Before you get the wrong idea I am NOT trying to use this receiver for illegal purposes................but I suspect someone may have. I picked it up from a former co-worker who got it from a friend of his. The unit is completely dead, no lights on the display but I have metered the power supply and all required voltages are present. Also some of the ICs on the board get slightly warm after it has been plugged in for awhile which is a good indication that there's something happening. I'm wondering if anyone would know how to re-flash all the original software to this unit so it can be used for FTA? I've downloaded the software from the Pansat US site but when connected to the computer with the null modem cable, the progress meter just stays on 0% indefinitely. I even tried leaving it for 20min-1/2 an hour.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?