sky anytime box

[rbrocky]

Recently got sky hd multiroom, but the box in my room is just a normal sky hd box.
Apparently from sky its a fair wedge to get the + version.

Anyways on ebay ive seen a few for around £44.

If I were to buy one of these, whats the procedure for fitting? Just plug in and everything will work? Or activation required? What happens?

ta CS

 

[Pearcy]

You need to activate it i think but also, you need 2 cables running to your box from the dish, i found this out when i had normal hd in my room and was going to buy a box on ebay to save £200 but when i told the sky guy he said i needed a different cable and he'd just clipped it all the way round the house and said he wished i'd have told him earlier because he's not doing it again.

 

[rbrocky]

mine has the 2 cables running to my room, just only 1 is plugged in at the moment, and this activation - what happens?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

You need to get a sky+HD multiroom subscription.

http://www.sky.com/shop/boxes/sky-multiroom/skyhd-box/

 

[Pearcy]

mine has the 2 cables running to my room, just only 1 is plugged in at the moment, and this activation - what happens?

So does mine but i'm pretty sure one has to be a double, so 3 cables? Hmm one of mine is the extension for the phone line i think, have you looked what end is on the other cable?

 

[DannyR]

You need two to the dish for a + box and one for a standard. Plus a telephone extension cable.

 

[Ronnie R]

Sky+ requires 2 coax cables and a phone line to activate I believe.

 

[FiXX]

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[rbrocky]

You need to get a sky+HD multiroom subscription.

http://www.sky.com/shop/boxes/sky-multiroom/skyhd-box/

I have multi room, but instead of giving you a 2nd + box they only give you a standard hd box, a + is alot more monies from them

So does mine but i'm pretty sure one has to be a double, so 3 cables? Hmm one of mine is the extension for the phone line i think, have you looked what end is on the other cable?

It has 2 cables plugged into the dish but 1 plugged into the back of my box - the other is just hanging there.

You need two to the dish for a + box and one for a standard. Plus a telephone extension cable.

Is the phoneline extension needed, my main hd+ box downstairs has got a phone line but isnt plugged in i dont think

also how do you activate this new box when i get one?

 

[Revels]

I have multi room, but instead of giving you a 2nd + box they only give you a standard hd box, a + is alot more monies from them

:S

They don't do a normal Sky+ box anymore. Just a Sky+HD. If it's HD. It's also +.

 

[rbrocky]

Well there wouldn't be a thread if i already had a HD+ box would there :S.

This is the box i have Revels:

 

[Revels]

Ahh my bad

That didn't exist when I spoke to them about it.

 

[Adam.]

You don't need the two cables. It just means you can't record and watch at the same time or view the EPG while a recording is in process.

The phoneline is just to make sure you haven't paid £10 for multiroom and have given the box to a mate.

 

[DannyR]

Them new HD boxes are single LNB feed and don't have any recording facility, even though the remote with it is a standard Sky HD+ one.

 

[rbrocky]

Them new HD boxes are single LNB feed and don't have any recording facility, even though the remote with it is a standard Sky HD+ one.

I know, all I am asking is if I buy a sky+ HD anytime box do i need to do anything to set it up? Or just plug it in?
I have the double cable at the moment but obviously only 1 is plugged in....

 

[danh90]

I know, all I am asking is if I buy a sky+ HD anytime box do i need to do anything to set it up? Or just plug it in?
I have the double cable at the moment but obviously only 1 is plugged in....

I did this and got a mate who's an arial guy to install it as far as I know he installed new cables needed for it

 

[DannyR]

Yes you will need another LNB feed from the dish. But you can run a box in single feed LNB mode, unsure if you can still record or not though. Probably can but only what your watching.

 

[MattW]

Right - you need - 2 Co-ax feeds from the LNB, sounds like you have these, in which case you're sorted. Check this though, as without you can't use the plus features.

Then buy box from E-bay (I did this - hence I know what you need!!) and set it all up.

Then you need sky to associate your viewing card, to this new box. In theory, I think you're supposed to be able to do this via some of the menu options, however I think that only works if you are swapping boxes like for like. If you are changing box type, I think you need to call them - I know I did. Once they associate it, then it should all work fine. Getting them to do it however was a bit of a challenge, and took 2 or 3 calls. They first tried to tell me I needed another card that they would send me - which was BS! When I called and got someone who knew what they were doing, it didn't take long to sort at all.

 

[DannyR]

Upgrading from a normal to a HD box usually does require a new card

 

[MattW]

Well, the card that is in my box in my room is the only sky digital one that I've ever had - so 10+ years old.

 

[DannyR]

Clearly a lie as they all had to be updated about 5 years ago lol!

 

[FiXX]

mine is older than 5 years also. they didnt "need" to be replaced.