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<blockquote data-quote="PoloMint" data-source="post: 29163" data-attributes="member: 175235"><p>Sky boxes don’t particularly like being on motorised systems, mainly because they don’t like being away from 28.2E for long, and they are not DiSEqC compatible. However they can be used on a motorized system provided you use a different box to position the dish and go back to 28.2 for a night every now and then.</p><p></p><p>A couple other problems with them is they take ages to find listings (when at 28.2, they won't find anything by themselves anywhere else) and apart from having very limited symbol rates will loose all the added channels spontaneously every now and then. But the last two things shouldn’t be a problem if you have another receiver anyway.</p><p></p><p>If you want a completely separate system for FTV on your Sky box you should probably get just that, a completely separate system with its own dish. If you don’t still have your Sky dish you can pick one up cheaply. You will also need a FTV card (to get ITV, Ch4/5 and a couple the encrypted yet free channels), provided you still have your old Sky card you should be able to order a replacement FTV card free from <a href="http://www.free2view.tv/" target="_blank">http://www.free2view.tv/</a> otherwise you will have to pay just over £20. If you only cancelled Sky very recently and have a ‘new’ card (one with a picture of a yellow house and dark blue background) you shouldn’t need to order a new FTV card.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the forum!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PoloMint, post: 29163, member: 175235"] Sky boxes don’t particularly like being on motorised systems, mainly because they don’t like being away from 28.2E for long, and they are not DiSEqC compatible. However they can be used on a motorized system provided you use a different box to position the dish and go back to 28.2 for a night every now and then. A couple other problems with them is they take ages to find listings (when at 28.2, they won't find anything by themselves anywhere else) and apart from having very limited symbol rates will loose all the added channels spontaneously every now and then. But the last two things shouldn’t be a problem if you have another receiver anyway. If you want a completely separate system for FTV on your Sky box you should probably get just that, a completely separate system with its own dish. If you don’t still have your Sky dish you can pick one up cheaply. You will also need a FTV card (to get ITV, Ch4/5 and a couple the encrypted yet free channels), provided you still have your old Sky card you should be able to order a replacement FTV card free from [url]http://www.free2view.tv/[/url] otherwise you will have to pay just over £20. If you only cancelled Sky very recently and have a ‘new’ card (one with a picture of a yellow house and dark blue background) you shouldn’t need to order a new FTV card. Welcome to the forum! [/QUOTE]
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