Sky Cable buys Destiny Cable, SBC and UNI

Magtagalog k na lng kasi…

Is this a new cable TV provider? How much is their monthly and how reliable is their cable signal connection?

Where are they based? Meron ba silang presence sa Q.C.? This could be my alternative.

sana nga isolated case.
ayoko kausapin CS nila.
paiikutin lang ako, sinasayang lang oras ko.
antayin ko na lang maging available yung Destiny cable dito. Mas marami pang channels. di pa kailangan ng digibox.
unless gagawin din nilang digital din yung Destiny –then that would be crap.

re:3 and 4. hindi ba nakakapagod mag hard reset 3 times an hour only to wait a further 15 minutes before the signal comes back? hindi ko na naeenjoy yung pinapanood ko eh.. twice a quarter this happens. hindi na lang ako nanonood afterwards…

The Secret of Skycable Digibox Configuration and Troubleshooting

Skycable Digibox Configuration and Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Guide

Common Problem of Digibox:
E04 Please insert smart card
E05 Unknown smart card
E06 Smart card failure

Try any of the following:
Pull-out and re-insert the smart card
Wipe the microchip of the card with a dry fabric
Gently move the card in and out for several times
Slightly scratch the microchip with pencil eraser
Reset your digital box by turning it off and pulling out the plug

E16 Service is currently scrambled

Try either of the following:
Pull-out and re-insert the card
If there’s a Music Note Symbol on your TV screen, just press the Music Note button on your remote control below the EPG button.

E48 No signal
E52 Searching for signal

Try either of the following:
Check and secure the connections of your digital box.
Reset your digital box by turning it off and pulling out the plug.
Check the connection of your Coax Cable if loose connection.

E50 No service available

Try either of the following:
Check and secure the connections of your digital box.
Check the connection of your Coax Cable if loose connection.
Re-scan/Re-program your digital box by doing the following:

This Guide How to Configuration of your Digibox:

– Step 1 – Press “Menu” button.
– Step 2 – Move to ” Installation ” using Ch+ or Ch- then press “OK”
– Step 3 – Press four Zero’s ( 0000/Default password )
– Step 4 – Move to “Restore Default”
– Step 5 – Press OK button twice (2X)
– Step 6 – Move to “Manual Install/Manual Scan” then press “OK”
– Step 7 – Set frequency to “447/633”
– Step 8 – Check the Signal and Quality
– Step 9 – Move to “Search Mode” and set it to “NIT”
– Step 10 – Move to “Start Search”
– Step 11 – Press “OK” (Scanning / Searching will start)
– Step 12 – Press “OK”
– Step 13 – Press Menu 3x or press Exit once the scanning is complete
– Step 14 – Setting is now complete

Skycable they are using DVB-C Standard for Digital Cable System.

Do it your self: Watch this Video how to Configuration of skycable Digibox sundan na lang yung Instructions sa Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yQLPQwtHY9E

That’s actually the best comment in this thread BUT

@Enya, @bobelskaba, Card Pairing is the correct term for pairing the cable card along with the digibox. @Enya, you are right that this pairing process can be executed remotely from sky but authorized contractors usually do this before the actual installation process. In our experience, our digibox with the card for skycable silver was delivered ready to “plug-and-play” because the contractors did the pairing beforehand. So what @bobelskaba’s saying is really true.

In fact, our contractor offered a lifetime no MSF for a skycable gold subscription (also using a digibox) for a “price” but we refused because we opted to avail of a skybroadband subscription (which isn’t possible with an illegal digibox because sky needs an existing cable subscription for the broadband connection).

After a few months, with how crappy the internet service is, I should’ve availed that special offer. hehehe (just kidding)

@bobelskaba
ang digibox ay remotely activated uniquely to a subscriber with an active account number with Skycable via its IMEI. Just like an internet modem. Gets mo? Kaya hindi ito pwedeng nakawin at ibenta para magka cable ng walang monthly! Napaghahalatang naka “jumper” Destiny ka.

Ha? Alam mo ba kung ano pinagsasasabi mo teh?

Yung 280 ng SkyCable, bukod sa mas konti ang channels sa 499 na mothly ng Destiny, may sobrang mahal pa na installation kasi kailangan naka-digibox ka, P2000 yun. Di tulad sa Destiny na one month advance lang kelangan mo ibayad para mainstallan ka.

Tapos after a month, mawawala nalang bigla yung isang channel na libre sa line up at papalitan ng channel na nagpapalabas ng old chinese dramas. Sulit ba 280 mo kung local channels at puro chinese channels lang napapanood mo?

At FYI mas vigilant ang Destiny sa paghuli ng naka-jumper kasi wala silang sub contractors hindi tulad sa SkyCable na talamak ang bentahan ng digibox na walang monthly kaya palabo ng palabo ang mga channels dito sa amin habang tumatagal.

FYI destiny is alot cheaper than sky cable. Why? to answer you question, the 500 peso monthly subscription fee of destiny cable comes with 88 channels already! get it?! and your 280 peso sky cable package only offers 55 channels only (I’m not sure) with lots of unnecessary international channels. Yes you have a digital feed but how many times does sky cable increase the monthly subscription fee? In destiny cable they have maintained the 500 peso monthly subscription fee unlike sky cable (especially right now). AND destiny offers a FREE installation of the cable connection, UNLIKE AGAIN in sky cable which is I think 2500php

I’m not angry or whatsoev I just want people to think and check what they are saying or typing before hitting okay or enter d-_-“b

P.S I’m not a destiny cable subscriber rather sky cable it is

enya mas mahal ang sky cable. you have to buy a digibox for EVERY TV that you have in the house. Perhaps libre sa 1st TV but if you have 2 TVs then you have to buy an extra for the second TV. Besides the channels on Sky’s cheapest plan sucks big time as it doesn’t offer the nice channels that the basic Destiny has – HBO, Discovery etc. You have to pay more for the higher plans to get those channels. Sky is MONOPOLIZING the cable industry and they suck big time! Greed!

Wala pong bayad ang digibox, one-time installation fee lang na P300 and then the monthly subscription for your chosen plan which starts at P250 for every additional tv.

Exactly! Mukhang pera yung SkyCable na yan! It’s a MONOPOLY and will make (quality) cable TV only available to the wealthy. Even if Sky will say they have a very cheap basic plan but they do not have the extra channels like NatGeo, Discovery, HBO etc built in as you have to go with their more expensive plans to get these. Binili na nga nila yung HomeCable before and now they are monopolizing thr industry by getting Destiny. What are our alternatives now for low-moderate income cable users. Tapos yung horrible digibox nila is a very unsightly device. You have to buy an expensive 2500 per box tapos on top of that additional fee for an extra TV. Putcha!