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# Threadjack (of a threadwaste, so little chance of it being read)
I've got an old Sky Digital box, complete with card. The contract expired & I was able to watch the free channels for, er, free.
Now I've moved house & find that the Digital box doesn't even display BBC1 etc.

Any ideas?
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 18:10, archived)
# you er...
did bring the satellite dish with you didn't you?
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 18:11, archived)
# No.
I plugged it into an existing dish (remembering to first unplug the existing box)

If it worked, I was going to tap into the existing feed & see if I had a strong enough signal to work too boxes at once.
If that didn't work I have a friend with a dish but no box who could use it.
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 18:12, archived)
# Ah
but the dish you've plugged it into may not be picking up the right signals... it may need re-aiming, or maybe it's not capable of using the same satellite?
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 18:14, archived)
# you can get a free bbc viewing card thing
so try and get one of those, sky are changing their viewing cards at the moment.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 18:14, archived)
# where from?
[edit] just found this which might do the job. You have to register with Sky though, as I was planning to use my landladie's dish which has an active sky box plugged in it already (I would have to use her landline as well...). These could be problematic...
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 18:15, archived)
# google
'bbc satellite free channels card'
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 18:18, archived)
# Thanks for the tips
Have emailed Sky with a list of questions.
they probably won't reply 'cos there's no money in it for them :-(
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Sun 20 Apr 2003, 18:35, archived)