hmm... well, I admit that I only know what I have been told and have experienced and do not know the internal working, design, or engineering of the box... but I do know that (1) I was given that sequence by one of their lead tecs and told that it would unlock it and (2) have used it on two boxes that unlocked after I used that sequence.
I do not know where this information about a USB dongle came from but it is not required. I have two USDTV HD tuners and all you need to unlock them is a sequence of buttons presses via the remote: red guide, program info, aspect, info, 1. That's all. It's that easy. Why USDTV is not providing this information is beyond me. I understand that there are some that may not be comfortable doing this themselves and would like a third-party company to come and do it for them, but for the general public, it sure seems a lot easier then waiting for a serviceman to come around. USDTV could have posted this key sequence on their website as easily as I have done here.
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hmm... well, I admit that I only know what I have been told and have experienced and do not know the internal working, design, or engineering of the box... but I do know that (1) I was given that sequence by one of their lead tecs and told that it would unlock it and (2) have used it on two boxes that unlocked after I used that sequence.
I do not know where this information about a USB dongle came from but it is not required. I have two USDTV HD tuners and all you need to unlock them is a sequence of buttons presses via the remote: red guide, program info, aspect, info, 1. That's all. It's that easy. Why USDTV is not providing this information is beyond me. I understand that there are some that may not be comfortable doing this themselves and would like a third-party company to come and do it for them, but for the general public, it sure seems a lot easier then waiting for a serviceman to come around. USDTV could have posted this key sequence on their website as easily as I have done here.