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Rjs37 · 15-08-2010, 18:57

Got a similar issue here in Bolton. Not sure if it went off at exactly 5pm but it would have been around then. I was watching Sky Sports 1 HD at the time (half time) and it suddenly popped up saying: "Looks like you've inserted the wrong SmartCard for this box...".

Checked around and I've lost most of the channels I've checked. Only ones I seem to have are the tradtional terrestrial channels and a few freeview ones (BBC3, BBC4, ITV2+1 - strangely not ITV2 lol). I'm still getting the same error message on those channels which are working but the picture starts working in the background. The rest of the channels don't work at all (black screen).

Ringing 151 does bring up an automated message that there is a national problem with people having missing channels. So I guess all we can do is wait.

15-08-2010, 18:57	#6
Rjs37 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 36	Re: Anybody lose Sky1 & Sky 3 at 1700 today? Got a similar issue here in Bolton. Not sure if it went off at exactly 5pm but it would have been around then. I was watching Sky Sports 1 HD at the time (half time) and it suddenly popped up saying: "Looks like you've inserted the wrong SmartCard for this box...". Checked around and I've lost most of the channels I've checked. Only ones I seem to have are the tradtional terrestrial channels and a few freeview ones (BBC3, BBC4, ITV2+1 - strangely not ITV2 lol). I'm still getting the same error message on those channels which are working but the picture starts working in the background. The rest of the channels don't work at all (black screen). Ringing 151 does bring up an automated message that there is a national problem with people having missing channels. So I guess all we can do is wait.