sky box f3 & sly card

[rodhull8863]

hi people i apologies if this is a noob question i recently purchased a skybox f3 and its working fine although ive only had it 2 months and already looking at getting a vu box...........the question is could i use a few sky box f3's and run them off of 1 sly subscription and if so do these need to be connected i e wifi Ethernet many thanx in advance any one who can help.......

[mahrkpat]

Re: sky box f3 & sly card

I don't think you can run F3 as server only as client correct me if I am wrong if
that is what you are asking. If buying from a server it won't be allowed.

ps wifi/internet is needed.

[rodhull8863]

Re: sky box f3 & sly card

so whats the best option i was thinking sly and share for bedrooms keep f3 and server subscription for main room....or just get x3 server subscriptions????? and would this use alot of bandwidth........

[cannydo]

Re: sky box f3 & sly card

It would use very little bandwidth and I'm afraid thats the the way it goes with sat you'll need a subscription for every box you have. It is possible to have a server box with a card share to your other boxes ie (I have a Spiderbox in my livingroom if I had a sly card with the full package I could share it to other boxes in my house) Its up to you really which way you want to go but you must have a server box.

[benchsirius]

Re: sky box f3 & sly card

I thought sly cards were tied to a particular box, or has that changed recently?

I don't think bandwidth is any problem but the card will only work in the box it was issued to. (officially )

[mahrkpat]

Re: sky box f3 & sly card

I thought sly cards were tied to a particular box, or has that changed recently?

I don't think bandwidth is any problem but the card will only work in the box it was issued to. (officially )

You were able to pair it with a linux box by getting a boxkey see this thread:

http://www.satlover.eu/forum/card-sharing-general-discussion/37786-how-to-get-boxkey-for-sky.html

But reports about a recent new security update to the card, means that once
the card is updated when put in a sat receiver other then the one it was paired
with results in HD channels staying scrambled. The implication is not good, all
channels will eventually go HD, end of cs unless a new hack comes out.

[Satphoenix]

Re: sky box f3 & sly card

Mahrkpat, when I understand you correct, it's necessary to pair the new cards only with a linux receiver and never change this receiver - or the hd channels are dark?

[bokkie]

Re: sky box f3 & sly card

You could use a vu+ as your server, the skybox is client only.
Their have been reports of peoples screens going black after putting card in original box to update entitlements, but only on certain boxes.
It's a bit of a lottery at the moment.

[mahrkpat]

Re: sky box f3 & sly card

You could use a vu+ as your server, the skybox is client only.
Their have been reports of peoples screens going black after putting card in original box to update entitlements, but only on certain boxes.
It's a bit of a lottery at the moment.

As bokkie has said what people did with cs was to put the card in the original
receiver to get entitlements then put the card into a linux box which was the
server to share but now what is happening is that once the card is put in the
original receiver and then placed in server box the HD channels are going dark,
although they still work properly on the original box.

[rodhull8863]

Re: sky box f3 & sly card

cheers dudes all is clear now need a linux box to distribute to other boxes thanx yyaalll