VAST TV

The 6 month renewal is only for travelers who want commercial TV, ABC and SBS isn't affected.
Ian

Barry, how do you renew for Australia? I have only ever to renew for one zone at a time although I realize yo can view that one zone all over Australia.

I think the 6 month renewal is something to do with not watching VAST in areas you shouldn't, as unlikely as that is.

Hi Rod,

I only ever renew through the dealer here in WA who sold me the system in the first place, I just tell him to renew for OZ.

I find vast are too slow at renewing, being in Qld it is a time thing, so it is easier to renew through the dealer, they have been fantastic so far.

Regards

Barry H

I meant that if I lived in WA and travelled and travelled to NSW can I still receive GWN7 and WIN or am I compelled to register for IMPARJA etc.
Ian

Must stop repeating myself lol
Ian

Yes you can but of course it will still be on WA time. If you want to watch in local time you will have to change zones. Most of the programs are the same, except for the news, so for the time convenience you may be better off changing zones. It is just a matter of phone call to change. We changed to WA at Southern Cross on the way west and back to Qld at Esperance on the way back east.

Thanks For the info Rod.
Ian

Or you can email them at vast.administration@mysattv.com.au. Include your smart card number, state you are in and your name..I think that's all that's required.
More convenient than phoning I find.
regards,
Heather

Ooops..leave off the dot at the end of the email address and it should work

vast.administration@mysattv.com.au

Hi Sue, from what you are saying you could jump backwards in the time zone at any time.

So if I travel east I can watch the local east coast news and then 2-3 hours later change the time zone to WST and then watch the news on WIN or GWN - is this correct?

The only problem I see here is the PVR is going to be very confused with scheduled recordings.

Thanks for the information Sue.
Ian

G'day Sue, I have just had a play with it. The only thing that happened was the time on the EPG and the time displayed when you press the 'Info' button displayed the time zone selected but the program being received stayed the same. In this case I was watching Qld and selected the WA time but the the program remained as the Qld one.

Some time ago I contacted VAST and inquired if more than one zone could be installed on a box and selected by the user. The answer was a resounding no. To change zones you are required to contact VAST. It does not take long to do, it happens while you are on the phone. You just need phone access.

Do you have some secret hand shake with the box?

Ian, the time is 14.23 I have just changed zones again the time changed to W.A 12.23 and speedway was on SBS our friends from Tamworth also do the same procedure so we can watch some programs from W.A. at an earlier time. just make sure you accept the settings. most of the time we all get the same programs but the times vary from state to state.
No magic just works.

Can you change the commercial channels such as 7, 9, 10 or only SBS and ABC?

Hi Rod,
Just before Christmas we where in Dubbo to attend the "unlock the bush muster" least said about that the better, anyhow we had changed to local zone but at couple of times (8.00p.m) changed back to QLD time (7.00p.m.) to watch a program on channel 7. (we were out having dinner ) So the answer is yes. I have never asked the question to Vast why? we are able to do this as we have been doing it for the last 3years.
Also of interest our friends updated to the new Vast TV, the decoder is built in (no more box). he is also able to do the change on this
I think just try again on your next trip are you on the road all the time. We spend only 3/4 months at home then start our trek over to the west again.
Regards Sue.

Thanks very much Andy for the information.
Ian