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

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  • #1172
    MarkK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭MarkK


    bambooman2 wrote: »
    Could somebody tell me what are the best Sky FTA cards to use (ie Granada, West Country etc) to give the optimum amount of channels (ITV1 HD, Channel 5 and so on) for the card trick.

    Any English or Welsh card will get you ITV 1 HD.
    C5 is now on any UK card.


  • #1173
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    MarkK wrote: »
    Any English or Welsh card will get you ITV 1 HD.
    C5 is now on any UK card.

    Thanks MarkK. Do the diffirent ITV regions have individual versions of ITV1 HD or are they all working off ITV1 Granada? If they were individual versions where would be the best palce to get the frequencies?

    Thanks


  • #1174
    MarkK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭MarkK


    Sorry my mistake, I forgot that two of the four ITV1 HD regions on satellite FTV rather than FTA

    Encrypted (FTV)
    ITV1 HD Central: on cards for Wales, West, Westcountry, Central.
    ITV1 HD Meridian: on cards for Meridian and Anglia.

    FTA:
    ITV1 HD London: on cards for London
    ITV1 HD Granada: on cards for Border, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire, Granada


    Frequencies are here:
    http://www.lyngsat.com/hd/28east.html


  • #1175
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    Ok thanks. So which of these work for the card trick to give you ITV1 HD on your EPG? Only the FTA ones?


  • #1176
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    bambooman2 wrote: »
    Ok thanks. So which of these work for the card trick to give you ITV1 HD on your EPG? Only the FTA ones?

    No, any of them will work with the Card Trick (once you have the card matched region) as an Irish sub card will decode the scrambled ITV's.


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  • #1177
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    Thats great thanks. And looking through the threads there seemed to be issues with recording programs recently. Does this work ok?


  • #1178
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    bambooman2 wrote: »
    Thats great thanks. And looking through the threads there seemed to be issues with recording programs recently. Does this work ok?

    Read the thread, if you've the new EPG then only NI region cards seem to work on the full trick but other cards still allow access via the blue button.


  • #1179
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    Hi, I just got a Sky white card from London. I have just tried using it with my Sky HD 1 TB box. Cant seem to get the card trick working. Channels not showing up in favourites. I followed the steps in this forum. I wonder if I am missing anything? Was hoping to get ITV 1 HD, Channel 4 HD etc working. I believe I have the correct regions inserted in other channels.


  • #1180
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    Do you have the new EPG?


  • #1181
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    gtg60 wrote: »
    Do you have the new EPG?
    Yes I do


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  • #1182
    SPAWKER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭SPAWKER


    gtg60 wrote: »
    Do you have the new EPG?
    Which version of the new EPG do you have ?
    Its now listed as model No under your system details menu.


  • #1183
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    SPAWKER wrote: »
    Which version of the new EPG do you have ?
    Its now listed as model No under your system details menu.
    Hi, the number is R005.053.70.05P


  • #1184
    SPAWKER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭SPAWKER


    bambooman2 wrote: »
    Hi, the number is R005.053.70.05P
    Thought you might have had the newer version which ends in 09p.
    The trick should still work for the blue button trick for you.


  • #1185
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    I have had a look at the blue button and I can see that I can set recordings for ITV HD for instance. Is there anything further that can be done from the blue button? It seems quite limited. When I am looking at a programme and I select the blue button (for favourites) none of the added in UK channels show up just the normal channels you would expext in a Sky Ireland home. Should I be seeing more here?


  • #1186
    SPAWKER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭SPAWKER


    bambooman2 wrote: »
    I have had a look at the blue button and I can see that I can set recordings for ITV HD for instance. Is there anything further that can be done from the blue button? It seems quite limited. When I am looking at a programme and I select the blue button (for favourites) none of the added in UK channels show up just the normal channels you would expext in a Sky Ireland home. Should I be seeing more here?

    Have you ticked all the extra english channels when you have the english card in the box to set them up as favourites otherwise they wont show up as favourites when you put back in the irish card.


  • #1187
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    SPAWKER wrote: »
    Have you ticked all the extra english channels when you have the english card in the box to set them up as favourites otherwise they wont show up as favourites when you put back in the irish card.

    Yes I have done this. Is there a 'best practice' page on this somewhere? I have seen slightly different approaches outlined on this forum.

    Many thanks


  • #1188
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Did u press the green button to save them? Put the box in standby and swop back to the Irish card.


  • #1189
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    jca wrote: »
    Did u press the green button to save them? Put the box in standby and swop back to the Irish card.

    Yes I did this. What channel should be selected when I put the box in standby?


  • #1190
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    bambooman2 wrote: »

    Yes I did this. What channel should be selected when I put the box in standby?
    I normally use 501, sky news during the swop as its common to both epg's.


  • #1191
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,610 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    I normally use 105 (channel 5 as I hope it'll make it keep the UK part of the EPG)


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  • #1192
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    I don't think it really makes any difference as you always end up on the welcome channel.


  • #1193
    otterstown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭otterstown


    After the On Demand upgrade the Card Trick does not work
    Cannot see ITV 1 etc on EPG
    Anybody else notice this or is just me


  • #1194
    Woodie40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭Woodie40


    SPAWKER wrote: »
    Thought you might have had the newer version which ends in 09p.
    The trick should still work for the blue button trick for you.

    Is the newer version on the download stream?


  • #1195
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    I went through the process all over again and I now have the card trick working on the blue button. Thanks to all who helped.


  • #1196
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,944 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    bambooman2 wrote: »
    I went through the process all over again and I now have the card trick working on the blue button. Thanks to all who helped.
    So what did you do differently?


  • #1197
    bambooman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭bambooman2


    muffler wrote: »
    So what did you do differently?

    Went through the process again. However this time I put the box in standby and changed the card when it was tuned to Sky News.


  • #1198
    SPAWKER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭SPAWKER


    Woodie40 wrote: »
    Is the newer version on the download stream?
    No its not on the download stream as of yet. Its supposed to be a fix for people whos boxes are freezing and crashing every couple of days.


  • #1199
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,610 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    jca wrote: »
    I don't think it really makes any difference as you always end up on the welcome channel.

    Not if you leave it on Channel 5. You stay on Channel 5. Or at least I do.
    However, I'm still on the old EPG, maybe that matters?


  • #1200
    pbarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 824 ✭✭✭pbarr


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Not if you leave it on Channel 5. You stay on Channel 5. Or at least I do.
    However, I'm still on the old EPG, maybe that matters?

    Yes I think that is the reason, mine used to work that way before the upgrade but not now.


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  • #1201
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,740 ✭✭✭Luckycharms_74


    OK I tried the "Card Trick" with an old Blue Sky Card "Granada Region" & I didn't work. I'm on the new EPG Version 9b I think. When I store the channels on the UK card as Fav's they are missing when I put back in the Irish card.
    It looks like I'm screwed on this one. Can anyone confirm this :(


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