Jdknott Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 we have bought a new Sky card for the free to air channels including ITV, you probably know this already :the card is called 'freesatcard' for £20 from Sky 0870 606 1111 (for your sat digibox you already may have) - it lasts 3 years, and it allows your sat receiver box to then get ITV1,2 and Ch4 , Ch5 and all the rest of free-to-air. we have the card, and unlike the old cards there's no need to phone Sky to get it switched on, it is meant to self-activate after 20 minutes or 4 hours. Ours card hasn't, and we may call Sky (on a uk mobile of course, so they don't know where you're phoning from) but wonder if anyone has been down this path already and can offer advice, please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Although this card is supposed to self-active it doesn`t. Phone sky from mobile and they will talk you through getting the info they need. They ask me why I was phoning from mobile, I told them I was on my boat and if I had a land line available I would not be struggling with the signal on my mobile. They were happy with that, you will need to comfirm your uk address.It then took 12 hous to activateregards colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 [quote]Although this card is supposed to self-active it doesn`t. Phone sky from mobile and they will talk you through getting the info they need. They ask me why I was phoning from mobile, I told them I was ...[/quote]Interesting re: mobile. As I haven't got a UK mobile, I always call $ky from my French landline, number witheld. Noone has ever queried this. I suspect that source of a witheld number is not easy (for a private telephone exchange) to discover. After all, all $ky customers are overseas if they are in Bangalore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdknott Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 thanks for those two very useful replies, have acted on it and the system is all up and running. Very many thanks indeed.I don't know how to get our number witheld on our landline, any clues or shall I pop into France Telecom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I do not think with holding your number will work as it will still show as an International Call on caller displays phones in the UK. Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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