Jomtien only can help me

Hi Jom
If you can I need an answer, Sky Italia changed cripoto from Seca to NDS
the one that use bSkyB, do you think that the Digital reciver used in UK
should be OK also in Italy?
Thanks
Giulio

Giulio wrote:
Hi Jom
If you can I need an answer, Sky Italia changed cripoto from Seca to NDS
the one that use bSkyB, do you think that the Digital reciver used in UK
should be OK also in Italy?
Thanks
Giulio




Very unlikely and probably a definite no.

Regards
Glenn...

Giulio wrote:

If you can I need an answer, Sky Italia changed cripoto from Seca to NDS
the one that use bSkyB, do you think that the Digital reciver used in UK
should be OK also in Italy?

The UK boxes don't do anything very useful when receiving signals from
Hotbird so I doubt that the Italian boxes will do any better on Astra
2. You could surely tune in FTA channels manually though, but why
bother when you can buy a good FTA receiver for little cost?

By the way, I'm sure that plenty of other people here would be capable
of making a worthwhile reply to this question.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
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. ;-)

Thanks Jom
As usuallly you are always helpfull, the reason of my question is that I
have a UK digibox that I used till BBC moved to Astra2d (I know I was not
allowed to take the subscrition abroad) and now also ITV News, but I payed
by direct debit like all expats.
This is the reason of my question because I think? the recievers all the
same, what works should be the card,
any reply from the Satellite'sGuru are wellcome.
Ciao Jomtien
Giulio



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Giulio wrote:

If you can I need an answer, Sky Italia changed cripoto from Seca to NDS
the one that use bSkyB, do you think that the Digital reciver used in UK
should be OK also in Italy?

The UK boxes don't do anything very useful when receiving signals from
Hotbird so I doubt that the Italian boxes will do any better on Astra
2. You could surely tune in FTA channels manually though, but why
bother when you can buy a good FTA receiver for little cost?

By the way, I'm sure that plenty of other people here would be capable
of making a worthwhile reply to this question.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
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. ;-)

Giulio wrote:
Thanks Jom
As usuallly you are always helpfull, the reason of my question is that I
have a UK digibox that I used till BBC moved to Astra2d (I know I was not
allowed to take the subscrition abroad) and now also ITV News, but I payed
by direct debit like all expats.
This is the reason of my question because I think? the recievers all the
same, what works should be the card,
any reply from the Satellite'sGuru are wellcome.
Ciao Jomtien
Giulio



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Giulio wrote:


If you can I need an answer, Sky Italia changed cripoto from Seca to NDS
the one that use bSkyB, do you think that the Digital reciver used in UK
should be OK also in Italy?

The UK boxes don't do anything very useful when receiving signals from
Hotbird so I doubt that the Italian boxes will do any better on Astra
2. You could surely tune in FTA channels manually though, but why
bother when you can buy a good FTA receiver for little cost?

By the way, I'm sure that plenty of other people here would be capable
of making a worthwhile reply to this question.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
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. ;-)



Okay here is it in a little more detail. From your original question I
take it you want to use your BSkyB receiver to receive Sky Italia. The
answer is no. Simply, you would not be able to get a Sky Italia card
activated in a BSkyB receiver. The only official Sky Italia receiver
I'm aware of is the Pace DS432NS which is technically different from the
equivalent BSkyB receiver, the DS430NS. Different operating system and
epg software.

See
http://www.pacemicro.com/corporate/p...ID=Digibox2600

and

http://www.pacemicro.com/corporate/p...sp?PID=DS432NS

Regards
Glenn...

Usenet wrote:

The only official Sky Italia receiver
I'm aware of is the Pace DS432NS which is technically different from the
equivalent BSkyB receiver, the DS430NS. Different operating system and
epg software.

I don't think that the EPG and OS software is very different at all.
Just programmed to look for different ID data from the broadcast
satellite. An Italian box wants to see Hotbird and a UK box wants to
see Astra2.

You are surely right about Sky not activating cards for use in a box
designed for the other service.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
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. ;-)

Giulio wrote:

This is the reason of my question because I think? the recievers all the
same, what works should be the card,

The receivers are basically the same: the cards are too. However I
suspect that the Sky Italia boxes are programmed (in firmware) to look
for EPG data from Hotbird whilst the UK ones are programmed to look
for EPG data from Astra 2.

I don't think that inserting an activated card from the other service
will make this any different. You certainly wouldn't be able to
activate a card for one service in a box for the other service. It may
be possible to load firmware from the other service though somehow I
doubt it.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
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. ;-)

Thank you all for the informations
Giulio