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Sky Question Help Needed
littlegerts
Posts: 151 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
my father inlaw has a communal dish,he has an old tv and is worried about notgetting any tv when they switch off analogue,i can get a sky box for him will he be able to hook it up and get sky allbeit,freeview or will i need to ask sky for a card,ive read bits here and there but am not too sure what to do,any help would be great:beer:
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Depending on his aerial, is buying a cheap freeview box out of the question? The type of TV doesn't matter.
If you got the Freesat route from Sky you need to buy a viewing card from Sky for £20.Dave. :wave:0 -
his aerial is rubbish,thats why i was thinking about a sky box,with the communal dish,can i get info for frrsat on the sky site?0
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If you connect up a $ky box without an up to date card you can get all the channels broadcast in the clear - all BBC, sky news, Bloomberg, all radio, and lots of crap channels
You will not be able to get ITV and C4 and some others that soft encrypt - you need to buy a card to do that cost £20 from $ky0 -
If you connect up a $ky box without an up to date card you can get all the channels broadcast in the clear - all BBC, sky news, Bloomberg, all radio, and lots of crap channels
You will not be able to get ITV and C4 and some others that soft encrypt - you need to buy a card to do that cost £20 from $ky
The ITV channels have been FTA for quite some time, so no card needed there.
You'll need the FTV card for Ch4, Five, Five US, Five Life and Sky Three.It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!(OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)0 -
You will not be able to get ITV and C4 and some others that soft encrypt - you need to buy a card to do that cost £20 from $ky
Wrong, the only " free " channels that require a card on Sky are Ch4. Ch5's (x 3) and Sky 3.
All other " free " channels work fine without a card, including ITV.
As Bextech has correctly stated.0
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