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ITV and Sky +?

  • 15-08-2007 12:30pm
    #1
    strangesdays
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭


    Hi,

    I've been asked by a friend of mine to programme some ITV programmes into my Sky Plus Box while he's away, however they're on ITV. I have ITV programmed in under 'other channels' but I can't browse ahead through the tv guide and select what programmes I want recorded?

    Anyone got a solution to this (short of manually recording them when they start)?

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    Moanin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭Moanin


    It's not possible to sky-plus from other channels.


  • #3
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    strangesdays wrote:
    Hi,

    I've been asked by a friend of mine to programme some ITV programmes into my Sky Plus Box while he's away, however they're on ITV. I have ITV programmed in under 'other channels' but I can't browse ahead through the tv guide and select what programmes I want recorded?

    Anyone got a solution to this (short of manually recording them when they start)?

    Thanks in advance

    As said not with the Sky+ recording features. You will need to record the old fashioned way.


  • #4
    strangesdays
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭strangesdays


    (sigh) I was afraid you say that... Cheers anyways


  • #5
    Dopey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭Dopey


    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    As said not with the Sky+ recording features. You will need to record the old fashioned way.

    Apologies if this is a stupid question but what is the old fashioned way?

    Hook up a video and make sure the channel is set to Other Channels/ITV. Is this what you mean?


  • #6
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Yes.


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  • #7
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    Would be no harm to just check if some/any of the programmes to be recorded are also on TV3.

    Easy to Sky+ them ones then. :)


  • #8
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,332 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    this is my no. 1 gripe about Sky+ (which is otherwise a wonderful system)

    dammit Sky - give us ITV and the extra BBC channels. If its good enough for NTL customers, its good enough for us too!


  • #9
    Dopey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭Dopey


    The programmes I want to record are not on TV3 unfortunately. I didn't realise how much I watch ITV until it was taken away. I used to record stuff off it using the VCR on my NTL service.

    I was thinking of trying something like progDVB on my PC with a SkyStar 2 card. Have any of you tried this?

    http://www.progdvb.com/
    http://www.dvbdirect.com/product_info.php/products_id/71

    I could record stuff on my PC using progDVB record timer. I have a USB port on my DVD player. I could copy the programmes from my PC to a usb memory stick.

    I think they put a quad LNB on my dish when I got sky+ installed last year.


  • #10
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,332 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Dopey wrote: »
    The programmes I want to record are not on TV3 unfortunately. I didn't realise how much I watch ITV until it was taken away.

    tbh I'm the opposite - since I switched from NTL to Sky I don't think I've turned on ITV even once. BBC3 and BBC4 on the other hand I used to watch a lot, and now I keep forgetting that I still have them...


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