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

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    #842
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,873 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Im a wee bit lost here as a couple of the posts contained slightly different info. If I get up tomorrow and find my Sky box has had the upgrade and I have lost the ITV channels what exactly should I be doing to get them back and recordable again?


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    #843
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    muffler wrote: »
    Im a wee bit lost here as a couple of the posts contained slightly different info. If I get up tomorrow and find my Sky box has had the upgrade and I have lost the ITV channels what exactly should I be doing to get them back and recordable again?

    Re-boot your box with the UK card. Set favourite channels - matching those in 'other channels'. Then switch to your Irish card and the UK channels that you have set as favourites can be watched (& recorded) via the Blue button.


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    #844
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,873 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    twinklerunner wrote: »
    Re-boot your box with the UK card. Set favourite channels - matching those in 'other channels'. Then switch to your Irish card and the UK channels that you have set as favourites can be watched (& recorded) via the Blue button.
    I already have the UK channels stored in favourites so do I need to add a few other channels from "other channels" to get them matching? And can this be done now or just wait until the box is upgraded?

    Thanks for the reply.


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    #845
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    muffler wrote: »
    I already have the UK channels stored in favourites so do I need to add a few other channels from "other channels" to get them matching? And can this be done now or just wait until the box is upgraded?

    Thanks for the reply.

    I had a number of the 'other channels' set as favourites previously and they remained that way after the epg update. To be honest with you between work, the football and the missus catching up on the soaps I haven't had a lot of time to play around with it .. but it definitely works for me


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    #846
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    One slight glitch I found is that if you are watching one of the 'other channels' on the EPG then go to scroll through the channels using the arrow buttons it causes the box to go to the Welcome to Sky channel or whatever it's called.


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    #847
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    jca wrote: »
    Will the uk channels stay in the favourites if it's unplugged or is it like the original card trick and have to be redone after a power outage?
    Answering my own query here(sad or what) I unplugged the box and the "favourites" disappeared. I'm still on the old epg.


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    #848
    energy1942
    Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭energy1942


    jca wrote: »
    Answering my own query here(sad or what) I unplugged the box and the "favourites" disappeared. I'm still on the old epg.
    When you do the card trick again do you get them back on favourites?


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    #849
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    energy1942 wrote: »
    jca wrote: »
    Answering my own query here(sad or what) I unplugged the box and the "favourites" disappeared. I'm still on the old epg.
    When you do the card trick again do you get them back on favourites?
    Yea when you reboot with the uk card.Using the services or options menu go to favourites and just press the save button. The "trick" channels are already ticked and are added to favourites.


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    #850
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    I got the new epg this morning cannot for the life of me get the uk channels into favourites to make them recordable. Trick is doomed me thinks!!


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    #851
    groom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭groom


    Same for me.


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    #852
    energy1942
    Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭energy1942


    jca wrote: »
    I got the new epg this morning cannot for the life of me get the uk channels into favourites to make them recordable. Trick is doomed me thinks!!
    Have you made sure that channels have been ticked in favourites after perfoming card trick? my software was updated on both my boxes this morning and it is working using the blue buttons to record.


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    #853
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    energy1942 wrote: »
    jca wrote: »
    I got the new epg this morning cannot for the life of me get the uk channels into favourites to make them recordable. Trick is doomed me thinks!!
    Have you made sure that channels have been ticked in favourites after perfoming card trick? my software was updated on both my boxes this morning and it is working using the blue buttons to record.
    I wasn't ticking and saving the trick channels when using the Irish card. I've done that and successfully recorded from itv1. I thought the channels would be visible as favourites. I'm out at the moment but if I search using the blue button for a program that's broadcasting live can I then pause and rewind?


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    #854
    energy1942
    Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭energy1942


    jca wrote: »
    I wasn't ticking and saving the trick channels when using the Irish card. I've done that and successfully recorded from itv1. I thought the channels would be visible as favourites. I'm out at the moment but if I search using the blue button for a program that's broadcasting live can I then pause and rewind?
    Yes.


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    #855
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    The reminder works too. I just tried it for the chase on ITV HD, pressed select when the reminder banner popped up and it brought me to ITV HD. Pause rewindable too. I'm happy with that tbh.:)


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    #856
    corkdavid
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭corkdavid


    All the extra channels have disappeared on my Sky HD boxes...any suggestions on how to get them back? Ticked Channel 5,ITV etc on my favourite channels under OPTIONS but no sign of them anywhere...!!

    Panicking now as I am a huge Big Brother fan on Channel 5........


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    #857
    energy1942
    Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭energy1942


    corkdavid wrote: »
    All the extra channels have disappeared on my Sky HD boxes...any suggestions on how to get them back? Ticked Channel 5,ITV etc on my favourite channels under OPTIONS but no sign of them anywhere...!!

    Panicking now as I am a huge Big Brother fan on Channel 5........
    Did you press green button to save them & remember you watch & record them via the blue button only,


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    #858
    corkdavid
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭corkdavid


    energy1942 wrote: »
    Did you press green button to save them & remember you watch & record them via the blue button only,

    They are all saved under OPTIONS and favourite channels....but when you go to TV Guide & Favourites..they are not there.........Channel 5 not on the EPG either.....


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    #859
    energy1942
    Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭energy1942


    corkdavid wrote: »
    They are all saved under OPTIONS and favourite channels....but when you go to TV Guide & Favourites..they are not there.........Channel 5 not on the EPG either.....
    Remember you watch & record them via the blue button only, they are not in the tv guide, press you're blue button.


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    #860
    Dr. Nick
    Registered Users Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭Dr. Nick


    Works great (as described) on the new epg- thanks!


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    #861
    rahenyrover
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭rahenyrover


    Works fine for me too. Not as good as old trick but still great to still have the channels easily accessible! Great find!


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    #862
    corkdavid
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭corkdavid


    Im confused..Had Big Brother set on series link and it is recording and watchable..I just do not know where to see the extra UK channels on the EPG........Where do you access the extra channels on the EPG?


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    #863
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,873 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    corkdavid wrote: »
    Im confused..Had Big Brother set on series link and it is recording and watchable..I just do not know where to see the extra UK channels on the EPG........Where do you access the extra channels on the EPG?
    You need to store them in the "other channels"first.


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    #864
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    corkdavid wrote: »
    Im confused..Had Big Brother set on series link and it is recording and watchable..I just do not know where to see the extra UK channels on the EPG........Where do you access the extra channels on the EPG?

    They're not on the epg. They can be accessed via the blue button, if you have saved the UK channels as favourites


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    #865
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Does anyone have the favourites doubling up? It's not a big deal but on one of my boxes I have to press the blue button twice to get it to scroll to the next channel. It's like it only sees one of the doubled channels.


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    #866
    DigiDec
    Registered Users Posts: 484 ✭✭DigiDec


    Reboot your box and do the card trick again and tick the favourites again, this will cure the doubling up problem.


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    #867
    losttheplot
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭losttheplot


    I managed to get the channels added to favourites on a 1tb HD box using a setanta card. I then went to anytime recordings to find there were now none listed. My own recordings are still there however.

    Are the missing anytime listings normal after the "card trick" ?. Is there any way to get the listings back?

    Happy to have the uk channels recordable again - thanks to all who figured it out.


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    #868
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    losttheplot wrote: »
    I managed to get the channels added to favourites on a 1tb HD box using a setanta card. I then went to anytime recordings to find there were now none listed. My own recordings are still there however.

    Are the missing anytime listings normal after the "card trick" ?. Is there any way to get the listings back?

    Happy to have the uk channels recordable again - thanks to all who figured it out.

    My Anytime did return


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    #869
    losttheplot
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭losttheplot


    twinklerunner wrote: »
    My Anytime did return

    Thanks, I just noticed this morning that there are some new programmes in Anytime. I was hoping to watch some films that were there before I redid the card trick. Seems like they are gone for good.
    At least I can now record ITV HD and the new EPG seems to be nice a nice improvement.

    Does Anytime deletion always occur after the card trick?


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    #870
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    DigiDec wrote: »
    Reboot your box and do the card trick again and tick the favourites again, this will cure the doubling up problem.
    Worked perfectly thanks.


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    #871
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    losttheplot wrote: »
    Thanks, I just noticed this morning that there are some new programmes in Anytime. I was hoping to watch some films that were there before I redid the card trick. Seems like they are gone for good.
    At least I can now record ITV HD and the new EPG seems to be nice a nice improvement.

    Does Anytime deletion always occur after the card trick?

    Yes


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