irish sky card and uk card

[laddermate]

whats the difference between these two cards? what i mean is how would you know by looking at them,,,,

 

[laddermate]

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

 

[Analoguesat]

The only difference is the channels that are mapped to it.

 

[laddermate]

The only difference is the channels that are mapped to it.

I just thought there would be sonething even the tel number to call sky ..

 

[trigger]

What is the phone no on the card? and i´ll tell you

 

[Analoguesat]

I just thought there would be sonething even the tel number to call sky ..

Ive never heard of anyone saying the phone numbers are different, but its logical the numbers would be different.

It should be easy enough to work out if a card is an Irish one - simply from what you get on 101-104

 

[trigger]

True. and much easier - LOL

But yes the phone numbers are different.

 

[snurgenator]

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

 

[PaulR]

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.

 

[laddermate]

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

anyone got any suggestions on this one

 

[Topper]

anyone got any suggestions on this one

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

 

[trigger]

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]

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

was just to post same Q, myself

 

[snurgenator]

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.

Just seen one of our new customers cards and it got the Irish Sky number 0818 719 819 on it.

 

[Publife]

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?

 

[snurgenator]

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?

Being in the Republic we dont have postcodes and as far as i know its set by location....When we used to order cards over the phone we were asked wether we were in the UK or ROI...now its all done via computer software of some sort.

 

[Cupart]

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.

 

[compufunk]

To get RTE1 on 101 your card would need to be set up without a post code?

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.