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#1 ·
I just spoke with Scott at solid signal and he says if i get an HR34 that it requires DECA to get on demand and pay per view???? I told him i have 2 hd dvr's now hr20, hr21 and dont have deca (hardwired ethernet) and can get on demand and pay per view............he's like "um, ok" and went on to say "well hmm i dont know if u can get on demand and pay per view via hardwired ethernet on an hr34 i am pretty sure u need Deca".

I'm dont think he's right.
 
#52 ·
I talked to Scott over at solidsignal earlier on the phone. He wanted to let me know my HR34 shipped out and if i had all the accessories/equipment i needed to use it. I told him about my current hardwired ethernet setup and that in order to keep utlizing that i'm going to attach a BSF to the HR21 like advised on here.

He went on to say that the BSF is not needed. I was like hmm. Then asked why.

So I asked him well why wouldnt the BSF be needed b/c it's used to block the DECA signal coming from the HR34. He told me that first there is some kind of "dongle" installed in the HR34 and that also DECA on the HR34 isnt activated unless it'a attached to a DECA modem.
 
#55 ·
gregftlaud said:
So I asked him well why wouldnt the BSF be needed b/c it's used to block the DECA signal coming from the HR34. He told me that first there is some kind of "dongle" installed in the HR34 and that also DECA on the HR34 isnt activated unless it'a attached to a DECA modem.
Seems like a minor mix up between a HR24 and a HR34.
The 24 does disable the internal DECA with an ethernet connection.
The 34 doesn't.
There is no "dongle" for a 34, "but there is" for a HR2x that doesn't have a DECA internally. That "dongle" is a DECA.

If a DECA signal isn't blocked [by a DECA dongle, or a filter] from the SAT tuner, it can cause reception problems.
 
#58 ·
SolidSignal said:
Thanks, guys, for helping straighten this out. We are revising our knowledge base on this. HR34's still a fairly new animal to us :)
Nice to know you're monitoring the forum. That's a good thing that can only benefit both parties. Be nice to see more companies do this.

Rich
 
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