Free BT Sports and Eir Sports

shmeee

Jofspring wrote: »

I had it from my fathers eir account but it knocked off last week. I reactivated it but it then knocked off his multi-room box. It seemed to transfer over from his multi room box to my sky box instead of being activated on all three. Has that been happening anyone else? Two boxes max?

You will have to re activate all the boxes again. Eir's systems got wipped for some users.

Just enter the new sky cards again and all will be fine.

shmeee

downwiththatsor wrote: »

Mine is gone this evening so will have to ring them in the morning, i switch the sky box off at night, not sure if it made any difference to it stopping?

No difference.

Don't even bother ringing them, just enter the sky card details online again.

And all will be fine

Steak

Jofspring wrote: »

I had it from my fathers eir account but it knocked off last week. I reactivated it but it then knocked off his multi-room box. It seemed to transfer over from his multi room box to my sky box instead of being activated on all three. Has that been happening anyone else? Two boxes max?

Maybe I'm not reading the above correctly, but can I get eir Sports through my eir broadband subscription added to 2 separate Sky boxes (2 separate accounts)?

Currently I have it activated on my own Sky box but it would be great if I could get it added to the parents Sky account too.

Apologies if this has been asked before.

shmeee

Steak wrote: »

Maybe I'm not reading the above correctly, but can I get eir Sports through my eir broadband subscription added to 2 separate Sky boxes (2 separate accounts)?

Currently I have it activated on my own Sky box but it would be great if I could get it added to the parents Sky account too.

Apologies if this has been asked before.

Yes you can, log into your eir account online and just enter their sky card number.

Be active in a matter of minutes.

muffler

Steak wrote: »

Maybe I'm not reading the above correctly, but can I get eir Sports through my eir broadband subscription added to 2 separate Sky boxes (2 separate accounts)?

Currently I have it activated on my own Sky box but it would be great if I could get it added to the parents Sky account too.

Apologies if this has been asked before.

Yup, as shmeee confirmed just log in and enter the Sky card numbers

CJmasgrande

I think things might get more appealing as i see today on UK sites that Boxnation is joining the BT Sports pack

deadanonymau5

Mickalus wrote: »

I had the channel on on the TV (with the 'you need to subscribe' thing showing - no actual picture)
Went upstairs to the PC, entered in the viewing card # on the Eir website, went back downstairs and the channels were all live.
Easy as that.

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Fantastic, greatly appreciate the help! Ill try it later so

Mickalus wrote: »

Any joy?

Finally got around to trying to set it up and when I go to eir Sport 1,2 or the BT channels I get

"This is the wrong card for this set top box. Insert the correct viewing card. Call 0818 _______ for assistance"

I guess Ill have to call Eir on their premium number to get the right viewing card. :mad:

cletus

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Mickalus wrote: »

I had the channel on on the TV (with the 'you need to subscribe' thing showing - no actual picture)
Went upstairs to the PC, entered in the viewing card # on the Eir website, went back downstairs and the channels were all live.
Easy as that.

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Fantastic, greatly appreciate the help! Ill try it later so

Mickalus wrote: »

Any joy?

Finally got around to trying to set it up and when I go to eir Sport 1,2 or the BT channels I get

"This is the wrong card for this set top box. Insert the correct viewing card. Call 0818 _______ for assistance"

I guess Ill have to call Eir on their premium number to get the right viewing card. :mad:

I had the same issue, got onto Eir, they told me they couldn't do anything (they did try) and that I'd have to contact sky

batistuta9

Pair the card to the box yourselves.
Connect the box to internet/phone
press services 0 0 1 select on remote
Select first time installation from the menu

Hello447

I keep getting ''Error details: System.Exception: 3222 an error has occurred''

I've tried reinstalling firefox, reinstalling silverlight and nothing is working. Any ideas?

Hello447

I keep getting ''Error details: System.Exception: 3222 an error has occurred''

I've tried reinstalling firefox, reinstalling silverlight and nothing is working. Any ideas?

Atlantic Dawn

Hello447 wrote: »

I keep getting ''Error details: System.Exception: 3222 an error has occurred''

I've tried reinstalling firefox, reinstalling silverlight and nothing is working. Any ideas?

Might need plugin if you don't have it already...

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-silverlight-plugin-play-audio-and-video

cletus

batistuta9 wrote: »

Pair the card to the box yourselves.
Connect the box to internet/phone
press services 0 0 1 select on remote
Select first time installation from the menu

I was on to them for 20 minutes, they tried numerous times to pair but were unsuccessful.

cletus

batistuta9 wrote: »

Pair the card to the box yourselves.
Connect the box to internet/phone
press services 0 0 1 select on remote
Select first time installation from the menu

I was on to them for 20 minutes, they tried numerous times to pair but were unsuccessful.

theoneeyedman

cletus wrote: »

I was on to them for 20 minutes, they tried numerous times to pair but were unsuccessful.

Out of interest where do you call now for support for eir. Is it still the premium rate Scottish call centre?

Hello447

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Might need plugin if you don't have it already...

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-silverlight-plugin-play-audio-and-video

I have silverlight installed

deadanonymau5

cletus wrote: »

I had the same issue, got onto Eir, they told me they couldn't do anything (they did try) and that I'd have to contact sky

cletus wrote: »

I was on to them for 20 minutes, they tried numerous times to pair but were unsuccessful.

Ah crap :mad:

Kensington

01Surveyor wrote: »

It doesnt say anything about business users not being entitled to eir sport.....why cant you access it?

Business users would need a commercial subscription (few hundred euro a month) so business broadband customers don't get it free.

Del007

Drop them an email here

cs@eirsport.paywizard.com

The normal operators in Eir have nothing to do with Eir sports. After I emailed them, they sent me out a viewing card for my sky box. Once I received that, I emailed them to pair my new card to my sky box.

It was pretty simple

batistuta9

cletus wrote: »

I was on to them for 20 minutes, they tried numerous times to pair but were unsuccessful.

Did you try it yourself?

cletus

theoneeyedman wrote: »

cletus wrote: »

I was on to them for 20 minutes, they tried numerous times to pair but were unsuccessful.

Out of interest where do you call now for support for eir. Is it still the premium rate Scottish call centre?

I called 1901, went to tech support and had them connect me. Didnt cost me anything that way

cletus

batistuta9 wrote: »

cletus wrote: »

I was on to them for 20 minutes, they tried numerous times to pair but were unsuccessful.

Did you try it yourself?

The age of the box (no WiFi) and the position of my router relative to my TV would make it difficult to try it myself.

Do you think it would be worth the hassle, as in, be more likely to be successful than whatever eir sport did?

deadanonymau5

Del007 wrote: »

Drop them an email here

cs@eirsport.paywizard.com

The normal operators in Eir have nothing to do with Eir sports. After I emailed them, they sent me out a viewing card for my sky box. Once I received that, I emailed them to pair my new card to my sky box.

It was pretty simple

Great Fingers crossed it works:o

batistuta9

cletus wrote: »

The age of the box (no WiFi) and the position of my router relative to my TV would make it difficult to try it myself.

Do you think it would be worth the hassle, as in, be more likely to be successful than whatever eir sport did?

If you can manage it yeah, it's by far the easiest way. Takes about a minute.

You're getting that message on all channels, not juat eir ones, right?

vienne86

Just waiting for the day when my Eir/BT Sports curls up and dies on my Sky box - I took out an 12 month subscription about a year ago. I was intending forking out for another annual subscription but have just remembered that my brother has Eir broadband and phone, but not Eir TV - and he has zero interest in Eir/BT sports and anyway, he has his TV with Virgin. Could I use his Eir account to get Eir/BT sports on my for free?

jousting with chairs

vienne86 wrote: »

Just waiting for the day when my Eir/BT Sports curls up and dies on my Sky box - I took out an 12 month subscription about a year ago. I was intending forking out for another annual subscription but have just remembered that my brother has Eir broadband and phone, but not Eir TV - and he has zero interest in Eir/BT sports and anyway, he has his TV with Virgin. Could I use his Eir account to get Eir/BT sports on my for free?

Yep,
just get him to log into his Eir account and add your viewing card number to his acc.
There are full instructions on the Eir site in the FAQ section IIRC.

Nalz

Is there a way to get Eir TV without broadband or a phone line with them?

Checked before and it seemed a little confusing

How much would it be? Thanks

muffler

Nalz wrote: »

Is there a way to get Eir TV without broadband or a phone line with them?

Checked before and it seemed a little confusing

How much would it be? Thanks

Do you mean Eir Sports / BT Sports?

loughrey

Nalz wrote: »

Is there a way to get Eir TV without broadband or a phone line with them?

Checked before and it seemed a little confusing

How much would it be? Thanks

No, Eir TV is broadband based, they don't have a satellite service like Sky. You need to have Fibre broadband or they won't offer it to you. Sky is the service for you

vienne86

loughrey wrote: »

No, Eir TV is broadband based, they don't have a satellite service like Sky. You need to have Fibre broadband or they won't offer it to you. Sky is the service for you

If you have a dish and a Sky viewing card, you can subscribe to Eir sports - €225 for a 12 month committment or €25 per month.