Extra problem re. Sky's replacement card

milliebear00001

Hi there

Having been a victin of Sky's scam to get people to buy a replacement card if they 'cancelled' a subscription, I decided not to replace my viewing card. I am not in one of the ITV1 regions that would have been lost and added channel 5 as an extra channel - wasn't bothered about any of the others.

I posted a while back about having lost my regional ITV news when I removed my old viewing card - the ITV1 channel is there, but the news and weather is for London (I am Granada region). I tried adding the region back using the method described in some of the responses on my previous thread without any joy. I got my regional settings back only by reinserting my card (which hasn't yet been deactivated by Sky).

I now have another Sky box attached to an upstairs telly which uses a defunct card. This TV is also showing London news, rather than my local region.

Is this a problem anybody has experieced or can solve for me!?

nordtraveller

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milliebear00001

Am assuming this requires an external aerial - which I don't have?

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

We have a FreesatFromSky set up at work and have added Regional ITV's OK.

Have you followed the instructions as here?

milliebear00001

I have now - thanks!

mr_lordi

milliebear00001 wrote: »

Hi there

Having been a victin of Sky's scam to get people to buy a replacement card if they 'cancelled' a subscription, I decided not to replace my viewing card. I am not in one of the ITV1 regions that would have been lost and added channel 5 as an extra channel - wasn't bothered about any of the others.

I posted a while back about having lost my regional ITV news when I removed my old viewing card - the ITV1 channel is there, but the news and weather is for London (I am Granada region). I tried adding the region back using the method described in some of the responses on my previous thread without any joy. I got my regional settings back only by reinserting my card (which hasn't yet been deactivated by Sky).

I now have another Sky box attached to an upstairs telly which uses a defunct card. This TV is also showing London news, rather than my local region.

Is this a problem anybody has experieced or can solve for me!?

Hi, how did you replace channel five as an extra channel ??. i too refuse to pay the twenty quid... thanks

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

mr_lordi wrote: »

Hi, how did you replace channel five as an extra channel ??. i too refuse to pay the twenty quid... thanks

See here.

Just remember that you'll have to access it through the 'Other Channels' page and there'll be no EPG for it.

nordtraveller

milliebear00001 wrote: »

Am assuming this requires an external aerial - which I don't have?

Yes, sorry.

derrickmulford

The regional settings problem occurs frequently with myself. After expensive phonecalls to Sky to rectify the problem, which they claimed to do (for a while); I discovered my own way to sort it out:
The box is switched off (mine usually is) for at least 5 mins and the card removed. Swith it on and when it says searching for listings, insert the viewing card.
This usuall restores matters.

derrickmulford

The Sky replacement card appears to be a scam from Sky to get money out of peolpe if only to stop the annoying messages.
The channels I was to lose, I was not viewing anyway ( not in my region). I was to lose these last Oct !! It is now Feb and I am still getting the messages and all the channels I was getting.
So it would appear to be a money raising scam to stop the annoying and meaningless messages.
Any more problems from Sky and Freesat - here I come.

will-in-estoril

derrickmulford wrote: »

The Sky replacement card appears to be a scam from Sky to get money out of peolpe if only to stop the annoying messages.
The channels I was to lose, I was not viewing anyway ( not in my region). I was to lose these last Oct !! It is now Feb and I am still getting the messages and all the channels I was getting.
So it would appear to be a money raising scam to stop the annoying and meaningless messages.
Any more problems from Sky and Freesat - here I come.

I am anything but a fan of $ky. However, you are completely wrong on this matter.

The encryption used by $ky is NDS, which has never been hacked. This round of card replacements is only the second since the launch of digital satellite and is to ensure that encryption remains secure. The blue cards will be killed off soon, but will continue to regionalise the EPG for a while to come.

There are legal ways to avoid paying the whole £20, already posted on this forum.