Sky channel 5

kastle

i want to record a program on channel 5 but it is on "other channels" is there a way to change this so i can record it?

fabsoul

yes get a Humax Foxsat HDR, and get rid of sky and then no bill

No.
The only way to record it is either keep your sky box on ch5 and connect to an old fashioned VCR/DVD recorder for an old fashioned cumbersome manual recording or if you have a freesat + box or if you have a UK freeview pvr and can get ch5 digitally terrestrially via an aerial [near the NI border mostly and along the East coast south of Dublin].

Hogzy

fabsoul wrote: »

yes get a Humax Foxsat HDR, and get rid of sky and then no bill

Can you get Sky Sports 1HD,2HD,3HD,4HD, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, All the Discovery channels, Sky Atlantic, SyFy, Comedy Central, Sky Movies, all the music channels, Eurosport, ESPN, History Channel or Animal Planet? No! Wow FTA sounds fairly sh!t for my viewing needs.

OP there is no way to get a sky box to record channel 5 or any channel on the "Other Channels" menu.
Ignore the crap from the poster above. FTA maybe fine for him but its crap to most.

Apogee

You can record Channel 5 *if* you have a Freesat-from-Sky(FSFS)/Free-to-view(FTV) card as per this thread.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055800676

Minstrel27

Hogzy wrote: »

Can you get Sky Sports 1HD,2HD,3HD,4HD, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, All the Discovery channels, Sky Atlantic, SyFy, Comedy Central, Sky Movies, all the music channels, Eurosport, ESPN, History Channel or Animal Planet? No! Wow FTA sounds fairly sh!t for my viewing needs.

I don't see anybody telling you to get Freesat.

fabsoul

Hogzy wrote: »

Can you get Sky Sports 1HD,2HD,3HD,4HD, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, All the Discovery channels, Sky Atlantic, SyFy, Comedy Central, Sky Movies, all the music channels, Eurosport, ESPN, History Channel or Animal Planet? No! Wow FTA sounds fairly sh!t for my viewing needs.

OP there is no way to get a sky box to record channel 5 or any channel on the "Other Channels" menu.
Ignore the crap from the poster above. FTA maybe fine for him but its crap to most.

ah ok boy!! the OP was asking about channel 5 not any of the above channels
all right boy.

Hogzy

fabsoul wrote: »

ah ok boy!! the OP was asking about channel 5 not any of the above channels
all right boy.

Cool boy

Cantona's Collars

Apogee wrote: »

You can record Channel 5 *if* you have a Freesat-from-Sky(FSFS)/Free-to-view(FTV) card as per this thread.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055800676

You just need any active Sky card,you're basically tricking the box into recording 'other channels'-it's a bit fiddly but it works.

@fabsoul-Why is it that every time somebody asks a simple question regarding Sky,somebody pops up with the same line-"ditch Sky and get freesat"? The op asked about Sky,not about Freesat.What's the point in posting replies if they are unhelpful at best?

lgs 4

Hogzy wrote: »

Can you get Sky Sports 1HD,2HD,3HD,4HD, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, All the Discovery channels, Sky Atlantic, SyFy, Comedy Central, Sky Movies, all the music channels, Eurosport, ESPN, History Channel or Animal Planet? No! Wow FTA sounds fairly sh!t for my viewing needs.

OP there is no way to get a sky box to record channel 5 or any channel on the "Other Channels" menu.
Ignore the crap from the poster above. FTA maybe fine for him but its crap to most.

sit down and total up what sky is costing you for a year i did and sky went three years a go:D

mad muffin

lgs 4 wrote: »

sit down and total up what sky is costing you for a year i did and sky went three years a go:D

It's not what it costs you but rather cost versus value. For you, you weren't getting the value from it. For many of us we are and freesat just doesn't have the programs or hd.

Apogee

zerks wrote: »

You just need any active Sky card,you're basically tricking the box into recording 'other channels'-it's a bit fiddly but it works.

Any active card will work for channels such as ITV2 which appear on the default EPG.

However, to record Channel 5, you must have a current or expired FTV card as well in order to get Channel 5 to appear on the EPG.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=65002655&postcount=40

lgs 4

mad muffin wrote: »

It's not what it costs you but rather cost versus value. For you, you weren't getting the value from it. For many of us we are and freesat just doesn't have the programs or hd.[/QUOT i had the full sky package and hd the main thing that,s keeping lot hd chanels off freesat is program rights and secondly sky subsidize them like 5 hd itv 2 3 4 hd and other when next new batch of satellite come on air with narrower beams that should mean more hd channels on freesat

Hogzy

lgs 4 wrote: »

sit down and total up what sky is costing you for a year i did and sky went three years a go:D

Costs me a fortune per year. But its money well spent in my eyes. One months Sky is equal to one night on the town. Id gladly sacrifice one night out to have sky for a month.

Voyager II

I`d gladly sacrifice sky for one night out.