Guys

Advice please.

We have the original old Sky Box in Spain.A friend of mine has given me his
Sky + box. As we have Sky HD here in the UK, could I not take the Sky+ box
to Spain and put up an additional cable to the LNB and watch and record
using my UK Sky card which I can take with me .

Other say it may be better to just buy a Freesat +Box in HD, but without a
Sky card my channel options are limited ?


Thanking you all.



Dee

If you insert a valid UK Sky card in the Sky+ receiver, you will
be able to view free-to-air, free-to-view and non-premium
subscription channels. However, the card will also need to be
paired to the Sky+ box, before you can view any premium channels
(such as Sky Movies and/or Sky Sports).

To pair a card to a different receiver and activate the Sky+
record/playback functions, you would need to connect the box to a
working dish & LNB, insert the viewing card, and telephone Sky to
request the pairing. Any telephone phone call to Sky MUST come
from the UK - and not from Spain.

Although I'm not 100% certain, I also suspect the card would need
to be paired to the Sky+ box, before you could use any of the
record / playback functions. However, I doubt whether it would
be a good idea to pair your existing Sky HD card to the Sky+ box.
If you do so, your card will no longer provide full functionality
in the HD box.

I suggest you perform a simple test in the UK, before you take
the Sky+ box and your card to Spain. Connect the Sky+ box to
your dish, to check whether you can playback and/or record
programmes, even if you haven't paired the card to your Sky+ box.
If so, you could take the card and receiver to Spain. Otherwise,
there would be no point.

On a separate matter, you should never disclose your real email
address in a public newsgroup. It is too late to do anything
about it now. However, you run the risk of being overwhelmed by
massive volumes of junk mail. Furthermore, Sky employees
probably read this newsgroup. Consequently, they will know that
you are contemplating taking a UK viewing card to Spain (which
would be a serious breach of your contract terms and conditions).



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Guys

Advice please.

We have the original old Sky Box in Spain.A friend of mine has
given me his Sky + box. As we have Sky HD here in the UK, could
I not take the Sky+ box to Spain and put up an additional cable
to the LNB and watch and record using my UK Sky card which I
can take with me .

Other say it may be better to just buy a Freesat +Box in HD,
but without a Sky card my channel options are limited ?


Thanking you all.



Dee

Bob Lucas wrote:
On a separate matter, you should never disclose your real email address
in a public newsgroup. It is too late to do anything about it now.
However, you run the risk of being overwhelmed by massive volumes of
junk mail.

That simply isn't true, I've been posting from this real email address
for years and yet get very little spam.

--
Adrian (Owned by Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Paul Martin wrote:
In article ,
Adrian wrote:
Bob Lucas wrote:
On a separate matter, you should never disclose your real email address
in a public newsgroup. It is too late to do anything about it now.
However, you run the risk of being overwhelmed by massive volumes of
junk mail.

That simply isn't true, I've been posting from this real email address
for years and yet get very little spam.

It depends on your ISP. Some have effective spam filters.

Nothing to do with my ISP, I've been using the same address with
different ISPs for about 15 years.

--
Adrian

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 19:03:21 +0100, Paul Martin
wrote:

In article ,
Adrian wrote:
Paul Martin wrote:
It depends on your ISP. Some have effective spam filters.

Nothing to do with my ISP, I've been using the same address with
different ISPs for about 15 years.

Who says that an ISP just provides network access? Your email
provision is an Internet Service too.

But not everyone relies on their ISP to provide it - in fact it's a
bad idea in my opinion.

Paul Martin wrote:
In article ,
Adrian wrote:
Paul Martin wrote:
It depends on your ISP. Some have effective spam filters.

Nothing to do with my ISP, I've been using the same address with
different ISPs for about 15 years.

Who says that an ISP just provides network access? Your email
provision is an Internet Service too.

In the case of the email address I'm talking about is entirely separate
from my ISP, which should be obvious from my reply.

--
Adrian

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:46:33 +0100, Paul Martin
wrote:

In article ,
Appelation Controlee wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 19:03:21 +0100, Paul Martin
wrote:

In article ,
Adrian wrote:
Paul Martin wrote:
It depends on your ISP. Some have effective spam filters.

Nothing to do with my ISP, I've been using the same address with
different ISPs for about 15 years.

Who says that an ISP just provides network access? Your email
provision is an Internet Service too.

But not everyone relies on their ISP to provide it - in fact it's a
bad idea in my opinion.

Any company that provides a service on the Internet is an ISP. That
includes email, Usenet, web hosting, VoIP and network access.

OK, but you do know that I was really distinguishing between a service
provided by the ISP who provides your connection and service provided
by "others" (which can of course include yourself). ;-)

Thanks you for the post.