I have a sky plus box version 1 down here in South Tenerife. We dont have it plugged into the phone line as we have had it for nearly 2 years - over a year in the UK. It's connected to a 90 CM offset with a dual LNB (which we had changed to a stronger one).
Because of the dish size we cant get Astra D or some of the north footprint channels, but the Sky + functions all work. We can record two progs at a time and rewind/pause etc. Some of the interactive stuff like the 8 screen footy doesnt work either, but sky news interactive does.
My worry is what happens when I need to replace my box. Can I just buy another and find my card will work in it or do i need to adjust something ?