We have just the basic box in Spain allowing us to just view the main UK terrestrial channels. If you substituted the old box for say a Sky Plus one, would it record without connecting the additional wire to the dish. I realise to see Sky Plus correctly you need the two wires, but Sky are going to twig when you phone them !! On the other hand I suppose you would get the same result my using...

I have been having problems on certain channels i.e. premier movies no signal discovery shed intermittent & some others blocky or non functional. I initially thought that it might be the signal being blocked by a neighbouring tree - on this basis I had the dish moved from half way up the wall to under the eves & a new LNB fitted. There has been some improvement to the occasional picture...

Can anyone tell me if their Anytime is listing all programs. According to the Sky Anytime website, there should be 40 odd programmes today (Monday) but I have only got 15 listed on my HD box. I subscribe to all but the sports channels and I do receive 2 or three new programmes every day but it is also removing other programmes from the the list even though they are not due for removal. I...

What's the general view on the above? I have an aversion to taking out any form of maintenance contracts because, in general, I consider that you are likely to save more money by paying for repairs as and when they occur rather than paying out monthly for extended warranties on numerous appliances and devices. I think it's also the case that the extended warranty people often exaggerate...

I've recently been suffering from sound drop-outs on Anytime recordings (not on recordings made on Sky+). Following the advice on another forum I went into settings/customise and disabled Anytime and then re-booted. That had the effect of wiping clean all my Anytime recordings. I then re-enabled Anytime and began re-building the Anytime recording list. So far no sound drop-outs!

Is there still a waiting list for these as I have been waiting two month allready, any thoughts, thanks. Im in the North East if that helps -- http://www.xposurephotography.co.uk

Ihave Sky HD and I'm fed up of re-booting the bloody thing every 3 or 4 days (no warranty) So, with an ISP change looming, seems a good reason to try Virgin for everything What will I miss that Sky HD has to offer? TIA --

For some time now I have been getting sound dropouts on my Sky+. For some time I thought it was only on recorded programmes, but I now think it's also happening live. It seems to only affect certain channels, comes and goes, and only occurs at night, so I'm guessing it's a signal problem. I've tried rebooting and a planner rebuild. Do I need to get the dish alignment checked? The signal...

EX14 here, Samsung Sky+HD box. Got the card this morning.

London crystal palace. lost ch22 13.45 is it me or them I tried to retune that is when I noticed the loss. ITV analogue is really low and snowy Gary -- This email is Private and Confidential This e-mail has been virus checked by Mcafee Virus Scan. Telephone calls may be recorded for quality assurance and security purposes.

Just had another unsolicited phising call (not) from Sky. Along the lines of ; Them: Can I speak to the Sky account holder. Me: Which company is calling T: (company not mentioned) I'm Steve calling to let you know your maintainance contract has expired (I've never had one !) M: Is this Sky T: Were calling on behalf of Sky, are you the account holder M: Who do you want to speak to

Get home, Sky Samsung box has to be re-booted - all recordings 'failed'! Arrrggghhhh... Ian --

Someone I know wants to take out a Sky subscription (Sports plus non premium channels) on their existing Sky box (Pace 10 year old 2200). It's been used for the last five years with an FTV card. How easy is it these days to persuade Sky to provide just the card ? I can't see any mention of the option on their website, but that's meaningless. -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with...

Does anyone know for sure if the cards issued by Sky specifically for Freesat from Sky are paired to the receiver or can they be used in a new receiver without ringing Sky? Bill

...or interruptions, if you will. Samsung SkyHD+ box here. Just got the popup saying the new viewing card was coming soon!, three times actually in an hour, before letting me alone for the evening. Let's hope the Royal Mail as such does better in getting it to us before they all do a power play for more money, again.

Has anyone with a Samsung HD box got the new EPG yet?

Well this is a bit harsh. I've been getting a warning message on my screen about updating but no new card has come. Today my packages stopped and the card had aparantly been "killed" the lady said. :-/ she said she'd order me a new card, but she couldn't re-activate my card. Gits!

Hello everyone. I just want to inform you of the latest atrocities committed by the RSPCA in the name of 'animal welfare'. Here are just a few stories of the very many out there that clearly demonstrate that the decision makers and PR machine at the top in the RSPCA is rotten to the core! RSPCA use a slaughtermans weapon to kill 10 GSD's DESPITE they claim to the donating publi that "They ONLY...

I have recently been given an Amstrad Sky box (DRX400?) Switch on with no card and it gets BBC1-4 and ITV1-4 with no problem, except they all pixelate at some time or other and BBC1 and 2 are unwatchable because of it all the time. It does not get five or BBC News. Signal shows as 100% with quality about 90%. Fit a 10dB in-line attentuator (with d.c. by-pass) and both signal and quality go...

OK, I freely admit to being more than just a bit thick and I apologise if this has been covered before but I need help, because I'm completely confused by the difference between Freeview, Freesat, Freesat from Sky and/or whatever else may be out there. We had "standard" Sky Digital for about 10 years and then went to Sky+. When the engineer installed a quad LNB and ran the new cables for...