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FTV v FTA on sky system

  • 15-05-2005 12:44pm
    #1
    bugsyboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭


    Hi

    I have a sky system (grundig box)but have not been subscribed for about 6 months. The system is dismantled although the dish is still on the wall). I still have the card (blue with a yellow house on it). Will this allow me to see more free channels than the basic FTA.
    If so what channels?

    Cheers

    Bugsyboy


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  • #2
    chorus techy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭chorus techy


    Unless its a FTV card, ordered from england, then it won't get you any more FTV channels. If its an Irish card, that was de-activated, then in fact, you're better off putting the card into the digibox upside down and loading the default EPG - this will give you ITV 3 on the EPG, aswell as BBC Three / BBC Four / CBBC / CBeebies / BBC News 24 / BBC Parliament plus all BBC Radio services.


  • #3
    bugsyboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭bugsyboy


    Thanks for the info.
    Presumably the card doesn't have to be a sky one if it's going inupside down?
    Will a credit card work?

    Cheers

    Bugsyboy


  • #4
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    bugsyboy wrote:
    Thanks for the info.
    Will a credit card work?

    Yes


  • #5
    Charles Slane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭Charles Slane


    Were all the old blue (no house) FTA cards deactivated ? I have one that used to show ITV Channel 4, and five but now it's just the Beebs and general FTAs that are available.

    Is Ebay the best route these days for an FTV ? About how mush do they cost?


  • #6
    Ulsterman 1690
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭Ulsterman 1690


    Were all the old blue (no house) FTA cards deactivated ?
    About two years ago ?


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  • #7
    bugsyboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭bugsyboy


    The credit card doesn't seem to have made any difference. I turn off the box put in the card waited for about a minute. When I turn it on after about 30 secs or so I get a message saying that there is something wrong with my skycard.
    I get the same epg as with no card (ie no BBC3 etc on the epg (I still get them through services etc).
    Is there a specific way to go about this using a differnet card to get the default epg?

    Cheers

    Bugsyboy


  • #8
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    chorus techy wrote:
    Unless its a FTV card, ordered from england, then it won't get you any more FTV channels. If its an Irish card, that was de-activated, then in fact, you're better off putting the card into the digibox upside down and loading the default EPG - this will give you ITV 3 on the EPG, aswell as BBC Three / BBC Four / CBBC / CBeebies / BBC News 24 / BBC Parliament plus all BBC Radio services.

    I think this trick was solved by Sky, after a digibox software update. It doesnt work anymore.


  • #9
    bugsyboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭bugsyboy


    Thanks for clearing that up. Is it fair to say that there is no advantage or point to having a sky card once your sub is up?

    Bugsyboy


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