Sky tv recording

tammy66

My contract with sky tv ends at the end of the month ,my question i understand that i will still be able to watch some channels but will my sky box still record these programs if not is there a way round it

Heinz

You Sky+ box will revert to being a dumb Freesat from Sky receiver (leave your old card in the box).

You will not be able to view any previous recordings or record any new ones.

The way round it is to either pay Sky £10.25/month for the Sky+ facilities to be retained or to swop out your Sky box for a Freesat PVR with similar functionality.

TadleyBaggie

tammy66 wrote: »

My contract with sky tv ends at the end of the month

Not quite...your contract doesn't end, it is still ongoing until you cancel it (31 days notice need).

swift1_2

I just gave my 31 days notice a few days ago.
From what I've read and its prob worth a try, if you take your card out day before switch off, and leave it out for 3 or 6 months, then put it back in, you will be able to do all the sky+ (playback/record) stuff. AFAIK your existing subscription channels will have expired so you may not have access to them. The 3-6 month is to avoid the kill signal that gets sent to prevent your card from sky+ features.

VisionMan

swift1 wrote: »

I just gave my 31 days notice a few days ago.
From what I've read and its prob worth a try, if you take your card out day before switch off, and leave it out for 3 or 6 months, then put it back in, you will be able to do all the sky+ (playback/record) stuff. AFAIK your existing subscription channels will have expired so you may not have access to them. The 3-6 month is to avoid the kill signal that gets sent to prevent your card from sky+ features.

Sky no longer send a 'kill signal' to their boxes. They send a 'keep alive' one. So there is no way around it.

Heinz

The remove the card 'trick' has never worked with white cards (although there is some evidence it used to work with blue, yellow house cards).

Losinmoney

Hi Heinz, how do you get Sky to agree to that £10.25 a month thing for retention of Sky+?? I tried but they said no....

teddysmum

It depends on the call centre person you speak to. There is quite a variety in the offers made to people transferring from O2.