I have just installed the Astro B.yond, I have an old SD decoder and I want to use it as my second decoder. Do you guys know how to get a second sim card to view different programmes from the main card?

the smart card is part of the subscription. you need to get it from astro.

Last time there use to be a "supp" card promotion whereby the package price is halved for the 2nd card. Don't know whether or not it's still available.

Anyway, don't think the new dish works with the old decoder right?!.....

B.yond dish cannot work with old SD decoder?

That is the main reason why you need to change a new decoder.
You can clarify more here: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1307161
Maybe I'm wrong.

get second account la..

I was told the same yesterday when had my Byond installed at home. Old dish will not sync with old decoder

Afaik B.yond dish should work with old decoder. Just that the two cannot share dish.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Mar 3 2010, 10:33 AM

That means my house will have two dishes??? ugly leh...

more dishes better what. looks elite

i've seen a house with 4 astro dishes

You can have only one dish tho. Just that the dish will have a special LNB that can connect two cables (it's actually two LNBs in the same casing). But afaik, they're rare and most installer will give a second dish instead.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Mar 3 2010, 03:11 PM

One dishes with 2 decoders would have signal loss I guess.

this is correct

but this is incorrect

I am using one dish, one byond decoder and 3 normal decoders. the dish has a 2x output LNB one output direct to the byond decoder and the other output split 3 ways

I realized that mistake earlier. As you said it needs the b.yond dish with a LNB that has two outputs. Do you have to specifically ask for it tho? For my b.yond they gave me a dish that has a LNB with only one output. But then I dun have a sub decoder. From my understanding, if you go ahead and split the connection on a one output LNB, it will appear to work until you try to watch a HD channel on the b.yond.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Mar 4 2010, 11:15 AM