"This is the wrong card for this set top box" - use your Sky card in your home in Spain

You can use a Sky TV subscription card from the UK in Spain so that you can watch all your Sky TV and British TV channels in Spain.

However, if you use a Sky card in a different Sky box, then for some Sky TV channels, like Sky Sports and Sky Movies, then you will be unable to watch these channels. You will get the "This is the wrong card for this set top box" error message on the screen.

Using our satellite receiver, you can now watch Sky Sports and Sky Movie channels in your holiday home, without the need for "pairing" the card with Sky TV.

For more information see: http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/sky_cards_spain.php

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Sky Software Update (March 2010)

Standard Sky receivers have recently receive a new software version.

Version 3.8.8 has been deployed in the last week of March 2010.

This replaces the previous version of 3.7.6.

At the moment it is unknown what has changed between these two versions.

The latest operating system version is 1.2S4FM and EPG software version is 3.8.8.ns (March 2010). This firmware version is for a Pace Digibox, (non Sky +) after the latest Digibox software update.



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This is the wrong card for this set top box

Some people have been experiencing an on screen message on the television screen informing them that "This is the wrong card for this set top box" on their Sky digibox with the new white Sky card.

This problem is easily resolved.

The new white sky viewing card is in hibernation, after not getting the "keep alive" signal from the satellite.


Where as the old yellow house Sky cards displayed the "To subscribe to this channel call ....)" on all scrambled channels if they were hibernating, the new white sky viewing cards display "This is the wrong card for this set top box", irrespective of whether the card be in the right box or not.
 
As before, leaving in a sky box that is turned on and receiving channels shold wake them up over the next 24 hours.
 
The same message will also be displayed if you are using your Sky Subscription card in another sky box, and trying to watch the Sky premium channels, like Sky Sports or Sky Movies.


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