btvision as freeview only ?

doelani

Can anyone help me?

We have a btvision box we no longer use and DD is moving to a house that she can get freeview, rather than buy her a freeview box can she use the btvision as freeview only ?

She will have no telephone line so cannot use btvision other services and cannto get sky as rental property and not allowed to put up sky box. Just do not want to waste the moeny buying a freeview box if the btvision one can be used.

thanks

Browntoa

I'm sure it needs a BT broadband connection to boot up

payless

The tiscali TV box ( same principle) needed an internet connection to do anything ( even to watch programs already recorded to its hard disk)

doelani

Robert2009 wrote: »

Try it and see?

Rob

Well I know thats the sensible thing but she is not moving for 2 weeks and was thinking of buying her a freeview for christmas. We do not get freeview where we live so cannot try it here.

doelani

thanks for replies, was a long shot.

ukmike

Without a BT Broad band connection & a home hub,it will not do anything.

mrtom21

You can only use a BT Vision box with BT Broadband and a connection to BT Vision. :P it will not work otherwise.

st999

Why don't YOU try it at home. Pull out the BT line and see if it works

ds-2010

st999 wrote: »

Why don't YOU try it at home. Pull out the BT line and see if it works

No need its a well known fact the box wont boot without been connected to BT broadband. You also need a vision account as well otherwise when you try to boot the box wont.

C_Mababejive

At a slight tangent but i wonder how they manage to flog BT vision? I mean it seems like a totally inappropriate delivery mechanism. TV should be via cable,terrestrial or satellite. Clogging up data networks by ramming huge chunks of video down it must surely create vast overheads?

ds-2010

Bt take the data the box's use on the chin so to speak it don't come off your data allowance.