brendan_dj
Active Member
When I had my HD Sky Digibox installed on 22 May 2006, I asked the engineer to leave my old basic Sky digibox connected, but I did not want a "multiroom" subscription. (in other words, I wanted it for free channels only)
I was hoping that the engineer would give me a new viewing-card for my new HD box, but alas, he had to transfer the old card to my shiny new HD box.
I called Sky a few days later and I purchased a "freesat" card for £20. A quick call to marry the card to the box and I can now pick up FTA & FTV channels on my old digibox.
(Lets call this digibox, "BOX A")
Now... a different Story...
My Dad was given a Sky installation for Christmas back in 2001. We paid for him to receive the full Sky Package(including all sports and movies), This meant that his dish & digibox was supplied and installed for free.
A year later, his Christmas gift had expired. We cancelled the payments to Sky and he is left with all the free channels only. He is still very happy with his digibox as it is still far superior to his alternative aerial signal (both in terms of channel choice and picture quality).
(Lets call this digibox, "BOX B")
OK, now let me get to the point of this post...
Yesterday, when I was over my parents house, I made a discovery...
One of us can get Fox News (510) on the FTA/FTV digibox,
The other one can't and a message is shown to "Call Sky to upgrade your subscription to receive this channel
Why should one of us receive this channel and the other one not.
Can anybody guess, using the information above, which one receives Fox News (Box A or Box B?)
I was hoping that the engineer would give me a new viewing-card for my new HD box, but alas, he had to transfer the old card to my shiny new HD box.
I called Sky a few days later and I purchased a "freesat" card for £20. A quick call to marry the card to the box and I can now pick up FTA & FTV channels on my old digibox.
(Lets call this digibox, "BOX A")
Now... a different Story...
My Dad was given a Sky installation for Christmas back in 2001. We paid for him to receive the full Sky Package(including all sports and movies), This meant that his dish & digibox was supplied and installed for free.
A year later, his Christmas gift had expired. We cancelled the payments to Sky and he is left with all the free channels only. He is still very happy with his digibox as it is still far superior to his alternative aerial signal (both in terms of channel choice and picture quality).
(Lets call this digibox, "BOX B")
OK, now let me get to the point of this post...
Yesterday, when I was over my parents house, I made a discovery...
One of us can get Fox News (510) on the FTA/FTV digibox,
The other one can't and a message is shown to "Call Sky to upgrade your subscription to receive this channel
Why should one of us receive this channel and the other one not.
Can anybody guess, using the information above, which one receives Fox News (Box A or Box B?)