topic Re: on demand in Sky Q

on demand

JUL123 — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:56:45 GMT

Have had sky q fitted today and on all boxes it won't let me get on demand says i have to upgrade 🤔

Re: on demand

oldfella — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:04:38 GMT

@JUL123 wrote:

Have had sky q fitted today and on all boxes it won't let me get on demand says i have to upgrade 🤔

First check that you are not trying to Download or view HD or UHD content without the Q HD or UHD Subscription pack.

Sky Signature includes BoxSets and Entertainment channels only in SD as standard.
Only free to air channels such as BBC, ITV etc are in HD. The Q HD pack is required for all other Sky Signature HD content, including Catch Up in HD, On Demand in HD and BoxSets in HD
If you do not have the Optional HD pack you need to change the Download to SD in All Formats (as HD is the default setting).
So that you do not need to do this every time it’s best to change your Download preference to SD in Home - Settings - Setup - Preferences.
This needs to done on the main Q box.
Then if you want to download any HD content from free to air channels (BBCHD ,ITVHD etc) you can select HD in the All formats tab of the content . This will change the format for that particular download only but still leave your format to SD in preferences.

Re: on demand

Yen — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:19:53 GMT

Same here. Sky Q fitted today and on demand is not working. I pay for Sky HD and ultra HD package.

Any ideas please?

Re: on demand

Daniel0210 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:52:58 GMT

@Yen

Is it specifically asking you to upgrade? If so let us know on this thread and we can get you some help.

Re: on demand

Yen — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:15:30 GMT

Yes it does that's why I don't know what's going on

Re: on demand

Daniel0210 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:32:02 GMT

@Yen
I’ve escalated your post to Sky and the Escalation Team may get in touch with you later.

Look out for an email and also a blue/red speech bubble at the bottom of your forum page. Once that speech bubble appears you only have 48 hours to join the private chat or it will close automatically. If you fail to respond to each chat reply from Sky within 48 hours the chat will again close down automatically even if your issue hasn’t been resolved. Replies from Sky aren’t instant so you’ll need to check the chat thread regularly.

This link explains the Community Messaging process.
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M1014

If you are using Safari also make sure that Hide IP Address is not checked in order to see the chat bubble. If you have trouble finding this to check the settings, use another browser such as Chrome or Firefox.

Re: on demand

Addie15 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 07:10:12 GMT

Hi there, thank you for escalating this. We have sent an invite to JUL123.

Re: on demand

Yen — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:45:46 GMT

@Daniel0210 thank you so much for escalating this. It's all sorted now. The fault wasn't on my side. Sky employee ticked something and it works no problem now.

Thank you everyone!