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Turning Pace box into FTA system

  • 26-11-2005 8:20pm
    #1
    AceHigh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭


    Hi Guys,

    Question for ye all. Don't know what kind of joy I'll get with this but we'll see.

    I have a few Pace DS430n Sky boxes that I want to set up in my house. I have Sky in the living room but want to put FTA boxes in 3 other rooms.

    I only want the FTA channels in the other rooms as opposed to paying
    extra subs for mirror subs. What I want to know is, is there any way of reprogramming the boxes so that I get all the FTA channels without having to go through the EPG and pick off the FTA channels.

    If any of you have any info on this it would be appreciated.

    Ace High.


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  • #2
    Heinz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 107 ✭✭Heinz


    AceHigh wrote:
    What I want to know is, is there any way of reprogramming the boxes so that I get all the FTA channels without having to go through the EPG and pick off the FTA channels.
    Not at the moment there isn't but rumour has it that the new software, when finally de-bugged and rolled out, will have a facility to allow a personal EPG of 50 channels to be 'entered'.

    There are, of course, many more than 50 FTA channels but finding 50 you'd want to watch would be difficult.


  • #3
    Lennoxschips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭Lennoxschips


    that's good news (and six years too late :rolleyes:)


  • #4
    JimG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭JimG


    "Rumour has it ... " This was mentioned in the second last Sky magasine as definitely coming.


  • #5
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,588 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Heinz wrote:
    Not at the moment there isn't but rumour has it that the new software, when finally de-bugged and rolled out, will have a facility to allow a personal EPG of 50 channels to be 'entered'.

    There are, of course, many more than 50 FTA channels but finding 50 you'd want to watch would be difficult.


    38 here on the Astra 2 list on the proper satellite box in front of me, but ~5 of them aren't on the EPG of an Irish Sky box, so can't be added to the favourites list.


  • #6
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,588 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    JimG wrote:
    "Rumour has it ... " This was mentioned in the second last Sky magasine as definitely coming.

    So was the Sidecar*, it never happened though, did it

    although the impending death of ONDigital, ONDigital giving away boxes, and the plumetting cost of MPEG2 decoders didn't help it on its way.

    *The Sidecar was an expansion card for the Digibox's unused PCMCIA slot that would add a DTT tuner and SECA CA slot - plug in your aerial and you'd have ONDigital and Sky on one box. Come to think of it, Sky getting all the terrestrial channels killed it even more...


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  • #7
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Its 50 Favourites rather than a "take yer pick" EPG.... isnt it?

    You can get the UK EPG, if...
    watty wrote:
    Go 501 Sky news.
    Press Red, wait for Interactive to have loaded.
    Turn card upside down or insert dummy card. Make sure pushed right in to activate "card in/out" switch at end of slot.
    Press backup to exit Interactive,
    The UK EPG will load. minus C4 and Five, as they need a FTV card.


  • #8
    Lennoxschips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭Lennoxschips


    the favourites... but we've always had that. you can only flick channels upwards and can't assign numbers. useless

    channels 000-099 are free, they should hand them over to the customers


  • #9
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Hi,
    Dont mean to go off topic but has anyone got any recommendations for an FTA box. I've wanted to setup my own one for ages but never got around to it.

    There are two old sky boxes in the house one on them is connected to the sky dish its been there since 2000 (can the sky dish be used, would a motorised version be better?) but we are not subscribed to sky anymore.

    I had a look at Zinkek.ie and browsed around the forums etc, but haven't found anything usefull there about setting up a new box.

    Suggestions greatly appreciated. :)
    Hal1


  • #10
    Heinz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 107 ✭✭Heinz


    JimG wrote:
    "Rumour has it ... " This was mentioned in the second last Sky magasine as definitely coming.
    You read that garbage?

    That's a first.


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