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Barry

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Can confirm no postcode check either during set up or use of itv player.

| Sat 3 Oct 2015 14:05:17 #11 |
JamesB

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Great! Thanks Barry.

| Sat 3 Oct 2015 14:22:05 #12 |
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Pollensa1946 - 14 minutes ago »
How about the farcical feature (in the Freesat models) whereby entering a Scottish postcode removes the ITVPlayer capability. Is there the same "feature" in the FVP?

It's a freeview box so no postcode.

Won't it still require a postcode for using ITVPlayer / STVPlayer? The YouView box does. So does my Freeview Smart TV.

Surely it will know where you are simply by the transmitter it uses. Unlike satellite you normally only have 1 regional option.

Maybe. All the versions I've ever used have wanted a postcode entering. Maybe ITV will change that for Freeview Play. Have to wait and see, I guess.

See my edit. It doesn't seem to check your postcode relates to where you actually get your terrestrial service from. I guess if asked we need a scottish owner to enter an english postcode.

The YouView box doesn't verify postcodes either.

| Sat 3 Oct 2015 14:28:01 #13 |
Gaum

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Just setup my new mocha and no postcode required. However it must know where I am as I cannot get most programmes on ITV player. I presume it knows my location through my lab network. Does anyone know how I can fool the box/ITV player into thinking I'm in England?
If I can't get the full function of catchup and ITV player then it appears it's a waisted purchase and I'll be taking it back and swapping for a unit where I can input a postcode.

| Mon 9 Nov 2015 21:32:33 #14 |
Pollensa1946

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The restrictions imposed by broadcasters are a farce. I was tempted by the FVP or a second HDR but coincidentally my TV packed up and I bought a Samsung which has both itvplayer and stvplayer and allows a different postcode for each. Job done.

| Tue 10 Nov 2015 10:20:15 #15 |