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| Genius. Ive not tried it but it works in UK apparently. Sky does know about this loophole but they also can't fix it, not for the foreseeable future anyway. Here are the steps to get your free PPV's. Enjoy! 1. Locate your phone line going into the back of the Sky box. 2. Cut through this phone line anywhere (about 3/4 length down) 3. Strip it and you will see 4 wires. Keep the black and red on one side and the green and yellow on the other. 4. Throw the other bit of the phone line that goes into the wall away or keep it if you like but you'll have no need for it. 5. Now you need one of the 9V oblong batteries (75p) and you can use one of those PP3 Battery connectors (20p). 6. Put the red and the back wires on one side of the battery and the green and yellow wires on the other 7. Hold it in place (or clip on the battery connector) then go to your box office film or whatever, pick it and put your pin it as usual, it won't charge you. If you get a "please connect telephone" message - you haven't stripped the wires enough, the battery is not connected or is dead. 8. After the screen clears you can disconnect the wires from the battery. You will never need to reconnect your phone line back to your TV. Sky updates through the satellite on your house and not through the phone line like some people think.
9. VERY IMPORTANT - Never reconnect your phone line back to your sky box or you will be charged for everything you have ordered using this method. Now every time you want to watch a PPV just repeat stages 6. 7. and 8. |
I suspect you don't have to go to all this trouble and the following (if followed exactly) would also work:
1. Pick up a normal phone that's on the
same telephone line as the Sky Box connects to.
2. On that phone dial a number that gives the unobtainable tone, or your own number to get the engaged tone.
3. Plug the Sky box into the telephone socket and select your PPV. At this point the Sky box will be unable to dial out.
4. Once watching your PPV remove the Sky box from the telephone socket.
5. Hang up the phone used in step 1.