Red button

[Estapens]

Hi guys. Can someone please explain to me how, and if, foes the "sky red button" work on black panther reciever? or dreambox, no difference, i gues...I`m currently watching F1 on sky, but i`d like to watche their other streams as well. on boards, for example.

[pan1300]

Re: Red button

hi

I have no black panther, nor db, nor VU+ ...
But think probably is the same as the boxes I know: first make sure you have the 'subchannels' scanned into your box (see eg king of sats or lyngsat - they're mostly on the same TP as the main channel, but with another sid) - normally you only can find them during broadcasting. Once the channels are there, you'll have 2 options to see them: 1) go to the channel (rcu) or 2) depends on the brand/type of stb, but in general there's an 'option' button on the rcu with which you can zap quickly between the 'underchannels'.
Hope you understand my explanation and it works out!

Is something's not clear, please ask!

edited: just tested the F1 channels:
- on Astra 1 (sly ger): 'underchannels' working fine (with option button = without zapping)
- on Astra 2 (sly uk): didn't work out (or perhaps I was too late - race just finished ...)

[Estapens]

Re: Red button

thanks a bunch! What i actually found, is that those sub-channels are scanned without a name but with numbers, for example on sky uk i had sky F1HD and then 2916 and so on...lots and lots of those channels scanned, very difficult to find my Bayern game today...

[pan1300]

Re: Red button

thanks a bunch! What i actually found, is that those sub-channels are scanned without a name but with numbers, for example on sky uk i had sky F1HD and then 2916 and so on...lots and lots of those channels scanned, very difficult to find my Bayern game today...

hi

not sure, but do you mean on astra 1?
for the footy I always look at what's 'live on sat' ;
as said: on king of sats you'll mostly find how the subchannels are named (right: on sly uk often the names are numbers as 3837 or 3838 ; on sly de mostly 'correct' channel names are used).

I watched 'my' Bayern game yesterday ; if you mean Leverkusen: I just checked on king of sats: plenty of options (depending of the sats you have/receive) - good luck!

[microchick]

Re: Red button

The red button won't work unless you have a proper sky card and you scan for a network instead of all transponder. if you do a satellite scan or a blind scan instead of a network all the red button channels are scanned as no name and they can be found in the last just flicking through.for some of the red button channels you need your telephone line to be connected to the box.

[Estapens]

Re: Red button

i live in germany, what good is telephone line gonna do in my black panther???

[microchick]

Re: Red button

Thats the rule for watching sly legally in the UK. A valid card and a telephone line if you want to get the most out of the Red Button. Although the lack of telephone line doesn't make it illegal but you wont be able to take part in competition and quizes with red button.

[pan1300]

Re: Red button

Is far as I know (and informed earlier) there's no legal way to get sky uk when you live outside the uk ...

But back to topic: do I get it right that in sky uk there's only the red button option by phone (= pay!) and not for 'free' as with eg sky germany and with an 'option button'?

[microchick]

Re: Red button

Brits have properties across the continent. They use their UK address to get the card and then use it abroad.

All the red button options are not pay. Like BBC Red Button, Sky Red Button is also free which gives you interactive news and didderent screens but If you want to participate in a quiz or answer questions then you have to press Red Button which is connected via telephone line.

[pan1300]

Re: Red button

Brits have properties across the continent. They use their UK address to get the card and then use it abroad.

All the red button options are not pay. Like BBC Red Button, Sky Red Button is also free which gives you interactive news and didderent screens ...

hi microchick

Are the different screens effective other channels (as I presumed in my posts above?), so we can tune on them (giving me some sids can be usefull for me to test later on + confirmation there's something on)?

PS: sadly, I don't have properties abroad

[microchick]

Re: Red button

The different screens will only appear at certain times, like for Formula 1, they will show ther other racers profiles. In the news, there will be 4 or 6 different sections with weather, business, sports etc... some people like to have a look at the red button during the Football match for some more info or highlights.
BBC Olympic channels were all on Red Button, they are gone now.

[pan1300]

Re: Red button

will look for those subchannels when I have time or when there's something on - the BBC Olympic channels were shown as normal channels.

[microchick]

Re: Red button

Hi guys. Can someone please explain to me how, and if, foes the "sky red button" work on black panther reciever? or dreambox, no difference, i gues...I`m currently watching F1 on sky, but i`d like to watche their other streams as well. on boards, for example.

Was just browsing through the sly uk website and found some interesting information about the Red Button so thought i would share them with you. Please have a look at the link below

--http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/25460/7788597/What-s-on-the-Red-Button

[pan1300]

Re: Red button

ref. the info on the links: yes, that's what I saw in the sky de package, but missed it in the sky uk package (or not there, or too late).

Will try later - thanks for the info anyway.