Thursday, August 4, 2011

TATA Sky Mobile Access

Recently I saw an ad on TV, Ameer teases his friend about the program he is watching. Updated my Tata Sky+ app on iPhone. First thing I noticed is how the TV watching can become instant social networking (facebook/twitter). I can see a lot of people following "serials" will have a lot to socialize. The second thing I observed iPhone can be your universal remote.
Read few details about it and ordered the accessory online. Next day I received a call from call centre confirming the order and saying it is free as a promotional offer. After 3 days I received the accessory. Looks neat and inline with iPhone design. Plugged into the 3.5mm jack.

Now the fun started. Opened the app and tried tuning it with my TV, DVD & HD box nothing happened. Called call centre, the guy on the phone with half english and full hindi tried his best nothing happened (was expecting it). Then went little more deeper and found two tips on the app : 1. In the settings, ipod settings - Off the 'volume limit'. 2. In settings, General, accessibility Off the 'mono audio'. Thats it. All my devices are configured. Now I can control my HD set-top, Samsung LCD & Sony Hometheatre with my iPhone. Just remember to keep the LED of the remote facing downwards when you hold the phone facing towards you. Somehow the volume controls are not working.

One thing that shows on the ad and doesn't work actually is keeping the accessory plugged into the 3.5mm jack and talking to your friend on phone. You cannot hear other person's voice as it thinks the head phone is plugged-in (unless you are on speaker phone). Surprisingly on TV both Ameer and his friend talk to each other with the accessory plugged-in and keeping the phone to the ear.

Visit www.tatasky.com/mobileaccessapp/index.html for more details.

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