Kids games on Sky box

legend99

If the phoneline is disconncted, can you be charged for the playing of the kids games on channels like Cartoon netwrok etc? Our 4 year old has taken a huge liking to them and no matter what I say to her she keeps playing them behind my back? if I reconnect the phone line am I about to get whacked with a big retrospective bill or anything....i just (unfortunately) can't see them being free...

JohnC.

I hope they are free. I just tried one myself to see. I have the box set to ask for a PIN if anyone tries anything requiring extra payment and it didn't ask for the PIN. But it was only a couple of CN games I tried. I'm pretty sure at least some of the non-CN games do cost something.

xbox-man

it should say how much it costs before you play the games.

dancin

My 5 year old was doing the same a while back. Never got billed by Sky, but just in case I put a PIN on the box.

Some games are not a problem, other's request the PIN after a few minutes playing. So I guess, some are free and others aren't.

Mossy Monk

legend99 wrote:

Our 4 year old has taken a huge liking to them and no matter what I say to her she keeps playing them behind my back?

keep that remote out of reach

bpmurray

Just disconnect the phone line - that way it's free. Even if the child goes to the level that requires payment, since the box can't connect, there's no charge. My kids play all the time, and I just make sure that cable's not plugged in.

Daavid

Alot of the games will let you get to a certain level and then request that you agree to pay to continue. If you haven't been asked to pay you shuoldn't be charged..... but I'd add that pin just incase.

legend99

Daavid wrote:

Alot of the games will let you get to a certain level and then request that you agree to pay to continue. If you haven't been asked to pay you shuoldn't be charged..... but I'd add that pin just incase.

yea, but she knows the pin cause she was driving me nuts ove switching on CBeebies for BIG COOK LITTLE COOK!

Daavid

Big Cook Little Cook.... Welcome to our cafe.... My 2 little girls drive me nuts for that aswell.

You can change the pin in the system setup.

L1011

The BBC ones are all free, for somewhat obvious reasons...

Is cbeebies on the Irish EPG? Or not, like everything else BBC bar 1&2?

Daavid

No, you gotta go to other channels to get it.

watty

No Cbeebies is not on Irish EPG. but the games etc are as all of the BBC interactive is accessible via red button or text on any BBC channel