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

The Ayatolla · 20-01-2014 09:15PM

gtg60 wrote: »

Remember that a Channel Islands card will also work for the full trick but they're even rarer than UTV ones!

Would a Freesat from Sky card sent to an NI address work?

Should be able to sort one!

gtg60 · 20-01-2014 09:30PM

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Would a Freesat from Sky card sent to an NI address work?

Should be able to sort one!

Yes, of course, it'll have to be activated though.

jca · 20-01-2014 09:34PM

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Would a Freesat from Sky card sent to an NI address work?

Should be able to sort one!

Nice one:D. Yes it will work. When you get the card you'll have to ring sky (uk) to activate the card while it's in a sky box. Give the NI address the card was posted to when asked and it will be "regionalised" to UTV.

frank149 · 21-01-2014 10:03AM

Hi,

Blue button trick had stopped when i got home from work yesterday,
I tried a number of times to get it to work again but no luck.

What could have changed.As i had got it to work before ,i know i am not doing it wrong.
Any sugestions.

Thanks

Citizenpain · 22-01-2014 01:47AM

frank149 wrote: »

Hi,

Blue button trick had stopped when i got home from work yesterday,
I tried a number of times to get it to work again but no luck.

What could have changed.As i had got it to work before ,i know i am not doing it wrong.
Any sugestions.

Thanks

Same here ...

energy1942 · 22-01-2014 02:53AM

Citizenpain wrote: »

Same here ...

I have just powered off one of my boxes to check if the blue button trick still works & it does, I suggest you try cleaning your card & insure that the English channels are on your epg before you switch off at the mains.

Have you had another update?

Citizenpain · 22-01-2014 10:15AM

Its probably my own fault .... I had another card that i wanted to test ... it wasnt working so I did a manual software update.

I'll give it more time tonight

Do the other channells need to be added with the UK card in the box or does it matter? I did it with the ROI card in last night because the box was so slow with the uk one in!

22-01-2014 10:53AM

My East Midlands blue card still works (blue button trick)

Citizenpain · 24-01-2014 12:35AM

energy1942 wrote: »

I have just powered off one of my boxes to check if the blue button trick still works & it does, I suggest you try cleaning your card & insure that the English channels are on your epg before you switch off at the mains.

Have you had another update?

Panic over - back up and running (Blue Button Trick)-- looks like you have to add the other channels with the UK card in! My Bad !!

Failed to wake up an NI card left in Box for the last 2 nights (Blue one with House).. Box still says "no card" I'm going to leave it in a box over the weekend and see if it reactivates; but I'm not optimistic

All in all I'm happy to have the blue button trick back!

gtg60 · 24-01-2014 01:07AM

Citizenpain wrote: »

Failed to wake up an NI card left in Box for the last 2 nights (Blue one with House).. Box still says "no card" I'm going to leave it in a box over the weekend and see if it reactivates; but I'm not optimistic

Cards do not wake up like this, they will either load their EPG region or they are a dud, the giveaway is the 'No card' message, try rubbing the gold contacts vigorously on some fabric like a pair of jeans, go to the settings>details page and see if you are getting a Viewing Card Number, no number means it's a dud.

Saying that, it's very rare that cards fail but quite often when I'm going through a batch of cards they won't work until you give the contacts a clean.

Citizenpain · 24-01-2014 01:36AM

Thanks for that . Contacts are gleaming at this stage . Dead as a dodo methinks.
I should be able to get my hands on another one though

frank149 · 24-01-2014 09:16AM

Hi,

Force Software update last evening ,Blue button Trick working again.
All ok for the moment.

jca · 24-01-2014 09:37AM

gtg60 wrote: »

Cards do not wake up like this, they will either load their EPG region or they are a dud, the giveaway is the 'No card' message, try rubbing the gold contacts vigorously on some fabric like a pair of jeans, go to the settings>details page and see if you are getting a Viewing Card Number, no number means it's a dud.

Saying that, it's very rare that cards fail but quite often when I'm going through a batch of cards they won't work until you give the contacts a clean.

Slightly off topic, I have a genuine ni ftv card. Should I be able to view ch5 hd if I left it in overnight or is ch5 hd a hd sub only?

dogtoffee · 24-01-2014 09:54AM

jca wrote: »

Slightly off topic, I have a genuine ni ftv card. Should I be able to view ch5 hd if I left it in overnight or is ch5 hd a hd sub only?

Channel 5 HD is no longer viewable with any FTV card. You now need to be a UK Sky HD subscriber to view it.

jca · 24-01-2014 11:39AM

dogtoffee wrote: »

Channel 5 HD is no longer viewable with any FTV card. You now need to be a UK Sky HD subscriber to view it.

Thanks DT. I can watch bbc 3&4 HD using the NI card. Pity they aren't on the irish epg.

Citizenpain · 29-01-2014 11:43PM

Citizenpain wrote: »

Thanks for that . Contacts are gleaming at this stage . Dead as a dodo methinks.
I should be able to get my hands on another one though

Ok - Second Card (White NI one) works fine !

2 things though

It can be very slow to change channels ; blue screen for ages .. Is that normal ? Is there anything I can do ?

Also - The NI EPG does not have ITV 1+1 . If I save that with a UK card and add it to favourites will I be able to access it using the Blue button Trick ? or would loading the UK EPG get rid of UTV,C5 etc from my EPG now?

dogtoffee · 30-01-2014 04:38AM

Citizenpain wrote: »

Ok - Second Card (White NI one) works fine !

2 things though

It can be very slow to change channels ; blue screen for ages .. Is that normal ? Is there anything I can do ?

Also - The NI EPG does not have ITV 1+1 . If I save that with a UK card and add it to favourites will I be able to access it using the Blue button Trick ? or would loading the UK EPG get rid of UTV,C5 etc from my EPG now?

Itv+1 is not avalable with ni card

Citizenpain · 30-01-2014 08:49AM

dogtoffee wrote: »

Itv+1 is not avalable with ni card

Yes , I know .. I'm asking if I can add it with a uk card to blue button trick and still keep ni epg?

jca · 30-01-2014 09:05AM

Citizenpain wrote: »

Yes , I know .. I' asking if I can add it with a uk card to blue button trick and still keep ni epg?

No I don't think so. You'll have to boot from uk card to get itv+1 on the blue button but to get the NI epg you'll have to reboot again and all previous settings will be lost. You can still watch the +1 in other channels.

Citizenpain · 30-01-2014 11:18AM

cheers - Is your's slow to change channels with the NI Card Trick?

jca · 30-01-2014 11:23AM

Citizenpain wrote: »

cheers - Is your's slow to change channels with the NI Card Trick?

No it works perfectly.

Citizenpain · 30-01-2014 11:53AM

jca wrote: »

No it works perfectly.

thanks
i might just start from scratch

jca · 30-01-2014 01:23PM

Citizenpain wrote: »

thanks
i might just start from scratch

Probably the best solution.

Citizenpain · 31-01-2014 02:09AM

Plugged out box for 10 mins
Did planner rebuild
Did card trick again

Result --still a small delay but nothing as bad as it used to be !!

I'm delighted with the extra channels

jca · 31-01-2014 10:52AM

Citizenpain wrote: »

Plugged out box for 10 mins
Did planner rebuild
Did card trick again

Result --still a small delay but nothing as bad as it used to be !!

I'm delighted with the extra channels

I don't re build the planner. I just unplug the box and put in the ni card. Power the box back up and wait for the ni epg to load fully. Go into standby put the irish card back in and its finished. All takes less than an ad break.

Citizenpain · 31-01-2014 10:57AM

jca wrote: »

I don't re build the planner. I just unplug the box and put in the ni card. Power the box back up and wait for the ni epg to load fully. Go into standby put the irish card back in and its finished. All takes less than an ad break.

hopefully can do that going fwd --- just wanted to delete other channels and favs and do it all again to see if i could speed it up!

jca · 31-01-2014 10:59AM

Citizenpain wrote: »

hopefully can do that going fwd --- just wanted to delete other channels and favs and do it all again to see if i could speed it up!

Don't delete other channels or it won't work.

Citizenpain · 31-01-2014 11:23AM

jca wrote: »

Don't delete other channels or it won't work.

Sorry , I meant delete and add again other channels and favs !! Working fine anyway now !

kelsca · 08-02-2014 01:05PM

Hi,
Had a power failure yesterday and the trick was lost.
Re did every thing with my ni card,but now the box will not see the roi card except after full reboot,after which the trick is lost!
Any ideas?
Thanks.

pbarr · 08-02-2014 01:25PM

kelsca wrote: »

Hi,
Had a power failure yesterday and the trick was lost.
Re did every thing with my ni card,but now the box will not see the roi card except after full reboot
Thanks.

Do you mean that the box does recognize the NI card after a reboot, or it doesn't. What happens then?

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

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