blakep82
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| posted on 6/3/11 at 09:38 PM |
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^ that does happen in some cases, but most cases, the tv will show up with a message saying, 'this is the wrong viewing card for this sky box,
please call customer services for assistance' where the card will have to be paired with the new one. again, i worked for sky until october, and
had this same question about 30 times a day lol
once a card is paired with a box, it will only working with 1 particular box. but as before, there are some instances where it works in others. you
might be lucky, but i wouldn't count on it
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ChrisW
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| posted on 6/3/11 at 11:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
^ that does happen in some cases, but most cases, the tv will show up with a message saying, 'this is the wrong viewing card for this sky box,
please call customer services for assistance' where the card will have to be paired with the new one. again, i worked for sky until october, and
had this same question about 30 times a day lol
once a card is paired with a box, it will only working with 1 particular box. but as before, there are some instances where it works in others. you
might be lucky, but i wouldn't count on it
Well I can only speak from my experience, which is that I have never had a box that my card doesn't work in. It's been used in at least
four different boxes other than my Sky+ HD, all different manufacturers, all of them eBay specials (ie the boxes were just random ones, not associated
with me in any way).
But yes, many years ago, I had problems moving the card between boxes and had to ring Sky to get them to pair the box and card together. We're
talking 7+ years since I had to do that though.
Chris
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blakep82
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| posted on 6/3/11 at 11:46 PM |
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weird, must be something to do with the card then....
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Mr G
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| posted on 7/3/11 at 12:16 AM |
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You CAN swap cards from box to box without the need to specifically pair it as I've been doing it for ages on different cards and boxes. You
won't be able to get the movies or sports on a different box though but the other packages work.
Every time they send out new cards to everybody then this feature stops though which is when you get the 'this is the wrong card for this
box' message - When you think about it what people would be able to do is give their old card to a friend/family member etc to use until it is
turned off and use the new one they have recieved themselves.
I know because I've had no trouble swapping before a new viewing card roll out and then couldn't while it was in progress and quite a
while after it had finished. I've just this minute popped the card out my sky HD box and popped it into a spare sky+ upstairs and can get all
the subscription stuff no problem again.
You won't be able to live pause or record the subscription channels though iirc but you CAN pause/record if its a free to air (FTA) channels
(can't be arsed to go up and swap it again!)
Oh and there are only a few channels that need a £20 or £25 card from sky for you to be able to view them - it used to be more but the channels went
free to air - It used to be itv,channel 4,channel 5, sky travel/sky 3 but think its only sky travel/sky3 and sky sports news now.
Cheers
G
[Edited on 7/3/11 by Mr G]
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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