Free BT Sports and Eir Sports

Lucious Sweet · 10-07-2016 04:36PM

nu_90 wrote: »

For those who have no sky contract and have got the free channels on their box , any chance they are in HD ?

Yes, 5 channels in HD. No sky sub :-)

nu_90 · 10-07-2016 04:41PM

Perfect lads, thanks for confirming this , better dust off those old boxes so

percy212 · 10-07-2016 05:12PM

Just thinking of the parents here...bb connection, but using a saorview/freesat combo box for TV. Will I have to pull out the old sky box to get UK channels plus eirsport, AND leave the combo box in place for RTE? Anyone know of a combo box that takes a sky card? I foresee many hours of swearing at boxes in my future!

Flint Fredstone · 10-07-2016 06:05PM

adox wrote: »

Yeah once you sign up online. Was over at my sisters yesterday and she got the increase letter. She's a big footie fan (with Eir for broadband and phone and has a Sky sub) so she signed up online when I was there. Gave them her viewing card number and the channels were unscrambled on her Sky box immediately. 6 channels in all, 5 which are in HD.

I'm waiting 20 minutes now. Is it supposed to come through immediately for everyone?

Mickalus · 10-07-2016 06:07PM

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

I'm waiting 20 minutes now. Is it supposed to come through immediately for everyone?

Mine came thru immediately after I entered the sky viewing card number online.

Lucious Sweet · 10-07-2016 06:07PM

percy212 wrote: »

Just thinking of the parents here...bb connection, but using a saorview/freesat combo box for TV. Will I have to pull out the old sky box to get UK channels plus eirsport, AND leave the combo box in place for RTE? Anyone know of a combo box that takes a sky card? I foresee many hours of swearing at boxes in my future!

eir sport channels work fine on my old Sky HD box but nothing when I try the card in my Ariva 252 combo box and I have tried many times.

Wanderer78 · 11-07-2016 05:42AM

Lucious Sweet wrote:

eir sport channels work fine on my old Sky HD box but nothing when I try the card in my Ariva 252 combo box and I have tried many times.

Card is paired with sky box

Paully D · 11-07-2016 04:49PM

Unfortunately I have no viewing card in my Sky box. Off topic I know, but is there a way to purchase one to avail of this offer or would I have to go through Sky to get the card?

GY A1 · 11-07-2016 05:49PM

Paully D wrote: »

Unfortunately I have no viewing card in my Sky box. Off topic I know, but is there a way to purchase one to avail of this offer or would I have to go through Sky to get the card?

ask eir/setanta they should send out one to u,
dont pay for an old card anyway,

bk · 11-07-2016 06:12PM

Thegalwayman wrote: »

I thought simply broadband was 40€ from Vodafone if you don't want/use the phone line

Prices have increased due to OpenEir, Eir's wholesale side increasing the wholesale prices, I assume to pay for this "free" sports!!!

casio4 wrote: »

have you checked the vodafone speed? some people said it's slow

My parents and sister are with Vodafone, they get 100Mb/s and 80Mb/s, the full capability of their line. I haven't noticed any congestion or bad pings on their lines.

DuffleBag · 11-07-2016 08:16PM

I have a question that hasnt been asked.

I set it up on the sky box in my room and also in another room. Works grand on mine, but not on the other. Do both boxes need to be connected to the broadband for it to work? Currently only mine (the one that the sports are working on) is the only one connected to the broadband.

It was my understanding this was through satellite and not broadband

GY A1 · 11-07-2016 08:20PM

Shouldn't have to be connected to Internet.
May have to call them again

DuffleBag wrote: »

I have a question that hasnt been asked.

I set it up on the sky box in my room and also in another room. Works grand on mine, but not on the other. Do both boxes need to be connected to the broadband for it to work? Currently only mine (the one that the sports are working on) is the only one connected to the broadband.

It was my understanding this was through satellite and not broadband

rogieop · 11-07-2016 08:33PM

Im currently subscribed to sky for both tv and broadband.

If i want to swap over i just need to cancel sky and start a new package with eir and once thats up and running input my old sky viewing card num and jobs a good one... right?

ronanc1000 · 11-07-2016 09:08PM

GY A1 wrote: »

ask eir/setanta they should send out one to u,
dont pay for an old card anyway,

in a similar situation, my plan being to set up my old sky box for FTA but will Eir actually send out viewing cards so I can add and unlock BT Sports etc?

Can anyone confirm that they do this?

Didnt think they (EIR) have viewing cards tbh, i think I'd be told that you need to be a sky subscriber to use the service on a sky box...

GY A1 · 11-07-2016 10:15PM

No you don't have to be a sky subscriber to get eir/setanta.
Setanta have sent out cards to people.

ronanc1000 wrote: »

in a similar situation, my plan being to set up my old sky box for FTA but will Eir actually send out viewing cards so I can add and unlock BT Sports etc?

Can anyone confirm that they do this?

Didnt think they (EIR) have viewing cards tbh, i think I'd be told that you need to be a sky subscriber to use the service on a sky box...

ronanc1000 · 11-07-2016 10:19PM

GY A1 wrote: »

No you don't have to be a sky subscriber to get eir/setanta.
Setanta have sent out cards to people.

Any link to where I contact them about it? So they will issue viewing cards to Eir broadband customers that are eligible for Eir Sport? Sounds great..

GY A1 · 11-07-2016 10:28PM

ronanc1000 wrote: »

Any link to where I contact them about it? So they will issue viewing cards to Eir broadband customers that are eligible for Eir Sport? Sounds great..

Ring eir
Or setanta on the same number in Scotland as before
0818 20 30 40
You have a sky box just tell them send u a card for it to work.
They will have to pair it to the box when u get it in post.

ronanc1000 · 11-07-2016 10:35PM

GY A1 wrote: »

Ring eir
Or setanta on the same number in Scotland as before
0818 20 30 40
You have a sky box just tell them send u a card for it to work.
They will have to pair it to the box when u get it in post.

Is this a straight forward thing for them? Sorry about all my questions, I just didn't think and was not aware you could get a viewing card that will work unless your with sky. Is it the same number you ring to pair the card when it arrives then?

cena · 11-07-2016 11:00PM

Do I need to get eir boardband for thiS OR WHAT IS it just for the channels

Lucious Sweet · 11-07-2016 11:29PM

cena wrote: »

Do I need to get eir boardband for thiS OR WHAT IS it just for the channels

http://support.eir.ie/eirsport/

Akrasia · 11-07-2016 11:46PM

This is probably a stupid question, but is there any way of getting these channels unscrambled on a Sat tuner built into a LG tv?

There's a CI module for unscambling encripted channels, but that doesn't seem to be used by many providers around these parts.

Calvatron · 12-07-2016 01:07AM

What card would allow me to get the FTA channels in HD (BBC1HD, C4HD etc) and avail of this eir sport offer? Could I use a UK sky viewing card for instance?

Kristopherus · 12-07-2016 01:08AM

Calvatron wrote: »

What card would allow me to get the FTA channels in HD (BBC1HD, C4HD etc) and avail of this eir sport offer? Could I use a UK sky viewing card for instance?

No. AFAIK it must be an Irish card.

GY A1 · 12-07-2016 01:18AM

No wont work

Akrasia wrote: »

This is probably a stupid question, but is there any way of getting these channels unscrambled on a Sat tuner built into a LG tv?

There's a CI module for unscambling encripted channels, but that doesn't seem to be used by many providers around these parts.

Calvatron · 12-07-2016 01:20AM

Mickalus wrote: »

Yep, I have it up and running.
No longer pay Sky, but still have the box. Getting all the Eir/BT sports now

So you use your old irish viewing card to register on eir? Do you need to leave the card in the box? If so can you still access the FTA channels with the card in? Are the channels still in HD?

GY A1 · 12-07-2016 01:20AM

Calvatron wrote: »

What card would allow me to get the FTA channels in HD (BBC1HD, C4HD etc) and avail of this eir sport offer? Could I use a UK sky viewing card for instance?

Whatever card u use will have to be paired by eir/setanta in your skybox to get the channels here. Irish sub.
And will prob loose it's uk benefit

Calvatron · 12-07-2016 01:21AM

Kristopherus wrote: »

No. AFAIK it must be an Irish card.

Okay. If I quote them an Irish viewing card from a sky hd box do I need to keep the card in the box to access eir sports? Can I still access the FTA channels with the card in?

ronanc1000 · 12-07-2016 01:24AM

Calvatron wrote: »

Okay. If I quote them an Irish viewing card from a sky hd box do I need to keep the card in the box to access eir sports? Can I still access the FTA channels with the card in?

According to what GY A1 said to me was that Eir issue viewing cards to people who want to access to the service via a sky box, the phone number is futher back. I hope to ring and find out tomorrow if they will send me a card. I am not very hopeful, we'll see.

GY A1 · 12-07-2016 01:24AM

Calvatron wrote: »

Okay. If I quote them an Irish viewing card from a sky hd box do I need to keep the card in the box to access eir sports?

Yes

Can I still access the FTA channels with the card in?

What u mean fta.
Do u mean freesat channels Ie bbc itv etc.
If so then yes bbc will still work.

Calvatron · 12-07-2016 01:28AM

GY A1 wrote: »

What u mean fta.
Do u mean freesat channels Ie bbc itv etc.
If so then yes bbc will still work.

Yes. BBC, ITV, C4. Those channels. They can be accessed with the Irish card inserted? Will they still be in HD?

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