Trying to find how much a Freesat from Sky card costs?
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There is a customer chat box on FREESAT from Sky - Call now to order, so I wondered how much a replacement card was...
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Pradeep: Welcome to Sky, Home of HD. You are chatting with Pradeep. May I take your name please?
You: Brian
Pradeep: Hi Brian, How may I help you with your Sky purchase today?
You: I just want to know what the current price and arrangements for replacement "Freesat from Sky" cards are
You: as in "you will have to purchase a new viewing card at our then applicable standard charge"
Pradeep: Is it only freeview channels you are looking for or would you like to subscribe to our TV packages?
You: I only wish you to answer the question I have posted
You: I am 200% aware of your sales patter
Pradeep: To order the viewing card for freeview channels the best thing for you to do is to ring the Freesat team on 08442 411 602 and they will assist you.
You: Right, I have to make a premium rate call to find out how much a card costs?
Pradeep: It cost around £20 - £25.
You: around?
You: Is that official Sky pricing?
Pradeep: Unfortunately, we do not send the viewing for freeview so we are not aware about the exact price for freesat card.
You: So, why does this chat box appear on http://www.sky.com/shop/freesat/home/ ?
Pradeep: I would suggest you to contact our dedicated team for more information.
You: Also, I presume you don't mean "Freeview" at all.
Pradeep: Yes
7:36 PM
khaleesi: Pairing your viewing card isn't required for any free channels, just take the viewing card out of your old box and put it in the new one.
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7:17 PM
StevensOnln1: What about the encrypted but still free-to-view channels? Sony Channel 157, Sony Movie Channel 323, London Live 117? Is any pairing required for them?
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10:58 PM
khaleesi: Pairing is only required for some subscription channels (mostly HD channels I believe).
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12:29 PM
Unfortunately it seems pairing is required for London Live 117. And possibly Sky News HD 516. Its not possible to pair if you no longer have a Sky subscription.
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2:48 PM
khaleesi: Sky News HD is a subscription channel. I'm surprised if pairing is required for London Live.
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6:16 PM
Yes, sorry, you're right about Sky News HD. I'm afraid London Live, however, does require pairing. And if you don't have a recent paid Sky subscription, you can't pair it. They will sell you a new, pairable, card for 25.
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9:59 PM
UPDATE: Well, I was able to pair it. Required plugging the box into my LAN via ethernet cable. Pairing was done on the box itself, no calls required. And London Live appeared!
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4:36 PM
Chelmsford
I want to order a Sky "Freesat" card to get all the Channels, Sony Movies Etc, on a Sky HD box I've been given.
I rang Sky to enquire what my default ITV & BBC region would be. after being passed from pillar to post and ending up where I started all I was told was that BBC & ITV control the defaults for all postcodes and I would receive whatever the default region was. Not a lot of help.
Does anyone know where I can get this information and is there a database in the public domain?
Postcode is CM1 4YJ. I would like to be able to have BBC East (E) and ITV Anglia (E) as my default.
Doug Brown
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6:51 AM
Doug Brown: Your postcode maps to Freesat region 18, giving you BBC East (E) and ITV London.
I would expect the same on BSkyB.
On Freesat you could enter a postcode to give region 19 - BBC East (E) and ITV Anglia East.
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