No but if you're an ex-Sky customer with a Sky+ (HD) box, you could still be able to record....
Recently cancelled Sky after many years, realised I wouldn't be able to record anymore but didn't matter as have a Freeview+ box.
However, read somewhere that Old Sky viewing cards (Blue with picture of house on) could sill have the + features (apparently never disabled and signals no longer sent to them). After a search through the cupboard, found my old one out, tried it and hey presto!! It works! Live Pause, recording, viewing any previous FTA recording.
Prefer Sky software to the rubbish Sagem Freeview+ we have so reverted back to Sky box
Worth a try, apparently easy to purchase the cards on ebay too but pot luck wheather they would have the + features
No but if you're an ex-Sky customer with a Sky+ (HD) box, you could still be able to record....
Recently cancelled Sky after many years, realised I wouldn't be able to record anymore but didn't matter as have a Freeview+ box.
However, read somewhere that Old Sky viewing cards (Blue with picture of house on) could sill have the + features (apparently never disabled and signals no longer sent to them). After a search through the cupboard, found my old one out, tried it and hey presto!! It works! Live Pause, recording, viewing any previous FTA recording.
Prefer Sky software to the rubbish Sagem Freeview+ we have so reverted back to Sky box
Worth a try, apparently easy to purchase the cards on ebay too but pot luck wheather they would have the + features
I tried that a while ago with an old blue card but with no luck. It just said to contact Sky to get a new card.
Hmmm, not sure. Maybe but as the one I sued was MY old card then it worked. Can you not do a "manual" pair via services menu and a new install?
Maybe I was lucky but I heard about it, tried it, and worked straight away!
It only works if the blue card was previously used with a Sky+ box, otherwise the recording feature was never enabled (apparently).
My old blue card didn't allow me to record on a (more recently purchased) Sky+ HD box.
When the card was active, I only had a non-recording Sky box.
No but if you're an ex-Sky customer with a Sky+ (HD) box, you could still be able to record....
Recently cancelled Sky after many years, realised I wouldn't be able to record anymore but didn't matter as have a Freeview+ box.
However, read somewhere that Old Sky viewing cards (Blue with picture of house on) could sill have the + features (apparently never disabled and signals no longer sent to them). After a search through the cupboard, found my old one out, tried it and hey presto!! It works! Live Pause, recording, viewing any previous FTA recording.
Prefer Sky software to the rubbish Sagem Freeview+ we have so reverted back to Sky box
Worth a try, apparently easy to purchase the cards on ebay too but pot luck wheather they would have the + features
Well blow me it does work, I still have the house card and it lets me record (I had the first generation Sky+ box years back so it was activated for this).
I notice you cannot watch catch-up TV though, the on demand service reverts to Showcase.
So the box you currently use isn't paired to that blue card then but recording works?
Yes that's right. I had an ordinary Sky (non PVR box) with the blue house card. Sky offered me a free upgrade to the first generation Sky+ box and the blue house card was activated for Sky+ on that old box.
When the new white cards were issued I got one of them whilst I still had my old Sky+ box. Then I was upgraded again to the new Sky HD box and my white card was paired with the HD box.
Until last night I had never even thought about putting the blue card in the HD box, I keep the old cards just for fun (I still have the original Sky clouds card from analogue days over 20 years ago). In it went, when I pressed pause on a free channel it said to wait - initialising card, then it happily recorded. If I went to a subscription channel I got the message this is the wrong card for the box.
This is good news as I am ditching Sky shortly when I can get a better priced Humax Freetime box. I thought the Sky box would sit on a shelf gathering dust, but since the PVR functions still work this gives me more options.
So the box you currently use isn't paired to that blue card then but recording works?
Viewing cards with Sky+ activated on them have never needed pairing for Sky+ functions on FTA unencrypted channels. This applies to both old blue cards where Sky+ has not been switched off and any active white sub card with Sky+ active on it.
Sky+/Sky HD box in sby approx 22W, First generation Freesat+ boxes approx 0.75W (the generation 2 HDR-1000s 0.5W in accordance with latest eec power saving regulations}
Difference is 21.25W. Assuming 16hrs every day thats 16 x 21.25 Watt/hrs every day. Multiply by 365 gives 124100 watt hrs per annum . One unit is 1000 watt hours so the extra power is 124 units/year. With the latest increase in power costs 1 unit could easily cost 17p. That makes the extra energy cost around £21.00, add the £10.00 monthly recording fee gives an annual cost of approx £140.00 pounds annually if you want to record.
That kind of makes your 75p/year somwhat suspect , where did you get this number from (suspect a rather biassed and shall we say based on zero factual basis)
Where did you lean maths? It more like £20 pa Graham and I calculated a while back but multiply it by the number of boxes and you get what should be a unacceptable situation.
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No - recording on Sky requires a subscription, you need to buy a specific Freesat recorder.
Best regards,
<ike
Recently cancelled Sky after many years, realised I wouldn't be able to record anymore but didn't matter as have a Freeview+ box.
However, read somewhere that Old Sky viewing cards (Blue with picture of house on) could sill have the + features (apparently never disabled and signals no longer sent to them). After a search through the cupboard, found my old one out, tried it and hey presto!! It works! Live Pause, recording, viewing any previous FTA recording.
Prefer Sky software to the rubbish Sagem Freeview+ we have so reverted back to Sky box
Worth a try, apparently easy to purchase the cards on ebay too but pot luck wheather they would have the + features
I tried that a while ago with an old blue card but with no luck. It just said to contact Sky to get a new card.
Hmmm, not sure. Maybe but as the one I sued was MY old card then it worked. Can you not do a "manual" pair via services menu and a new install?
Maybe I was lucky but I heard about it, tried it, and worked straight away!
It only works if the blue card was previously used with a Sky+ box, otherwise the recording feature was never enabled (apparently).
My old blue card didn't allow me to record on a (more recently purchased) Sky+ HD box.
When the card was active, I only had a non-recording Sky box.
Chris.
Well maybe I'd spend a few pence on the off chance, but not much more than that.
Mike
I notice you cannot watch catch-up TV though, the on demand service reverts to Showcase.
Yes that's right. I had an ordinary Sky (non PVR box) with the blue house card. Sky offered me a free upgrade to the first generation Sky+ box and the blue house card was activated for Sky+ on that old box.
When the new white cards were issued I got one of them whilst I still had my old Sky+ box. Then I was upgraded again to the new Sky HD box and my white card was paired with the HD box.
Until last night I had never even thought about putting the blue card in the HD box, I keep the old cards just for fun (I still have the original Sky clouds card from analogue days over 20 years ago). In it went, when I pressed pause on a free channel it said to wait - initialising card, then it happily recorded. If I went to a subscription channel I got the message this is the wrong card for the box.
This is good news as I am ditching Sky shortly when I can get a better priced Humax Freetime box. I thought the Sky box would sit on a shelf gathering dust, but since the PVR functions still work this gives me more options.
Viewing cards with Sky+ activated on them have never needed pairing for Sky+ functions on FTA unencrypted channels. This applies to both old blue cards where Sky+ has not been switched off and any active white sub card with Sky+ active on it.
NO
Problem is though it won't decode ITV1 HD and 5HD.
Some ITV SD regions are still FTV as well, it depends what satellite beam they are on.
Rather more than that they are all on the Astra 1N spot beam now.
10936 V has Meridian South in the clear and Central West encrypted.
http://en.kingofsat.net/find.php?question=ITV1-HD
Very odd though, that ITV1-HD Meridian South is my nearest region and is in the clear but my freesat box picks up ITV1-HD London instead.
Doesn't really matter to me, but it's listed on that website as being Sky & freesat.
Thats about 75p a year
Something drastically wrong with your abacus
Sky+/Sky HD box in sby approx 22W, First generation Freesat+ boxes approx 0.75W (the generation 2 HDR-1000s 0.5W in accordance with latest eec power saving regulations}
Difference is 21.25W. Assuming 16hrs every day thats 16 x 21.25 Watt/hrs every day. Multiply by 365 gives 124100 watt hrs per annum . One unit is 1000 watt hours so the extra power is 124 units/year. With the latest increase in power costs 1 unit could easily cost 17p. That makes the extra energy cost around £21.00, add the £10.00 monthly recording fee gives an annual cost of approx £140.00 pounds annually if you want to record.
That kind of makes your 75p/year somwhat suspect , where did you get this number from (suspect a rather biassed and shall we say based on zero factual basis)
Where did you lean maths? It more like £20 pa Graham and I calculated a while back but multiply it by the number of boxes and you get what should be a unacceptable situation.