Sky card in different box question? (1 Viewer)

[Tezza]

Good evening

Now that I have my sky box sorted in the van (many thanks to all who helped me earlier this week) I have another question, to save taking the home box out each time and resetting the single feed options and box initialising etc etc, if I bought another sky HD box (to leave in the van) could I still use my home card with it without calling sky each time to pair it up?

 

[Speve]

There is a way of pairing it online through Sky quite simple I believe but haven't needed to use it myself

 

[Satandpcguy]

A sky card will work in ANY Sky box without pairing for the non premium and non HD channels.
Sky Sports, Sky Movies BT Sports, and all Sky HD channels *and if you want to Sky+ record encrypted channels) require the card to be paired to the box.

But most of the latest versions of the SkyHD and Sky+HD boxes allow you to pair them yourself using an wifi / adls / broadband internet connection. Connect the box to the (UK) internet, go to a premium channels (Sky Sports, Sky Movies BT Sports, and all Sky HD channels) and you will get a prompt to pair the card online.

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[SuperMike]

Get another box of a similar type and go here to pair the card.

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When you come home, put the card back into your home box and pair it back again. Easy peasy.

 

[Fenman]

Would I be right in saying you have to do that before leaving the UK or Sky will suss you are out of the country and not play ball?

 

[Satandpcguy]

Would I be right in saying you have to do that before leaving the UK or Sky will suss you are out of the country and not play ball?

YOu would need o be running a VPN providing you with a UK IP address for it to work if you are outside the UK and ROI.

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[Ritz154]

Tezza we have sky box in our Motorhome like you it saves keeping having to disconnect and reconnect each time , our card works in both but we forgot to take the card one holiday so went on Ebay bought second hand one and that also lives in the Motorhome , good luck

 

[Satandpcguy]

Tezza we have sky box in our Motorhome like you it saves keeping having to disconnect and reconnect each time , our card works in both but we forgot to take the card one holiday so went on Ebay bought second hand one and that also lives in the Motorhome , good luck

You bought a sky card from ebay??? (which should not be sold as a card is always property of Sky, and it is not the sellers right to sell them)
Was it the "freesat from sky" "free to view" card that only unlocks about 5 channels? (Local TV channels, 4Music, Insight HD, Motors TV, Nollywood Movies, Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Movie Channel and Yesterday +1)
Or the full sky package card? (why not simply get another multiroom card from sky instead??)

Remember you don't need a sky card to receive channels from BBC ITV C4 or Five (and about 100 other chanenls) (apart from a few HD versions which require the Sky HD package) - as they are all free to air, free from encrpytrion, and free from subscription.