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Channel 4 HD NOW available in Ireland May 2012

  • 20-05-2012 01:15PM
    #1
    ODuill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭


    Channel 4 HD now available in Ireland on the extra channels through your SKY box, Enjoy

    Channel 4 HD London
    Freg 11126 V
    Symbal rate 22000
    FEC 5/6


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  • #2
    James__10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭James__10


    ODuill wrote: »
    Channel 4 HD now available in Ireland on the extra channels through your SKY box, Enjoy

    Channel 4 HD London
    Freg 11126 V
    Symbal rate 22000
    FEC 5/6

    Doesn't work it only tunes in more 4 + 2 :confused:


  • #3
    mullingar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,338 ✭✭✭mullingar


    ODuill wrote: »
    Channel 4 HD now available in Ireland on the extra channels through your SKY box, Enjoy

    Channel 4 HD London
    Freg 11126 V
    Symbal rate 22000
    FEC 5/6

    4hd has been fta for a good while now.


  • #4
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    Those of us using the Card Trick have had it on our EPG for over a month.


  • #5
    Mr Magners
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mr Magners


    James__10 wrote: »
    Doesn't work it only tunes in more 4 + 2 :confused:

    Kinda worked for me, as in it found C4 HD and More 4 + 2 but where do the channels go once I've chosen to "Add channels"


  • #6
    James__10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭James__10


    Ah only copped on that we don't have a HD box so thats why I probably can't get it :(


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  • #7
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    Mr Magners wrote: »
    Kinda worked for me, as in it found C4 HD and More 4 + 2 but where do the channels go once I've chosen to "Add channels"

    'Other Channels' unless you use the Card Trick to bring it into your Irish EPG.


  • #8
    Mr Magners
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mr Magners


    Thanks gtg60.

    Any links to how to do the Card Trick. I'm sure there's a thread on it somewhere but I'm on mobile and searching is a pain in the hole.


  • #9
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    Mr Magners wrote: »
    Thanks gtg60.

    Any links to how to do the Card Trick. I'm sure there's a thread on it somewhere but I'm on mobile and searching is a pain in the hole.

    Link here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056353483

    All you need is a UK card, Irish sub and a (non first gen Thomson) Sky HD box.


  • #10
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,195 ✭✭✭John mac


    couple of months late :Dhttp://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056589337


  • #11
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    OP, you got my hopes up! Thought it was now on the EPG...:(


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  • #12
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    mad muffin wrote: »
    OP, you got my hopes up! Thought it was now on the EPG...:(

    Do the Card Trick and it will be! :D


  • #13
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    gtg60 wrote: »
    Do the Card Trick and it will be! :D

    I don't have access to a UK FTV card :(


  • #14
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,404 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    mad muffin wrote: »
    I don't have access to a UK FTV card :(

    Get one free of charge by filling in the contact form on Setanta's website.
    Say you would like a card to receive programmes under the BAI sound and vision scheme and that you have your own receiver and dish.

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  • #15
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    gtg60 wrote: »
    Those of us using the Card Trick have had it on our EPG for over a month.

    Longer than that for those of us with a Freesat HD box and FTA hd boxes.:D


  • #16
    Brian P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Brian P


    gtg60 wrote: »
    Do the Card Trick and it will be! :D

    Thanks for that info. gtg60.I got a card from you last Oct and have never looked back but I wasn't aware of Ch.4 Hd's availability.:)


  • #17
    smodgley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭smodgley


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Get one free of charge by filling in the contact form on Setanta's website.
    Say you would like a card to receive programmes under the BAI sound and vision scheme and that you have your own receiver and dish.

    cant see where you do this


  • #18
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,404 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    Click here.
    Then choose satellite and subscription enquiries. Fill in the form and play the waiting game. Do not contact Setanta or Sky after you get the card as activating it will render it useless for the card trick.

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  • #19
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Click here.
    Then choose satellite and subscription enquiries. Fill in the form and play the waiting game. Do not contact Setanta or Sky after you get the card as activating it will render it useless for the card trick.


    I did satellite and enquiries, not subscription enquiries. Does that mean it won't go through?

    Should I do it again?


  • #20
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,404 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    mad muffin wrote: »
    I did satellite and enquiries, not subscription enquiries. Does that mean it won't go through?

    Should I do it again?

    Nah, twill be grand. They'll likely respond today so you'll know for sure then.

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  • #21
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Nah, twill be grand. They'll likely respond today so you'll know for sure then.

    Just got an email from them, there is mention that if they order the card for me and I have a Sky card...
    We must also advise that if we request a card for you and you do have an existing Sky card then this may cause loss of service on your current viewing card.

    Is this only if the card is activated?


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  • #22
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,404 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    Just ignore that. Tell them you want to continue to order the card for BAI programmes and are aware of all other implications.

    It just means you cant receive your sky package once the new card is in. But once you put your sky card in, you will have access to your sub (and hopefully the other channels on your epg).

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  • #23
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,335 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    this got my hopes up thinking that channel 4 Hd was added to our EPG without any card trick, dont have access to a uk card either:(


  • #24
    smodgley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭smodgley


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Click here.
    Then choose satellite and subscription enquiries. Fill in the form and play the waiting game. Do not contact Setanta or Sky after you get the card as activating it will render it useless for the card trick.

    thanks a million


  • #25
    Dub12Dave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭Dub12Dave


    Please can someone advise, if I get one of those cards from setanta all I have to do is put it in a sky box and I can get a few extra channels and they will be available on the epg? Are these the same type of card that is getting sold on adverts for something like €20. Don't want to order one if it's not, Thanks.


  • #26
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    Dub12Dave wrote: »
    Please can someone advise, if I get one of those cards from setanta all I have to do is put it in a sky box and I can get a few extra channels and they will be available on the epg? Are these the same type of card that is getting sold on adverts for something like €20. Don't want to order one if it's not, Thanks.

    Yes and no.

    If you don't have a sub with Sky then yes the free card from Setanta will give you a few extra scrambled channels, the problem is that it puts the Irish EPG on the box and that means no ITV, Channel 5 family or Channel 4 family without going to 'Other channels'.

    The cards on adverts that go for €25 are UK FTV cards, firstly these will put all the UK FTA channels on your EPG plus you will get the scrambled ones that the Setanta card gives you (VIVA, Liverpool FC TV, MOTORs TV etc) and will also give you Pick TV and it's +1 and Channel 5 HD (if you've a HD box).

    Oh yeah be careful if you're ordering a card off adverts as some are not FTV cards they are only FTA cards so make sure the seller says it can allow you to watch Channel 5 HD and Pick TV.


  • #27
    Dub12Dave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭Dub12Dave


    Ah I see........so the cards from setanta are not FTV cards?


  • #28
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    Dub12Dave wrote: »
    Ah I see........so the cards from setanta are not FTV cards?

    They are like a limited FTV card in that they allow you to watch SOME of the FTV channels but they are very different to the UK FTV cards.


  • #29
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Gonzo wrote: »
    this got my hopes up thinking that channel 4 Hd was added to our EPG without any card trick, dont have access to a uk card either:(
    gtg60 wrote: »
    They are like a limited FTV card in that they allow you to watch SOME of the FTV channels but they are very different to the UK FTV cards.

    The Satanta cards can be used to do the card trick, no?


  • #30
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    mad muffin wrote: »
    The Satanta cards can be used to do the card trick, no?

    Yes, an unactivated one can but I'm talking to Dub12Dave about something completely different.


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  • #31
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    gtg60 wrote: »
    Yes, an unactivated one can but I'm talking to Dub12Dave about something completely different.

    Great thanks. I guess there are a couple of threads going on here. :o


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