UPC/NTL Activation code!?

BravoGolf

Hey chaps. I boot up the UPC Digital box this morning and the damn thing won't let me watch anymore tele! It requires me to enter a three digit activation code, any idea what it might be? The staff don't seem to know I'm talking about Am in Waterford btw.

Cheers!

rockal

I think it's an area code. For example Dublin is '131'. Can't help you with W'ford.

watty

Chorus cards are activated over the air. NTL cards are preactivated and paired with the box.
I'd guess you have an unactivated or mismatched card. It's likely only NTL can sort you.

If it ever worked, check card is in, otherwise UPC will have to come out.

BravoGolf

Thanks for the replies. Weird that it suddenly decided it wasn't working no more. NTL are coming out Tues to take a look, sucks though when all I may need to do is enter code.

DingDong

Is it a DVR?

BravoGolf

No, the standard digital box that comes with NTL digital.

Front of the box is "UPC Mediabox"

patrickmooney

If it's a media box than it's the Personal Video Recorder (PVR).

paulm17781

patrickmooney wrote: »

If it's a media box than it's the Personal Video Recorder (PVR).

UPC introduced new boxes to replace the Pace one's, it could be one of them.

BravoGolf

The 135 code registers fine but I suspect I should be using the Waterford code, will leave it as is for the engineer to look at. Card or box could be faulty for it to suddenly need setup all over again

BravoGolf

For the benefit of any future searches, the Waterford code is 291

GerardKeating

BravoGolf wrote: »

For the benefit of any future searches, the Waterford code is 291

Does any one know the Galway code, my pvr seems to be stuck in an update loop for most of the weekend.

Figured it out, Galway seems to have 3 141/142/143

Ruanej90

thanks ! my t.v kicked it yesyerday (well we have a ******* box) and ALL the movies and channels were blocked only EWTN left !!!! i aint watchin that ! so i put me NTL\[UPC WHATEVER} in and nothin worked said i wasnt subscribed to anything so i dont know how i did it but it started asking me what the activation code was and i burnt the manual when we got it and its supposedly on it{yeah right} but thanks for posting this BravoGolf and Gerard Keating for the 3 galway codes!!!! lol !:p:p:D;)

dunworth1

limerick city is 201

Alun

GerardKeating wrote: »

Does any one know the Galway code, my pvr seems to be stuck in an update loop for most of the weekend.

Mine started doing that a few months ago ... continuously rebooting and coming up with the "software upgrade in progress ..." message. No amount of resetting, or forced s/w upgrades helped .. eventually bit the bullet and rang UPC and they replaced the box. Not a problem since.

irlrobins

My parents have that issue sometimes. They turn it on and it looks for a code, then searches for channels, etc.

The code they use is '000' btw, seems to work anyway.

ryanch09

hey all i have a problem with my upc box. i accidently resetted it too factory settings. i have the activation code which is 271 for sligo but when i enter it the signal quality shows 0%

mickeyboymel

Try 361,this worked for me in Mullingar,when the Westmeath code did not. It sets the region to "UPC Ireland"

ryanch09

thanks for that it worked for me. Theres now another problem. Even though the channels are tuned in most of the appear as a black screen. the only channels that i can get perfect so far is bbc news 24, the nickelodeon channels and EWTN. Any ideas??

fattestman

For the record: I'm in Cork and I used the 121 activation code, which seems to have worked perfectly.

Beta2

Hi

I'm having the same issue, I'm in naas and have tried 161, 162 and 163 which are for Kildare but to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas?

Cheers

B2

Dardania

131 works in Clane...maybe you could try that?

watty

Contact UPC.