cancel
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
3,419 Views
Message 1 of 20

Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

I have decided to go with BT full fibre for my broadband but for TV I have decided to buy the BT pro box off eBay. I am sure I have seen this somewhere but wanted to clarify if I do not have tv package on my account, can I still watch live tv with an Ariel?

0 Ratings
Reply
19 REPLIES 19
3,400 Views
Message 2 of 20

Re: Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

Yes...

0 Ratings
Reply
3,314 Views
Message 3 of 20

Re: Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

..... but not in IP mode.

0 Ratings
Reply
3,304 Views
Message 4 of 20

Re: Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

@Hunter2660  @NigelB72 

Just out of curiosity, will the OP get software updates under the circumstances described?

0 Ratings
Reply
3,293 Views
Message 5 of 20

Re: Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

I don't know about the updates, but reading the user guide for the BT TV Pro box, it would seem to suggest that you would only need your BT TV ID to use the BT TV app on the box and access paid-for content.  The manual would seem to suggest that you don't need the BT TV ID for Freeview Play content over IP!


I only learn by making mistakes and owning up to them - boy do I learn a lot!
0 Ratings
Reply
3,268 Views
Message 6 of 20

Re: Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

@Les-Gibson hmmm good point... Older Youview boxes do because they're generic retail boxes but the Pro Box isn't a retail unit so probably not...

3,260 Views
Message 7 of 20

Re: Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

I thought Box Pro's remained the porperty of BT - so one on Ebay would be stolen?

0 Ratings
Reply
3,254 Views
Message 8 of 20

Re: Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

Someone probably never sent it back in time after cancelling their contract and that's why it has ended up on eBay 

0 Ratings
Reply
3,203 Views
Message 9 of 20

Re: Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

See: https://www.bt.com/terms/post1stsep2020tv

The terms are pretty clear and explicit.  So if you buy a "stolen" box, BT is within its rights to prevent it from accessing any of its servers - that could include Freeview Play equipment stationed on BT properties or under its control at other properties.  And the recourse would be with whoever sold you the equipment (which they never owned) and not BT!


I only learn by making mistakes and owning up to them - boy do I learn a lot!
3,198 Views
Message 10 of 20

Re: Second hand BT Pro box

Go to solution

But would still belong to BT - so techincally stolen.


@Weerab1983wrote:

Someone probably never sent it back in time after cancelling their contract and that's why it has ended up on eBay 


 

0 Ratings
Reply