Fta Software

In the recent years, free to air receivers have become much more efficient and easy to use than the early FTA receiver models.  In the old days (only 3 years ago), receivers were built with very basic functions and features.  They allowed you to connect them to your personal computer via serial cable or USB cable.  When new updates were released for your particular model you would simply download the new FTA software update (also known as autoroll BIN file), you would then connect your FTA receiver to your PC or laptop.  On your computer you would have to open a loader program that you usually run every time that you update your receiver.  You would run this program on your PC which would load the new updated file or autoroll BIN file to your receiver, updating it and giving the user their channels back.  

The more recent receivers work on the same premiss except they don't require being plugged into a PC.  With these FTA receivers the user must download the latest autoroll BIN FTA software and upload it to a simple USB jump drive.  USB jump drives are extremely common and available at any computer or electronics store.  They are inexpensive with prices starting around ten dollars.  After the autoroll BIN file is on the USB drive you can take the drive out of your computer and plug it into your FTA receiver model.  The receiver itself will have a program built into it which it uses to download the FTA software and update.  This can most likely be accessed through your FTA receiver's on screen menu.  

Downloading FTA software and autoroll BIN FTA files can be a more difficult job then loading it to your receiver.  Because the internet is so huge and vast, finding a website to consistently download from can prove to be a harder and more timely mission.  My only advise on this subject would be to study and research as much as can before committing to one site.  Find the site which offers the most FTA support for your exact receiver model and make.  Each receiver is different and requires you to download a seperate FTA file for each box.  The most well known receiver manufacturers are Pansat, Viewsat, Sonicview, Coolsat, NFusion, and Captiveworks. 

FTA receivers also have other types of software that are optional for download.  Some of these would include Flashes and Loaders.  If you don't know what these mean or are, do your research before attempting to alter your FTA receiver in any way.