Switch off of Sky Blue Cards commenced 26th Feb 2010

givecredit · 26-02-2010 12:49pm #1

As the title says, the big switch off started today. Most Blue FTV cards have now lost Sky3, Viva and Liverpool TV. Strangely they still decode Five (Where applicable), Five USA and Fiver.

Hopefully its a sign that Five USA and Fiver are soon to go FTA!

snaps · 28-02-2010 4:18pm

Yes thats very strange. Im just hoping my weeks recordings on ch4hd have recorded. Mine has switched off the last few days, but as you've said, Five channels still ok.

I Drink It Up! · 28-02-2010 5:08pm

How do I get around this and get LFC back on my defunct Sky box? Cheers.

pa990 · 28-02-2010 7:14pm

I Drink It Up! wrote: »

How do I get around this and get LFC back on my defunct Sky box? Cheers.

Order a white ftv card.. There's a thread about how to .
Can't link to it, as i'm posting from a mobile device

montgolfiere · 28-02-2010 7:37pm

anyone any ideas as to why 5, fiver and fiveusa still working??
the Skyman

pa990 · 28-02-2010 9:17pm

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MarkK · 02-03-2010 9:09am

Five, Five USA and Fiver have gone for me this morning, getting the "new viewing card" message

montgolfiere · 02-03-2010 9:54am

gone for my 4 boxes too!! Dont forget you can add / view C5 as an 'other channel'
the Skyman

gtg60 · 02-03-2010 10:01am

#Death March plays in the background...

Mayo Exile · 02-03-2010 10:43pm

MarkK wrote: »

Five, Five USA and Fiver have gone for me this morning, getting the "new viewing card" message

Does Five actually go? I have a white FTV (NI region) card. I took it out of the box. The NI region EPG remained, plus Five was still viewable at 105. Five USA and Fiver were gone as expected (insert viewing card message on screen). Turned off box and turned it on again. Five still there. Powering off the box altogether forced the box back to the default EPG and then Five was gone along with the 105 position. Five USA and Fiver channel numbers gone too.

montgolfiere · 03-03-2010 6:12am

it goes off only in certain regions , including most of England, but not Wales.
the Skyman

givecredit · 03-03-2010 1:21pm

montgolfiere wrote: »

it goes off only in certain regions , including most of England, but not Wales.
the Skyman

Anybody with a blue ftv card registered in the green region as outlined attached will not loose ch5 (on epg).

http://about.five.tv/sales/spot-advertising/macro-map

Mike 1972 · 03-03-2010 8:12pm

Old blue cards (especially the ones which still have five) are still useful for regionalising an EPG where one doesnt have any other (UK) cards. So that they get BBC NI/UTV instead of that odd mixture of BBC London/ITV Westcountry/No Five one gets without any card

If one isint bothered about the lack of Sky 3/Fiver/Five USA they are just as good as a current FTV card and there must be millions of the things around now.

So dont chuck away your old UK cards. Give them to someone who had no card.

Switch off of Sky Blue Cards commenced 26th Feb 2010

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