Thanks MrEarlHello,
You may find some of the answers you are looking for on this discussion thread
What card are you using in your old Sky HD box (if any) ?
Have you attempted to tune in other free channels, via the manual tuning on the Sky HD box ?
You may find this website helpful, if you wish to learn how to tune in channels . It also provides the frequencies of some of the channels you will be able to view, without paying a subscription. However, depending on the card you have in your Sky HD box (if you have infact got a card in the machine), some may be restricted.
...do I need to buy a new combined box? If so any recommendations please?
Thanks
Kenbo
Fisherman,
Are you also using the box, with no card in it ?
I had understood that an old Sky card (or equivilant) was needed, but perhaps that was only with the older boxes.
Hello,
I had heard that any old Sky card which originated in the UK, would provide the channels. Is that not the case ?
With a Sky Uk card you get the UK epg and yes you get the Free HD channels, BBC1, BBC2, BBC3,BBC4, CH4, ITV1. Any old sky uk card will work but the latest one gives you sony movies as well as some others that I cant recall.
No broadband is definitely not required. It's an optional thing which in Ireland it does not really add a lot as the BBC iPlayer does not work. ITV and C4 Players do in certain models at least. It is possible to do some tech intervention to get BBC iPlayer working but it's not really worth it if you have a model with a record option then you can simply record.* Does it require broadband access, or just satellite ?
No realignment required. If you have two satellite feeds as needed for Sky Plus then the appropriate Humax box allows you to watch one channel and record another. But you can also run with a single feed.* Does the dish need to be realligned, or does it pick up the channels from the same location as Sky ?
Actually I bought mine (three at same time - complicated big family* Did you buy it from an Irish supplier, or on the web from the UK ?
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