How to Find Out Your Parents Sky Pin

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: The first and most obvious approach is to start at 0000 and work your way up to 9999.

   Unfortunately this takes a lot of time.
   
   It could take a year of typing it in a few times each night to get it (you could be lucky and it could be
   0000...you never know).
   
   If this sounds too hard, there's an easier way (you need sky+ for this)
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   Step 2: Record a show (preferably a documentary...more of chance of you being allowed watch it).

   ,,, Hopefully, they'll type it in there and then (without selecting "view") and the "viewer defined" box will come up with the first three digits of the pin in it. , Get your parent to type it in again saying "quick, try it again!" (don't play it cool, try to act impatient as if you really want to watch this show, and you've no other agenda!) ,,
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   Step 3: Ask your most technologically inept parent can you watch it.

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   Step 4: Go into the planner

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   Step 5: and go into the program but DON'T CLICK SELECT TO VIEW

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   Step 6: leave it at this menu.

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   Step 7: Now go to your parent and say "quick

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   Step 8: type in the pin now".

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   Step 9: At this point

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    Step 10: act surprised and say; "there must be something wrong with it"

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    Step 11: ask for the remote back

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    Step 12: press "TV guide" and load into the show again this time pressing select on the "view" option so it asks for the pin.

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    Step 13: Now all you have to do is guess the last digit of the pin and away you go.

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    Step 14: If this doesn't work you could impersonate your parents (if you're still young get an adult (older sibling or friend's older sibling) to do it for you) and ring up sky and pretend you forgot your pin (this is very risky and might not work).

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