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July 2nd 04, 01:34 PM
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Freeview without subscription
I seem to remember somebody saying that if I cancelled my sky
subscription then I could still pick up the freeview through the existing kit (digibox is a couple of years old now)? Can anyone confirm this? 
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July 2nd 04, 01:43 PM
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alfi wrote:
I seem to remember somebody saying that if I cancelled my sky subscription then I could still pick up the freeview through the existing kit (digibox is a couple of years old now)? Can anyone confirm this? Yes. In the FAQ. It is NOT Freeview though. Freeview has nothing whatsoever to do with satellite. -- Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these. The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73 Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/ BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/ ---- Only the truth as I see it. No monies return'd. ;-)
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July 2nd 04, 02:07 PM
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alfi wrote:
: I seem to remember somebody saying that if I cancelled my sky : subscription then I could still pick up the freeview through the : existing kit (digibox is a couple of years old now)? Can anyone : confirm this? If you cancel Sky the smartcard will be left enabled for ITV (but not ITV2), C4 and C5. This does NOT give the same channel selection as Freeview (which is the DTT system) but includes many other channels which you can test by simply removing the card!
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July 2nd 04, 11:44 PM
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If you cancel Sky the smartcard will be left enabled for ITV (but not ITV2),
C4 and C5. What about BBC1 & BBC2? I noticed that if you pull the card out completely then you still get the beeb.
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#5
July 3rd 04, 07:10 AM
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alfi wrote:
What about BBC1 & BBC2? I noticed that if you pull the card out completely then you still get the beeb. Read the FAQ. -- Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these. The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73 Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/ BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/ ---- Only the truth as I see it. No monies return'd. ;-)
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July 4th 04, 12:40 AM
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alfi wrote:
: What about BBC1 & BBC2? I noticed that if you pull the card out : completely then you still get the beeb. None of the BBC channels use any encryption at all so they will work without any smartcard at all (and even with a non-Sky DSAT receiver)
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