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Getting an old blue remote to work with sky+

Dont throw any old ancient blue remotes away as they can be programmed to work with sky+......you wont have any record facility, but all other features work and they are ideal for a 2nd tv in bedroom or kitchen

on the old remote

press tv

press blue/select together

press "1"

press select

press sky

And save yourself a tenner :)

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  • Astec
    Astec Posts: 515 Forumite
    Thanks for that. Will they control the volume too? My parents have one of light grey boxes with the light grey remote which is bust. Really annoying having to use the blue remote and the TV remote for volume.
  • lucylucky
    lucylucky Posts: 4,908 Forumite
    Astec wrote: »
    Thanks for that. Will they control the volume too? My parents have one of light grey boxes with the light grey remote which is bust. Really annoying having to use the blue remote and the TV remote for volume.

    If you can find the code for the TV then yes they should
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