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All posts by Steve Rowe

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My flat has a dish left by a previous tennant, and I've managed to get hold of a 2nd hand standard Sky digibox, along with 2 different viewing cards - an older blue one and a newer white one.
After reconnecting the dish I find I can receive good strength signal and can get most of the channels available on terrestrial Freeview with one or two exceptions like Five for example. On many channels an on-screen message tells me that the blue card is out of date and needs to be replaced. If I swap it for the newer white card, almost exactly the same channels are available with the same exceptions, only now the on-screen message that appears on many other channels tells me that the white card is not authorised and asks me to ring Sky.
Should I be able to receive the full Freesat From Sky package using any of these cards and if so what do I need to do? If I need to purchase a new viewing card what should it cost and where's the best deal available that you know of?
Your advice would be greatly appreciated...

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