English FTA Channels

Dermondo

Hi all, recently unsubscribed to sky, so I purchsed some aerials for the Irish channels , what I am asking is now is there anyway to point configure my sky box box or change the dish to point it to recieve the english channels directly so enabling me to recieve these where my irish channels existed instead of now endlessly pressing buttons on the remote to access the extra channels on the sky menu, I have heard a rumour about this, not so sure myself heres hoping.....

steveon

Hi Dermondo,
First thing to unplug the power to your skybox. Next remove the sky viewing card. Leave out the power plug for approx 2mins and then re-connect the power lead without the sky card, Do not reinsert the card.

Now hopefully when you boot up your box 101, will become BBC1 instead of RTE1 being scrambled.

You can furthermore get an FTV card which will give you an extra couple of channels such as CH4, CH5, Sky 3 etc for a once off fee...

Dermondo

Cool, thanks steveon, must give that a go later, any idea where I give a hold of the FTV cards

watty

Sky. about £22.

But you need a UK inc N.I. postcode address.

If your box does not do BBC1 on 101 there are other tricks.

John mac

any idea where I give a hold of the FTV cards

SatOne.tv have them
i got one in 2006 for my mum and dad.

Dermondo

Dermondo wrote: »

Hi all, recently unsubscribed to sky, so I purchsed some aerials for the Irish channels , what I am asking is now is there anyway to point configure my sky box box or change the dish to point it to recieve the english channels directly so enabling me to recieve these where my irish channels existed instead of now endlessly pressing buttons on the remote to access the extra channels on the sky menu, I have heard a rumour about this, not so sure myself heres hoping.....

Hi, tried it out no success though, booted back up on 101 rte requesting card, any ideas guys

staker

press and hold back up button on sky box. dont leave go.. plug out box count to 10, plug it in. wait for system software upgrade to appear, leave back up button go, should receive bbc1 on 101 in ten mins!:)

Dermondo

Cool, will give it go later on, will let know how it went, thanks for that

Dermondo

staker wrote: »

press and hold back up button on sky box. dont leave go.. plug out box count to 10, plug it in. wait for system software upgrade to appear, leave back up button go, should receive bbc1 on 101 in ten mins!:)

Oh no back again, I tried the above but what happened is when box booted back up all the lights on front came on, nothing on screen, held it for about 10 mins, tried a few times same results though, no upgrade yet, heres hoping.....

Niall1234

Still no joy ?

Try this.

Go to Sky News. Press the red button to enter Sky News Active. Once in sky active, remove your viewing card, turn it upside down and put it back into the box. Press backup to exit Sky News Active. This should give you the standard London EPG if everything went alright.

Dermondo

Niall1234 wrote: »

Still no joy ?

Try this.

Go to Sky News. Press the red button to enter Sky News Active. Once in sky active, remove your viewing card, turn it upside down and put it back into the box. Press backup to exit Sky News Active. This should give you the standard London EPG if everything went alright.

Yep that did the trick, many thanks, you have the power my friend use it wisely

muffler

Niall1234 wrote: »

Still no joy ?

Try this.

Go to Sky News. Press the red button to enter Sky News Active. Once in sky active, remove your viewing card, turn it upside down and put it back into the box. Press backup to exit Sky News Active. This should give you the standard London EPG if everything went alright.

Works fine for me without having to re-insert the card. Remove the card when in Sky News Active and then press the TV Guide button and it will display the English EPG. Ive noticed though that sometimes you may have to press the TV guide button for a second time to bring up the guide.

cauliflower69

You should defo get your hands on a FTV card as its well worth the extra few quid. Ch4, Ch5, Sky Three, Five US etc etc


But as far as i know satone.tv don't supply them anymore.

steveon

I have a contact cork based that can get them for around €100 for an FTV card.

Kotek Besar

steveon wrote: »

I have a contact cork based that can get them for around €100 for an FTV card.

A tidy profit on the £20 Sky sells them for then. :rolleyes:

steveon

I guess it is but considering they don't get sent here by sky, only to English postcodes that its a fair price when exchange rates are taking into it...and at a once off for ch4 ALONE I would recommend it.

Kotek Besar

steveon wrote: »

I guess it is but considering they don't get sent here by sky, only to English postcodes that its a fair price when exchange rates are taking into it...and at a once off for ch4 ALONE I would recommend it.

A fair price? £20 is €26.27 by today's exchange rate. Charging almost 400% of the actual cost is a fair price? How much is a stamp to Ireland from the UK, 48p?

Sorry, steveon - €100 is grossly over priced. Another example of rip off Ireland and the consumer getting fleeced over the price of UK imports.

(yes I know, it's only a Sky card, but still..). :mad:

steveon

Aint me selling em but I dont think its over priced but worth getting one if you can buy one cheaper

muffler

Thats a ridiculous price. Shit Im in the wrong business if thats the profit on the cards. Im living near the border with loads of friends and relatives in N.I.

Must think about a career change shortly

steveon

If I could get my hands on cards I'd sell them myself...cheapest I've ever got one for is €50

Onikage

UK ex-subscription cards work too. €100 is taking the p.

Dermondo

Oh no back again, is there any way to save these settings as have to do this each time I boot up the sky box

steveon

Dermondo wrote: »

Oh no back again, is there any way to save these settings as have to do this each time I boot up the sky box

The only way to permently save the bbc on 101 in your case is to get your hands on an FTV card as we indicated earlier

Zaphod

Dermondo wrote: »

Oh no back again, is there any way to save these settings as have to do this each time I boot up the sky box

Are you certain the card is inserted upside down i.e. with the gold contacts facing upwards?

Dermondo

I have taken the card out all together, but will try your idea, would be interested in the FTV card at the right price depending on the extra channels it would give me, thanks again guys

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