Recent content by xerxes

At last, I've got time to post again. I'm pleased to say that following on from what Rolfw had to say, I've solved my problem. The problem seemed to be with the old (universal) MTI LNB, which I bought in 2003. Once I'd replaced it with the (universal) Invacom Twin, which I bought just a couple...

I've got a problem trying to pick up digital FTA German channels from Astra 1 with a 2 LNB multi-feed system. The problem is: I can't seem to do it. I've got a 100 cm Gibertini dish, pointing pretty accurately at Astra 2, with an Invacom Twin to make sure I can get reasonable Astra 2D...

With your set-up you would "only" have to pay Sky the 10 pounds a month, and not the additional 13.50 pounds, as you don't have to subscribe to Sky's mimimum package to get Sky+. Not a lot of people know that, including, apparently some of Sky's Customer Services people. If you're interested...

Hi Soda, Well, we've all passed a lot of water since the posting you quoted (which is nearly a year old now). I bought a "Phantom PVR" and after a marathon struggle got it to work with my Sky digibox, more or less successfully. A few months later, though, I decided what the hell - poor old...

As a matter of interest did you phone Sky up from Madrid to activate your card for Sky+, or did you arrange to have it done from the UK? Xerxes

You have to pay Sky the extra 10 pounds if your current subscription is under 30 pounds a month. That means you can only avoid paying the 10 pounds if you subscribe to the film and/or sports packages. You won't be able to record anything with your FTV card - you would have to subscribe to Sky...

Not only does Sky+ work without a telephone connection, what appears to be little known by anybody - including Sky Customer Services - is that if you live outside of the UK there is NO contractual requirement whatsoever to connect to a telephone line. That means you're NEVER going to get a...

... and religious stuff, bringing an American God to an indifferent UK public.

Hi LairyLarry, Do you really mean "Free to Air" - or "Free to View"? You don't need any sort of card at all for "Free to Air", but you do for "Free to View". "Free to Air" includes the BBC channels, Sky News, 4 music channels, and a whole load of bottom-of-the-barrel stuff, like the direct...

I don't think Sky actually checks if you're connected to a phone line. See the comments in this thread and in: http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=119226 Xerxes

Hi Leee and Nick6470, When you activated your Sky Plusses did you tell Sky when you phoned them that the boxes were or were not connected to phone lines? Xerxes

No matter who you speak to at SKY or what argument you use you will be told it is impossible to have Sky Plus without being connected to a phone line. I, however, have never found any posting on any forum from anybody who has actually failed to get Sky Plus activated when not connected to a...

So not much chance of them forcing me to connect up a Sky Plus without a telephone connection then? Getting even more off-thread here, I'm afraid, but I reckon it can only be a matter of time before Sky Plus becomes the standard vanilla digibox anyway. I'll report back to let you know what...

Thanks everybody, for the quick replies. Actually, Leee, I asked Free2View if my Sky card would transform as if by magic into a Free2View card automatically if I cancelled Sky after 31st January, and the answer was "er, ... dunno". Perhaps this should be a question for Sky - although presumably...

I just phoned up the Free2View people and asked them what happens after the 31st January, which is the last date when you can apply for such a card. The answer I got was "We've got no idea. There'll be no one here manning the phones, and it'll be up to Sky ". If I get a Free2View Card before...