How to get Channel 5 and BBC One HD on your Irish EPG and Recordable!!

jca · 12-06-2012 2:25am

Interesting thing just happened. I'm signed up for these I reach surveys. I just completed one on tv viewing. It was all about the ITV's and sky thinking of putting them on the epg:D. Obviously I told them I watched them through "other channels" and would be delighted to have them on the epg. I wonder could it happen?

padocon · 12-06-2012 10:15am

I have the old white sky+ box its not like the black hd ones at all. I looked at some of the pictures in the tread and my sky menu is also different. It's the old version with no pictures just all text and the list of channels take up the whole page.

I can get channel 5 in other channels and I can also get it by plugging out the sky box taking out the viewing card and then plugging the box back in. But I cant record this way.

My question is: Is there any way possible for me to record channel 5?

greendom · 12-06-2012 10:41am

padocon wrote: »

I have the old white sky+ box its not like the black hd ones at all. I looked at some of the pictures in the tread and my sky menu is also different. It's the old version with no pictures just all text and the list of channels take up the whole page.

I can get channel 5 in other channels and I can also get it by plugging out the sky box taking out the viewing card and then plugging the box back in. But I cant record this way.

My question is: Is there any way possible for me to record channel 5?

I think you need a sky+ hd box to do the trick. That would be the only way to record Channel 5 and by the sounds of things not for much longer

Dave_Dublin · 12-06-2012 12:57pm

padocon wrote: »

I have the old white sky+ box its not like the black hd ones at all. I looked at some of the pictures in the tread and my sky menu is also different. It's the old version with no pictures just all text and the list of channels take up the whole page.

I can get channel 5 in other channels and I can also get it by plugging out the sky box taking out the viewing card and then plugging the box back in. But I cant record this way.

My question is: Is there any way possible for me to record channel 5?

I record from ITV1HD and Channel 5 now and then - Try doing what I do :

--- Reboot your box so that C5 is on 105 as you say you've done before, wait until the programme you wish to record is about to start, just as it starts insert your card and push "R" - the show starts recording but then the EPG reverts to the Irish one, however, the show continues to record until it's finished - you can watch it back from the planner as normal.

--- Obviously this method only records while you're there to start it -- you cannot set it to record when you're out unless you've a HD box and do "the card trick" mentioned above.

I cannot do the trick as both my boxes are Thomson which don't allow it...

Mofty · 15-06-2012 5:51pm

Got my card today, works perfect...

greendom · 16-06-2012 8:54am

We had a power cut yesterday and i attempted the card trick. When finished, the subscription no longer works. "There is a problem with your card". Doing forced upgrade got them working again but without the "Other Channels" on the epg. Any ideas ?

dogtoffee · 16-06-2012 9:09am

greendom wrote: »

We had a power cut yesterday and i attempted the card trick. When finished, the subscription no longer works. "There is a problem with your card". Doing forced upgrade got them working again but without the "Other Channels" on the epg. Any ideas ?

I have had happen to me, reboot box with Uk card, clean the chip on sub card with dry cloth, go to tv guide, remove UK card and insert sub card it should load Irish EPG along with UK stations you have saved in other channels

greendom · 16-06-2012 9:34am

Thanks ! I'll try that later

twinklerunner · 20-06-2012 6:42pm

The new BETA epg arrived on my Sky box today

:( No more card trick

:(

Gather round .. gather round .. I've been playing around with the box.
Try this.
Go to favourites.
Both the Irish & UK channels (from 'other channels') are still listed there.
Go to any channel on the epg, press the blue button (for favourites) and hey presto the 'other' channels are there .. and recordable .. I haven't had a chance to test 'series link' yet, but what I've found so far is better than nothing.

manutd83 · 20-06-2012 8:23pm

Is this working for anybody else

Woodie40 · 20-06-2012 8:26pm

twinklerunner wrote: »

The new BETA epg arrived on my Sky box today :( No more card trick :(

Gather round .. gather round .. I've been playing around with the box.
Try this.
Go to favourites.
Both the Irish & UK channels (from 'other channels') are still listed there.
Go to any channel on the epg, press the blue button (for favourites) and hey presto the 'other' channels are there .. and recordable .. I haven't had a chance to test 'series link' yet, but what I've found so far is better than nothing.

That's terrific news as I have been dreading the new epg update. Thanks a million for sharing. Are you one of the beta testers?

twinklerunner · 20-06-2012 8:28pm

Woodie40 wrote: »

That's terrific news as I have been dreading the new epg update. Thanks a million for sharing. Are you one of the beta testers?

No, I just got it this evening

twinklerunner · 20-06-2012 8:30pm

twinklerunner wrote: »

The new BETA epg arrived on my Sky box today :( No more card trick :(

Gather round .. gather round .. I've been playing around with the box.
Try this.
Go to favourites.
Both the Irish & UK channels (from 'other channels') are still listed there.
Go to any channel on the epg, press the blue button (for favourites) and hey presto the 'other' channels are there .. and recordable .. I haven't had a chance to test 'series link' yet, but what I've found so far is better than nothing.

Series Link appears to be working .. I set the box to record ITV1 @ 8pm this evening and it did

Woodie40 · 20-06-2012 8:31pm

twinklerunner wrote: »

No, I just got it this evening

What type of Sky box do you have? Did you use the UK card to get them onto the epg? Also can you watch the UK channels live or just record and watch them?

twinklerunner · 20-06-2012 8:58pm

Woodie40 wrote: »

What type of Sky box do you have? Did you use the UK card to get them onto the epg? Also can you watch the UK channels live or just record and watch them?

Amstrad box. I did the card trick as before. UK channels are accessible live via the Blue button - not on epg channel line up. Hope that makes sense!
If you see post 2 in this thread you'll see that I originally spotted the 'other channels' trick - but thanks to gtg60 for starting the thread.

This will probably only work until the next software update :mad:

Woodie40 · 20-06-2012 9:02pm

twinklerunner wrote: »

Amstrad box. I did the card trick as before. UK channels are accessible live via the Blue button - not on epg channel line up. Hope that makes sense!
If you see post 2 in this thread you'll see that I originally spotted the 'other channels' trick - but thanks to gtg60 for starting the thread.

This will probably only work until the next software update :mad:

Thanks a million for replying, btw, when did your box update to .29.00P.

manutd83 · 20-06-2012 9:03pm

My sky box updated earlier and i lost the other channels so i redone the card trick and they came back to my epg,the epg didnt change to beta,im on an amstrad box,id expect il have it in a day or 2 unfortunately

twinklerunner · 20-06-2012 9:24pm

Woodie40 wrote: »

Thanks a million for replying, btw, when did your box update to .29.00P.

.20.00P, version 4f3107

antocann · 20-06-2012 10:08pm

twinklerunner wrote: »

The new BETA epg arrived on my Sky box today :( No more card trick :(

Gather round .. gather round .. I've been playing around with the box.
Try this.
Go to favourites.
Both the Irish & UK channels (from 'other channels') are still listed there.
Go to any channel on the epg, press the blue button (for favourites) and hey presto the 'other' channels are there .. and recordable .. I haven't had a chance to test 'series link' yet, but what I've found so far is better than nothing.

you sir are brilliant

energy1942 · 21-06-2012 12:40am

twinklerunner wrote: »

The new BETA epg arrived on my Sky box today :( No more card trick :(

Gather round .. gather round .. I've been playing around with the box.
Try this.
Go to favourites.
Both the Irish & UK channels (from 'other channels') are still listed there.
Go to any channel on the epg, press the blue button (for favourites) and hey presto the 'other' channels are there .. and recordable .. I haven't had a chance to test 'series link' yet, but what I've found so far is better than nothing.

Have you tried switching cards switching off adding a new channel (in other words performing the card trick as before & see if it is added to favourites?)

warlikedave · 21-06-2012 2:38am

twinklerunner wrote: »

The new BETA epg arrived on my Sky box today :( No more card trick :(

Gather round .. gather round .. I've been playing around with the box.
Try this.
Go to favourites.
Both the Irish & UK channels (from 'other channels') are still listed there.
Go to any channel on the epg, press the blue button (for favourites) and hey presto the 'other' channels are there .. and recordable .. I haven't had a chance to test 'series link' yet, but what I've found so far is better than nothing.

Well done! I have been trying for months to get the card trick to work again on the beta - by the way folks its not a beta anymore...its been rolled out to all drx 890 and 895s over the next while

That method works - i will warn ye who use single feed mode though (can anyone confirm this beyond my own box): it wont record due to conflict in single feed mode (as it was before when the beta worked with the card trick)

twinklerunner · 21-06-2012 9:30am

energy1942 wrote: »

Have you tried switching cards switching off adding a new channel (in other words performing the card trick as before & see if it is added to favourites?)

Re-boot the box with UK card. Set favourite channels - matching those in 'other channels'. Switch to Irish card and the UK channels that you have set as favourites can be watched (& recorded) via the Blue button.

energy1942 · 21-06-2012 2:30pm

twinklerunner wrote: »

Re-boot the box with UK card. Set favourite channels - matching those in 'other channels'. Switch to Irish card and the UK channels that you have set as favourites can be watched (& recorded) via the Blue button.

Can you record programmes using manual manual record facility as this would enable you to record days ahead?

twinklerunner · 21-06-2012 6:48pm

energy1942 wrote: »

Can you record programmes using manual manual record facility as this would enable you to record days ahead?

Yes, that works on all channels

yrrag1974 · 22-06-2012 9:03pm

twinklerunner wrote: »

Re-boot the box with UK card. Set favourite channels - matching those in 'other channels'. Switch to Irish card and the UK channels that you have set as favourites can be watched (& recorded) via the Blue button.

Is this working for everyone? Tried it several times and won't work for me.

energy1942 · 22-06-2012 9:17pm

yrrag1974 wrote: »

Is this working for everyone? Tried it several times and won't work for me.

Have you the new software update?

warlikedave · 22-06-2012 9:26pm

yrrag1974 wrote: »

Is this working for everyone? Tried it several times and won't work for me.

Its working for many people

however i personally cant record because of a clash caused due to the fact that im using single feed mode - people with dual feed mode have no issues recording the uk blue button channels provided via card trick

jca · 22-06-2012 9:37pm

Will the uk channels stay in the favourites if it's unplugged or is it like the original card trick and have to be redone after a power outage?

Cantona's Collars · 22-06-2012 10:00pm

jca wrote: »

Will the uk channels stay in the favourites if it's unplugged or is it like the original card trick and have to be redone after a power outage?

I reckon they'll disappear,don't plug the box out.

I can't understand people plugging boxes out at night,know one person who complained of stuff not recording at night,then he let it slip that he used to plug the box out before he went to bed.

Thanks twinklerunner for the new trick,works a treat.

warlikedave · 22-06-2012 10:04pm

jca wrote: »

Will the uk channels stay in the favourites if it's unplugged or is it like the original card trick and have to be redone after a power outage?

They stayed for me but Ive only tested that once since im feeling too lazy to retest and possibly have to redo the card trick again at the mo if it does go arseways lol

How to get Channel 5 and BBC One HD on your Irish EPG and Recordable!!

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