satellite tv

gdtmotors · Post by **gdtmotors** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:22 am

hi i am moving to carvoeiro soon and have been told if i take an old sky box (dont know if digital or analogue ?) i can get sky tv ??

any advice would be appreciated

Misty · Post by **Misty** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:36 am

Bring you digital sky box and you can buy a big dish here for it and your sky should work ok.

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:46 pm

Apologies if this question has already been asked and answered. I have had a dish and sky digibox installed - this has limited free to view channels. Will my sky viewing card from home work in the box if I bring it with me whilst we are over?

steve · Post by **steve** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:28 pm

No. The card is dedicated to a specific box these days and so you cannot bring your subscription card from the UK to a box out here

Lesley Jean · Post by **Lesley Jean** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:44 am

We have Sky in the UK and always bring our card out with us to put in the sky box we bought in Portugal, always works no problem, strange getting West Country news and programmes tho'

laserblazer · Post by **laserblazer** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:30 am

Does the card select the region?

Milo · Post by **Milo** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:13 pm

We bring our uk sky card- it works for most of the channels apart from the footie- when it says card not compatible to box set!!

So I miss my beloved Tottenham when they are on live TV

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:26 pm

Thanks everyone - guess I'll bring the card out next time and see what happens.

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:29 pm

Another question whilst I'm on. Does anyone know how you get that Portuguese SportTV channel? They often show premiership matches live.
thanks

Mike,Chislehurst · Post by **Mike,Chislehurst** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:31 pm

Re the Portuguese channel, I think most of the football comes via cable except internationals which is on the main PT TV.

Misty · Post by **Misty** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:05 pm

Scorpion wrote:Apologies if this question has already been asked and answered. I have had a dish and sky digibox installed - this has limited free to view channels. Will my sky viewing card from home work in the box if I bring it with me whilst we are over?

Have you asked the people who supplied the box and dish whether they can also get you a card to go with it? I have seen cards advertised also.

M

Bruce Wallis · Post by **Bruce Wallis** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:16 pm

Your card will work, but a rented box needs to be connected to a phone so SKY can interogate it (that's the contract you agree to in the UK). The way round that is to buy a digibox. You need a box/decoder with a big front end. The PACE box is best. I bought one via a local installer as mine bought in UK didnt have enough front end amplification, even with the big dish.

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