Page 1 of Buying a Freesat box question..

Can anyone just walk off the street and buy a Freesat box in the UK... or do you have to prove you are a UK resident?? Have seen a box called Sat4Free (in Ireland) but seems the epg is not as good as the uk freesat version...

Yes (Short and sweet) not you not me but the answer to your question.
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You just buy one. I think they will ask for address because of Licence Fee.

Thanks guys. Will see if my lot can pick up a box in NI.

Can you get C5 on this because my old Sky sat box with no subscription that I use wants a viewing card to watch it and also the same goes for some other channels that are free on freeview including Sky news... :/

Mr Basbat

This item was edited on Friday, 21st August 2009, 10:30

Yeah, I`m pretty sure the freesat boxes get those channels. With Sky it`s the difference between Free to Air and Free to View channels.

Full list here http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=whatson.Main

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Can you get C5 on this because my old Sky sat box with no subscription that I use wants a viewing card to watch it and also the same goes for some other channels that are free on freeview including Sky news

When the Sky card runs out it becomes a Freesat card, so you should get Channel 5. Sky news doesn`t need a card at all. Your card may just need updating, if it can`t get ch 5. If so just put it onto Sky News & leave it for a couple of days. If you can`t get Sky news, either your receiver or LNB is faulty.

I assumed from his post that he doesn`t have a card but I may be wrong.

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Could someone please
Remove these cutleries
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I assumed from his post that he doesn`t have a card but I may be wrong.

Your probably right, but sometimes people say that, when there card has run out, they then assume they don`t have a card. However the Sky News is available without a card & the non scrambled Channel 5 is available. I don`t think it is on the Sky EPG but you can get it via add channels. Of course a cheap FreeSat box will get you the lot without the Sky EPG, but with the Freesat EPG, & so will a £30-00 basic satellite receiver, no Freesat EPG but just add the channels in order, BBC1/2 ITV etc.

Hi guys, yes I have a sky card (no subs version).. but didn`t realise that I could continue to use it in a freesat box. Thats good news. I am getting a freesat HD box as I want to move away from my SD sky box.. and don`t want to go to the hassle of getting a new sky box and a card to marry to it..