Using FTV card to subscribe to Setanta Ireland

Tony

Why wait? Just check what programme is on the EPG at 3pm

snaps wrote: »

Yes setanta Ireland is on the EPG, think it is anyway with out a sub on a UK FTV card, but just not clear. My Setanta sports Ireland is clear. We will see what happens at 3pm this afternoon

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Tony wrote: »

Why wait? Just check what programme is on the EPG at 3pm

And to assist you even further ---

If you have the Irish version of Setanta the following programme should be on the epg,
Setanta Sports 1 - channel 423
14:50 Live Barclays Premier League - Mid'boro v Tottenham
Live coverage from the Riverside Stadium as Gareth Southgate's Middlesbrough entertain Juande Ramos' Tottenham Hotspur. Both sides have their eyes on European qualification this season. K.O. 3:00pm

If you have the UK version it will be

Setanta Sports 1- Channel 423

15.00 Sports Saturday

We await with interest, although my money is on the 2nd option but I hope I am wrong! thanks

Mossy Monk

snaps wrote: »

Yes setanta Ireland is on the EPG, think it is anyway with out a sub on a UK FTV card, but just not clear. My Setanta sports Ireland is clear. We will see what happens at 3pm this afternoon

Setanta Ireland is available in the UK also. What does the EPG say for Setanta Sports 1 at 3pm?

Mossy Monk

Is the football viewable on channel 423?

RuggieBear

forgive me if i'm missing a lot of obvious points from this thread...

I'm on freesat/fta sat but i would quite like to watch setanta (mainly the rugby tbh) . If i was to get a secondhand sky box with viewing card do i need to subscribe to sky first and then subscribe to setanta?

Or is it possible then to subscribe to setanta with a normal inactive card?

Or Am I able to get a uk fta card and then subscribe to setanta?

snaps

Setanta Ireland working ok. But the Setanta sports 1 is not the irish version. So no 3pm game. But if i put the card in my dragon the setanta sports 1 ireland is working. its a bit of a mess, whish i hadnt have given them my uk ftv card number

Mossy Monk

RuggieBear wrote: »

Or is it possible then to subscribe to setanta with a normal inactive card?

That's what I did.

Zaphod

snaps wrote: »

Setanta Ireland working ok. But the Setanta sports 1 is not the irish version. So no 3pm game. But if i put the card in my dragon the setanta sports 1 ireland is working. its a bit of a mess, whish i hadnt have given them my uk ftv card number

This is a real longshot, but you could try adding setanta sports 1 Ireland via other channels and give it a lash.

snaps

Zaphod wrote: »

This is a real longshot, but you could try adding setanta sports 1 Ireland via other channels and give it a lash.

Strange now, Now I have put back into my digi box, no setanta working apart from Setanta Ireland and the club channels (Rangers, Celtic, Arse, LFC)

Mossy Monk

You have the Irish Setanta subscription but the UK EPG. Both Setanta Sports 1 UK and 2 are blocked to Irish viewers at the moment. That will explain why they are not working. Tuning in the Irish versions to Other Channels should work.

Edit: Setanta Sports 1 (UK version) is currently viewable on an irish subscription.

channelsurfer

so to sum up then.... does setanta sports 1 (ireland ) work with the soccer on now?

snaps

yes but only via my dragon cam and technomate with irish sub on a UK FTV card

RuggieBear

Mossy Monk wrote: »

That's what I did.

groovy...so i need to get a sky box and an cancelled irish sky card to subscribe? a few things on adverts but no cards by the look of it.

Mossy Monk

RuggieBear wrote: »

groovy...so i need to get a sky box and an cancelled irish sky card to subscribe?

Exactly.

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Mossy Monk wrote: »

You have the Irish Setanta subscription but the UK EPG. Both Setanta Sports 1 UK and 2 are blocked to Irish viewers at the moment. That will explain why they are not working. Tuning in the Irish versions to Other Channels should work.

Edit: Setanta Sports 1 (UK version) is currently viewable on an irish subscription.

Tuning in the Irish versions to Other Channels should work. -Did you ever try this SNAPS??

snaps

No mate i haven't tried it yet. I will when i have some spare time. I'm messing around with a few other things at the moment. Hopefully if we get a break in the weather i am putting another dish up just for 28east this morning.

RuggieBear

was just onto setanta myself there and they told me categorically that there was no way to get a card off them.
Perhaps they've changed the policy in the last little while.

Tony

This is a change from their previous position and very short sighted of them.

RuggieBear wrote: »

was just onto setanta myself there and they told me categorically that there was no way to get a card off them.
Perhaps they've changed the policy in the last little while.

RuggieBear

Tony wrote: »

This is a change from their previous position and very short sighted of them.

quite annoying tbh. Maybe it was just the punters i was talking to...they did seem quite clueless.

Might try again in the morning. Might be a more "senior" supervisor to talk to...lol

Is there a legitimate method to get an irish sky card without subscribing to sky?

Tony

RuggieBear wrote: »

Is there a legitimate method to get an irish sky card without subscribing to sky?

Afraid not

RuggieBear

buggah.

Our man in Havana

What if you wished to sub to the "adult" channels? Would it work then? Would TVX send you a card which could in turn be used for setanta?

Mossy Monk

The porn channels do send out a card afaik but why anyone would want to subscribe to that crap is beyond me.

Tony

Mossy Monk wrote: »

The porn channels do send out a card afaik but why anyone would want to subscribe to that crap is beyond me.

How do you know its crap?:)

RuggieBear

Don't think i can afford to go that route tbh...:D

snaps

Perhaps Setanta and sky have done a deal so you have to subscribe to at least the basic sky sub if you haven't a card? Strange.

Another example of "Rip off Ireland"

Sky sports + Setanta each month would be a minimum of €71 a month am i correct? Where we better off for soccer viewing when PPV (Prem plus) was available?

Thats shocking compared to other european providers pricing for similar packages.

I hate to think what the future holds in regards to sport viewing?

Rugby, Cricket and dare i say it GAA all going down the same route as soccer has gone.

Tony

snaps wrote: »

Perhaps Setanta and sky have done a deal so you have to subscribe to at least the basic sky sub if you haven't a card? Strange.

I'd be surprised if they had as this would raise price fixing and competition issues.

Our man in Havana

Tony wrote: »

I'd be surprised if they had as this would raise price fixing and competition issues.

Indeed Tony, it would cause all manner of problems.

All the independant channels can issue a card where a subscriber does not subscribe to sky. The asian, adult, horseracing etc etc can and do issue sky cards to non sky subscribers.

Mossy Monk

Tony wrote: »

How do you know its crap?:)

Watching them at my cousins house.

Our man in Havana

There is no comparsion between the adult channels on sky and what is available on the internet for free.

RuggieBear

tried setanta again and he insisted sky would give me a card...even if i didn't subscribe to sky :rolleyes:

Our man in Havana

Rubbish. They won't.

RuggieBear

you'd think they'd want the custom!

Our man in Havana

Indeed. It is a crazy way to run a business.

I think you need to speak to a manager to get any good of this.

RuggieBear

tbh...i'm just going to try and buy a card second hand with digibox

byte

I agree with others, ask to speak to a manager.

If you're going for old card and box, you'd probably need to decide on whether you want UK Setanta, or Irish Setanta, which seems to depend on which card you have (UK card = UK Setanta).

Mossy Monk

The card is not yours to sell. It is still the property of Sky.

RuggieBear

Mossy Monk wrote: »

The card is not yours to sell. It is still the property of Sky.

does that mean i can't buy one with a digibox legitimately?

watty

@ sudsandsurf

Also you can't advertise here.

Obviously the card belongs to NDS, so you can't sell it. You have to give it back if they ask. You do own the digibox.

Someone else using it till Sky / NDS ask for it back is a greyer area.

watty

RuggieBear wrote: »

does that mean i can't buy one with a digibox legitimately?

If the previous person left it in accidentally, as Sky had not asked for its return, then I suppose you could use it till the original person is asked to return it, and asks for it back.


I've not actually yet heard of Sky or NDS ask for a card back, but the card does belong to them, thus can't be sold. Someone else using it is a horse of a different colour.

adverts.ie or boards.ie or eBay etc will thus pull any adverts to sell a card.

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watty wrote: »

@ sudsandsurf

Also you can't advertise here.

Obviously the card belongs to NDS, so you can't sell it. You have to give it back if they ask. You do own the digibox.

Someone else using it till Sky / NDS ask for it back is a greyer area.

Sorry wasn't meant as advertisement. Thanks for the info.

RuggieBear

cheers for the info. i'm very confussled tbh.

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Kaiser2000 wrote: »

i had this problem lately. Renting a house and have the main HD box in the sitting room and a 2nd standard box in the kitchen. Like you, i just wanted a 2nd card/account and like you, they insisted i'd need to run phone lines and get full multiroom. I ended up talking to customer service where the guy confirmed I COULD get a '2nd hand contract' - he told me to put it in my gf's name and organise it through an independent installer - so that's exactly what i did and we now have 2 seperate cards/accounts for the 2 boxes and have since changed the packages on both without problems.

Just to finalise this. I can only get a separate viewing card for the spare box to use for Setanta Ireland sub by getting a 2nd sub with Sky,subscribing for a year (€21)a month and €19.99 pm for Setanta.It wud cost me €40.99 pm for a year in total thereafter €19.99 pm.

If I got multiroom it would cost me €33.99 pm indefinately plus cost of getting phone line done. If I could just get the card activated and pay Setanta it wud cost €19.99 pm indefinately. As it stands unless someone can tell me another way of getting an Irish viewing card legally I am snookered.

Surely this is a case for a watchdog- do we have one in Ireland??

Our man in Havana

Can you sub to multiroom for just 1 month (just cancel after 1 month) and then use the card for setanta?

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Bond-007 wrote: »

Can you sub to multiroom for just 1 month (just cancel after 1 month) and then use the card for setanta?

Perhaps,although would have to do the phone lines etc...However,if it was definate that the card could be used as you say it wud be worth it.

watty

Irish Consumer Protection?

The various Quangos are to ensure even competion and decent sized pie slices for the Corporates. The Consumer votes are not deemed to be linked to Consumer issues.

watty

Sky will cancel the Multiroom after one month if the phone line doesn't work

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watty wrote: »

Sky will cancel the Multiroom after one month if the phone line doesn't work

And when they cancel it do you think the second card will still able to be used to subscribe to Setanta?

Our man in Havana

Of course it will.

Tony

In my experience its more likely they will charge full price for the second card if the callback fails.

watty wrote: »

Sky will cancel the Multiroom after one month if the phone line doesn't work