Out and about and need to record at home?

If you have Sky TV you can use one of the best mobile apps out there - Sky Remote Record. The application is available for a variety of platforms, including iPhone, Android and Symbian, but is even supported via SMS.

With all the methods you do need to register for the service on the Sky.com. If you have an iPhone you will need to visit the iTunes Store, but for other devices you can simply visit http://p.wecomm.com/sky on your mobile.

To record a program just select a genre, I chose Entertainment. You are then presented with a view very similar to the normal Sky EPG. In the pic I have turned my phone to landscape to get a fuller view.

Choose the program you would like to record by clicking on it, you then get a summary of the program. On the summary page you simply click on "Record". This request is sent from the app to Sky, they then send it to their satelite and then down through the satelite tranmission to your set top box.

And that is, great user experience. But even if you dont have a whizzy phone you can even record via SMS, see below.

I am not aware of other providers doing similar, but I am a Sky subcriber, so if you have Virgin / BT Vision etc let us know via the comments.



To Set Up a Recording via SMS
Compose an SMS in the following format, separating each section with a full stop: Programme title. Channel (name or number). Date DD/MM. Time HH:HH e.g. Lost. Sky1. 18/02. 22:00

Send this SMS to 61759 (61SKY) if you are a UK customer, or 53759 (53SKY) if you are an ROI customer

You'll receive a message to let you know your request has been sent to your Sky+ or Sky+HD box. Each confirmation using this method costs 25p/€0.50.