Sky+ & Sky HD

[Mr.Everready]

I have Sky+ at the momemt, my mate has just got HD fitted.

Will his HD box work at mine ?
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[NSR Mick]

Dont see why not.

Mine was disconnected from the phone line for a few months with no issues and that's the only way Sky can confirm its loction.
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[Polo]

As long as you have his card too, it will work.
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[Neorion]

You can use your own card but wont get the HD channels
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[NSR Mick]

[Mr.Everready]

Aye, we'd be using his card. I was wondering if the lnb or cabelling was different.

As for the phone line, I got multi room fitted about 10 months ago and it's never been plugged into the phone line. Sky haven't called me about it either.
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[Villers]

Ive got multiroom too, wasnt fitted with a phone line when we got it just before last christmas.

3 months ago I got a letter telling me to plug it in and outlining the terms and conditions which stated the multiroom box had to be tapped into the phone line. Threatened me with paying two subscriptions if it didnt happen. I got two more letters after that, the second one basically said fair enough we will just charge you then.
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[True Blue]

I've never had my sky box plugged into a phone line. I installed it myself, but I've never heard anything about it from Sky!
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[Polo]

They only stipulate it when using one of their deals, like taking up multi-room with free installation, or a half price Sky+ box etc.




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[MattHirst]

We have Sky HD in the front room (got that for £75 or whatever) and i have Sky + in my bedroom (via sky multiroom) and the only time they were plugged into the phone line was when the sky man plugged it in to set it up. Not long after he left, mine was unplugged and the wire tidied into the corner (Was really pissing me off)

As far as i know, we haven't had anything through the post regarding it (however, it is under my dads name and i don't exactly snoop through his post)
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[UrbanRacer]

[Rovman]

[NSR Mick]

[Drew]

Sky+ question from a noob....

We just have normal sky.

Sky+ are a rip off for existing customers (£99 + £60 installation). I have no need for sky+ HD as no HD tv.

Question 1..
Is the £60 installation just to run another cable from the dish so I can record one channel and watch another?

Question 2..
Can I just do without this extra cable, so when recording, watching another channel isn't available, or are the two cables needed to make the box work.

Question 2a..
As i've just thought of it, is there a DIY kit to add the extra cable to the dish, or does it need to be down by a sky dude?

Question 3..
Can I just buy a sky+ box (from ebay or where ever) plug it into the cables I already have going into the normal sky box (are the connections the same? ) pair up the card with the box, and then be able to record from sky (but not watch another channel at same time)

Cheers

[True Blue]

1. Yes, that and a new LNB. Probably a quad one (4 outputs)
2. Yes it will work with one cable just as you say.
2a. You can buy quad LNBs from ebay for about 10 quid. very easy to change. new cable is relatively cheap to.
3. Yeah, you can do it yourself. not sure if you have to tell sky you want Sky + before you will be able to record anything. You certainly used to when they charged an extra 10 quid for it.


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[UrbanRacer]

[UrbanRacer]

[Mr.Everready]

Ok ladies, time for the hand bags to go back in the wardrobe.

We tried his card in my box yesterday, all the normal channels worked but his movies and sports didn't show up, is this the norm for Sky now ?

When my new tv arrives we'll try his box and see how it goes.
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[UrbanRacer]

[NSR Mick]

[Mr.Everready]

It's only something that's going to happen once in a while, I didn't realise that you had to register his card though. I remember taking my card ( a few years ago ) elsewhere with no problems.
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[NSR Mick]

They changed it so that you couldnt use a stolen box.
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