Help Needed Please be gentle

Well first of all I'd like to say hello to everyone, having come across this forum just by chance.
Before I ask for some advice, I'd like to explain that I am "knocking on in years" and not really computer savvy, and to make things worse I struggle to restore information due to an illness. So as you can guess I'm really struggling with all this info.

Anyway here goes:- fed up with getting rap*d by Sky so I thought,Twelve months ago I bought an openbox V8S from ebay. Everything went reasonably fine. The picture wasn't great and I had regular freezing. Nevertheless for the price I couldn't complain.
Last week all my channels got scrambled and not realising my original "gift" had expired i went into settings and somehow deleted my picture. After much searching i managed to recover the picture and also somehow deleted sky sports even though it was scrambled. Ive probably deleted other channels too but just haven't realised which ones.

I have since managed to discover that i am currently running Software version 3511HD_07_12_2014_0923
I have also found C:Server EEL3T44CAQ 25005 Offline (there is a tick next to it)

If ive read correctly i need to purchase a cline or nline (even though i don't really know what they are)

1)Basically what I'm after is, if anyone can tell me if i need to update my software and if so how do i go about doing it and from where
2) How do i go about getting all the sky channels and from where.
3) Any other channels or anything else i need to do.

Oh by the way i used to get youtube, weather and porn but that's also stopped working.
As i mentioned earlier please please give me a break and be gentle as i's really struggling getting my head around this and storing the information.
Many Thanks.

p.s. i nearly bought another openbox from ebay with the 12 months gift so it would be plug and play, but i thought I'd try here first.
 
Do I need to update my software/firmware first and if so how do I do it?
And when I request a line do I ask for a cline or nline. Don't know which is which.
Thanks for your replies
 
Google a site called YOJIATECH and download either no 76 if your box is a V5S or no 81 if it's a V8S.
Read up on the dummies guide in the the forum as to how to install them onto your box.
You can then upgrade your channel list via the internet (
Request a line as indicated by blackwidows post above.
Read the info first as to which types of members to trust before doing this.
Either type of line will work on openbox.
The dummies guide also details how to install the line once you have it.
 
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Did go on yojiatech. Could not find No81
But found this OPENBOX_V8S_3511HD_CMT_150930032A-Network
Is this the right one I need. Thanks
 
Openbox and Skybox are pretty much the same thing.

Your firmware will still work, if you are not too computer savvy ( your words not mine lol )
you won't have to upgrade to get the box working.

Post a request for a line in the thread linked above.

This post will still work for your box here

So update your channel list and put in a new line and you should be good to go (y)
 
Thank you guys. It was a bit of a minefield for me. Managed to update software via yojiatech and got my sports channel back from ajsat. All free view channels still work. I think that's all I need to do now is request a line via the above link.
Really appreciate all your help, I would have landed up buying a new box and gift had it not been for you.
If I've missed anything can you please let me know.
Cheers
 
I've put a request in for a line via link above. I've had a few replies, and some are mentioning "local cards". Can anyone tell me what this means. Thanks
 
Just a quick update. Learnt quite a bit today, and thanks to all that gave advice. I'm back up and running with a new nline.
Cheers everyone
 
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