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Is it possible to record "Other Channels"?

  • 31-08-2010 4:41pm
    #1
    Myles45
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭


    Hi, I have a new Sky HD box & although I can view the "Other channels", it doesn't seem possible to record them, or pre set to record them, Is there any way around this?

    It's mainly ITV1 ITV2 UTV BBC3 & 4.

    Regards
    Myles


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  • #2
    steveon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    Its a shame but unfortunetly you cannot record them using your sky box, you could try and hook it upto a dvd recorder or vcr...but this wont always work either depends on make of your dvd recorder etc..


  • #3
    Myles45
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭Myles45


    Would it be possible if I got a UK viewing card? & if so, how practical would it be to keep swapping them?


  • #4
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,201 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Myles45 wrote: »
    Would it be possible if I got a UK viewing card? & if so, how practical would it be to keep swapping them?

    This won't work either unless you had a valid UK Sky+/Recording sub enabled on the card as well.


  • #5
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,445 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Get a Humax HD Freesat PVR to record free channels for Free. It might even work for Saorsat next year.


  • #6
    Myles45
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭Myles45


    watty wrote: »
    Get a Humax HD Freesat PVR to record free channels for Free. It might even work for Saorsat next year.

    Hi Watty,

    Thanks for that, & sorry for being ignorant, but you may have well said that in Chinese :confused: . What exactly is that & where would I get one & any idea of cost?

    Regards
    Myles


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  • #7
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭John mac


    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Humax-FOXSAT-HDR-Freesat-Digital-Recorder/dp/B001L5YU36/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1283276395&sr=8-1


  • #8
    Myles45
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭Myles45


    Sound :) Thanks for all that

    Cheers


  • #9
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,445 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Faigh HD Humax Freesat PVR a thaifeadadh bealaí saor in aisce do saor in aisce. D'fhéadfadh sé ag obair go fiú Saorsat an bhliain seo chugainn.

    Humax: A brand/Manufactuer of set-boxes like Sky Digibox.
    PVR: A box that records on internal Hard Drives
    Freesat: The "branding" of UK collection of Free Satellite TV and Radio channels. Most of the better channels on "Sky" are actually Freesat. No pay Channel has more than 2% viewing time.
    HD: High Definition. 1080 lines instead of regular 576 visible lines in European 625 TV.
    Saorsat: The Irish equivalent of Freesat starting in 2011, a copy of Saorview, the Irish Digital TV system..

    I'm trying to explain it all here in plain English :)http://www.techtir.ie/saortv

    Which is hard as I have worked with TV & Radio many years.


  • #10
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Myles45 wrote: »
    Hi Watty,

    Thanks for that, & sorry for being ignorant, but you may have well said that in Chinese :confused: . What exactly is that & where would I get one & any idea of cost?

    Regards
    Myles

    Read the Forum Stickies. There is a wealth of Info there that will keep you reading for hours on end, but you wil be well up to speed at the end of it.


  • #11
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    I do remember that someone posted a method which does work for recording FTA channels like ITV1, ITV2 etc. with an Irish Sky subscription. I cannot remember the exact details but it is here somewhere.


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  • #12
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,445 ✭✭✭✭watty


    A UK Sky+ only sub did exist at about £15. You need a UK postcode address and UK card of course.

    I doubt any other method short of removing the hard drive and plugging it in to PC will playback even if you record somehow without a sub. Sky box adds extra layer of encryption to all channels and records all channels without CAM. Then on playback the signal can ONLY go via CAM, thus a suitable card is needed to decrypt even FTA channels.

    I never heard of this before. Interesting if there is a magic sequence that allows it. If there is some clever scheme it needs at least an Irish Sub that records and plays some channels.


  • #13
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    I think you need to take your sky card out of the box and let the box reset so that BBC 1 is on 101 ITV 103 etc, then put the card back in the box and hit record before box resets to the Irish set up. I may have missed out a step but that's close enough I think. It does work, I tried it myself a while back.


  • #14
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭Apogee


    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    I do remember that someone posted a method which does work for recording FTA channels like ITV1, ITV2 etc. with an Irish Sky subscription. I cannot remember the exact details but it is here somewhere.


    How to record FTA channels on your Sky+/Sky+HD box:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055800676


  • #15
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    Apogee wrote: »
    How to record FTA channels on your Sky+/Sky+HD box:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055800676

    AFAIK step 3 is unnecessary - certainly it worked for me without removing and replacing the feeds


  • #16
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,445 ✭✭✭✭watty


    ShaneOC wrote: »
    Just tried this and can confirm that it works on my HD box.

    There is no need to disconnect the satellite input feeds.

    Here's what I did.

    1. Remove sub card
    2. Turn off power at mains
    3. Put card in upsidedown
    4. Reconnect power - UK EPG loads up
    5. Select FTA channel (I used BBC HD to test)
    6. Put card in right way up and press record straight away.

    BBC HD records and the Irish EPG reverts after a moment or two (possibly after changing channels).

    Excellent find! Another step closer to being able to use Sky+/HD+ to record all channels that it can receive.

    I presume it plays back?

    It's possible you do it without power off/on if this works..[/B]
    1. Go to 501 (Sky News) , selecting interactive, remove card after it loads.
    2. Backup and when UK EPG has loaded, select UK desired channel
    3. re-insert valid sub card and hit record before Irish EPG loads.

    EDIT: Yes reading thread that DOES work http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64051294&postcount=18


  • #17
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    watty wrote: »
    I presume it plays back?

    It's possible you do it without power off/on if this works..[/B]
    1. Go to 501 (Sky News) , selecting interactive, remove card after it loads.
    2. Backup and when UK EPG has loaded, select UK desired channel
    3. re-insert valid sub card and hit record before Irish EPG loads.

    EDIT: Yes reading thread that DOES work http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64051294&postcount=18

    It absolutely plays back. I had a few BBC HD programmes on my hard drive before it launched on the Irish EPG.


  • #18
    Widescreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭Widescreen


    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    It absolutely plays back. I had a few BBC HD programmes on my hard drive before it launched on the Irish EPG.

    Tried this last nite. Recorded Minder off ITV4. After slotting my card back in and pressing Record, I just put box into standby as normal and the whole programme recorded completely and is now sitting in my planner. I played sections of it to make sure it had recorded fully.It had.

    This will definately come in handy now and again. Great find.


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