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On a Sky HD Box is a recording of the film Predator which is certificate 18 and requires a pin number to watch it, The last four digits on the card is not the Pin number neither is 1234 or 0000. Does anyone know what to do in this case where the pin number is unknown?
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So do I use the serial number of the HD box as a pin number? The pin number is only 4 digits.
I don't want to contact Sky TV, the question is how do I set the pin to say default such as 1234.
I don't have an account with them
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I recorded the program tipping point as a test. The program played back ok. The film Predator is certificate 18 and it requires a pin number. Predator was on free to view channel 315 Film Four, but when I went to watch it via playback , it asks for a pin number which I don't know. The last 4 digits of the card do not work? Is it not possible to reset the pin to say 1234?
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Hi jb38 thanks for the link. It says
1.Sign in to the TV settings section of My Sky using your Sky iD and password.
2.Select Change your PIN.
3.Enter a new four-digit PIN in the Enter new PIN field.
4.Repeat the new PIN in the Confirm new PIN field.
5.Select Update PIN.
I don't have a Sky ID or password, but if I did what would I be asked for?
Can a pin number not be reset in the menus of sky on the box itself?
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I heard you can buy pirate boxes from North Africa that can receive sky for nothing? Is that true? I know in the past you could buy pirate cards, I don't understand why you can't buy them anymore. There are channels on Sky that are blocked by Sky that are free on Freeview such as UK Gold and Alibi. Why are they blocked? ITV E$ HD is a farce. These are meant to be Freeview yet you get a message "This is the wrong card for the set top box? What exactly is in these Integrated circuits? I have heard so much rubbish overtime such as 1. Sky cannot communicate with the card if you have no phone line connected, meaning "If you subscribe and cancel it, you take the phone line out of the box and you can watch it for a long time" 2. If you put the card in the freezer it will work? What is all this about as I know none of this works? How do they control these cards, what exactly is in them, do they not use the same circuit diagram?
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Hi Mike P Thank you for the answers. In my opinion there are just too many channels being blocked by BskyB and I wish people would stop paying for it. I can understand charging for live sports, Movie Channels and Box Office, however it is not right to be charging for the other channels such as ITV Encore, Alibi, Gold, E Entertainment and nearly all children's TV and there is not one documentary channel that is free to view. The subscriptions that people pay are subsidising channels that simply should not be being subsidised. The Pub trade cannot afford there charges, OFCOM have done nothing about any of this
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Save your money, Ditch Sky TV and just watch Freeview and save some real monies. Just think it will mean more monies in your bank . In the past people only had two channels and they survived :)
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no one said anything so I will repeat Save your money, Ditch Sky TV and just watch Freeview and save some real monies. Just think it will mean more monies in your bank . In the past people only had two channels and they survived :)
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Why can a person not use a sky box to record the Freeview channels on Sky after they stop subscribing? They cannot even view the programs they already have on a sky box prior to subscribing? How do they control the functions that allow you to record? Another question, how was it in the past you could buy pirate cards that lasted 6 months or a year and yet they cannot make them any more? Do they still refer to Sky TV blocking channels as scrambling? Why is TV Encore being blocked by sky T and who can you not watch Dave etc when they are free to view?
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Monday 14 July 2014 6:05PM
jb38: Sorry don't understand this reply. I am talking about what does it mean when you get the message "This is the wrong card for this set top box" The card I have is a white card with an Integrated Circuit mounted on it. This is the latest card, so how can it be the wrong card for the set top box. There are no other cards. When it used to be the blue cards you could put any in and they would work, so what is different about these white cards. Also in the past people could buy Pirate cards, they used to be advertised, why is it that you cannot buy them anymore, after all these subscriptions are paying for channels that should be free to view like E! and Alibi etc. The only channels that should be paid for are Box Office, Sky Sports and the movie channels, nothing else as they are full of repeats and covered in adverts so are thus paid for in advertising Revenue. OFCOM do nothing about it,