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Bt tv box

cb1234561 — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 21:04:38 GMT

Hello I have owned a Bt tv box for some time. I haven’t used it for a while but now it comes up with the message that I need a Bt tv account to access Bt tv and presumably all my old recordings. I never had to pay for this. Can you help?

Bt tv box

cb1234561 — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:21:18 GMT

Hello I’ve always used my Bt tv box without having to pay anything. Coming back to watch some old recordings and make the odd new one I can’t seem to do this. Is it not possible without a subscription?

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Devon_Dave — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:10:40 GMT

Correct, with out a subscription the box becomes a bulk standard free view player. With no record or playback facility.

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Keith_Beddoe — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:39:27 GMT

@cb1234561

You may be able to use it just as a Freeview recorder, but you would not be able to watch old recordings, as the content licence would have expired.

I still think it needs an Internet connection to get the program guide, especially if its been updated to the new interface. It may not even work as a stand alone Freeview recorder anymore.

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zulu17 — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:50:19 GMT

Hi @cb1234561

Any Freeview channel recordings should be available.

Viewing live Freeview Channels Ie channels 1 to 299 or so should be possible subject to your aerial reception and recordings can be set for these channels

when you get the Home Screen up .. normally upon start up or by pressing the YouvIEw or Home button on the remote make sure you select MYTV + option ( not BT TV) .

That should give you the Recordings that are already on your box.

Those off Freeview channels should play , Those off BT Sport channels will not without a subscription , Those off BT TV channels will not without a subscription and then only If the older subscription channels are in the current subscription.

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TimCurtis — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:14:01 GMT

@cb1234561

I don't understand the advice given by @Devon_Dave & @Keith_Beddoe at all.

As @zulu17 states the BT TV Youview box works just fine as a Freeview player & recorder without any connection to a BT TV subscription or even an internet connection.

Any free to view TV channel recordings on it should still be watchable regardless but any that were BT TV subscription channel recordings will not be.

And of course you can still use it now as a standard Freeview TV recorder.

Do you know the model number like T1000 , T2100 or T4000?

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gomezz — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:59:32 GMT

I am wondering if this not a Youview box at all but one of the older BT TV devices?

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cb1234561 — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:30:53 GMT

Thanks very much.
I can’t see mytv? It says I need a bttv account.

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cb1234561 — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:32:02 GMT

T2100 I think

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cb1234561 — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:40:04 GMT

Thanks I think it’s t2100 ..says youview on it

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TimCurtis — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:27:59 GMT

@cb1234561

I've never heard of a Youview box asking for a BT TV account unless you're trying to access the BT's subscription channels , either live or as recordings.

The BT TV app on iOS and Android phones used to but doesn't now.

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cb1234561 — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:37:43 GMT

Thanks. Do you think I need to start again with a Freeview recorder? Pity to lose old recordings

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TimCurtis — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:22:29 GMT

@cb1234561

Not yet as I'm still confused as to what is actually happening or not happening.

So you connect the box to the TV via the HDMI cable, you connect the aerial into the Youview box aerial in socket & then connect the aerial out to the TV's aerial in.

Have you connected the box to the internet at this stage?

So you then turn the TV on & the Youview box on and switch the TV's input to the appropriate HDMI input.

What happens then?