MECHANICS FOR PC SERIAL UPGRADING OF VISTAR (2010PK) IRD DEALER QUALIFICATION: 1.The Dealer’s office can be easily located by the subscribers. 2.Dealer must have the necessary equipment/materials (e.g. computer, serial cable, etc.) to conduct the upgrade. 3.Dealer must have qualified personnel to perform the upgrade. 4.An antenna set-up (dish) must be present to conduct testing and activation of IRD before and after the upgrade. 5.Dealer can document subscriber’s details. 6.Dealer must have substantial “over the counter sale” of pre-paid cards. PARAMETERS FOR UPGRADE: 1.Subscriber must be active, with priority on packages under 890/ Subscriber must have the new “D3” smartcard. 3.Dealer can collect P per every IRD upgrade. EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS REQUIRED: 1.RS-232 Serial Cable (Please refer to PIN configuration below) 2.Serial Upgrade Files (ViStar_rs232_upgrade) 3.Monitoring device (Television set) 4.Computer (Desktop/ Laptop with Serial Port) 1

PROCEDURE FOR PC SERIAL UPGRADING OF VISTAR (2010PK) IRD STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS: 1.Connect the RS-232 serial cable to the COM 1 or COM 2 port of the PC and to the serial pot of the IRD. 2.Connect the IRD to the Audio/Video (A/V) port of the TV using RCA cable. 3.Verify the current status of the IRD; a.Check if the subscription/contract of the IRD is still active or valid (The box must have an active subscription for the later verification stage of the upgrade). b.Check the software (S/W) version of the IRD. Press “Menu>System Information>System Diagnostic”. c.Take note of the software version and converter software version (To be compared with the new software version after the upgrade is finished). 2

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PROCEDURE FOR PC SERIAL UPGRADING OF VISTAR (2010PK) IRD STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS (continued): 4.Copy folder “Vistar_rs232_upgrade” on your “Desktop folder” 5.Open the file folder “Vistar_rs232_upgrade” on the Desktop. 6.Open file folder “VISTAR1234”. 7.Double click the “setup.exe” to start installation of the program in your PC (Follow the procedure shown). 4

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PROCEDURE FOR PC SERIAL UPGRADING OF VISTAR (2010PK) IRD STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS (continued): 8.After installation, go to “Start>Program Files>VIStar SW Update 3.0 (8Bytes)>TRANSMITTER”. 7

PROCEDURE FOR PC SERIAL UPGRADING OF VISTAR (2010PK) IRD STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS (continued): 9.A window will appear, press “Select File”. 10.Open folder “Vistar_rs232_upgrade” and select “pmsi26A.ts”. 8

PROCEDURE FOR PC SERIAL UPGRADING OF VISTAR (2010PK) IRD STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS (continued): 11. The previous window will appear with the file indicated, press “Send”. 9

PROCEDURE FOR PC SERIAL UPGRADING OF VISTAR (2010PK) IRD STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS (continued): 12. A window “File Send OK” will appear after upgrade has been finished, press “OK”. Software upgrade is complete. 13.Check if the IRD has been upgraded by verifying the software version; a.Press “Menu>System Information>System Diagnostic” (As previously done in Step 3). Software version should be or , Loader version should be b.Press “Back” once and select “Conditional Access”, Converter software version should be CAK_D2D

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