How to get Channel 5 and BBC One HD on your Irish EPG and Recordable!!

SPAWKER

zorro2566 wrote: »

My FTA recordable blue card has packed up today when I tried to record something. Hadnt used it for a month, wonder if I left it in the box for a while would it help?

If you leave it in overnight or for a couple of days it should get the keys it needs to reactivate it.If they're not used for a while they go inactive.

jgbyr

SPAWKER wrote: »

If you leave it in overnight or for a couple of days it should get the keys it needs to reactivate it.If they're not used for a while they go inactive.

My card has always been in the box & has stopped working.

SPAWKER

jgbyr wrote: »

My card has always been in the box & has stopped working.

If your box has updated to the latest software version which is R011.075.60.00P
that might be the reason its stopped working.

jgbyr

SPAWKER wrote: »

If your box has updated to the latest software version which is R011.075.60.00P
that might be the reason its stopped working.

It stopped working on R011.075.52.00P

SPAWKER

Box updated to the latest firmware version R00.075.62.00P and can confirm that the card trick is not working,have 5 different region cards but no joy from any of them.

jca

Dead in the water for me too. I had a bit of hassle with my FTA + card too, but leaving it in the box for a few hours had it working again.

jca

jca wrote: »

Dead in the water for me too. I had a bit of hassle with my FTA + card too, but leaving it in the box for a few hours had it working again.

Do you mean a recordable fta card? My blue card stopped working with the last upgrade, wonder if I leave it in the box will it re activate!

jca

zorro2566 wrote: »

Do you mean a recordable fta card? My blue card stopped working with the last upgrade, wonder if I leave it in the box will it re activate!

Yea the recordable FTA card. Mine is white maybe that's why it restarted.

jca

SPAWKER wrote: »

Box updated to the latest firmware version R00.075.62.00P and can confirm that the card trick is not working,have 5 different region cards but no joy from any of them.

Are you non HD?

SPAWKER

jca wrote: »

Are you non HD?

Yes don't have the HD pack.
So seems it's gone for ever.:mad:

I'm on HD, wonder if my recordable fta card will reactivate!

zorro2566

zorro2566 wrote: »

I'm on HD, wonder if my recordable fta card will reactivate!

Not so far!

jca

Looks like my fta+ card is toast too.... Maybe it's the box but I can't get the UK epg to load at all... Even unplugging and restarting with the card inserted is leaving me with a non operational irish epg..

jgbyr

I have a blue card which stopped recording in a HD box. I had an old white sky + box & the card is still working, have pause, rewind & record.

SPAWKER

jca wrote: »

Looks like my fta+ card is toast too.... Maybe it's the box but I can't get the UK epg to load at all... Even unplugging and restarting with the card inserted is leaving me with a non operational irish epg..

All the blue UK region cards I have still load the UK EPG onto my hd box and it has the latest firmware on it.

jca

SPAWKER wrote: »

All the blue UK region cards I have still load the UK EPG onto my hd box and it has the latest firmware on it.

I tried it on my other box but that didn't load the UK epg either. Are you rebooting the box or just swapping the cards" on the fly " as such?

jgbyr

jgbyr wrote: »

I have a blue card which stopped recording in a HD box. I had an old white sky + box & the card is still working, have pause, rewind & record.

Same here but the card wont work (in old white sky + box).I have it left on for about 36 hours so far but no luck!

jca

zorro2566 wrote: »

Same here but the card wont work (in old white sky + box).I have it left on for about 36 hours so far but no luck!

Will it load the UK epg but no + features?

jca

jca wrote: »

Will it load the UK epg but no + features?

Yes,it loads the UK EPG but no Sky Plus features.Its an old SD Pace white + box.

jca

I tried it on the other box using the reboot method and the f***er is working perfectly !!! I think the first box is faulty because if I even touch the body of the box the picture disappears. All connections are perfect.

jca

jca wrote: »

I tried it on the other box using the reboot method and the f***er is working perfectly !!! I think the first box is faulty because if I even touch the body of the box the picture disappears. All connections are perfect.

Reboot method,how is that done?

Do the old + boxes need two connections? The card should still work but just record the channel that is on screen,wont be able to watch another channel!

lgs 4

zorro2566 wrote: »

Do the old + boxes need two connections? The card should still work but just record the channel that is on screen,wont be able to watch another channel!

Buy Humax Fressat+ PVR no messing with sky cards

jca

zorro2566 wrote: »

Reboot method,how is that done?

I mean unplugging the box and then changing cards instead of changing cards while the box is still on.

jgbyr

zorro2566 wrote: »

Do the old + boxes need two connections? The card should still work but just record the channel that is on screen,wont be able to watch another channel!

Works fine with one connection

New Update
Wonder if the old card trick may come back to life!

R011.075.64.00P
What's New
This update contains stability fixes to address an issue effecting DRX890W/WL & DRX895W/WL Sky+HD boxes.
Firmware rollout commenced: Wednesday 12th August 2015.
Firmware added to DR stream: Monday 17th August 2015.

jca

zorro2566 wrote: »

New Update
Wonder if the old card trick may come back to life!

R011.075.64.00P
What's New
This update contains stability fixes to address an issue effecting DRX890W/WL & DRX895W/WL Sky+HD boxes.
Firmware rollout commenced: Wednesday 12th August 2015.
Firmware added to DR stream: Monday 17th August 2015.

No joy using my UTV card unfortunately. I don't think we'll ever have the good ole hybrid epg days ever again.

Woodie40

jca wrote: »

No joy using my UTV card unfortunately. I don't think we'll ever have the good ole hybrid epg days ever again.

I got rid of Sky once it ended. Have the human now.

jca

Woodie40 wrote: »

I got rid of Sky once it ended. Have the human now.

I'd do the same myself but can't find a way to record, pause, rewind the saorview channels without ending up with two boxes and three remotes!!! Any suggestions gratefully appreciated...

muffler

jca wrote: »

I'd do the same myself but can't find a way to record, pause, rewind the saorview channels without ending up with two boxes and three remotes!!! Any suggestions gratefully appreciated...

i dont suppose you can pick up Freeview in Wexford?

jca

muffler wrote: »

i dont suppose you can pick up Freeview in Wexford?

I'm on the wrong side of Vinegar Hill unfortunately. I have two Samsung tv's that can receive saorview but won't pause rewind etc. I tried both a flash and a portable hard drive in the usb port but no joy.

muffler

jca wrote: »

I'm on the wrong side of Vinegar Hill unfortunately. I have two Samsung tv's that can receive saorview but won't pause rewind etc. I tried both a flash and a portable hard drive in the usb port but no joy.

Pity you cant pick up the Freeview. I bought a wee Freeview+ HD box which more or less performs the same as the Sky+ box. It records, pauses, rewinds Freeview and Saorview channels and picture quality is great. Quite a few HD channels can be picked up. The SD channels are almost as good as Sky's HD offering at times. While the variety or selection may not be as varied as Sky's it does the job for herself anyhow for recording the soaps.

Add in the Setanta/BT Sports package for €10 a month through the old Sky box and thats my sports needs catered for.

SPAWKER

zorro2566 wrote: »

New Update
Wonder if the old card trick may come back to life!

R011.075.64.00P
What's New
This update contains stability fixes to address an issue effecting DRX890W/WL & DRX895W/WL Sky+HD boxes.
Firmware rollout commenced: Wednesday 12th August 2015.
Firmware added to DR stream: Monday 17th August 2015.

There is a newer version of firmware released since then it is : R012.079.47.00P but doubt it will bring back the hybrid EPG.

twinklerunner

zorro2566 wrote: »

New Update
Wonder if the old card trick may come back to life!

R011.075.64.00P
What's New
This update contains stability fixes to address an issue effecting DRX890W/WL & DRX895W/WL Sky+HD boxes.
Firmware rollout commenced: Wednesday 12th August 2015.
Firmware added to DR stream: Monday 17th August 2015.

What makes you think that Sky will reinstate a software bug? Wishful thinking unfortunately.

Kalyke

jca wrote: »

I'd do the same myself but can't find a way to record, pause, rewind the saorview channels without ending up with two boxes and three remotes!!! Any suggestions gratefully appreciated...

I use this myself. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057354767 Not as user friendly as Sky and you will need a Tri Link to watch and control it from other rooms. It takes a few weeks to "get used to it". But you get used to it being subscription free immediately!

jca

Kalyke wrote: »

I use this myself. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057354767 Not as user friendly as Sky and you will need a Tri Link to watch and control it from other rooms. It takes a few weeks to "get used to it". But you get used to it being subscription free immediately!

I'm following that thread but I'm struggling to comprehend most of it tbh. Image this enigma that spark the other.... I know I'll be in the dog house within days if I got that setup. If I got that box from a reputable guy can I just plug and play using his setup and leave it at that?

Woodie40

muffler wrote: »

Pity you cant pick up the Freeview. I bought a wee Freeview+ HD box which more or less performs the same as the Sky+ box. It records, pauses, rewinds Freeview and Saorview channels and picture quality is great. Quite a few HD channels can be picked up. The SD channels are almost as good as Sky's HD offering at times. While the variety or selection may not be as varied as Sky's it does the job for herself anyhow for recording the soaps.

Add in the Setanta/BT Sports package for €10 a month through the old Sky box and thats my sports needs catered for.

Can you series link Saorview?

muffler

Woodie40 wrote: »

Can you series link Saorview?

I dont think I've actually recorded anything on Saorview yet but I'll check it out later and post back. I know when you set up something to record initially it asks (same as Sky+ boxes) if its just the episode or the series to be recorded.

This is the Freeview box I got. I live close to the NI border so no bother with picking up good quality signals. As a bonus it picks up and records the Saorview as stated.

Morrisseeee

Kinda-ish achieved this last night, after a bit of messing about.
Sky+ HD box, with back-up of old recordings on a 500GB disk, old Irish (dark blue, yellow house) card, Irish EPG : success with > recording whatever is viewable, ie. FTA minus what's in 'other channels'. Can also watch whatever recordings that were made previously that were FTA.
/forgive me if this is already known! and I wonder if I can get those 'other channels' to rec or onto the EPG !?

irishfeen

Morrisseeee wrote: »

Kinda-ish achieved this last night, after a bit of messing about.
Sky+ HD box, with back-up of old recordings on a 500GB disk, old Irish (dark blue, yellow house) card, Irish EPG : success with > recording whatever is viewable, ie. FTA minus what's in 'other channels'. Can also watch whatever recordings that were made previously that were FTA.
/forgive me if this is already known! and I wonder if I can get those 'other channels' to rec or onto the EPG !?

Sorry can you explain this in more detail? What can you actually achieve when you put the UK card in and then the usual Irish card? Are recordings staying put in the planner again?

twinklerunner

I noticed before BBC removed the red/green button for Sky’s Irish subscribers before the Olympics that I could record programmes off BBC One London, BBC2 England, etc – see photos attached.

This happened when the green ‘remind me’ prompt was on the screen and it gave the option to record off different channels.

I know that there was not benefit in this as we had access to the same programmes via BBC One HD & BBC 2HD. Still, it shows that the channels are lurking in the background … even with an Irish card.

Morrisseeee

I'll try !
I don't have a UK card. It's an old Irish card with Irish EPG. But somehow it's able to play old FTA recordings and record current FTA channels.

irishfeen

Just found my ITV and UTV FTV cards here at home - I don't suppose anyone is having any luck with recording or placing the FTA channels on the EPG?

jca

irishfeen wrote: »

Just found my ITV and UTV FTV cards here at home - I don't suppose anyone is having any luck with recording or placing the FTA channels on the EPG?

Feck ya!! I thought there had been a breakthrough:pac: Such a pity we can't install an old version on the box.

irishfeen

jca wrote: »

Feck ya!! I thought there had been a breakthrough:pac: Such a pity we can't install an old version on the box.

lol sorry - I know it's such a pitty... tried it again tonight but no luck unfortunately. At least EPG is loading but no recording

jca

irishfeen wrote: »

lol sorry - I know it's such a pitty... tried it again tonight but no luck unfortunately. At least EPG is loading but no recording

My uk recording card is still working. It'll get more use now that utv Ireland has gone.

I have sky plus Hd with box set downloads. Yesterday I went into ‘other channels’ where I have the ITV family of channels and Channel 5, I watched a Carry On doc on Itv 3, I then backed out of it and into the box sets and watched a red button preview of one of the movies there. When I finished and backed out again to ITV3 there was three zeros in front of the channel name,000ITV3. Anyway I pressed record and was able to record the current programme and the next. Happy with that but no series link or epg presence! I tried it with the other ITVs and Ch5 and it works!
Has anyone else tried it?

twinklerunner

I’ve noticed that too, but was reluctant to put it here because it will be removed on the next software update! It needs to be a pin protected show that you download.

twinklerunner

twinklerunner wrote: »

I’ve noticed that too, but was reluctant to put it here because it will be removed on the next software update! It needs to be a pin protected show that you download.

Don’t think so, I just went into the sky store and watched the red button preview of some movie there, forget which one and there was no pin request!

irishfeen

Tried this on the SkyQ Box and doesn’t seem to be working unfortunately... it’s just skipping back to channel you were on before “other channels”