What happens if you unsubscribe?

JoyPad · 03-01-2005 1:35am #1

Hi,

I've been with Sky for a year and a half, and I want to unsub soon (i.e. right after the superbowl). Does anyone know what exactly happens with the card? Is it invalidated?

Thanks,
JP

fu · 03-01-2005 2:19am

further information check
http://www.flysat.com/index.php

03-01-2005 9:30am

It will just load up the irish epg as normal for you but you will only be able to see the free channels.
No RTE, TV3 etc

ffocused · 03-01-2005 3:11pm

the card will be useless. take it out of the box. switch it off at the mains for a few minutes turn it back on, now you will have the default epg. bbc 1/2 on 101/102. bbc3/4 on 116/117 and the other freeview channels in the same place as before. do this before you decide to cancel your sub and decide if it is what you want.

DMC · 03-01-2005 5:30pm

No... thats not correct. The Irish EPG will load up regardless, if you leave the card out.

(Unless you have an FTV card you can swap with, which is not the case here.)

chorus techy · 03-01-2005 5:34pm

DMC - depends on the model of sky digibox you use. On my panasonic TU-DSB40, if I leave the box ON, remove the card, the digibox "locks up" for about 30 seconds, and then "Searching For Listings" appear on the screen, and the default EPG loads about a minute later. Most other models will not allow you do this (or maybe my box is just extra special

)

Brian017 · 03-01-2005 5:39pm

Mine loads the English EPG too.

DMC · 03-01-2005 6:03pm

That never happened on my 3 Pace or Grundigs I've ever had

channelsurfer · 04-01-2005 9:23pm

with the last sky software upgrade the irish epg is the default one if you take out the card and turn it upside down. the only way to get around it is to reboot the box using the backup button.

Pal · 05-01-2005 7:58am

I have a Grundig box. the upside down trick gets me the English EPG.

ffocused · 06-01-2005 11:21am

DMC wrote:

No... thats not correct. The Irish EPG will load up regardless, if you leave the card out.

(Unless you have an FTV card you can swap with, which is not the case here.)

It worked on my panasonic dsb40 for the last year. it will only get irish epg when an irish card is inserted. i now have a uk ftv card in it though

zapata · 07-01-2005 12:13am

I have a 'Tesco' points card in my panasonic and am getting bbc 1,2,3,4 realitytv, sky news, bbc24, cnn, euronews and a good few others.

Gargantuan · 07-01-2005 7:57am

zapata wrote:

I have a 'Tesco' points card in my panasonic and am getting bbc 1,2,3,4 realitytv, sky news, bbc24, cnn, euronews and a good few others.

How many bonus points do you need for Sky sports , i heard Tesco are offering a channel for every 20 points

What happens if you unsubscribe?

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