Dish Network and you must use a modded loader to gain access to the again. Not all streamlocked revisions are unlockable.

S.U.N.S - Secured.Updating.Network.Systems (reference with nFusion as another form of IKS)

Symbol Rate (SR) - Size of the digital package transmission

TDG - thedssguy (spokesman for viewsat coders).

TP - Transponder

TP Autoroll - The reciever automatically updates the channels to the correct transponders when the provider moves channel around on the transponders.

Transponder - As a dish is pointed toward a specific satellite, the uplinked signals are transmitted within a specific frequency range, so as to be received by one of the transponders tuned to that frequency range aboard that satellite. The transponder 'retransmits' signals back to Earth but at a different frequency band (to avoid interference with the uplink signal), typically in the C-band (4–8 GHz) or Ku-band (12–18 GHz) or both. The leg of the signal path from the satellite to the receiving Earth station is called the downlink.

A typical satellite has up to 32 transponders for Ku-band and up to 24 for a C-band only satellite, or more for hybrid satellites. Typical transponders each have a bandwidth between 27 MHz and 50 MHz


TSOP - Thin Small Outline Package (The memory chip within the receiver, which contains the software to run it

UHF - Ultra High Frequency

Unlocker - Modded glitching device used to unlock cards see definition of glitching above.

Unlooper - Glitching device used to unloop cards

Unloop - Method of accessing areas of a damaged card in order to restore proper coding and allow the card to function again.

V-Band - Frequency 47.2-275 GHz. V-band is actually a generic term for the several FSS bands that exist in that huge portion of the spectrum.

VC - Virtual Channel

VC II+ - VideoCipher II + decoder

Virgin Image - In all relevent terms for testing, a non-streamlocked image of a Rom Card or Tsop firmware.

Wild Feed - Show that is not yet scheduled to air. (Meant for station affiliates only.) Note: Never call trouble number on the screen it's for TV stations only! (If they know you can see it, they may move it!) Also, you will probably see "dead Air." (black screen) This is where the TV stations insert thier local commercials

X-Band - 7250-7750 MHz (downlink) and 7900-8400 (uplink) frequency. Used for military purposes.

[falcon]

Excellent indeed... I edited it to put it alphabetically and highlight the terms.

(hope oldcrow won't mind)

[Blinky123]

This should help those that want to learn.

[regniffit]

Greatly appreciated, certainly will help trying to figure things out, if I know the language

[damien]

forgot a few off the top of my head.....

FTVr= free tver<---usually very annoying!!!!

PATCH=EP103,EP103,EP10 ect ect ect=not a complete file but a patch usually for a specific blocker or CAM update.

TESTER= Somebody thats likes to make things work......tv is a side effect for them.

STREAM=Receiver hooked to dish and tuned with card.

PUBLIC=Code released to the general public usually created by groups of people for public use not very safe.

PRIVATE=Code not available to general public, usually sold or givin to trusted members of community. Often created by groups of friends via MSN and such. Much safer.<-----NOTE: Never post a persons private code on the web!!!!!!! Such is cause for immediate bans from probably every site you are a member of!!!!!

KEYS=encryption keys used by providers.

ENCRYPTED=scrambled pretty much....

[regniffit]

Originally Posted by damien666

forgot a few off the top of my head.....

FTVr= free tver<---usually very annoying!!!!

PATCH=EP103,EP103,EP10 ect ect ect=not a complete file but a patch usually for a specific blocker or CAM update.

TESTER= Somebody thats likes to make things work......tv is a side effect for them.

STREAM=Receiver hooked to dish and tuned with card.

PUBLIC=Code released to the general public usually created by groups of people for public use not very safe.

PRIVATE=Code not available to general public, usually sold or givin to trusted members of community. Often created by groups of friends via MSN and such. Much safer.<-----NOTE: Never post a persons private code on the web!!!!!!! Such is cause for immediate bans from probably every site you are a member of!!!!!

KEYS=encryption keys used by providers.

ENCRYPTED=scrambled pretty much....

Thank you, everyone have been so supportive, its great

[ringman2223]

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