Getting Channel4 & Five from Sky Digital (2 Viewers)

[Eddy5]

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Oh why is this turning to a complete pain.
I've got my Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus working, but I can't seem to get Channel 4 or Five as they are coming up as encrypted (I thought they were free to air).
I'm using Sky Digital in the UK, and get them fine.
Do I need to get my Sky Digital card plugged into my PC somehow (With a CAM device whatever they are)?
Can anyone help me?

 

[trevor]

C4 and Five are encrypted on Sky, for some copyright reason I think, and are not allowed to viewed outside the UK.

To view these channels you need a FreeSat card from Sky (£20) which can only be sent to a valid UK address. There are ways round this, quick trawl on the web should find them.

Then of course you are stuck with problem of where to put it as there are no 'offical' CAMs available for Sky cards other than thoses built into official Sky STB units. Again there are ways round this as well...check this guy out on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170089635451#ebayphotohosting

Would think would need to replace you Nova-S with the technotrend card...been meaning to give this a try but have not got round to it yet.

Trevor

 

[Eddy5]

That's so annoying that they are encrypted.
Doh, I just bought the Nova. Seems like I got the wrong thing again. Grrrr.
I have a Sky box so could use the Freesat card from that.
So my quick trawls on the net have not found a solution around this with my card.

 

[trevor]

I meant soloution to getting a freesat card, there are uk sites out there that will get the card and post it on.

I currently use my FreeSat card in a Sky box and just use my technotrend card for all the free channels, but mainly got it so I could BBC HD.