FreeKeys FTA Satellite

How to Manually Enter FTA Satellite Receiver Keys

This document explains the process of updating free to air receiver keys. In most cases, free to air satellite receivers to do have the controls for inputting new decryption keys.

As previously explained here, satellite television operates on the principal of locked (scrambled) signals. These signals require a key to unlock (unscramble) them. The keys used to unlock scrambled signals change very frequently. Satellite television subscribers need not worry about keys or entering in codes, however those using free to air satellite receiver boxes have to contend with ever changing keys. To complicate matters, changing the keys is not as easy as it seems. It is easy - the second time around. The first time requires a small investment of your time. The problems are basically, navigation within the receiver, where to actually change the keys, and of course where to get the current keys. (freekeys.info) has you covered for all of this. Just don’t forget to bookmark us! Or better yet, subscribe to our RSS feed for the latest hourly keys updates!

FTA receivers have minimal controls on the set top box itself, and changing decryption keys requires usage of the remote control. There are many different types of fta satellite receivers, with absolutely no common ground between them. Remotes are all different, and on screen displays within the fta set top receiver are also varied. Fortunately, each receiver has an onscreen legend to help.

The first problem - how do you actually navigate to the menus to change the keys? (read below for instructions)
The second problem is where are the letter buttons? Each remote has typically numbers 0 to 9. Letters can be found onscreen, in the legend at the bottom of the onscreen menu.

Find your list of receivers below:

Ariza, Ariza 700, Ariza Extreme, Buzz, Captive Works CW600s, Conaxsat CNX V1, Coolsat, Digiwave, DreamBox 500, ExtremeView Magnum, Homesat, Ivision, Neusat, Pansat, SonicView, Viewsat, Viewsat Ultra

Ariza

Get the latest keys here
1. Press the green button
2. Press the red button
3. Press the red button
4. Press the menu button
5. Press the right arrow button several times to navigate, select Nagravision
6. Scroll down until to have the keys to be changed (this depends on which key is active)

Example: On 10/01/07 key 01 is active. Scroll down to provider ID 000101 key,
line 01, and enter xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx (enter numbers with your # button on your remote. Enter letters using the on screen legend
7. Press and hold OK button for 5 seconds.
8. Exit, exit

Ariza 700

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1. Press the Menu button
2. Scroll Down to Parental Control, Press Enter
3. Press “i” key on remote, then enter the pin number “2004″
4. Scroll down to Set Default Key, Press Enter
5. Scroll up to Nagravision, Press Enter
6. Press VOL Right twice, you will see DISH Network
7. Press CH Down once, then VOL Right Twice, you will now see Nagravision 2
displayed on the top left. You are now at the key 00, Press CH Down once so you can edit the Key Data
8. Enter your new keys (write down the old ones to be safe)
9. Press Ok to store and then repeat with key 01
10. Press exit until you get back to tv, all channels will be available

Ariza Extreme

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1. Press “Menu” on the remote
2. Press the right arrow button to select “Expert” with remote.
3. Press “1-2-3-4” quickly on the remote. This will bring you into the “CAS system”
Menu. This is where you enter or change data for all services you wish to test.
4. Using the arrow keys to navigate, move to the appropriate index for the desired provider, and then to the key selection. Press “OK” on the remote.
5. Use the arrow keys on remote to change the values for the desired provider and keys.
6. Using your remote, select and change the “key 00 data” with the new keys, then press “exit” on remote to store your changes.
7. Repeat step 6, select and change to the “key 01 data” using the same method described for changing key 00. Repeat steps 4 -6 substituting the key 01 index and key line and correct data for key 01. Enter the new 01 keys and then select “exit” on the remote to store your changes.
8. Press “exit” on remote until you reach view mode, then wait approx 15 seconds and your receiver should begin to process correctly again, allowing you to view video again until the next change. You must then obtain current/new data and repeat this process over again substituting the new updated data.
8a. If after completing all listed steps you still fail to receive video , then review alldata as entered as well as all setup and installation settings ensuring they arecorrect and you are receiving signal from the correct satellite/s.

Buzz

Get the latest keys here
1. Press the “Menu” button.
2. Then scroll down to “Entertainment” and press the “OK” button.
3. Then scroll down and highlight “Sokoban” then press 7890.
4. You should then see “Code” appear and be flashing. Highlight it and Press “OK.”
5. Then scroll down to Nagravision.
6. Move to Dish and make sure it is 0101 for dish and for BEV 0901.
7. Enter the first half of Key 86 (Key 00) in line 10.
8. Then enter the second half of Key 86 (Key 01) in line 11.
9. Then Enter the first half of Key 96 (Key 01) in line 20.
10. Then Enter the second half of Key 96 (Key 01) in line 21.
11. Exit out.
12. Change channel and watch TV

CaptiveWorks CW600s

Get the latest keys here
Part 1: Switch off autoroll.
A. Go to Menu.
B. Go To System Setting.
C. Go To OSD.
D. Go down to Autoroll option and switch it to OFF.
E. Exit out to Menu

Part 2: Entering Keys Manually
A. Go to Menu.
B. Go To Accessories.
C. Go down to Key Menu.
D. Press Left Arrow Once to show “NAGRA2″ on top of screen.

BEV :
Go down to 00 09 01 section 80 is Key 00, or Key 86.
Press Green Button. Enter new Key 00/86 there.
Go down to 00 09 01 section 90 is Key 01, or Key 96.
Press Green Button. Enter new Key 01/96 there.

DishNetwork:
Go down to 00 01 01 section 80 is Key 00, or 86.
Press Green Button. Enter Key 00/86 there.
Go down to 00 01 01 section 90 is Key 01, or 96.
Press Green Button. Enter Key 01/96 there.
Now, be sure to save any changes that you need to.
Exit out and watch TV.

Conaxsat CNX V1

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1. Press the “Menu” button and Press “9999.”
2. Then, go to Key Manager and press “OK.”
3. Next, go to System, and press “OK.”
4. Then, to Provider, and press “OK.”
5. Next, to Key Index, and press “OK.”
6. Then, go down to the appropriate field and press “OK.”
7. Use your Arrow Buttons on the Remote to navigate and enter codes.
Once at stage 6 above… You can also use direct key entry. Here is how:

Use the numeric keypad and if you need to toggle between Alpha and Numeric entries, each time you need the change, just press the Red RCU button. It’s much faster than arrowing around… once you get the hang of it.

Alphabetic Numbers:
1 =A
2 =B
3 =C
4 =D
5 =E
6 =F

Coolsat

Get the latest keys here
1. Enter 8282 on your remote, or you can use the “Mute” button on your remote and then press the “Exit” button.
2. Then Making sure that you have the very top box says 1 Nagravision for Dish Net, or 2 Nagravision for BEV .
3. To enter your keys, you can use the numbers on the number pad, and the info button to change letters. Press the Info button until you get the letter you want, then press the Right Arrow to change slots.
4. Or, you can press the OK button and a new menu will pop up. Just use your arrows to select the numbers and letters you want and press the OK button after each one. (Press the exit button one time to get out of the little pop up screen.)
5. Now scroll down to the data in line 10. Enter the first half of KEY 86 (or Key 00)

Look in this line.
6. The go to line 11 and enter the second half of Key 86 (or Key 00) in this line.
7. Then go to line 20 and enter the first half of Key 96 (or Key 01) in this line.
8. Next go to line 21 and enter the second half of Key 96 (or Key 01) in this line.
9. Now press the Exit button.
10. When the next screen pops up asking if you want to save changes, Use your arrows and select “Yes” and press the “OK” button.
11. Now, change your channel, and watch TV.

Digiwave

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1. Press MENU
2. Scroll down to System Setting.
3. Press OK. If you see a red dot in the botton/left of your screen, go to step 5
4. Enter number 1004. A red dot will come out at your bottom left. YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THIS STEP w/ latest bins.
5. Press red button (audio).
6. Press right arrow until NAGRA appears in the first line.
7. Down arrow up to Provider and right arrow up to 0001.
8. Now scroll down to first key line and press OK. scroll to the letters and number and enter Key 00.
9. Scroll down to second key line, press ok. and enter key 01
10. Scroll To Save Key and
11. Press OK.
12. Exit and Enjoy

Dreambox 500

Get the latest keys here
1. Open up Dreambox Control Center, select FTP.
2. Then on left hand side of display double click on var.
3. Then double click on keys, then right click on keylist, and select Edit.
4. Go to the lines which looks like this:
N 0101 01 BXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ; Key update: 1409-2005
N 0001 01 BXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ; Key update: 1409-2005
where BXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is the old key number, and change it to look like this:
N 0101 00 FXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ; Key update: 07-112005
N 0001 01 FXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ; Key update: 07-112005
where FXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is the new key number.
Note that the first line also changes from N 0101 01 to N0101 00
5. Then select File, then select Save and Exit.
6. Then exit out of DCC.
Some people say you have to reboot, but within five seconds after I made this change, I had video and audio back.

ExtremeView Magnum

Get the latest keys here
Make sure that you have a current BIN file loaded.
1. Press the menu key on your remote
2. Go to “[$]” and press the “OK” button
3. Go down to SoftCam, and press the “OK” button
4. Set the Menu screen to look like this:
CAS : NAGRA
Provider name: Dish-Net
Provider ID should be on 00 02
5. Go down to “00″ set Keycodes and press the “OK” button A softcam key edit window will open.
6. The first half of the first key “00″ will be highlighted, press the “OK” button
7. A Key Pad Window will open, just scroll around to enter your new keys
(Using Up, Down, Left and Right keys)
8. Press OK on the Keypad window, then when window closes press update (green button on remote)
9. Wait for keycode to update. (if you don’t you will have to do it all over again)
10. Now go down and repeat steps for the next half of your new keycode you are changing.
11. Go down to the “01″ or second set of Keys for Dish-Net and do steps 6-10 for 01.
12. Once you’ve finished the DN Keys you can go to the BellExpressVu keys
13. Go up to the Provider Name
14. Go to the right one time to Bell-Vu.
15. Now repeat the steps above to change your BEV keys.
Be sure to press the “green” button to update your keys and wait after entering your new keys!
If you mess up and need to start over, you can go back to default the keys, by pressing the Blue default button on your remote.

Homesat

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1. Go to the STB Configuration screen: (the Gears)
2. Type 1234 (make sure the red light flashes on the front of the unit)
3. You should now see the key screen. They only keys you will touch are as follows:
Edit 1,2 (Key 0) and 5,6 (Key 1) for D**H
Edit 3,4 (Key 0) and 7,8 (Key 2) for B*V
Don’t touch the other keys.

Ivision

Get the latest keys here
1. Press Menu
2. Press Blue key on your remote (Providers key menu screen will appear)
3. Go to Set Default key option and press the “OK” button. (Receiver will bring you back to the Key menu)
4. Go to Nagravision and press the “OK” button.
5. Scroll down to the Dish or BEV keys.
6. Press the “OK” button to edit the keys.
7. Press the “OK” button for keyboard option.
8. Move left or right to chose the Key Data to enter
9. After you have enter the New Key press the Blue key from your remote to save and exit.
10. A message will appear on screen stating “Key updated.”
You should have video right away, if you don’t get video then check if you haveentered the right key. You must set Default Key First to get video.

Neusat

Get the latest keys here
1. Press the Menu button on the remote, select System Setting, then Scroll down to Hot Key, and then press the “OK” button.
2. Select “CAS” with Left or Right Arrows (Nagravision).
3. Use the Down Arrow to get to the Provider name Selection.
4. Select Provider name with Left or Right Arrows.
5. Press OK to Open the Provider Full Set of Keys.
(00 and 10 lines contain the 0 or 86 key; 01 and 11 lines contain the 1 or 96 key. Each line will hold 16 digits of the 32 digits.)
6. Scroll to the line you wish to edit, use the blue button to open the key edit pad, (Input Value Screen)
You will see the first character in the line of keys is highlighted with the alpha-numeric pad below it.
7. Select the first new digit and press “OK” on your Remote.
8. Select the next digit and repeat process until the full line of key data is entered.
9. Select on-screen Done Key and press “OK” on the remote.
10. Use Down or Up Button to move to the next line to edit. Repeat this process for all lines.
11. Press the Red Button to save the new key Info.
If you have entered in the keys correctly you should now have picture back.

Pansat

Get the latest keys here
1. Press the Menu button on the remote
2. Scroll down to Parental Code, and press “OK”.
3. Navigate to Second Pin and enter all zeros. (0000)
4. Scroll down to Nagravision 2 and press “OK”
5. On Provider ID, select the Provider you need, Dish Net, or BEV .
6. Move down to Key Number. Depending on what key you need to enter, you will change the key number by using the left or right arrows only. Key 86 is the same as Key Number 00, and Key 96 is the same as Key Number 01.
7. At the bottom of the page it will tell you which buttons to use to get the appropriate letters for your keys.
8. Once you have changed the keys, press the “OK” button and make sure that the “OK Store” words blink at the bottom right corner.
9. Exit out of all menus
If you have entered in the keys correctly you should now have picture back.

Sonicview

Get the latest keys here
1. Press the “Menu” button on the remote.
2. Scroll down to “Entertainment” and press the “OK” button.
3. Scroll down and highlight “Sokoban” then press 7890.
4. You should then see “Code” appear and be flashing. Highlight it and Press “OK.”
5. Scroll down to Nagravision .
6. Move to Dish and make sure it is 0101 for dish and for BEV 0901.
7. Enter the first half of Key 86 (Key 00) in line 10.
8. Enter the second half of Key 86 (Key 01) in line 11.
9. Enter the first half of Key 96 (Key 01) in line 20.
10. Enter the second half of Key 96 (Key 01) in line 21.
11. Exit
If you have entered in the keys correctly you should now have picture back.

Viewsat

Get the latest keys here
1. Press the Menu button.
2. Scroll down to “Installation.” Press the “OK” button.
3. Scroll down to “Code” and press the “OK” button.
4. navigate down to “Nagra” and press the “OK” button.
5. Press the left arrow to get to the key window for the provider you need.
Make sure you go to the second choice in that provider.
If you don’t see 5 lines of code (for Dish Net,) then you need to press the left arrow again.
Dish Provider ID is “Dish Net 010100,” and BEV Provider ID is “BEV 090100.
6. Skip the first line of code. Do not alter this line. (For Dish Net Only)
7. On the second line (it should start with 08) Using the right arrow, move to the next set of digits.
You will always want to leave the first 2 numbers there. They identify the line.
8. Enter the first half of Key 86 (Key 00) into line 08.
9. Enter the second half of Key 86 (Key 00) into line 09.
10. Enter the first half of Key 96 (Key 01) into line 88.
11. Enter the second half of Key 96 (Key 01) into line 89.
12. Remember - Do not alter the first 2 digits of these lines. Always Start with the second set of characters on each line.
13. Press the “Exit” button.
14. Highlight “Yes” and press OK.
15. Exit out of the menu, and change the channel.
If you have entered in the keys correctly you should now have picture back.

Buttons may differ for some remotes. Here are the buttons for the letters.

A = F1 (Red button)
B = F2 (Green button)
C = F3 (Yellow button)
D = F4 (Blue button)
E = Go back (bottom corner of the number pad) Rewind on the 7000PVR
F = Color / Slow on the 7000PVR
Delete = Guide

Viewsat Ultra

Get the latest keys here
1. Press the MENU button on the remote
2. Scroll down to User Settings, and press the OK button on the remote.
3. Enter in your Pin Code. The default is “0000”
4. Scroll down to Code Menu and press the OK button on the remote.
5. Scroll Right to Nagra.
6. Scroll Down
7. Scroll Left to Dish 01 01 00, or BEV 09 01 00
Note: These are the Keys needed to be changed. There are 2 Sets.
They are 08 & 09 and 88 &89.
8. Depending on what key are to be changed, they are usually displayed as follows:

Key 00

Key08 - 06 07F0 E2 616FE1 45 (these are sample keys only)
Key09 - 01 C5 FB 21 37B6 C0 5E

Key01

Key88 - 06 07F0 E2 616FE1 45
Key89 - 01 C5 FB 21 37B6 C0 5E

9. Using the remote Arrow Buttons, navigate to the specified key to be changed and enterin the new keys. (obtained here)
Use the following to enter numbers and letters:

Numbers are 0-9.
Letter A is Button F1
Letter B is Button F2
Letter C is Button F3
Letter D is Button F4
Letter E is Button LAST CHANNEL
Letter F is Button TEXT

10. Once you have entered both lines, you need verify your entry and press the EXITt button.
11. You will then be prompted to save your information. Highlight Yes and press the OK button on your remote.
12. Repeatedly press the Exit button to exit out of all menus.
If you have entered in the keys correctly you should now have picture back.

(this information was posted in various fta forums and support groups) Specific authors were not named.
Thank you to these authors for the information!

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