TNTSAT Card replacement by post code trick works!

givecredit

TNTSAT is french tv version of Sky freetoview card. TNTSAT card currently renewing their cards. The new card is 15 euro. This gives you acces to over 20 french tv channels on 19degs east.

I ordered a card from the TNTSAT website using the postcode trick (entering my irish address, but inserting a french postcode) My card arrived in post 8 days later.

Card can be ordered here:

http://renouvellementcarte.tntsat.tv/#sc_intcmp=TNTS:ACCUEIL:NAVGAUCHE:MEA

Channels included;


http://www.tntsat.tv/L-offre-TNTSAT.htm

Card activates on tuning to TF1 on Tntsat box. Card only works in TNTSAT BOX or receiver with oscam cam.Card also activates on lastest versions of oscam. Trying to figure oscam out. Currently have oscam 1.04 running on duo opening uk free to view channels with sky ftv card. I think i need later version of oscam .Any Help would be appreciated...

RogerThis

Thanks givecredit, do you know how long the card will be active for?
Did you need to phone to activate the card?

How long will they be renewing their cards?

givecredit

RogerThis wrote: »

Thanks givecredit, do you know how long the card will be active for?
Did you need to phone to activate the card?

How long will they be renewing their cards?

Card activates on tuning into TF1. No phone call required.

Card will be active for 4 years.

I would imaging they will be now renewing on an ongoing basis. The old cards expire after a 4 year period which started to kick in recently.

tomslick

Thanks givecredit. Just ordered one now and have recieved my confirmation email. Used the embassy in paris for Postcode and Tel number. When it arrives will let you know.

Minstrel27

Interesting. I know someone who would be interested in one of those cards.

Zimmerframe

I just ordered one too, and maybe when I wake up tomorrow, I will have figured out why ? :D

Pal

is oscam available on a patch or multicrypt cam ?

is there an oscam cam ?

tomslick

Pal wrote: »

is oscam available on a patch or multicrypt cam ?

is there an oscam cam ?

Oscam is a "softcam". It runs mainly on linux boxes. You can make servers etc but I don't think it exists on patches.

rlogue

Don't forget the main French terrestrials are now FTA at the following locations:

TF1 and M6 - 9 east (no need for a Ka LNB!!)

France 2, 3, 5 & O - 5 west

ARTE 19 east, 13 east

I won't be renewing my Bis card this year.

STB

givecredit wrote: »

TNTSAT is french tv version of Sky freetoview card. TNTSAT card currently renewing their cards. The new card is 15 euro. This gives you acces to over 20 french tv channels on 19degs east.

I ordered a card from the TNTSAT website using the postcode trick (entering my irish address, but inserting a french postcode) My card arrived in post 8 days later.

Card can be ordered here:

http://renouvellementcarte.tntsat.tv/#sc_intcmp=TNTS:ACCUEIL:NAVGAUCHE:MEA

Channels included;


http://www.tntsat.tv/L-offre-TNTSAT.htm

Card activates on tuning to TF1 on Tntsat box. Card only works in TNTSAT BOX or receiver with oscam cam.Card also activates on lastest versions of oscam. Trying to figure oscam out. Currently have oscam 1.04 running on duo opening uk free to view channels with sky ftv card. I think i need later version of oscam .Any Help would be appreciated...

http://www.oscamconfigs.info/2011/04/tntsat-viaccess-card-interna-cardreader/

tajkun

tomslick wrote: »

Thanks givecredit. Just ordered one now and have recieved my confirmation email. Used the embassy in paris for Postcode and Tel number. When it arrives will let you know.

How do they know to which country they need to send this card? In which box did you write your country (UK for example)??

tomslick

Tajkun, Instead of adding different line for each part just put it all in one.

25 Main St,
Town
County
Country.

25 MAin St, Town, County, Country.

It turns out fine.

tajkun

ok, thanks, i bought one, will see now

tomslick

Mine arrived today. Now to activate it and get it running.

Zimmerframe

tomslick wrote: »

Mine arrived today. Now to activate it and get it running.

Just got mine too.

irishchris

Am I missing something here guys or is there some English channels on this card or am I the only one here that does not speak French?

Minstrel27

French only.

Robxxx7

see it as being educational ... learn a new language

Zimmerframe

Robxxx7 wrote: »

see it as being educational ... learn a new language

Consider it as €15 toy to play with

Robxxx7

Zimmerframe wrote: »

Consider it as €15 toy to play with

Best of both worlds

satperson

Hiya! Does anyone know if there is a way of receiving TNTSAT without their receivers? Good HD PVR receivers from them are sort of overpriced...

Would be grateful for any advice!

Robxxx7

A good linux box and OScam should work

Headshot

what is on this card ?

Much soccer by any chance?

redout

Headshot wrote: »

what is on this card ?

Much soccer by any chance?

It is basically the French version of Freesat except it is encryped like Tivu in Italy and Saorsat will be in Ireland.

satperson

Robxxx7 wrote: »

A good linux box and OScam should work

Thanks Robxxx,

What's OScam though? Never heard of it. I'm not a specialist, haven't followed the advancements of satellite technology for a while...
Also are there any places in here in Ireland where you can get TNT receivers if Linux box will be hard to get working or would I only be able to get them from abroad? Really need French TV since I'm really into learning the language.

Thanks!

white_westie

You don't need this card to get french tv channels.

If you point a dish at Atlantic Bird 3 at 5West, you can get a number of french channels free to air.
eg: france 2,3,5,O, LCP, TMC, TV5
See here for a current list http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-5.0W-fta.php

Only need a standard fta receiver.

WW

Minstrel27

The card is handier though if you do not have a motorised system. Better selection of channels on 19.2° East.

white_westie

Agree, but you possibly need a more complex/expensive receiver setup.
ie: linux based stb, need to get oscam working, and handle any changes that tntsat/canalsat make in the future with encryption/cams etc

Mr McBoatface

white_westie wrote: »

Agree, but you possibly need a more complex/expensive receiver setup.
ie: linux based stb, need to get oscam working, and handle any changes that tntsat/canalsat make in the future with encryption/cams etc

Oscam doesn't necessarily require a Linux box, it is a multi-platform soft-cam and is very easy to set up. I've a SKY card updating nicely without any issues on my Windows XP HTPC for the last year using a 10 euro omnikey pcsc reader. I've also had success with Phoenix serial smartcard readers. Windows 7 is also verified working (with more recent builds of oscam) although I've not tried it myself.

I'm tempted to get a TNTSAT card to experiment .

white_westie

Absolutely agree, but you are talking about a htpc now.
My suggestion was purely based on the KISS principle - cheap dish and cheap fta receiver, pointing in the right direction.

As regards oscam running on htpc, thats good to know - would have assumed it would be relative easy to get code working on 386 environment once you have the hardware talking.

Have ordered a card myself, purely to see if I can get it working - never used any card before (not even s*y)
Am interested in getting TF1, mainly for extra french rugby.

To all the others would have got a card, have you had any luck in getting it working, or is it still early days?

satperson

I guess the simplest thing to do will be to buy the tnt box... Big advantage of tnt is the fact it works on Astra

P.S. Unfortunately I can't use Atlantic Bird since where my house is I can't point the dish in the correct direction to get it. There's my neighbour's house and a tree in the direction of Atlantic Bird. Tried everything! So Astra or Hotbird are my only possible solutions.

white_westie

Sounds like a plan...

white_westie

On another note, I got my tntsat card in the post yesterday.
Never had a card before, so no real idea on what had to be done, but after a few hours, got oscam working, TF1 cleared, and all channels (I think, it was late) including HD cleared as well.

Had to do a lot of searching, edited a few files a number of times, lots of stop/start oscam, looking at log output, and have no real idea how this thing hang together, but it worked for at least an hour early this morning.

Question for any experienced users out there - besides channels clearing, do I need to be looking at other things?
Didn't realise there was a seperate webif, so after finding it and having a brief look at it, is there anything I should be looking at specifically?

I will be reading more on the oscam sites, but it seems a lot of info is out of date in relation to tntsat following the recent changes from via3 to via5.

Also, when looking for 'the latest version' of oscam (one thing I had to do to get things working), how 'new' should you go?
Should you take a build from oscam site itself, or should you look for 1 thats packaged for your image?

Last question, is it a good/bad idea to be talking about this stuff openly on this forum?

Any practical advice would be appreciated.

WW

Minstrel27

A question about this. Is HD on all cards?

A friend of mine wants to get one but says he would rather get it with a set top box (something cheap like this) and then once it is working on the TNTSat box move it to another receiver with HD and recording capabilities.

Would that work?

white_westie

Don't know to be honest.
There is no option to select hd when ordering, so I assume its not only dependent on the card. If you put the card in an official tntsat hd receiver, it will clear the channels.

In configuring oscam, I had to find a certain 3 keys (eventually worked out it was 1 of my initial problems), so not sure if they have anything to with clearing hd or not, and/or is it down the magic in oscam itself!

Another thing, once the card is activated, I don't know if it needs some form of ongoing update/check to keep it going for the 4yr period, so if you remove it from the tntsat receiver will it stop working after a short while?
I'm hoping that oscam can look after that for me.

I see posts referring to entitlements and auto-update - I'm not sure what relevance they have to this card/setup.

WW

white_westie

Anyone know if you have to be concerned about entitlements being updated for this tntsat via5 card? (similiar to what is being discussed in the Cyfra+ 0068 thread?

tajkun

just to let you know guys. I too received tntsat card today
It already works in oscam btw. Great stuff, thanks for this great tip. Its strange, that they are not checking addresses LOL

byte

Is there any likelihood of them checking such things at a later date, and killing cards where things don't match up properly?

I'd doubt it though, but you never know.

irishproduce

Sorry to drag up an old thread, I have a thread running with this one relating to English & French setup with two sats and that is here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76818765.

We got the french box sent over by the wife's family and the sat is receiving the signal alright but not sure if we have to register the card.

We have the Viaccess Stratos which is here - http://www.elap.fr/gb/?r=4&f=1&c=2&p=3&obj=p_satrecrky and there is a card inside it but after about 3 hours, its still says No Card inserted for all of the channels even though TF1 is playing away in the top right corner.
Also, all the radio channels are there.

Do I need to do something else?

Thanks
irish

swoofer

try putting card in other way up

irishproduce

Will try that tonight and see, will also follow up and let ye know how I get on.
Even after leaving it running all night, a lot of the channels in the EPG are saying "No Card Inserted" instead of showing the televsion listings.

irishproduce

Does anyone know if we have to register the card?
Wife is saying no, from her understanding of the booklet (my french aint good enough to read it all correctly).
All the channels are there and we can watch them but when I go into the menu to see the channels and guide etc, most of the channels are saying No Card Inserted even though when I hit OK on the remote, the channel opens fine.
Suppose it is just the fact that I can't see the guide in the EPG now that is bothering me.

Thanks for any advice.
irish

DannyD

Sounds like a good trick. Do you need an original card in order to order a replacement or can I just order one without having an original? A translation of their webpage states "TNTSAT your card will expire or has expired? "

iognaid

Hi, I want to get French TNT sat from 19.2. I have a good HD receiver. Techno ate 6900. It can take a smart. Card. What Cam do I need. Will a Viaccess cam work with the TNT card. I have a functioning card. I not familiar with Oscam. Any advice welcome.

iognaid

Hi, I want to get French TNT sat from 19.2. I have a good HD receiver. Techno ate 6900. It can take a smart. Card. What Cam do I need. Will a Viaccess cam work with the TNT card. I have a functioning card. I not familiar with Oscam. Any advice welcome.

gtg60

I know, dragging up old threads is bold :rolleyes: but just ordered one of these cards for the craic, order seems to have gone through fine, got the following (translated) confirmation:

Congratulations! You just renew your TNTSAT card.
A confirmation email has been sent to you with your order summary.
Your card will arrive within 7 business days to the address you provided.
 
To thank you for your loyalty, you will receive your new card with a special offer: The 5 channel CANAL + to discover on your TV for 4 days for free and without obligation!

So, 4 days of free CANAL+ too! Let's see how long it takes to get here...

gtg60

Cheers to the OP!

Got mine this morning, might wait until closer to the weekend to activate it so I have the Canal+ 4 day trial over the weekend.

Going to activate it in OScam, guessing it'll be straightforward enough but I'd appreciate a PM from someone who's used OScam to activate it.

kooga

whats this about canal plus being free for the weekend?

gtg60

kooga wrote: »

whats this about canal plus being free for the weekend?

As stated 2 posts back, when I ordered my TNTSAT card they said I would receive 4 days of Canal+ too as a bonus (or enticer!).

kooga

apologies, I thought there was a free weekend for tntsat users

gtg60

Yeah, no bother, was slowing translating the letter that came with the card last night and it turns out that you can activate the free 4 days of CANAL+ separately via a website but that you must do it within 10 days of receiving your new TNTSAT card.
Here's the address FYI:
http://www.lesoffrescanal.fr/tntsat-decouverte?___store=site_tnt_sat