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eagle5469
10-28-06, 01:38 PM
I'm sorry, I'm a newbie the satellite world. What is the difference between a yellow and a blue rom card.. I was looking at Receivers online, ebay/craigslist and the one girl says that a blue rom card comes with it. can someone please explain the difference?


Thank you
Nate
Darkman
10-28-06, 01:45 PM
Blue cards are obsolete..

There was a card swap not that long ago.. and yellow cards replaced blue ones..

Blue ones don't work any longer...
eagle5469
10-28-06, 01:48 PM
How long ago are we talking? a year or more?

Nate
lakebum431
10-28-06, 02:16 PM
If you have a blue one and a dish network account, they will swap it out for you.
Darkman
10-28-06, 02:31 PM
How long ago are we talking? a year or more?

Nate
Time goes by very fast...

But ya.. a year or somewhat more .. or something like that..
scooper
10-28-06, 04:28 PM
If you're looking to buy a receiver so old that it still has a blue card - I'd walk away. It also is probably out of date on firmware updates as well, and may not be possible to update.
Get the R00 and S00 and check them with DIsh first
P Smith
10-28-06, 06:08 PM
Not true - connect the receiver to satellite with credit card in the slot and it will update :D.
kb7oeb
10-28-06, 10:15 PM
I think the yellow cards with channel logos are also obsolete, Dish replaced mine about a year ago.
Darkman
10-28-06, 10:20 PM
Nope... not completely true / accurate...

yellow cards with channel logos - the ones Dish replaced were the older revision ones...

Newer revisions of yellow cards with logos on them (or any other face design) are not replaced and still valid...

So .. the bottom line is - NOT all yellow cards with channel logos on them are obsolete.. only some of them
kstuart
10-29-06, 01:48 PM
If you buy an old receiver with a blue card, and call Dish with the receiver # and smart card #, and you have an account in good standing, Dish will send you a new Smart Card.

Note that the Smart Card will only work with that receiver number to prevent scams.
MDRNHL
10-30-06, 06:18 AM
So .. the bottom line is - NOT all yellow cards with channel logos on them are obsolete.. only some of them

Yeah...I'm pretty sure my 301 has that kind of card, and it's working fine.