Common Interface question

**avalon65** · 22-09-21, 17:01

On my Gigablue TV box behind the drop down cover, there are x1 Card Reader and x2 Common Interface slots.
I have a Virgin Media TV card and I have connected the Virgin cable to the cable tv connection on the back of the box.
I have enabled Virgin TV on the list of Providers , but in the Common Interface section there is only 1 slot and it says no module found

Now my questions are:which of the slots do I use for the virgin card, and do I have to download any kind of plugin or do anything else.

Thanks

**Andy_Hazza** · 22-09-21, 17:34

Not possible

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**avalon65** · 22-09-21, 17:35

What isn't possible, please explain

**Andy_Hazza** · 22-09-21, 17:38

You can’t use your Virgin card in your receiver. Same applies with Sky. Premium channels are no longer accessible.

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**avalon65** · 22-09-21, 17:48

So even if I am paying for virgin channels and have their card and their cable connected , they cannot be viewed or not accesssible.

What is accessible with what card if I can't use my virgin card.

**Andy_Hazza** · 22-09-21, 17:50

Correct. You have to use the TiVo box.

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**avalon65** · 22-09-21, 17:58

Is this something relatively new that has happened as I though that the virgin card could be used a few year back in a satellite tv receiver with a cable tuner.

As there is a cable tuner installed in the box what use if any, can I put it to.
Thanks

**Andy_Hazza** · 22-09-21, 18:10

No not relatively new, not been able to use sky/virgin card for a few years now. The tuner isn’t just for cable it can be used for Terrestrial as well.

When SkyQ and the Virgin V6 boxes came out that’s when it died.

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BrokenUnusableAccount · 22-09-21, 18:35

I'm still successfully using an expired white Sky card to receive 4Music and London Live.

**avalon65** · 22-09-21, 18:38

Ok , well thanks for clearing that up.

I have just bought the said receiver with the hybrid T and C tuner fitted, and have my terrestrial tv antenna connected to the TV side. It looks like the cable tuner is wasted now.

Just a thought; could the virgin card not be used just for non premium channels.
Thanks

**avalon65** · 22-09-21, 19:11

I have posted my question on the VM community and it has been answered....no I can't as Virgin don't use TV cards any more

**JonMMM** · 22-09-21, 20:06

Even when they did it could not be used, 17 years ago you could hack their boxes and then program your own card to work, then you could use a Dbox or a dreambox as a virtual reciever and input the keys every now and again when they changed. Then they changed the encryption and that stopped. Latter card sharing came out but then that stopped too.

Way back therw was a Dragon Cam that you could put in a PC to decode NTL. But as said all this is in the past.

Virgin dont have any free to view channels Sky do that might be what you are thinking off but will need a disc

**cactikid** · 22-09-21, 21:05

Hook up another feed for terrestrial recording on box and have a hdd to record to. View on tv and record on box then its not wasted.

**avalon65** · 23-09-21, 08:33

I never though about that so thanks. I'll look into getting another feed from the tv antenna.

**ronand** · 23-09-21, 08:39

Originally Posted by avalon65

I never though about that so thanks. I'll look into getting another feed from the tv antenna.

You can split a TV feed - no need to run another feed from the antenna

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