sky telephone dialout

[jondy1]

just had sky+ and multiroom fitted, read on here that the modem dials out to sky periodically to check you have the 2nd subscription at the same adress, now my telephone automatically withholds my number when dialing out, so how do sky know its connected(which it is)to the same phone line

 

[Kingy]

Dont quote me on this (im sure some of the tech heads will correct me) but I am told off a friend that it is actually possible to use a multiroom subscription in a completely different house. His gran his getting SKY+ fitted and he is attempting to pay her the extra for multiroom and run it from his house 4 miles away

At first I said 'thats never going to work' but as you say, how can they tell the location of the receiver if the number is withheld?? He hasnt got it done yet so if anyone has info that says he is wasting his time it would be appreciated

 

[u6cah]

Sky will send you a letter stating they have not recieved a callback after a couple of months. Then when you call them (unless they haven't already done it) they will get you to go into the setup of the sky boxes and put 1470 as a prefix (can't remember the actual menu options) to the number so it then shows your number when it calls back.

I tried getting a second sub and to leave it in my caravan but I have to now periodically bring it back to dial back as soon as I get one of their letters asking me to plug it back in. I've already tried getting it to call back on a landline without showing the number but it still didn't work still got the letters

 

[Nick_UK]

At first I said 'thats never going to work' but as you say, how can they tell the location of the receiver if the number is withheld?? He hasnt got it done yet so if anyone has info that says he is wasting his time it would be appreciated

The Terms & Conditions say that both boxes have to be connected to the same phone line, and that the number must not be with-held. If the boxes are dialing out with the number with-held, Sky won't identify it as your box, and you'll get a warning letter, which (if ignored) will be followed by a doubling of the direct-debit payment, which is for two single subscriptions.

 

[eternaldark]

You can get round it if its under the one address we have sky in one building and sky in another. and luckily the 2nd property on the land doesn't have an address and so falls under the primary address, I got multi room installed and although I couldn't run a phone extension to the 2nd box as it had its own seperate phone line, I told sky it wasn't feasable for us to run an extension(made up an excuse)and told them we had another line installed for that purpose. And voila!!

 

[Nick_UK]

You can get round it if its under the one address we have sky in one building and sky in another.

Sky, or Sky+ ?

 

[eternaldark]

Just sky. Dont see the need for Sky+ at the moment as have a dvd recorder with HDD, but looking forward to Sky HD

 

[Bluevanman]

If your number is withheld, go to services,4,0,1,select,3.Go down to telephone settings.There you can add a dialling prefix.Put in 1470.go to save new setings and press select.This will force a callback, and will bypass the number withheld.Do this on both boxes.

 

[Nick_UK]

Just sky. Dont see the need for Sky+ at the moment as have a dvd recorder with HDD, but looking forward to Sky HD

Sky don't police Sky boxes very closely, but they are very strict with Sky+

 

[jondy1]

If your number is withheld, go to services,4,0,1,select,3.Go down to telephone settings.There you can add a dialling prefix.Put in 1470.go to save new setings and press select.This will force a callback, and will bypass the number withheld.Do this on both boxes.

tried this but will not work.. i get the message.. callback in progress then it says prefix update has failed..... any ideas

 

[Knyght_byte]

they are very active on checking Sky+ subscriptions are connected because of the MASSIVE revenue they generate from the companies that are available by the interactive side of Sky+

not only do those companies make it much cheaper for sky+ users but also they make Sky a fortune, believe me, i work in a company that revolves around a form of advertising, you cant beat it for being the cheapest way to make money....profit margins are usually around 10,000%...lol

 

[Bluevanman]

jindy1, what make of boxes do you have. There is a known quirk with Amstrads that means if they are not rebooted after the first callback, they will never do another one.

 

[jondy1]

pace pvr3

 

[Bluevanman]

OK, try a software download, then put in the 1470 prefix.

 

[Nick_UK]

they are very active on checking Sky+ subscriptions are connected because of the MASSIVE revenue they generate from the companies that are available by the interactive side of Sky+..........

So, why are they very "hot" on multi-room subscriptions, but hardly bother to check single boxes at all ? I suspect it's something other than the interactive stuff.

 

[Bluevanman]

So, why are they very "hot" on multi-room subscriptions, but hardly bother to check single boxes at all ? I suspect it's something other than the interactive stuff.

They are 'hot' on multiroom because the second subscription is only £10.00 per month and they want to ensure that both boxes stay in the premises where they were originally installed. A single box, even a Sky+, obviously doesn't have that restriction.Also, with Sky+ because you can store a box office event for upto 7 days they need to read the card so you can be billed at the proper time.