Record your favourite TV show from your iPhone

You know the feeling, you are out and about somewhere, and you forgot to record a TV show you really wanted to see. Well if you are a Sky+ subscriber and have an iPhone then you are in luck, as they have an app for that.

The Sky+ App for iPhone allows you to record your favourite programmes direct from your handset, as well as giving you comprehensive access to the Sky+ Planner for the next 7 days and best of all its free!

Getting Started

Before we look at the Sky+ App, we need to make sure that you have a My Sky account set-up on Sky.com and that you have remote record enabled.  If you do, great, you can skip straight to the App, else follow on..

Setting up Sky Remote Record on Sky.com

Before you can set your Sky+ box to record from your iPhone you will need to register for Remote Record on the Sky.com website.  To do this you will need to:

• Register a My Sky account
• Once registered and logged-in click the Remote Record Sign up now link on the left and follow the instructions

Activate Remote Record on your Sky+ box

• Press the Interactive button on your Sky+ remote control and press ’1′ for Sky Active.
• Choose Sky Products from the menu, then select Remote Record.
• Select Register My Sky Users
• Using your Sky remote control, enter your mobile phone number and press Select.

You will now see the confirmation screen.

Download the Remote Record App

All you need to do is fire up the App Store on your iPhone or go to Applications from iTunes on your computer.

Using the Sky+ iPhone App to record a programme

Once downloaded, enter your My Sky username and password, and you will be presented with a familiar Sky categories list:

Select the appropriate category – Entertainment, Lifestyle & Culture, Movies, Sport etc or select All to see all channels.  You will then presented with a Sky Planner:

You can swipe left with your finger to change the time of day, or click the arrows on the top right to move through the channels.  If you want to look at a different days schedule (up to 7 days) click the days button on the bottom left.

If you are not sure what channel, or day a particular show is on, you can search the Planner by clicking the magnifying glass on the bottom right:

Tap the programme that you are interested in and you will see the programme synopsis, click the Record button and a request will be sent your Sky+ box.

Conclusion

I have found the Sky+ iPhone App to be a great App.  Recording requests usually appear on my Sky+ Box’s planner in a matter of seconds.  You do need to make sure that the request is send 30 minutes before the programme you want to record starts broadcasting.  I’ve gerenally found that requests sent 10 minutes before the programme is due to start don’t work.

You can download the Sky+ App from the App Store