How to Unlock DSTV, GOTV and Startimes to Watch Premium Channel for Free
You've come to the right guides that will teach you how to watch premium channels for free on decoders of DSTV, Startimes, GOTV and other available digital TV.
In some cases, you get notifications that some channels is premium which you will need to subscribe or upgrade your substantial monthly subscription before you could be able to access the channel.
However, not everyone can afford the monthly fees required by these digital TVs, that's why I brought you a new methods to watch those premium channels on those digital TV for free.
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Without no further Ado, let's get started....
How to Unlock Premium Channels on Digital TVs
In this article, I will be using DTB Firmware. DTB Firmware is a software that gives you access to premium channels on your decoders.
DTB Firmware works on DSTV decoder, GoTV decoder, Startimes decoder and other digital TVs decoders. It's just kind of putting a fresh content on your TV decoder so that your original service provider is dismissed.
However, there are some things like tools you will need to accomplish this process.
First of all, you will need to flash the firmware on your TV decoder, and thing needed to perform the flashing is availability of USB port or a memory card slot in your decoder. Also, you will need to have little knowledge of using your decoder remote control and download the DTB Firmware Software.
Now that you've got all the tools ready, follow the below step-by-steps guides to unlock and watch premium channels for free on your DSTV, GoTV and Startimes decoder.
Install DTB Firmware
This is the first step you need to take to start the process. You will need to install the software in your computer or smartphone.
After the installation, extract the zip folder, then copy the bin file to your flash disk or memory card. It will just be a few megabytes in size, thus even a modest capacity storage stick will suffice.
Upgrade Your Decoder
To upgrade your digital TV decoders, follow the below steps. Now, slot the memory or flash drive into your decoder and turn it on.
Use the decoder remote to navigate to 'settings'. Scroll to the upgrade options and choose 'USB option'.
Confirm that you really want to upgrade from the USB storage. After that, the upgrade procedure will start which may take up to five (5) minutes before it finished. However, the system will notify you whenever the upgrade is done
Do note that you can always reset your decoder back to factory reset whenever you're concerned or want to continue paying for premium channels.
Unlock Your Decoder
After you've successfully upgraded the decoder with DTB Firmware Software, you will need to proceed with the process by restarting the decoder (that's, turn it off and on).
After that, run an automatic channel scan. You'll note that you're not restricted from watching any premium channels on your DSTV GoTV or Startimes.
With this article being followed correctly, you'll save yourself a lots of money instead of using it to pay for premium channels.
This article works best for little knowledge users when their decoder is still new. However, with this complete guides followed with caution, you will get a positive results.
Challenges
This tutorial works for digital TV decoders and there are lots of tv decoder with different problem being faced by users.
So, this has brought me to highlight some problem or challenges faced by users while implementing this method.
User A
I have no experience upgrading the DTB Firmware Software to the decoders. Here's how to repair if you're having difficulty while installing the DTB Firmware Software in the decoder.
- Unzip the downloaded zip file package
- Only copy the .bin file in the folder
- Copy it to the memory card or flash drive you want to use.
From there, it will be easy for you to upgrade your decoders.
User B
Here, another users shared his own experience while installing DTB Firmware Software in his decoders. He only had remote control techniques challenge, which he however overcome with new tactics.
It was only a remote control technique that I missed at first... When I attempted to upgrade from USB storage, I chose the.bin file that I downloaded (3.1mb), then hit OK to begin the upgrade, but an error message would appear... Instead of pressing 'ok' on the selected.bin file, there was an instruction at the bottom of my screen to press a key to download from the.bin; when I did that, another separate file was created and automatically saved on my usb called 'flashfile.bin'(8.1mb), which is the one I used to successfully upgrade.
Later, the flashfile.bin which was 8.1MB worked for him.
Final Thoughts
How to unlock and watch premium channels for free on your digital TVs like DSTV, GOTV and Startimes has best explained above. Follow those steps thoroughly and get better results.
I hope you find this tutorial helpful? Be grateful by sharing it to your friends and family and do more by posting your opinion in the comments section. Cheers!
