Sky+ recording by SMS
 

Anyone else tried this? I did a test recording of 'NCIS' on Five tonight
while I was out. I was rather surprised when I got back to find that it had
recorded!

Sky+ recording by SMS
 

Hi,

In article ,
Brian wrote:
Anyone else tried this? I did a test recording of 'NCIS' on Five tonight
while I was out. I was rather surprised when I got back to find that it had
recorded!

I tried recording 'The Simpsons' on Sky1 (just to test it you understand).
It told me it couldn't find the program.

Can you paste here the *exact* SMS you sent?

Ta

Andy

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"Andy Hawkins" wrote in message
...

I tried recording 'The Simpsons' on Sky1 (just to test it you understand).
It told me it couldn't find the program.


Yeah. I keep getting that - even when I do it exactly right.

I also tested it by just sending 'Frasier.' and it replied with a list of
times, none of which were the next scheduled episode.

Then I tested it with just 'Doctor who.' and it set it for the Saturday
night episode automatically, without giving me the choice of other showings
(later in the week).

Seems like they need to tweak the search algorithms, or (here's a radical
idea) publish some instructions on how it works.

Fred.

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"Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
...
"Andy Hawkins" wrote in message
...

I tried recording 'The Simpsons' on Sky1 (just to test it you
understand).
It told me it couldn't find the program.


Yeah. I keep getting that - even when I do it exactly right.

I also tested it by just sending 'Frasier.' and it replied with a list of
times, none of which were the next scheduled episode.

Then I tested it with just 'Doctor who.' and it set it for the Saturday
night episode automatically, without giving me the choice of other
showings (later in the week).

Seems like they need to tweak the search algorithms, or (here's a radical
idea) publish some instructions on how it works.

Fred.


The Sky By Mobile application is much easier to use than the SMS method.

Ray Martin

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"Brian Wescombe" wrote in message
...
Anyone else tried this? I did a test recording of 'NCIS' on Five tonight
while I was out. I was rather surprised when I got back to find that it
had recorded!


Do you need "a compatible handset" for the SMS service?
I have a Sony Ericsson P910i which is not in the list but I heard Sky
had opted for the Symbian OS so am confused.
--
Vass
'02 YZF-R1

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"Andy Hawkins" wrote in message
...
Hi,

In article ,
Brian wrote:
Anyone else tried this? I did a test recording of 'NCIS' on Five tonight
while I was out. I was rather surprised when I got back to find that it
had
recorded!

I tried recording 'The Simpsons' on Sky1 (just to test it you understand).
It told me it couldn't find the program.

Can you paste here the *exact* SMS you sent?

OK, no problem. I sent it as:-

"NCIS. Five. 08/07. 20:05" and it worked. The confirmation message said
Trial Service and I wasn't charged.

I had one that didn't work (CSI: NY)

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"Vass" wrote in message
...

"Brian Wescombe" wrote in
message ...
Anyone else tried this? I did a test recording of 'NCIS' on Five tonight
while I was out. I was rather surprised when I got back to find that it
had recorded!


Do you need "a compatible handset" for the SMS service?
I have a Sony Ericsson P910i which is not in the list but I heard Sky
had opted for the Symbian OS so am confused.
--
Vass
'02 YZF-R1



I have a p900i and SBM works fine on that. You can DL the application from:
http://mobile.sky.com/SBM/SonyE_novi...yWithoutTv.jar

Just install it and off you go. The thing to remember is the left-hand
option is the yellow button and the right-hand option is the green button
(you'll see what I mean when you run it.)

The SMS service works on any phone that can send a text message!

Ray Martin

Sky+ recording by SMS
 

Hi,

In article ,
Ray wrote:
The Sky By Mobile application is much easier to use than the SMS method.

I'm sure it is. Unfortunately, it isn't supported on my mobile.

Andy

Sky+ recording by SMS
 

Hi,

In article ,
Fred wrote:
Seems like they need to tweak the search algorithms, or (here's a radical
idea) publish some instructions on how it works.

Well, if the search is the same as the one on the Internet site, then I can
understand why it doesn't work.

I tried a search (on the web site) for 'The Simpsons' across all channels
and it couldn't find anything...

Andy

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On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:05:29 GMT, Andy Hawkins
wrote:

Hi,

In article ,
Fred wrote:
Seems like they need to tweak the search algorithms, or (here's a radical
idea) publish some instructions on how it works.

Well, if the search is the same as the one on the Internet site, then I can
understand why it doesn't work.

I tried a search (on the web site) for 'The Simpsons' across all channels
and it couldn't find anything...

Did you try without the definite article?

Charlie
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