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Sky HD box - Change to UK EPG

  • 08-07-2012 10:29pm
    #1
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Folks
    Bought a Sky+ HD box there off a lad, plugged it in, got the Irish EPG so it doesn't have ITV, C4 etc and has RTE 1 as the first station.

    Anyway to revert it to a UK Freeview box with BBC's at the start and ITV, C4 etc.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    yes,
    you will need a free to view card from sky ,
    Or a card from Setanta, (free) see here how.

    you can add the channels to other channels but not ideal.


  • #3
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Thanks John,
    I had a freeview card which I had worked a few years ago, I put it in and it gave me no signal! When I took it out I got a working Irish EPG and I got the standard freeview on an Irish box.
    Odd?


  • #4
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,556 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Have you tried rebooting the box with the freeview card in?


  • #5
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    I did indeed. "no signal".
    Whip out the card and bobs your uncle there is the picture back again, alas Irish channels!


  • #6
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    What colour is the card Yop?


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  • #7
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Its blue with Sky digital on it. A light blue.


  • #8
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    I'm 99% sure it's defunct. I may stand corrected,but it's the white FTA card you need.


  • #9
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Ah feck! Would I get one on Ebay?


  • #10
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    why pay when you can get it free from setanta?

    go here and fill in as muffler did (and me) in the link.


  • #11
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    Ring Sky direct and get one for 20?? sterling posted. Save the hassle and unsurety of it all...


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  • #12
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    staker wrote: »
    Ring Sky direct and get one for 20?? sterling posted. Save the hassle and unsurety of it all...

    Sky will only send those cards to a UK address.


  • #13
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Tried Setanta but they wouldn't send it out :(

    Not to worry! :)


  • #14
    ianq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭ianq


    Same with Sentanta for me too....wish me to ring customer service....lol.

    Worth the try...tnx....:)


  • #15
    dogtoffee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 308 ✭✭dogtoffee


    yop wrote: »
    Tried Setanta but they wouldn't send it out :(

    Not to worry! :)
    ianq wrote: »
    Same with Sentanta for me too....wish me to ring customer service....lol.

    Worth the try...tnx....:)
    I have a Setanta card you can have the loan of if you want to boot your box the post it back to me.


  • #16
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,556 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Brings a whole new meaning to card sharing ;)


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