whats the difference between these two cards? what i mean is how would you know by looking at them,,,,
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whats the difference between these two cards? what i mean is how would you know by looking at them,,,,
cant get setanta sports 1( Roi ), gran canaria, the rest are fine,just says (nssbr) no sat signal been received, does it have to be tuned in seperatly![]()

The only difference is the channels that are mapped to it.
laddermate (28-02-2009)
I just thought there would be sonething even the tel number to call Sky ..
What is the phone no on the card? and iŽll tell you

True. and much easier - LOL
But yes the phone numbers are different.
Last edited by trigger; 28-02-2009 at 11:15 AM Reason: spelling
laddermate (28-02-2009)
The Phone number on my expired Irish Card is 0044 8702 404040
Dont know if this has changed or not.
The cards look the same only difference is the main 101-104 channels being
101 - RTE 1
102 - RTE 2
103 - TV3
104 - TG4
0044 is the international access code to the UK, the rest of the number is the same as we use in the UK on our cards - ours only show 08702 404040.

Well the only sensible answer is get a bigger dish... Setanta ROI is on the steerable beam on Eurobird 1 and thus you are a good few hundred miles off footprint
gpage24 (01-03-2009)
Setanta Ireland is available in Lanzarote on a 3M dish but it has to be aligned to Eurobird and subsequently 2D is lost. Another but..... the signal on this bird on a 3m dish usually only lasts until early evening (between 5 and 10 depending on time of year) and does not return until 11am ish next day.
Hope this helps
gpage24 (01-03-2009)
Just seen one of our new customers cards and it got the Irish Sky number 0818 719 819 on it.
Is it not to do with Sky setting the card to ROI or UK via post codes or ROI?
If your in scotland your EPG 101 would be BBC scotland and if your in a London post code your epg 101 would be BBC London.
To get RTE1 on 101 your card would need to be set up without a post code?
No?
Actually, when you call Sky, the operator gets an "Ireland" (or whatever the indicator is set to be internally) in the headset before answering the call. This is standard call centre ops so the operator knows what they are dealing with.
Its not that simple. There is a difference between the BBCs and RTE, BBCs are free to air, you dont need a card to view them so, changing your post code would be enough in this case.
RTE is part of Sky's basic Irish package, meaning you have to have a valid Irish card to view it.
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