FreeSat - How 2 Setup

Triggerkg

Hi,

I have been reading the different posts here about FreeSat. I recently got SKY installed in my home but want to be able to watch different programs in different rooms.

My questions are as follows:

1. Does the LNB in the standard Sky Dish have room for the additional cable or will i need a new LNB?
2. Would i Not be better off getting it installed for a month by sky then canceling?
3. Does the FreeSat box have to be connected to the phone line?

thank you

digiking

Hi,
Firstly - Chances are the lnb has only one output so you'll have to replace it with a quad lnb - which is easily got.

Secondly- Sky don't sell freeview cards in ireland so you can't get them to install it - so you'll have to source a box yourself - Tony who often posts here is from satellite.ie and he should be able to sort you out with a brand new one and you can get the card off ebay.

Thirdly - Do not plug in the phoneline as it'll screw up the freeview card and it'll never work again...

hope this helps
Digiking

construct06

i have a freesat card, got from ebay. its workin away perfectly at the mo.

I wondered can any of the subscription based channels be gotten, even though im not connected to the phoneline.

Also why will card get screwed up if u plug in the phone line. i Was under impression once freesat card activated it will work in any box.

Also any idea how long these freesat cards will last for, and is it possible to get a replacement if anything happens to it?

lasno

If you are living in Ireland do NOT connect your digibox to the phone line, if you do sky will see that the freesat card is in Ireland and they will disable it.
With the freesat card the only extra channels that you can view are channels 4 and 5 and sky3.

Mossy Monk

a question that has come up before

with a FTV card inserted how does the Sky box ring a UK number from an Irish landline

just a question is all

lasno

There are two methods of activating a freeview card...

1...insert card in box and if connected to phone line the box will dial sky
number to activate and if it detects a non uk number it will disable the
card.


2...dial the number on back of freeview card and when asked give details of
digibox, model, serial number etc. Again this should not be done from an
unblocked Irish number.

construct06

good question!

and what if ur no. is ex directory, then sky would have no way of knowing where ur calling from, or would they?

Anywy im still wondering can i access the pay per view stuff on sky digital and not necesarily the premium sports and movies?!? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/images/icons/icon10.gif
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/images/icons/icon10.gif

Triggerkg

digiking wrote:

Hi,
Firstly - Chances are the lnb has only one output so you'll have to replace it with a quad lnb - which is easily got.

Secondly- Sky don't sell freeview cards in ireland so you can't get them to install it - so you'll have to source a box yourself - Tony who often posts here is from satellite.ie and he should be able to sort you out with a brand new one and you can get the card off ebay.

Thirdly - Do not plug in the phoneline as it'll screw up the freeview card and it'll never work again...

hope this helps
Digiking

Thank you for your help!

digiking

There is a piece of hardware i say somewhere than enabled a sky to dial home from outside the uk - it was called a sky dialer or something

digiking

byte

digiking wrote:

There is a piece of hardware i say somewhere than enabled a sky to dial home from outside the uk - it was called a sky dialer or something

digiking

I think I heard of such a device too. It probably has a stupid price tag though. I wouldn't mind one for my UK subscription.

byte

Actually, after a quick Google...

http://skycards.net/skydialer.php
http://skytvcard.com/dialinfo.htm

Hmm, no price on first one, but second is €99! No thanks

Aquos76

byte wrote:

I think I heard of such a device too. It probably has a stupid price tag though. I wouldn't mind one for my UK subscription.

I have one of these, and have been using it for over 2 years now. Works a treat. I picked it up a couple of years back while over in Portugal. It only cost 15€ I think.

byte

Aquos76 wrote:

I have one of these, and have been using it for over 2 years now. Works a treat. I picked it up a couple of years back while over in Portugal. It only cost 15€ I think.

€15? Ooh, cheaper than the one I looked at then! :eek:

Aquos76

Yeah, its exactly like the one you posted. White in colour come with a short telephone cable and also a power adaptor. Either 12v or 9v not quite sure.

Excellent piece of hardware.

byte

I've checked more sites since, and still many charge 99euro!

construct06

do these digi diallers work if u have a freesat card?

id imagine that they dont do anything extra for u, ie u cant connect to ppv events etc.... as u wouldnt have an account...

any ideas guys??

crc

Mossy Monk wrote:

a question that has come up before

with a FTV card inserted how does the Sky box ring a UK number from an Irish landline

Wouldn't they just program all the boxes to dial +44 first?



[edit]edited by accident, no changes made

construct06

see http://www.smart2check.com/products.htm for more reasonably priced diallers...

Triggerkg

Decided to ring sky to see how much it would cost!

Now It was a foreign national on the phone so i hope i took her up right!

SKY+ with Multiroom = €149 for box + an extra €15per month but you have to subscribe to multiroom for 12 months

SKY Multiroom = €69 for box + €15per month for multiroom.


Really thinking about going ahead with SKY+ with multiroom if all it costs is an extra €15..

hmmmmm things to think about

Mossy Monk

crc wrote:

Wouldn't they just program all the boxes to dial +44 first?



[edit]edited by accident, no changes made

i wasnt sure so thats why i asked

L1011

is their dialback number not a 00800 anyway?

Aquos76

With regards to setting up one of these dialers, You need to go into the telephone settings menu on the sky box and set the prefix to "0" It then dials into the Sky uk system and shows up on their system as a uk number calling.

Somebody asked does it give you anything extra, well I have no idea as I only ever used it for activating UK FTV cards.

byte

Does any telephony providers list freephone numbers on itemised bills? That might be one way to tell, of somebody has their box connected to phoneline and full itemised billing.

I think bond-007 mentioned the number before?