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Using Sky communal satellite for FTA

  • 17-02-2015 12:25pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭


    Hiya. I have a Sky sub via a communal Sky dish in my apartment complex. I'm thinking of cancelling my sub but will I still be able to use my Sky HD box to access FTA channels like BBC, ITV etc from the dish?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭winston_1


    jakdublin wrote: »
    Hiya. I have a Sky sub via a communal Sky dish in my apartment complex. I'm thinking of cancelling my sub but will I still be able to use my Sky HD box to access FTA channels like BBC, ITV etc from the dish?

    Yes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭jakdublin


    I thought that, but when I take the card out I can't get any channels. I guess it won't work without the card but leaving the card in will enable the FTA channels. Thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭ei9go


    Get a UK card and then you will get the UK epg with BBC1 on 101 etc.

    Lots on Adverts for a couple of Euro


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭jakdublin


    Will I not be able to get them just by cancelling the sub and leaving the current card in?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭ei9go


    The UK card is the way to go because you get all the UK channels in a logical order and on the epg.

    No more "other channels"

    By the way, you do know that the SKY+ won't work when you stop paying


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭jakdublin


    Yeah, I figured I'd lose the Sky+. OK, I think I understand now. If I do nothing and keep the current card in I can access channels but only through 'other channels' and if I get a UK card they'll appear in the epg. And if I decided later that I wanted to record I'd have to ditch the sky box and get a combo box or something (I'm assuming any box will connect to the communal Sky dish in our complex).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭ei9go


    Thats it in a nutshell

    Humax Freesat recorder is the way to go if you want record.

    No subscriptions, no cards needed.

    You enter a UK postcode for whatever region you want and that's it.

    Simply swap out the Sky+ box


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,969 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Also once you cancel your Sky sub the Irish channels will no longer be available thru the satellite dish, an aerial connected to a Saorview TV or STB will be required.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭jakdublin


    The Cush wrote: »
    Also once you cancel your Sky sub the Irish channels will no longer be available thru the satellite dish, an aerial connected to a Saorview TV or STB will be required.

    Yeah, I knew that much. I'm hoping the old rabbit ears will do the job. It's a cheap Saorview approved TV that I'm picking up on Thursday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭winston_1


    jakdublin wrote: »
    Yeah, I knew that much. I'm hoping the old rabbit ears will do the job. It's a cheap Saorview approved TV that I'm picking up on Thursday.

    So called rabbits ears are VHF aerials for FM and DAB radio. You need a UHF aerial for TV, preferably on the roof but this may do:

    http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerm/telecam.htm


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭jakdublin


    Thanks winston. I'm not totally tech clueless but flapping around in the dark a bit with this so every bit of info is saving me money. Wouldn't have known that.


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