Anyone have a Freesat Card and SKY+?

[Paulbruk08]

Im thinking of getting a Freesat card but i have a SKY+ box.. Will these work together as ive seen on some websites, that freesat cards only work with Sky digiboxes?

Is a SKY + box classed as a Digibox?

Thanks Paul.

[richone54]

no reason why it should not work , the recording/pause feautures on the sky plus will not work as you need to have a subscrition to use them

[Paulbruk08]

really?
i just tried it and it recorded sky news fine?
although it would nt play back anything from the old planner that is on a encrypted channel ie channel 4... I just have my old sky card in it, not Freesat Card at the moment though...

[richone54]

and you dont have a subscribtion ?

edit just re-read your post !, you may have to wait for someone who knows more about this sort of thing (there are a few on here, just mabey not at the moment) i was under the impresion that my above statement about neededing a current subscribtion was correct as they have not long age let you use the sky plus features without the premium channels (you used to have to have sport and/or movies to use it, if not it was an extra £10 per month)

[Paulbruk08]

and you dont have a subscribtion ?

Not at this address im at now... i do have a box at my parents with a subscription, this box i have here is my old multi-room (2nd) box... which had its card cancelled when i moved home recently..

Hence i only get the FTA channels at the moment.

Paul.

[richone54]

^^ sorry paul - i re-read your post as i submitted mine
i then edited as above

[Paulbruk08]

So Have they dropped the £10 Charge to Use SKY+ Recording etc?

My Goal is to get FreeSAT and Setanta Sports Only..

Keeping the costs down to £10 a month for S-Sports.. once i have paid the £20 for the
Card.

Paul.

[richone54]

they had dropped the £10 charge (so now can use even if you don't subscribe to sports or movies) but as far as i know you still need an active sky subscription to use the sky plus features

[RickyC]

they had dropped the £10 charge (so now can use even if you don't subscribe to sports or movies) but as far as i know you still need an active sky subscription to use the sky plus features

i assumed the same

[greyrider]

If you're subscribing to at least a minimum package then there's no fee for the Sky+ features. If you have no subscription at all you can still use the facility by paying a monthly fee of £10. And yes, the box will work with a freesat card.