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

gtg60 · 2011-08-10 19:18:35

Yes, discovered this little doosey a few days ago :D Here's what I used: My Sky HD box My genuine Sky sub card A White UK FTV card [link deleted - ICDG] Here's how I did it: Plugged out my Sky HD box, inserted the FTV card, plugged it back in and switched it on. Changed channel to 105 (Channel 5) and switched off box. Put…

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#782 01-06-2012 12:33am
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2 days for me.

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#783 01-06-2012 3:12pm
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muffler wrote: »

Use the online contact form

Filled out this form, and got an email back explaining what this was, and that I need to contact their customer services (which I thought was what I just did???) if I want to still get the card?

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#784 01-06-2012 3:24pm
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johnmryan wrote: »

Filled out this form, and got an email back explaining what this was, and that I need to contact their customer services (which I thought was what I just did???) if I want to still get the card?

Ditto. Just got much the same email. I thought I had just contacted their customer services as well. Maybe they are getting a lot of requests all of a sudden.

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#785 01-06-2012 3:26pm
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johnmryan wrote: »

Filled out this form, and got an email back explaining what this was, and that I need to contact their customer services (which I thought was what I just did???) if I want to still get the card?

Did you state that you wanted the card re "BAI Sound & Vision Scheme" and that you have your own equipment installed?

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#786 01-06-2012 4:03pm
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muffler wrote: »

Did you state that you wanted the card re "BAI Sound & Vision Scheme" and that you have your own equipment installed?

This is what I wrote

Message:
Hi there, I would like to request a satellite view card under the BAI Sound & Vision scheme

Kind regards

John

extract reply

If you wish to proceed with ordering the FTA card we would need you to contact our customer service department.

We are open from 9:30am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday.

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#787 01-06-2012 5:14pm
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dogtoffee wrote: »

Can anyone that has received a card in the last week confirm that it is loading UK epg?

I just ordered a second one from a different address and it is not defaulting to UK EPG I have one I got weeks ago and it works the best.

Can anyone confirm they still default to UK EPG.

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#788 03-06-2012 6:54pm
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johnmryan wrote: »

This is what I wrote

extract reply

I got the same reply.

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#789 03-06-2012 8:24pm
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dogtoffee wrote: »

Can anyone confirm they still default to UK EPG.

Did the card trick again today & it worked perfectly,the first time I did it,I didn't allow the UK epg to load fully:o (best to check a few channels & see if the epg is up to date on them)

Have 2 boxes running with the UK/Irish epg on them now & can record on the 2nd HD box that I use for FTA thanks to an old blue card I found lying around:)

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#790 03-06-2012 9:04pm
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zerks wrote: »

Did the card trick again today & it worked perfectly,the first time I did it,I didn't allow the UK epg to load fully:o (best to check a few channels & see if the epg is up to date on them)

Have 2 boxes running with the UK/Irish epg on them now & can record on the 2nd HD box that I use for FTA thanks to an old blue card I found lying around:)

Thanks for the reply I have a card that i got a few weeks ago and it works fine but i got an other to a different address through the week and it wont work

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#791 03-06-2012 11:45pm
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dogtoffee wrote: »

Thanks for the reply I have a card that i got a few weeks ago and it works fine but i got an other to a different address through the week and it wont work

You can use the same ftv card on different boxes for the 'card trick',no need to get a different card.

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#792 04-06-2012 5:51pm
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zerks wrote: »

You can use the same ftv card on different boxes for the 'card trick',no need to get a different card.

I know that m8 I also have NI FTV card just this card I got for a friends does not default to UK EPG, I was wondering is it all cards they are now sending or did I get a bad one.

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#793 05-06-2012 5:05pm
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Do you need a Sky HD box to do this? Even just to get the non-HD channels?

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#794 05-06-2012 7:43pm
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0mega wrote: »

Do you need a Sky HD box to do this? Even just to get the non-HD channels?

Yes, the HD boxes are the only ones that cache the EPG (works on all Sky HD boxes bar the early Thomson ones).

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#795 06-06-2012 4:21pm
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I contacted customer service, they seemed reluctant to send out the card and said that using it on my sky box would effect the use of my current sky card. Is this true? Should i follow up on my order?

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#796 06-06-2012 4:29pm
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Mofty wrote: »

I contacted customer service, they seemed reluctant to send out the card and said that using it on my sky box would effect the use of my current sky card. Is this true? Should i follow up on my order?

Not true. One thing to bear in mind though is that a new version of the epg is coming. Testers have shown the card trick no longer works with the new version

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#797 06-06-2012 4:35pm
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Mofty wrote: »

I contacted customer service, they seemed reluctant to send out the card and said that using it on my sky box would effect the use of my current sky card. Is this true? Should i follow up on my order?

You were supposed to tell them you hadn't a current Sky card, that's why you need one for Setanta.

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#798 06-06-2012 5:13pm
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Oh ok. I'll ring them again. Thanks for yer help...

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#799 06-06-2012 6:42pm
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Mofty wrote: »

Oh ok. I'll ring them again. Thanks for yer help...

There is no need to ring send they an Email saying you have dish and box you need a card

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#800 06-06-2012 7:27pm
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dogtoffee wrote: »

There is no need to ring send they an Email saying you have dish and box you need a card

I did do that. They replied "if you wish to proceed with ordering the FTA card we would need you to contact our customer service department." They really seem hesitant to send them out now.

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#801 07-06-2012 11:33am
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greendom wrote: »

Not true. One thing to bear in mind though is that a new version of the epg is coming. Testers have shown the card trick no longer works with the new version

Is this 100% definite? That the trick will not work when new EPG arrives?

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#802 07-06-2012 11:39am
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maximus02 wrote: »

Is this 100% definite? That the trick will not work when new EPG arrives?

Not 100% but the signs are not good. Where there's hope though....

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#803 07-06-2012 6:21pm
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greendom wrote: »

Not 100% but the signs are not good. Where there's hope though....

It has been confirmed by one of the beta testers that it does not work? Is this correct?

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#804 07-06-2012 7:20pm
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Woodie40 wrote: »

It has been confirmed by one of the beta testers that it does not work? Is this correct?

Warlikedave in the "New EPG to launch thread" has been trying to do the trick with the Beta version of the EPG and so far he has been unable. The only positive is that he only has a single feed on his box so it could be issues to do with that preventing the recording Other Channels.

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#805 07-06-2012 7:55pm
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The below link is where I saw it confirmed that it no longer works?

http://www.irishupandcomingmusicscene.tk/wordpressgaming/?p=201&cpage=1#comment-23686

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#806 07-06-2012 8:04pm
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Channels keep disappearing despite box always been plugged in does prolonged periods of standby reset the trick?

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#807 07-06-2012 8:11pm
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princemuzzy wrote: »

Channels keep disappearing despite box always been plugged in does prolonged periods of standby reset the trick?

The only time this has happened to me is when the electricity went off.

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#808 07-06-2012 8:11pm
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greendom wrote: »

Warlikedave in the "New EPG to launch thread" has been trying to do the trick with the Beta version of the EPG and so far he has been unable. The only positive is that he only has a single feed on his box so it could be issues to do with that preventing the recording Other Channels.

Aye well recording that applies to - Ill be testing out the card trick in a few minutes. Ive received the new release that was launched yesterday. It has been rolled out to a few customers who are not in the beta program as well so.

The staggered release of the epg has started on a small scale first....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056604763&page=10

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#809 07-06-2012 8:20pm
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It didnt work at all - the previous error of it auto switching to 998 when selecting a channel that should have a shared epg slot is gone as well

As soon as I placed the Irish sub card in it reverted to the Irish epg with my hd sub channels in the right place.

I suspect that the new epg has a cache and i can confirm that the standard epg with no card is the Irish one.

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#810 07-06-2012 8:27pm
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warlikedave wrote: »

It didnt work at all - the previous error of it auto switching to 998 when selecting a channel that should have a shared epg slot is gone as well

As soon as I placed the Irish sub card in it reverted to the Irish epg with my hd sub channels in the right place.

I suspect that the new epg has a cache and i can confirm that the standard epg with no card is the Irish one.

Just to confirm, not only can you not record the "other channels" they are no longer even visible on the standard epg? They are only accessible through the other channel section ?

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#811 07-06-2012 8:52pm
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greendom wrote: »

Just to confirm, not only can you not record the "other channels" they are no longer even visible on the standard epg? They are only accessible through the other channel section ?

I confirm that the card trick is not working for me at all Additional channels are only accessible via "other channels"

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