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Can I connect to Setanta without subscribing to Sky/UPC/Eircom?

  • 13-05-2015 7:46pm
    #1
    kalamityjim
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭


    Setanta have told me that I do not have to be a Sky customer to be able to subscribe to Setanta Ireland but I do need to have a satellite dish, a Sky box and a Sky viewing card.
    The apartment block I'm moving into has a Sky dish on the roof, so that's one box ticked. To tick the second box, it seems I could pick up a second hand Sky box somewhere, from a friend or online? But for me to have a Sky viewing card, would I not need to be a Sky customer for at least a year? And even then, once I cancelled my subscription after the year, would the viewing card not then be also cancelled and therefore not work?

    Are there any freeview cards that I can get from Sky that would do the job so that I can subscribe to Setanta while sticking with just the basic saorview/freeview? Or would I need to have been a Sky customer to avail of this?


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  • #2
    mikeym
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭mikeym


    Theres plenty of unused Sky boxes with viewing card in the box around.

    Ask any friends or family do they have any unused box with viewing card.


  • #3
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,305 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    No, you dont have to be a Sky subscriber to sign up to Setanta. What they have told you is spot on.

    You can buy a box and card on Adverts.ie or Ebay or as stated above ask around family and friends. You can also ask Setanta to provide you with a card under the "BAI sound & vision scheme"


  • #4
    kalamityjim
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭kalamityjim


    Would the Sky box allow me to record free-to-air channels/Setanta or must I be a Sky customer to have that privilege?


  • #5
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,305 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    kalamityjim wrote: »
    Would the Sky box allow me to record free-to-air channels/Setanta or must I be a Sky customer to have that privilege?
    You normally have to be a Sky subscriber in order to use the recording function of the box.

    If you get a Sky+ box you can look up Adverts or Ebay for cards that will allow you to record the FTA channels. They will probably cost in or around €50 but bear in mind there's no guarantee as to how long they will work for.


  • #6
    kalamityjim
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭kalamityjim


    Cheers for all the help lads!
    UFC coverage is really the only reason I want to subscribe to Setanta but what I might just do is use a combination of the 3e deferred coverage and the online UFC Fight Pass, meaning I might not bother subscribing to Sky TV after all.
    ...which brings me to deciding on an FTA box! Will stick that in a new thread, any help or suggestions welcome!

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=95489302#post95489302


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  • #7
    Joo0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭Joo0


    If you are still looking for Setanta you can pick up a hd box even a multiroom basic box would do for less than 30 euro. A card e is easily picked up Setanta will even send you one if you ask them.


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