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

mikom

Time to buy shares in Freesat methinks.

Pocaide

Can you uninstall this update and if so how.

SPAWKER

Pocaide wrote: »

Can you uninstall this update and if so how.

Yes you can but only temporarily by doing a forced update.

The Ayatolla

WHat differences are there with the update? How will I know if Ive been updated to the new software?

Citizenpain

The Ayatolla wrote: »

WHat differences are there with the update? How will I know if Ive been updated to the new software?

The version Number is on details section on your skybox... New one begins with 10

lertsnim

zorro2566 wrote: »

I wonder did Sky know about this 'trick' and acted on it! Maybe some brainiac will come up with a way around it. I am going to miss recording the dramas from ITV Encore and ITV1!

I can't imagine massive threads such as this highlighting an exploit in their software is going to help anyone but Sky.

jca

SPAWKER wrote: »

Yes you can but only temporarily by doing a forced update.

Forced update isn't working either:(:(

Pocaide

With a forced update how long will that last a few hours, days or weeks.

jca

Pocaide wrote: »

With a forced update how long will that last a few hours, days or weeks.

I tried doing a forced update but no joy, it just installed the new software,fcek..

Nsewell

Pocaide wrote: »

With a forced update how long will that last a few hours, days or weeks.

It's impossible to say how long your box will stay on the older version once downgraded,
it depends on when the next switch date for your box is and ultimately when the end of the rollout is as after that the sweep up will kick in forcing boxes on older software to update.

Nsewell

jca wrote: »

I tried doing a forced update but no joy, it just installed the new software,fcek..

A successful forced update will currently downgrade your box to R009. A forced update downloads and installs the version of software currently on your boxes DR stream. Presently there is no DR stream with R010 on it, the DR streams for supported HD boxes all have R009 on them still, this is intentional to allow people to downgrade software if they experience issues.

If the forced update didn't downgrade your box then either the update process didn't kick in (did you get the "updating" message on screen?) or the update process timed out.

SPAWKER

Box got the new update today and am just after doing a forced update on it which has reverted it back to the R009 software but the card trick still wont work while using a NI card just goes back to the 998 channel.
So the card trick is well and truly dead.
Well suppose we cant complain as we got over 3 years with it.

jca

Nsewell wrote: »

A successful forced update will currently downgrade your box to R009. A forced update downloads and installs the version of software currently on your boxes DR stream. Presently there is no DR stream with R010 on it, the DR streams for supported HD boxes all have R009 on them still, this is intentional to allow people to downgrade software if they experience issues.

If the forced update didn't downgrade your box then either the update process didn't kick in (did you get the "updating" message on screen?) or the update process timed out.

The forced update completed successfully, bringing my box back to version 009... but still no card trick:(:( fcek fcek and double fcek:mad::mad:

Pocaide

F**k

Plascebo

lertsnim wrote: »

I can't imagine massive threads such as this highlighting an exploit in their software is going to help anyone but Sky.

I feel the opposite. Many people, including myself, have continued to subscribe to sky due to the card trick, i.e. itv/channel 5 channels, plus subscription channels all on the epg with the ability to record. The loss of the card trick makes the free option more appealing and therefore, in my opinion, will lead to more cancellations of sky subscriptions.

bodonnell

Plascebo wrote: »

I feel the opposite. Many people, including myself, have continued to subscribe to sky due to the card trick, i.e. itv/channel 5 channels, plus subscription channels all on the epg with the ability to record. The loss of the card trick makes the free option more appealing and therefore, in my opinion, will lead to more cancellations of sky subscriptions.

Have to concur, oh is seriously pissed about loosing trick, we'll definitely be looking at the free alternatives

jca

Plascebo wrote: »

I feel the opposite. Many people, including myself, have continued to subscribe to sky due to the card trick, i.e. itv/channel 5 channels, plus subscription channels all on the epg with the ability to record. The loss of the card trick makes the free option more appealing and therefore, in my opinion, will lead to more cancellations of sky subscriptions.

I agree with you too. I have multi-room atm, strongly considering ditching one of the boxes and getting a Humax. I'm too fond of Discovery to drop it completely. Can you put a paid for sky card into a Humax or any other freeview box?

dogtoffee

jca wrote: »

I agree with you too. I have multi-room atm, strongly considering ditching one of the boxes and getting a Humax. I'm too fond of Discovery to drop it completely. Can you put a paid for sky card into a Humax or any other freeview box?

I canceled my sub about 2 months ago and bought an old blue sky card with the recording still activated I have not missed it one bit
I have a nowtv box so still have discovery and a few others you can find free codes easy enough on net so it's not costing me yet
With the YouTube app on the nowtv box you can find and watch full length program's from the likes of discovery history nat geo
Free is the way forward

enfant terrible

dogtoffee wrote: »

I canceled my sub about 2 months ago and bought an old blue sky card with the recording still activated I have not missed it one bit
I have a nowtv box so still have discovery and a few others you can find free codes easy enough on net so it's not costing me yet
With the YouTube app on the nowtv box you can find and watch full length program's from the likes of discovery history nat geo
Free is the way forward

So can you record utv etc on any sky box with that old blue sky card?

Where did you buy it?

dogtoffee

enfant terrible wrote: »

So can you record utv etc on any sky box with that old blue sky card?

Where did you buy it?

Yes all freesat channels are recordable with that old card you can get them on adverts.ie

enfant terrible

dogtoffee wrote: »

Yes all freesat channels are recordable with that old card you can get them on adverts.ie

Cheers will it work on any sky box or does it have to be a humax or something?

dogtoffee

enfant terrible wrote: »

Cheers will it work on any sky box or does it have to be a humax or something?

It works on sky+hd box

enfant terrible

dogtoffee wrote: »

It works on sky+hd box

Cheers dogtoffee,

Is this what I need?
http://www.adverts.ie/satellite/sky-hd-box-and-blue-recording-card/5206155

How much was the card on its own?

dogtoffee

enfant terrible wrote: »

Cheers dogtoffee,

Is this what I need?
http://www.adverts.ie/satellite/sky-hd-box-and-blue-recording-card/5206155

How much was the card on its own?

Yes that's what I have
I payed €50 for it

muffler

You cant record anything on a Sky box without a Sky subscription.

gtg60

muffler wrote: »

You cant record anything on a Sky box without a Sky subscription.

That's not true, these Recording cards do exist.

muffler

gtg60 wrote: »

That's not true, these Recording cards do exist.

Really? Thats a new one for me then.

Is it any old blue card or does it have to be region specific or whatever?

gtg60

muffler wrote: »

Really? Thats a new one for me then.

Is it any old blue card or does it have to be region specific or whatever?

Thought they were an Urban Myth myself until I actually got my hands on one, that card has now been in a Sky HD box in my folks for a few years, gotten a few more for friends and family since then but they are very rare, there is no way of knowing a card will work until you test it.
I actually started a thread on it as I was very surprised they did exist, even though I never try to sell things on this or any thread somebody linked my Boards and Adverts account and subsequently the thread was locked.

I have more info and will PM you as this thread (although probably at the end of it's life) is too useful to be locked.

200motels

I have an old blue card which was replaced by the new white one but the blue card lets me record all the free channels which is great.

smodgley

Card trick is dead R.I.P.