topic Re: BBC NW has gone to HD. How do I get it on Freesat in Sky+

BBC NW has gone to HD. How do I get it on Freesat

WendyW1949 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:58:48 GMT

I purchased a Freesat card in 2007 and the system has worked well ever since

Unfortunately, the recent upgrade by BBC North West to HD means I appear to be unable to get the local news which is now on HD only.

The set up, as per the screen instructions when BBC NW HD comes on, is as shown below

How do I get back to watching BBC NW through Freesat, please? I’m happy with the rest of the services so don’t want to go to ‘full’ Sky

Re: BBC NW has gone to HD. How do I get it on Freesat

GD1 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:14:05 GMT

@WendyW1949 The image you posted can't be shown as it holds viewing card info

Re: BBC NW has gone to HD. How do I get it on Freesat

WendyW1949 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:35:44 GMT

I've deleted some information so hopefully this will help

Re: BBC NW has gone to HD. How do I get it on Freesat

SKY1992bf — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:41:19 GMT

@WendyW1949 Only way to do it is to upgrade to sky Q with the essential package

you will need to speak directly to sky to see if this is possible

Re: BBC NW has gone to HD. How do I get it on Freesat

Mark39 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:50:09 GMT

@WendyW1949 that's a very old Sky box! You'll need a box capable of receiving HD broadcasts, which means either upgrading to Sky Q as @SKY1992bf posted, or buying a used Sky+HD box from the likes of ebay. I'm assuming your TV has an HDMI input socket. If you choose the used box route, look for either a DRX890 or DRX895 model and don't pay more than around £30.

Edited to add: just to forewarn you, it's your Viewing Card which determines which BBC channels are local to you and you may not be able to pair your Viewing Card with a replacement Sky box. Your local BBC channel won't therefore appear on ch101, and you may have to find it within the other channels.

Re: BBC NW has gone to HD. How do I get it on Freesat

TimmyBGood — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:11:38 GMT

@Mark39 wrote:

@WendyW1949 that's a very old Sky box!

According to Wikipedia: "Thomson and Amstrad began supplying these boxes in late 2005 (with the DSI4214 and DRX550, respectively) "