Free On Demand Connector

Luckycharms_74

Sky are giving customers a free on demand connector at the moment. It says they normally cost £21.95stg. There was a thread here where sky sold them as an introductory offer for €12.99.
It might be of use to some people out there & and because its free its a BA .
Ignore the up to 3 months delivery time. My mate signed up yesterday and got a DPD notification that he would have it tomorrow.

free on demand connector link

bagsofballs

Damn, it only works if you've never connected to On Demand via Ethernet before, Ah well!

Luckycharms_74

bagsofballs wrote: »

Damn, it only works if you've never connected to On Demand via Ethernet before, Ah well!

I got that error message as well, if you call Sky 0818719819 they just send it out to you

encryptix

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

I got that error message as well, if you call Sky 0818719819 they just send it out to you

Just off the phone there, they wouldnt give me the connector for free at first but eventually there was an agreement that I pay for it now and then my account was credited back the amount taken

whirlpool

21.95? Aren't they 12.99 euro? And 3 months delivery? A quarter of a year??

Luckycharms_74

whirlpool wrote: »

21.95? Aren't they 12.99 euro? And 3 months delivery? A quarter of a year??

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

where sky sold them as an introductory offer for €12.99.
Ignore the up to 3 months delivery time. My mate signed up yesterday and got a DPD notification that he would have it tomorrow.

Read the OP :P

Zimmerframe

I have never connected my Sky box to ethernet and the link above tells me I am not eligible.

My Sky + Hd box is about a year old, but maybe it's not compatible, will check when I get home. It's definitely got "ON Demand" in the menu system.


Note the Version Number:
i. If it starts 4F30, 4F31, 9730 or 9F30, your box is compatible with On Demand.
ii If it starts 4E30, unfortunately your box isn't compatible.

celticbhoy27

Zimmerframe wrote: »

I have never connected my Sky box to ethernet and the link above tells me I am not eligible.

Same here

él statutorio

celticbhoy27 wrote: »

Same here

Me too.

LukeS_

Never been connected to the internet on the box and my box is supported, but I am being "rejected", weird...

Jarjohn

Got mine delivered today and working a treat. Took about 2 weeks to deliver

Patty O Furniture

It takes a lot of patience to do it, as it does reject it a lot of times & gave up on it one nite & the next morning it worked, so i think its hit & miss, but if you've done everything, just leave it for a while to authorise or find its way eventually.

I found advice for it over at the Satellite forum

Dudda

Paid the €12:99 or whatever it wasv about a year ago for the device. Well worth the money so if you can get it for free it's a brilliant BA.

we'llallhavetea

I got one earlier on in the year and they are a pain in the hole to get to work but it eventually connected for me. never had the box connected to anything before and didn't have to to get it to work. on demand is really brilliant, so many box sets straight to the tv, great for over Xmas

5500

Does taking one of these enter you into a new 12 month contract

SCOOP 64

Got one for €12 months ago and always forget its there.

Patty O Furniture

5500 wrote: »

Does taking one of these enter you into a new 12 month contract

No, it doesn't, its just they're way of thanking you for being a loyal customer, for paying too much every month ! :P

Belle Morte

Got one of these in the post today - it's tiny! I see they sent me the mini one - not sure if it's much different features-wise to the standard size one though?

gipi

LukeS_ wrote: »

Never been connected to the internet on the box and my box is supported, but I am being "rejected", weird...

Me too - maybe there's a daily freebie limit?

billy few mates

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

No, it doesn't, its just they're way of thanking you for being a loyal customer, for paying too much every month ! :P

That's exactly it, I got a letter through the post telling me I could have one of these for free, I rang them up to ask for it and they said it would take a few weeks but it actually arrived two days later. I plugged it in and it worked first time, there's not really that much on there (yet) so I haven't even used it.

whirlpool

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

Read the OP :P

Except that it's not an introductory offer. They are still 12.99.

Patty O Furniture

billy few mates wrote: »

That's exactly it, I got a letter through the post telling me I could have one of these for free, I rang them up to ask for it and they said it would take a few weeks but it actually arrived two days later. I plugged it in and it worked first time, there's not really that much on there (yet) so I haven't even used it.

Takes a while to build up the programmes in it.

deise08

Stupid question. I don't have internet in my house but got the notice about the free on demand box yesterday. do I need to have an internet connection?

ShatterProof

deise08 wrote: »

Stupid question. I don't have internet in my house but got the notice about the free on demand box yesterday. do I need to have an internet connection?

No but it might help

studdlymurphy

what is the box for? what can I do with it?

Kerrydude1981

studdlymurphy wrote: »

what is the box for? what can I do with it?

Can download series boxsets and movies that's if your subscribed to the movie channels

gipi

Did any of ye who got the rejection message manage to order one of these free boxes yet? Still getting the "ineligible" message myself...:(

Sir Osis of Liver.

gipi wrote: »

Did any of ye who got the rejection message manage to order one of these free boxes yet? Still getting the "ineligible" message myself...:(

Been trying for three days now, same sh1t.Thought I might just call them.

Yamanoto

I called them yesterday & it was no problem, despite the fact they rejected the request online.

Any way of using this with Netflix?

BogManInc

Yamanoto wrote: »

Any way of using this with Netflix?

Would love to know this also

shamelessidiot

Yamanoto wrote: »

I called them yesterday & it was no problem, despite the fact they rejected the request online.

Any way of using this with Netflix?

No, it's not a smart box. It only has Sky's software on it. Buy a cheap Roku for that.