Hi OP. Silly point really but when my Sky remote broke, some years after receiving my Sky+HD box, I phoned them and asked them to send me a new one, and they did by 24hr courier for free.

I think I said something along the lines of, well if you don't send me one, I can't use your service, so I will be off then... I am pretty certain that they will send you one for free assuming you've had the box for a few years.

I know with internet routers they told me that after 5 years they will send a new one if the existing one seems to have broken.

Ultimately their service can't be used without a remote so they would be daft not to send you one!

Much better to get the real thing for free than a cheapo one that you have to pay for!!

'The t'old'

The the old?

There's a clue in the eBay description.

"Batteries not included" damn

"Batteries not included" damn

Bought these before, and not bad for the price. Only problem is the letters and numbers rub off quickly.

Have you tried in new batteries?! :smirk:

at that price it will definitely be a fake

Then the title shouldn't say it's a sky remote.....

It's a remote that controls Sky...

P.S when omitting words from a sentence, only three dots are required :smiley:

Isn't it a remote for Sky boxes?

Hi OP. Silly point really but when my Sky remote broke, some years after receiving my Sky+HD box, I phoned them and asked them to send me a new one, and they did by 24hr courier for free.

I think I said something along the lines of, well if you don't send me one, I can't use your service, so I will be off then... I am pretty certain that they will send you one for free assuming you've had the box for a few years.

I know with internet routers they told me that after 5 years they will send a new one if the existing one seems to have broken.

Ultimately their service can't be used without a remote so they would be daft not to send you one!

Much better to get the real thing for free than a cheapo one that you have to pay for!!

now now ladies....

Let us know if it works

couldn't resist...

I've had some of these knock off ones from eBay before. They don't work that well to be honest, the two I had wouldn't pause, one wouldn't move channel up. In both cases they sent a replacement out so can't knock the service, the replacement remotes didn't work either... Now I'm sure they can't all be like that so if it works then bargain.

No signal received last week on both boxes. £65 for an engineer to come round.

No thanks, Sky. I'll get the boy on my shoulders with a broom. :smile:

A Sky compatible remote...

Would be nice if Sky sent you a new one after 3-4 years. Never gonna happen but would be nice!

Loads of Now TV remotes at our house! Loads of boxes too

Went through three of these in quick succession, didn't learn my lesson after the first two... Never again! You get what you pay for, cheap, inferior tat. Buy cheap, you buy twice etc.

Look around, there are genuine remotes on there from reputable sellers, half the price of Sky :wink:

\rant over

'The t'old'

The the old?

​Did you just set up that name to comment? sad.

For 2.99 worth a punt - fed up with half the buttons on my old remote not working, even though it's just used in the kitchen.

I just checked, I bought one at 99p del last June, still working fine..

The lack of the word 'sky' missing from the sky button on the remote gives it away that it's not genuine, but fur under £3 it's a bargain really

as already said, just swap the rubber keys into legit remote

the real ones can be programmed to run tv,sky and separate sound system, where the fakes can't (well, the ones I've had anyway)

Perfect! exactly what I needed - would have ended buying official but this one is cheap and sounds like it does the job.

Cold use a stick?

Had one of these for about 3 years from the same seller i think.great price just in time for a replacement.

I bought one. You can tell it's not a sky one. No rubbery back and buttons are not as tactile as the real one. But it works and it costs 30‰ of a real one...... So bargain

I just use my galaxy note 4.
Gave the original remote to a family member that lost theirs.
In fact if you have a Wi-Fi connected SKY box you can use the sky app which is way better than using the remote anyway.
One touch to view the channel instead of typing 3 digit number.
Swipe to fast forward / rewind etc

Hahahaha, I'm game!.

You feel to share some of your spares then mate?, lol. :-)

​Is there a strict rule on the amount of full stops needed at all times?

I've bought one before, fake, cheap plastic, terrible button action, OK as a cheap emergency backup, don't think you are getting an original sky remote for £3.

No

Just making sure you all know these are fakes from sellers who are illegally selling them?

I just use the sky plus app on iPad , plus the now tv app , and the Samsung tv app , all in one place and iPad is always sitting next me as I don,t want to miss a cool deal on here . :smiley:

>>>>>
Thought you would have been all SkyQ Fluid Viewing connected and all that razzmatazz by now Buzz!

Amazing price, have some heat ;-)

By time you get put through to those **** in Sky you'd be damn near out the price of a new remote anyway. Don't waste yer time contacting Sky.

How you can control your WiFi connected TV box using sky app? Are you talking about Sky+ or Sky go app. Neither of that is an alternative to a remote.

Like Harry Potter ?

Never stay that long with anybody. Plenty of deals out there.

They aren't fakes. They are remotes that control your Sky box.
They don't have the Sky logo on them.

Pretty straight forward really.

Just don't expect them to the quality feel of the real thing.

​Fair enough. I didn't see that this doesn't have the logo (as some on eBay do).

You can just click on channel Icon on left in channel guide to jump straight to channel.
You can also view your photos on the tv through the sky app/sky box.
Swype 2 fingers right on remote (2nd pic) to fast forward and Swype 2 fingers left for full speed rewind.
Tap once to pause/play

I got one of these the last time for a fiver and thought great! it isn't worth the fiver, honestly put it towards an official product a lot of the buttons don't work they are hard to press it's awful and only two months old!

I Bought 2 last time when they were £1.99 and both lasted about a month they are absolute rubbish even for £2.

How on earth is this in the top 10? These cheap fake remotes are useless, you're better off throwing £3 down a wishing well (or donating to charity, of course)

Trust me, if you buy this piece if crap you'll either be using it through frustrated stubbornness or you'll be throwing it away and buying a real one.
100% gaurenteed to disappoint.

Bought !

Rubbish I bought one a while ago and yes there cheap but the buttons are hard to press and not as responsive so I bought the real thing off a thread on here direct from sky I think it was and its worth the extra few quid in my opinion

Ordered

looks like logitech harmony's will be going out of business then if these are fake remote controls

I can get a fake version from pound shop :smiley:

If you have remote controls from older sky boxes don't chuck them out a sky+ remote will work with a sky+ HD box

Its not Original

Worth noting rev.10 is the latest and current. Some newer tv require newer revision remote.

They replaced my dish in visit 1 then replaced the cables completely from the dish through to my house in visit 2 (yesterday) - all for free! My signal cut off occasionally and they took my word for it. I think the key is to say you'll be leaving if you need to pay anymore money to continue with their service :smiley:.

This is the hottest deal today even though they are fake and people here say they usually break within the month :confused:

Worth a punt. Sick of mine not working correctly.

​Universal remote

not going to pay for a chepo non sky remote that well probly last a lot less then the one ive just replaced even a second hand one from the from a faulty sky box will last longer than this

meh, these used to be 99p delivered buy it now on ebay.

quick search found a few at 99p free p&p, they're auction listings but worth watching and trying to save 66% if your not in a hurry to buy.

Very good deal

It isn't....trust me.

Note really. It's a fake, easily noted by the central button at the top which usually has the word SKY on it, it's blank.
Surprised SKY let them get away with it.
Love the seller's name Sunny Sundip :smile:

Made in China, 10p ea in bulk buy probably, so good mark up? - never sure how they manage carriage free via Royal Mail. Must have really good deal with RM for bulk deliveries. Wish I could strike a carriage free deal!! To post one of these because of its size would be small parcel at £2.85, so looking at it that way, you can't really lose. Might as well buy more than one as post is still free if economy chosen, then flog one at a boot sale for a tenner LOL!

Especially the 9, the 0 and the 6 :smirk:

Yeah, I have bought a couple for 99p in the past. Most I paid for one is £1.99 (http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sky-plus-hd-compatible-remote-rev-8-an-official-sky-product-ebay-1-99-delivered-2216960). They are ok, do the job. They feel a bit cheap compared to the genuine ones, but the saving more than compensates for this.

609 - The Disney channel????

Of course, what else could it be :sunglasses:

when i was a wee nipper i use to borrow my parents sky remote and go up to windows and change the channels to inappropriate things whilst families where watching it... ahhh good times.

Just ordered for the spare room. Great deal thanks!

Ordered two of these in the past, utter rubbish. Half the buttons didn't work and the ones that did were very slow to respond.

So true, got so fed up with mine, they were very nearly launched through the window.

Ordered, thanks OP.

Bargain even if used to strip and change for worn parts etc as referred to earlier in the thread.

Thanks - didn't know that app could do that!

Great, thanks .. Bought two.

Reminds me of one the few occasions that I watched the Jeremy Kyle show, and he berated someone for spending all of his time on the t'internet.

And sky shouldn't call themselves sky, as they are a satellite service & nothing to do with the sky.

My cheap one off ebay was useless.. worked, but if you hit up and down it invariably jumped three or four and trying to use it to search was impossible.

Thanks op

bought one off the same seller about four years ago still going strong

I already bought one totally rubbish quality many buttons not working and also volume mute and on. Off tv buttons not working with remote

Didn't expect so many likes - thanks folks! Just being helpful.

To answer a couple of doubters

(1) Yes they will give you one for free which is a genuine £10-20 official one not these cheap knock-offs

(2) If you have Sky Talk the call is free and if you don't have Sky Talk there are ways of calling for free - surely all HotUKDealers know this?

(3) I rarely find there is a queue when calling Sky, maybe I'm lucky?

I see no reason why, if you need one of these, you would not call Sky and ask for one for free first! I reiterate my original point that without a remote the service cannot be used.

oh shame already bought 1 few days back from ebay for £5 good deal

All I needed was the battery cover and this whole remote costs less than that! Win! Thanks op

shame these are all sold out now

yep same saw it 1day a8hrs late and now This item is out of stock

Out of stock

It's a remote for a Sky system so logical to put Sky I title. Also says not genuine so no issue. BTW a couple if manufacturers have made these over the years anyway ... Including one I worked for.