How to get Channel 5 and BBC One HD on your Irish EPG and Recordable!!

muffler · 01-11-2011 07:10PM

gtg60 wrote: »

Is this one of the new HD non recording boxes?

No its the standard Sky+ HD box. Cant figure out why it wont work on that.

gtg60 · 01-11-2011 07:26PM

muffler wrote: »

No its the standard Sky+ HD box. Cant figure out why it wont work on that.

Is it a Thomson?

muffler · 02-11-2011 03:02PM

gtg60 wrote: »

Is it a Thomson?

Nope. Samsung.

Would it have anything to do with the mutiroom setup? Cant see it myself but no harm in asking.

SPAWKER · 02-11-2011 10:24PM

christo82 wrote: »

I bought a white ftv card for this from a guy in scotland, and i put it in and when the uk card is in, I get BBC Scotland, STV, Channel 5, 5*, 5 USA, Channel 5HD too, but when I do the switch back to the Irish card, C5 and it's extras don't stay, and there's no ITV1HD or STVHD. Is there something i'm doing wrong, or is it not possible to get them with this region card? I have several versions of C5 and the extras in other channels.

BBC1,2, BBC1HD and ITV1,2, 3 do stay however.

Thanks.

Christo
unfortunately CH5 is encrypted in Scotland and ITV HD is also not available in this region as of yet,thats why they wont work when you do the switch back.

christo82 · 03-11-2011 04:04PM

Thanks Spawker. oh well, guess i should have done more research before buying. only cost me €12 so it's ok. also i'm using the card in another Sky FTA box in the house atm so that gets five usa and five * anyway.

irishtoffee · 03-11-2011 04:27PM

Bbc 1 hd has just appeared on my sky instead of Bbc Northern Ireland. Happy days.

Minstrel27 · 03-11-2011 04:42PM

It's been on the EPG for a couple of days now.

hot buttered scones · 04-11-2011 01:31PM

I ordered one of these cards with an NI postcode. I got a new 1TB HD box installed this morning and tried the trick. I now have UTV on 103, whatever regional variations I had in other channels in the 970's and ITV2 etc. The BBCs remained the same however I didn't have BBC NI in other channels and I prefer it that way - I have BBC 1 hd and BBC 2 NI in 141 and 142. No Channel 4 HD, no channel 5 though. I can't tune in Channel 4 HD through other channels, but Channel 5 is there. No 5 US etc either, although I am aware there is problem with them with an NI card. Anyone with an NI card able to get Channel 5 on their EPG. I'm able to record on both 103's at the same time also - but the info does say clashed for UTV, but i can watch the recording. To be honest I'm quite happy with just having the ITV channels, as I've never had 5, but if i could get it it would be a bonus. Does anyone have any tricks for getting 5 on the NI card?

givecredit · 04-11-2011 01:48PM

Channel 5 on NI card is encrypted. May go Free to Air in December when Ch5+1 launches. Likewise with 5USA and Five*

hot buttered scones · 04-11-2011 01:57PM

givecredit wrote: »

Channel 5 on NI card is encrypted. May go Free to Air in December when Ch5+1 launches. Likewise with 5USA and Five*

Thanks for that. Any many thanks to the OP for letting us know about this trick.

pbarr · 04-11-2011 08:56PM

givecredit wrote: »

Channel 5 on NI card is encrypted. May go Free to Air in December when Ch5+1 launches. Likewise with 5USA and Five*

Actually ch 5 was unscrambled on a NI card up to about a month ago and then they scrambled it. There are a few posts about this earlier in this thread.

obliviousgrudge · 06-11-2011 11:56AM

Is anyone else having the problem that nothing will record.

When I highlight a program (whether from a UK channel or not) and press the RECORD button, nothing happens, the light flashes on the remote and the box but the program won't record. The same happens when setting reminders.

Has this happened to anyone else?

200motels · 06-11-2011 12:02PM

obliviousgrudge wrote: »

Is anyone else having the problem that nothing will record.

When I highlight a program (whether from a UK channel or not) and press the RECORD button, nothing happens, the light flashes on the remote and the box but the program won't record. The same happens when setting reminders.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Yes this is happening to me a lot.

obliviousgrudge · 06-11-2011 01:05PM

Has anyone found any solutions to this???

DigiDec · 06-11-2011 01:22PM

Reboot your box and do the card trick again.

Pete2k · 06-11-2011 01:48PM

obliviousgrudge wrote: »

Has anyone found any solutions to this???

Try just setting a reminder from the guide by pressing select. When the program then appears in your planner press R to record it and the R symbol should now appear. At least this works for me.

gtg60 · 06-11-2011 10:40PM

Weirdly I don't need to enter my PIN any more when watching programmes recorded from any of the UK 'card trick' channels, wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that last week my box had rebooted and I had to do the card trick again (first time in almost 8 weeks). Perhaps a software update was responsible??

jabarrett35 · 08-11-2011 03:47PM

Hi set my sisters box using an ITV anglia west card, her ITV 1 is on 993 and is for the London region. However there is no ITV HD even though it's in other channels. Channel 5 works fine.

DigiDec · 08-11-2011 05:50PM

That's because ITV1 HD for this region is DVB-S2.

clennon77 · 11-11-2011 05:57PM

cheers guys, works perfectly...only thing is dont hav any of these new added channels saved as favourites or and fav u may hav already set up ie. tv3 and itv on 103, if u do they will double up.. u will hav 2 tv3's and 2 itv's.

bodonnell · 15-11-2011 10:42AM

Had to do card trick again, looks like s/ware upgrade in the wee hours. Anyone notice any changes to system

pbarr · 15-11-2011 11:30AM

bodonnell wrote: »

Had to do card trick again, looks like s/ware upgrade in the wee hours. Anyone notice any changes to system

Looks like I had it as well. Channels are gone from mine too. That happened a couple of months ago as well.

gtg60 · 15-11-2011 05:33PM

pbarr wrote: »

Looks like I had it as well. Channels are gone from mine too. That happened a couple of months ago as well.

Since the last update I don't need to enter my PIN any more to view the UK FTA channels, is this the same for everybody?

Brian P · 15-11-2011 05:45PM

Yep!:)

gtg60 · 15-11-2011 06:39PM

Brian P wrote: »

Yep!:)

Ha ha, thanks Sky!!

pbarr · 15-11-2011 06:52PM

gtg60 wrote: »

Since the last update I don't need to enter my PIN any more to view the UK FTA channels, is this the same for everybody?

No I still have to enter it for stuff thats recorded after 9pm but its no big deal. I just changed the pin to something handy like 4 ones.

smodgley · 17-11-2011 12:17PM

i had to redo the trick because of a power cut, i noticed the 5* and 5usa are on the epg now but scrambled. have they always been there since did the trick first time and just didnt notice ?????? or have they been added

muffler · 17-11-2011 12:27PM

pbarr wrote: »

Looks like I had it as well. Channels are gone from mine too. That happened a couple of months ago as well.

Ditto. Channels gone yesterday morning.

sgbrady · 20-11-2011 11:59AM

there are two manufactures sky use anymore and they are amstrad and thompson ftv card are blocked for thompson but not for amstrad i think

sgbrady · 20-11-2011 12:29PM

here if you want to get uk channels go to https://mysky.sky.com/replacementcard/get-a-card
then select dont have a card even if you do
enter your information
when you get your card
insert it into the box
go to settings press down until the picture word is highlighted press 01 then hit the select button fast this will bring you to sky's enginners menu then select new installation it will activate the card make sure you have a telphone line connected if you are having problem you can also select you can hit reset or rebuild do not mess with anything else or otherwise you could f**k up everything enjoy

How to get Channel 5 and BBC One HD on your Irish EPG and Recordable!!

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