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  • BT YouView boxes - Guide

    From David Wade@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 14 23:18:50 2023
    Gentles,

    Can you tell me where the BT YouView boxes get their program guide
    from. Is it off-air or internet? If I take one to Spain and stick it on
    a VPN what features will I get.

    Dave

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to David Wade on Sun Jan 15 12:57:11 2023
    Do these boxes use off air and internet, or can they use just the internet.
    Of course it also depends how much geoblocking is going on.

    Not sure about vpns being good enough to foil that.
    Brian

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    Gentles,

    Can you tell me where the BT YouView boxes get their program guide from.
    Is it off-air or internet? If I take one to Spain and stick it on a VPN
    what features will I get.

    Dave

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  • From David Wade@21:1/5 to Brian Gaff on Sun Jan 15 16:05:17 2023
    On 15/01/2023 12:57, Brian Gaff wrote:
    Do these boxes use off air and internet, or can they use just the internet. Of course it also depends how much geoblocking is going on.

    Not sure about vpns being good enough to foil that.
    Brian


    The VPN is between Spain and the UK and joins two IPV4 private networks
    - (192.168.1.x & 192.168.0.X). The traffic from Spain emerges via my
    PlusNet connection...

    Dave

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 15 16:34:18 2023
    If you look at one of te subscription channels, like the BT Sports one
    then you will see the schedule displayed so that must have been updated
    online.

    Not sure about the Freeview channels, you could find out by moving to
    the last day with any schedule shown on Freeview channels - about seven
    days time I think. Make a note of the last programme shown on one of
    the Freeview channels.

    Then unplug the antenna overnight and have a look the next day, put the
    antenna back in and see if more programmes are then displayed on that
    channel.

    You will probably see the Guide updating.

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