How to get Channel 5 and BBC One HD on your Irish EPG and Recordable!!

DigiDec · 24-12-2011 06:25PM

Glad you are sorted and Happy Christmas.

ellieh1 · 03-01-2012 10:10PM

Anyone have any idea where I can get a FTV card so I can do the card trick on my sky+hd box thanks.

gtg60 · 03-01-2012 10:16PM

ellieh1 wrote: »

Anyone have any idea where I can get a FTV card so I can do the card trick on my sky+hd box thanks.

I hear this guy is very reliable

and has both Blue and White cards.

pbarr · 03-01-2012 10:23PM

ellieh1 wrote: »

Anyone have any idea where I can get a FTV card so I can do the card trick on my sky+hd box thanks.

I sent you a PM.

brandonviewer · 04-01-2012 03:30PM

i'm having a problem which i think is caused by the card trick but i'm not sure and would welcome any advice. i followed the instructions before christmas using an old blue uk card which gave me all the channels that i loaded in other channels including utv anglia west. i switched between channels a few times with no problems but suddenly i was getting a message of no satellite signal being received on most of the channels including the irish ones. i checked my signal strength while trying to get rte 1 and one of the signal indicators was showing blank. i then switched to sky news and i was immediately able to watch this with full signal strength but once i went back to a few of the other channels my signal was again gone. i left it on standby for a few days over christmas and it eventually recovered.
i tried the card trick again last night and had the same problem. as a matter of interest,utv was watchable but the irish channels as well as sky1 etc were still giving the same problem.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks.

energy1942 · 04-01-2012 09:43PM

brandonviewer wrote: »

i'm having a problem which i think is caused by the card trick but i'm not sure and would welcome any advice. i followed the instructions before christmas using an old blue uk card which gave me all the channels that i loaded in other channels including utv anglia west. i switched between channels a few times with no problems but suddenly i was getting a message of no satellite signal being received on most of the channels including the irish ones. i checked my signal strength while trying to get rte 1 and one of the signal indicators was showing blank. i then switched to sky news and i was immediately able to watch this with full signal strength but once i went back to a few of the other channels my signal was again gone. i left it on standby for a few days over christmas and it eventually recovered.
i tried the card trick again last night and had the same problem. as a matter of interest,utv was watchable but the irish channels as well as sky1 etc were still giving the same problem.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks.

Your satellite dish probably needs adjusted.

Charles Slane · 04-01-2012 10:13PM

brandonviewer wrote: »

i tried the card trick again last night and had the same problem. as a matter of interest,utv was watchable but the irish channels as well as sky1 etc were still giving the same problem.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks.

Just checked and the channels you mentioned that had gone are horizontally polarised, while the ones that stayed are vertically polarised. That might suggest that the lnb is faulty. Check to see what channels you have and what's missing. If all the missing ones are horizontally polarised then a new lnb might sort out the problem.

The timing of the card trick might be entirely coincidental.

brandonviewer · 04-01-2012 11:20PM

thanks folks. i'll try it again in a couple of days when i'm not recording anything important and see what happens. i'll get onto sky to sort out the lnb if it persists.

ShaneOC · 10-01-2012 02:22PM

This trick also works on the new basic Sky HD boxes (the ones without the hard-drive).

gtg60 · 10-01-2012 05:42PM

ShaneOC wrote: »

This trick also works on the new basic Sky HD boxes (the ones without the hard-drive).

That is interesting, wouldn't have expected that, thanks for the info!

enfant terrible · 12-01-2012 09:57AM

ShaneOC wrote: »

This trick also works on the new basic Sky HD boxes (the ones without the hard-drive).

Do these work on the new thompson hd boxes, smaller ones?

They default to the Irish EPG when powered on with no card.

paulaa · 13-01-2012 02:52PM

I apologise in advance if this is a stupid question

Do those Blue cards work on the ordinary Sky+ boxes (not HD)

Would I still be able to record the new channels on my old box ?
I have several channels stored on "other channels" .

gtg60 · 13-01-2012 03:35PM

paulaa wrote: »

I apologise in advance if this is a stupid question Do those Blue cards work on the ordinary Sky+ boxes (not HD)

Would I still be able to record the new channels on my old box ?
I have several channels stored on "other channels" .

First post in this thread explains it all, you need a Sky HD box.

Don't know what you mean by your other questions.

paulaa · 13-01-2012 04:33PM

gtg60 wrote: »

First post in this thread explains it all, you need a Sky HD box.

Don't know what you mean by your other questions.

Thanks for replying. You're confused !!! I know nothing about satellite etc.

Do you have any idea of the best place to get the Sky HD boxes ?

gtg60 · 13-01-2012 04:59PM

paulaa wrote: »

Do you have any idea of the best place to get the Sky HD boxes ?

Adverts.ie you should get one for around €60 and you might even get €20-€30 for your old Sky+ box on there!

paulaa · 13-01-2012 06:58PM

gtg60 wrote: »

Adverts.ie you should get one for around €60 and you might even get €20-€30 for your old Sky+ box on there!

Great , thanks a lot for your help and patience

enfant terrible · 14-01-2012 08:40PM

enfant terrible wrote: »

Do these work on the new thompson hd boxes, smaller ones?

They default to the Irish EPG when powered on with no card.

Found an old blue NI ftv card and it works on the new thompson boxes.

Have all the itv's, and have Channel 5+1, 5USA, 5USA+1, 5* and 5*+1 recordable.

Just missing Channel 5 and ITV HD, can you get these on a NI FTV card?

gtg60 · 14-01-2012 08:46PM

enfant terrible wrote: »

Found an old blue NI ftv card and it works on the new thompson boxes.

Have all the itv's, and have Channel 5+1, 5USA, 5USA+1, 5* and 5*+1 recordable.

Just missing Channel 5 and ITV HD, can you get these on a NI FTV card?

That's good to know, so it's only the first Thomsons (the ones with the Component outputs) that don't work with the 'Card Trick'.

Don't know about the NI FTV cards, are you sure you've saved the correct channels into 'Other channels'?

enfant terrible · 14-01-2012 08:53PM

gtg60 wrote: »

That's good to know, so it's only the first Thomsons (the ones with the Component outputs) that don't work with the 'Card Trick'.

Don't know about the NI FTV cards, are you sure you've saved the correct channels into 'Other channels'?

Thanks gtg60,

Do you know where you can find all the different channel 5 and itv hd region frequencies?

Gerry Wicklow · 14-01-2012 08:58PM

enfant terrible wrote: »

Thanks gtg60,

Do you know where you can find all the different channel 5 and itv hd region frequencies?

http://en.kingofsat.net/freqs.php?&pos=28.2E&standard=All&ordre=freq&filtre=Clear

gtg60 · 14-01-2012 09:02PM

enfant terrible wrote: »

Thanks gtg60,

Do you know where you can find all the different channel 5 and itv hd region frequencies?

http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php

You should be able to get Channel 5 as they are all broadcast in the clear now, I've seen problems before with ITV HD though as some regions don't have it and others have one of the ITV HD's that are on DVB-S2 transponders so can't be tuned into 'Other Channels', try tuning everything in and you'll soon find out if it works. Hopefully somebody else here with a NI FTV card will chime in soon.

enfant terrible · 14-01-2012 09:03PM

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

http://en.kingofsat.net/freqs.php?&pos=28.2E&standard=All&ordre=freq&filtre=Clear

Cheers do you know if you can add ITV HD to the EPG with a NI FTV card?

gtg60 · 14-01-2012 09:07PM

Just a note with the link Gerry Wicklow gave, he's given a link that only shows the ITV HD's that are broadcast in the clear, the strange thing is that Irish cards will decode scrambled ITV channels so tune in the scrambled ones too as your card will clear it, the important thing to look out for are the channels on DVB-S2 transponders.

enfant terrible · 14-01-2012 09:08PM

gtg60 wrote: »

Just a note with the link Gerry Wicklow gave, he's given a link that only shows the ITV HD's that are broadcast in the clear, the strange thing is that Irish cards will decode scrambled ITV channels so tune in the scrambled ones too as your card will clear it, the important thing to look out for are the channels on DVB-S2 transponders.

Thanks,

Is it possible to tune in the encrepted ITV HD
Astra 2D 10847.00 V 50 Astra 2D DVB-S2 QPSK 23000 8/9

Is there only three ITV HD's two FTA and one encrypted?

gtg60 · 14-01-2012 09:30PM

enfant terrible wrote: »

Thanks,

Is it possible to tune in the encrepted ITV HD
Astra 2D 10847.00 V 50 Astra 2D DVB-S2 QPSK 23000 8/9

Is there only three ITV HD's two FTA and one encrypted?

No and no.

Here's a simple way of working it out, is there an ITV HD on 178 when you've the Blue card inserted?

enfant terrible · 14-01-2012 09:53PM

gtg60 wrote: »

No and no.

Here's a simple way of working it out, is there an ITV HD on 178 when you've the Blue card inserted?

Cheers for all the help gtg60.

Will check when I get home.

p.oconnor · 15-01-2012 06:22PM

Hi lads should i get all the extra channels including five and ITV hd with a BBC East/ITV Anglia freesat card.

gtg60 · 15-01-2012 06:31PM

p.oconnor wrote: »

Hi lads should i get all the extra channels including five and ITV hd with a BBC East/ITV Anglia freesat card.

Pretty sure that region will direct your card to the ITV HD that's on a DVB-S2 transponder, should get everything else though.

DigiDec · 15-01-2012 06:41PM

Yeah you won't get ITV1 HD onthe EPG with that card.

p.oconnor · 15-01-2012 06:43PM

DigiDec wrote: »

Yeah you won't get ITV1 HD onthe EPG with that card.

I should still get ITV standard definition on 103 alongside TV3 though shouldnt I?

How to get Channel 5 and BBC One HD on your Irish EPG and Recordable!!

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