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

CBLFC96 · 19-10-2011 2:19pm

Just arrived Home to find That all the Channels that I got by using the card trick were missing, did card trick again, and I found it took the box 1-2 minutes to register that I had put the Irish card back in (a.k.a For 2 minutes BBC 1 was 101) also lost channel 5 due to new encryption.

Cormic · 19-10-2011 6:46pm

Had an interesting one today. The trick works on my box for ITV1HD, ITV2-4 and BBC1HD but I tried it on my mothers box and I got all of those with the exception of ITV1 HD. I checked that ITV1 HD was in the other channels and it is working fine from there but no sign of it in the EPG.

How odd is that?

200motels · 19-10-2011 7:32pm

Cormic wrote: »

Had an interesting one today. The trick works on my box for ITV1HD, ITV2-4 and BBC1HD but I tried it on my mothers box and I got all of those with the exception of ITV1 HD. I checked that ITV1 HD was in the other channels and it is working fine from there but no sign of it in the EPG.

How odd is that?

Maybe you haven't the right region in other channels for ITVHD.

Cormic · 19-10-2011 8:11pm

200motels wrote: »

Maybe you haven't the right region in other channels for ITVHD.

Ah - That might be it :-)

pbarr · 20-10-2011 10:24pm

CBLFC96 wrote: »

Just arrived Home to find That all the Channels that I got by using the card trick were missing.

That happened me last week as well. Thought the power had gone off but it hadn't so there was no reason for it.

CBLFC96 wrote: »

also lost channel 5 due to new encryption.

I know anyone using a Northern Ireland card lost ch 5. Might have happened with other regions as well.

energy1942 · 22-10-2011 1:59pm

I am now finding that when I switch cards it deletes everything in my sky anytime.
has anyone else found this has happened to them?

PoolDude · 23-10-2011 7:24pm

Yes, just had to re-do mine and checked Anytime and it is blank.

gtg60 · 23-10-2011 7:27pm

Why are people re-doing them?
Mine hasn't been touched in about 7 weeks and no problems here.

Booms · 24-10-2011 12:30am

As a workaround couldn't you copy the anytime programmes that you want onto your normal recordings before you swap the cards?

I don't have a HD box, but sky+ does an instantaneous copy if I press "record" for any selected anytime programme.

scout353 · 24-10-2011 12:24pm

PoolDude wrote: »

Yes, just had to re-do mine and checked Anytime and it is blank.

Happened to me last week!

Rebooted and restored the channels and Anytime was also blank but it rebuilt itself over the next few days!

Brian P · 26-10-2011 4:16pm

gtg60 wrote: »

For those still finding it difficult to get hold of the correct region of card I have a few listed here:
http://www.adverts.ie/satellite/blue-sky-card-for-adding-channel-5-etc-to-hd-box/971554

And remember one card can be shared between you and all of your friends

Received my card this morning and can confirm that it works perfectly. It's great to have BBC1 HD ,ITV1Hd and Channel5 (not really interested ) on the EPG and to record,pause f/fwd,rewind etc. Absolute bargain for the price. Thanks gtg60

thebeastwithin · 28-10-2011 1:57am

I didn't see an answer to this question. Hope someone knows the answer

I have stored on my other channels, but since the move to DVB-S2 I get a no signal message for this and BBCHD on the EPG.

If I get a FTV card and do the fix mentioned on this topic, will these channels become available once again or will they still cause my signal to unlock? My box is a Thompson, 3 years old. Is this even compatible with this fix?

Thanks for any advice.

Brian P · 28-10-2011 3:23am

Unfortunately this "fix" won't work on a Thomson box:(

Jon_459 · 28-10-2011 4:41pm

Got my card yesterday. Followed the instructions but im not getting itv1hd or utv.
Itv2,3,4 and channel 5 working
new amstrad box. Any ideas?

DigiDec · 28-10-2011 4:43pm

What region card is it, if it NI then you won't get ITV1 HD on the EPG, if its not a NI card then you probably have the wrong region ITV1 HD stored in your other channels.

gtg60 · 28-10-2011 8:20pm

Jon_459 wrote: »

Got my card yesterday. Followed the instructions but im not getting itv1hd or utv.
Itv2,3,4 and channel 5 working
new amstrad box. Any ideas?

Sent you a PM, as your card isn't a NI card you will not get UTV on 103 but you can get ITV and ITV HD.

Jon_459 · 28-10-2011 9:56pm

gtg60 wrote: »

Sent you a PM, as your card isn't a NI card you will not get UTV on 103 but you can get ITV and ITV HD.

All sorted ..thanks. absolutely brill to have itv v on my epg

muffler · 30-10-2011 7:33pm

Everything worked fine for me with my main Sky box but for whatever reason I cant get the ITV channels on the multiroom box which is a samsung box.

gtg60 · 30-10-2011 8:20pm

muffler wrote: »

Everything worked fine for me with my main Sky box but for whatever reason I cant get the ITV channels on the multiroom box which is a samsung box.

Is this one of the new HD non recording boxes?

christo82 · 01-11-2011 7:05pm

I bought a white ftv card for this from a guy in scotland, and i put it in and when the uk card is in, I get BBC Scotland, STV, Channel 5, 5*, 5 USA, Channel 5HD too, but when I do the switch back to the Irish card, C5 and it's extras don't stay, and there's no ITV1HD or STVHD. Is there something i'm doing wrong, or is it not possible to get them with this region card? I have several versions of C5 and the extras in other channels.

BBC1,2, BBC1HD and ITV1,2, 3 do stay however.

Thanks.

muffler · 01-11-2011 7:10pm

gtg60 wrote: »

Is this one of the new HD non recording boxes?

No its the standard Sky+ HD box. Cant figure out why it wont work on that.

gtg60 · 01-11-2011 7:26pm

muffler wrote: »

No its the standard Sky+ HD box. Cant figure out why it wont work on that.

Is it a Thomson?

muffler · 02-11-2011 3:02pm

gtg60 wrote: »

Is it a Thomson?

Nope. Samsung.

Would it have anything to do with the mutiroom setup? Cant see it myself but no harm in asking.

SPAWKER · 02-11-2011 10:24pm

christo82 wrote: »

I bought a white ftv card for this from a guy in scotland, and i put it in and when the uk card is in, I get BBC Scotland, STV, Channel 5, 5*, 5 USA, Channel 5HD too, but when I do the switch back to the Irish card, C5 and it's extras don't stay, and there's no ITV1HD or STVHD. Is there something i'm doing wrong, or is it not possible to get them with this region card? I have several versions of C5 and the extras in other channels.

BBC1,2, BBC1HD and ITV1,2, 3 do stay however.

Thanks.

Christo
unfortunately CH5 is encrypted in Scotland and ITV HD is also not available in this region as of yet,thats why they wont work when you do the switch back.

christo82 · 03-11-2011 4:04pm

Thanks Spawker. oh well, guess i should have done more research before buying. only cost me €12 so it's ok. also i'm using the card in another Sky FTA box in the house atm so that gets five usa and five * anyway.

irishtoffee · 03-11-2011 4:27pm

Bbc 1 hd has just appeared on my sky instead of Bbc Northern Ireland. Happy days.

Minstrel27 · 03-11-2011 4:42pm

It's been on the EPG for a couple of days now.

hot buttered scones · 04-11-2011 1:31pm

I ordered one of these cards with an NI postcode. I got a new 1TB HD box installed this morning and tried the trick. I now have UTV on 103, whatever regional variations I had in other channels in the 970's and ITV2 etc. The BBCs remained the same however I didn't have BBC NI in other channels and I prefer it that way - I have BBC 1 hd and BBC 2 NI in 141 and 142. No Channel 4 HD, no channel 5 though. I can't tune in Channel 4 HD through other channels, but Channel 5 is there. No 5 US etc either, although I am aware there is problem with them with an NI card. Anyone with an NI card able to get Channel 5 on their EPG. I'm able to record on both 103's at the same time also - but the info does say clashed for UTV, but i can watch the recording. To be honest I'm quite happy with just having the ITV channels, as I've never had 5, but if i could get it it would be a bonus. Does anyone have any tricks for getting 5 on the NI card?

givecredit · 04-11-2011 1:48pm

Channel 5 on NI card is encrypted. May go Free to Air in December when Ch5+1 launches. Likewise with 5USA and Five*

hot buttered scones · 04-11-2011 1:57pm

givecredit wrote: »

Channel 5 on NI card is encrypted. May go Free to Air in December when Ch5+1 launches. Likewise with 5USA and Five*

Thanks for that. Any many thanks to the OP for letting us know about this trick.

pbarr · 04-11-2011 8:56pm

givecredit wrote: »

Channel 5 on NI card is encrypted. May go Free to Air in December when Ch5+1 launches. Likewise with 5USA and Five*

Actually ch 5 was unscrambled on a NI card up to about a month ago and then they scrambled it. There are a few posts about this earlier in this thread.

obliviousgrudge · 06-11-2011 11:56am

Is anyone else having the problem that nothing will record.

When I highlight a program (whether from a UK channel or not) and press the RECORD button, nothing happens, the light flashes on the remote and the box but the program won't record. The same happens when setting reminders.

Has this happened to anyone else?

200motels · 06-11-2011 12:02pm

obliviousgrudge wrote: »

Is anyone else having the problem that nothing will record.

When I highlight a program (whether from a UK channel or not) and press the RECORD button, nothing happens, the light flashes on the remote and the box but the program won't record. The same happens when setting reminders.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Yes this is happening to me a lot.

obliviousgrudge · 06-11-2011 1:05pm

Has anyone found any solutions to this???

DigiDec · 06-11-2011 1:22pm

Reboot your box and do the card trick again.

Pete2k · 06-11-2011 1:48pm

obliviousgrudge wrote: »

Has anyone found any solutions to this???

Try just setting a reminder from the guide by pressing select. When the program then appears in your planner press R to record it and the R symbol should now appear. At least this works for me.

gtg60 · 06-11-2011 10:40pm

Weirdly I don't need to enter my PIN any more when watching programmes recorded from any of the UK 'card trick' channels, wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that last week my box had rebooted and I had to do the card trick again (first time in almost 8 weeks). Perhaps a software update was responsible??

jabarrett35 · 08-11-2011 3:47pm

Hi set my sisters box using an ITV anglia west card, her ITV 1 is on 993 and is for the London region. However there is no ITV HD even though it's in other channels. Channel 5 works fine.

DigiDec · 08-11-2011 5:50pm

That's because ITV1 HD for this region is DVB-S2.

clennon77 · 11-11-2011 5:57pm

cheers guys, works perfectly...only thing is dont hav any of these new added channels saved as favourites or and fav u may hav already set up ie. tv3 and itv on 103, if u do they will double up.. u will hav 2 tv3's and 2 itv's.

bodonnell · 15-11-2011 10:42am

Had to do card trick again, looks like s/ware upgrade in the wee hours. Anyone notice any changes to system

pbarr · 15-11-2011 11:30am

bodonnell wrote: »

Had to do card trick again, looks like s/ware upgrade in the wee hours. Anyone notice any changes to system

Looks like I had it as well. Channels are gone from mine too. That happened a couple of months ago as well.

gtg60 · 15-11-2011 5:33pm

pbarr wrote: »

Looks like I had it as well. Channels are gone from mine too. That happened a couple of months ago as well.

Since the last update I don't need to enter my PIN any more to view the UK FTA channels, is this the same for everybody?

Brian P · 15-11-2011 5:45pm

Yep!:)

gtg60 · 15-11-2011 6:39pm

Brian P wrote: »

Yep!:)

Ha ha, thanks Sky!!

pbarr · 15-11-2011 6:52pm

gtg60 wrote: »

Since the last update I don't need to enter my PIN any more to view the UK FTA channels, is this the same for everybody?

No I still have to enter it for stuff thats recorded after 9pm but its no big deal. I just changed the pin to something handy like 4 ones.

smodgley · 17-11-2011 12:17pm

i had to redo the trick because of a power cut, i noticed the 5* and 5usa are on the epg now but scrambled. have they always been there since did the trick first time and just didnt notice ?????? or have they been added

muffler · 17-11-2011 12:27pm

pbarr wrote: »

Looks like I had it as well. Channels are gone from mine too. That happened a couple of months ago as well.

Ditto. Channels gone yesterday morning.

sgbrady · 20-11-2011 11:59am

there are two manufactures sky use anymore and they are amstrad and thompson ftv card are blocked for thompson but not for amstrad i think

sgbrady · 20-11-2011 12:29pm

here if you want to get uk channels go to https://mysky.sky.com/replacementcard/get-a-card
then select dont have a card even if you do
enter your information
when you get your card
insert it into the box
go to settings press down until the picture word is highlighted press 01 then hit the select button fast this will bring you to sky's enginners menu then select new installation it will activate the card make sure you have a telphone line connected if you are having problem you can also select you can hit reset or rebuild do not mess with anything else or otherwise you could f**k up everything enjoy

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

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