Advice Needed for SKY Box Use in Cyprus

astonhilbilly


Joined: 05/05/2009
Posts: 162

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 11:44

We have two SKY boxes, one is HD, We have bought a Freesat card from SKY (but haven't activated it yet). We had hoped to carry on paying the SKY subscription but we think this will cause too many problems, plus the cost would be too great.

So we are left with the two boxes and the Freesat card. Anybody got any advice on how we can best use them please? Can they be used over in the TRNC? If so, what channels will they receive?

rigsby


Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 912

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 11:57

Activating the freesat card can be a little difficult.You have to ring sky but you must hide your phones id,ie;if sky see 0090 on their system you wont get activated.If you have the 4.2 dish you will get BBC 1,2,and Itv with no card in the box. I once got Channel 4 after looking at Astra Petes web pages.

astonhilbilly


Joined: 05/05/2009
Posts: 162

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 13:11

I should have said, we will activate the card before we leave the UK (we still have SKY) but don't know whether to activate on the HD or other box? Or even if they will allow us to use the HD box??

Unfortunately we haven't got the room for a 4.2m dish but could site a 1.8m. If we can't use our SKY box it looks like a choice between DOPI or Digital Supreme.

Any advice would be appreciated.

rigsby


Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 912

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:37

Mark can advise you on this,but either box activate before you leave u/k.

smoggyjim


Joined: 21/07/2007
Posts: 214

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 15:13

Activate the card before leaving the UK I bought a freesat box and get most of the channels.

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 16:11

You won't get much on a 1.8m dish matey!

Geoff

Famagusta City

coffer


Joined: 13/02/2007
Posts: 292

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 17:50

I have a 1.8m offset dish with Sky HD installed by Iceman and get 100 channels including all the movies, sports, Channel 4, ITV etc. You only need a 4.2 if you really must have BBC, we get the BBC sport on the red button on BBC News 24 so have no need for it.

astonhilbilly


Joined: 05/05/2009
Posts: 162

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 18:17

Thanks for your replies.

Coffer, do you have to pay a monthly sub please?

Smoggyjim, what size dish do you use with your SKY Freesat please? I take it there's no monthly sub involved!

coffer


Joined: 13/02/2007
Posts: 292

Message Posted:
02/06/2010 11:59

Yes I pay the normal UK Sky subscription for Movies and Sports

smoggyjim


Joined: 21/07/2007
Posts: 214

Message Posted:
02/06/2010 12:01

I have a 4.2 metre as if you don't want to miss things you buy the best