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SKY Q
- Thread starter C.J
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182, SQ7, Trafic
Same dish just different LNB on the end.
If it's a new build your fine to put a dish, it's just in your terms so the houses look nice until others are finished.
Turbo'd MX-5 MK4
I was hoping Sky Q would be fibre for all services like Virgin. I really don't want to have to put a dish on our new house. Is putting a dish in the loft space feasible?
Phoned them before and the best deal I have been offered is:
Boxsets Bundle £19
Q Multiscreen £12
2 Mini Boxes
Q 2TB Main Box
Sky Fibre Max £25
Line rental with 35% discount for 12 months £11.31
New phone line (£20 one off given for free)
Telephone Package 7pm-7am & weekends free for 1 hour £4 p/m
Total monthly £71.31 p/m
Total upfront £198.00
I was planning on going for the variety bundle, but was told if I want HD I need the Boxset one.
Phoned them before and the best deal I have been offered is:
Boxsets Bundle £19
Q Multiscreen £12
2 Mini Boxes
Q 2TB Main Box
Sky Fibre Max £25
Line rental with 35% discount for 12 months £11.31
New phone line (£20 one off given for free)
Telephone Package 7pm-7am & weekends free for 1 hour £4 p/m
Total monthly £71.31 p/m
Total upfront £198.00
I was planning on going for the variety bundle, but was told if I want HD I need the Boxset one.
Turbo'd MX-5 MK4
Can anyone with Sky Q Fibre please advise, is the connection to the router a phone line connection or Fibre/Coaxial? Looking online seems to suggest its just a regular phone line?
I got them down to £65 p/m on the above deal btw and a fair bit of discount off of setup and upfront fees.
I got them down to £65 p/m on the above deal btw and a fair bit of discount off of setup and upfront fees.
It's over the phone line, only Virgin is direct fiber iirc.
182, SQ7, Trafic
In my experience it's only ever been Virgin.
I'm with BT infinity now, I get pretty good speed with their fiber but it's over the phone line not direct.
SC03OTT
ClioSport Club Member
Golf GTI
I'm fairly sure Virgin isn't fibre to the home. I'm sure someone more technical can confirm.
182, SQ7, Trafic
Will they EVER fix the sky mini box? I have to restart it every day
Hard wired it yet?
eugegall
ClioSport Club Member
What is the issue you are having?
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Yay, mine have started doing that, although it's not such a PITA that I have to turn it on every 24 hrs to stop it.
eugegall
ClioSport Club Member
Sounds like the same issues I was having but this resolved it.
Your main box will be using an ECO standby mode. Switch this off completely so there is no standby on at all.
This has resolved my mini issues anyway.
Bubbles
ClioSport Club Member
BMW I4 M50
I will give that a try! thank you x
eugegall
ClioSport Club Member
I've not tried that mate. I just don't have mine on standby ever.
Try that first and if it works then try your suggestion as that means we have found a solution.
Keep me posted.
Mk4 Mondeo Estate
We had Sky out because I told them they could take the lot back.
Moved the mini box a foot further away from the tv and this sorted our wifi issue.
They also turned off the eco mode on the main box, however found that if the mini box is turned off onto standby manually, we will still occasionally get the non responding issues.
eugegall
ClioSport Club Member
How you getting on?
Bubbles
ClioSport Club Member
BMW I4 M50
So far so good.. but I did have the kitchen mini box on standby.
So will now leave them both on and see how we go
eugegall
ClioSport Club Member
Result. Fingers crossed mate.
Mine has developed a new issue.
If I want to watch on demand or download a movie it won't let me. The clickable button isn't clickable. I have to take the power cable out for 30 seconds then back in for it to download. Very annoying.
Chrisgti6
ClioSport Club Member
Too many
Everything (movies, sports, box sets etc), 2TB main box, 1 mini box. £35 a month and £10 install cost. 12 month contract and 12 month discount.
That's just for TV, my internet and phone is with Virgin Media. The package I'm on should be about £90 a month, oh and I was a new customer so that might make a difference.
A shiny black one.
It seems hardwiring has caused me more issues. I'm now finding my Virgin media wifi is getting upset since using Ethernet. I'm getting in and there's no sign of the 5Ghz signal, and the 2.4ghz still shows up but the password will not work. A quick reboot solves the issue but it reoccurs some time later. I've also noticed that since using Ethernet I have 2 sky wifi signals???
Anyway to get around it I found out that you can disable the wifi feature completely from the main box and mini boxes. To do this you go into the menu, go to settings but don't press select or move further into the settings menu. Just highlight settings and press 0,0,1 (select), this opens up the engineers menu like the older boxes. From here you can switch off the wifi (start with the mini boxes first), Ethernet and the built in powerline network feature. The powerline feature is default to off, and I didn't try to enable it to test if it works.
Anyway to get around it I found out that you can disable the wifi feature completely from the main box and mini boxes. To do this you go into the menu, go to settings but don't press select or move further into the settings menu. Just highlight settings and press 0,0,1 (select), this opens up the engineers menu like the older boxes. From here you can switch off the wifi (start with the mini boxes first), Ethernet and the built in powerline network feature. The powerline feature is default to off, and I didn't try to enable it to test if it works.
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Yeah have it at mine. Just etc the dish in the garden below fence level and you're fine. Once I did mine all the Neighbour's dishes started going up. Was funny to watch [emoji28]
A shiny black one.
I did, they're both wired. It's just strange how it causes my virgin media router to s**t itself. I solved the problem by putting it into modem mode and using an old cisco router instead.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Ours has started playing up a bit more frequently now...main box is in non-eco mode, seems to make not one bit of difference.
Watchdog have a thing on Sky Q next week...worth watching to either see how best to get Sky to sort things out...or to find out we've all been collectively f*cked.
Watchdog have a thing on Sky Q next week...worth watching to either see how best to get Sky to sort things out...or to find out we've all been collectively f*cked.
FN2 Type R +MK6 Golf
Ive just redeemed a voucher on sky for £13 or there abouts. So I selected suicide squad and it said its now ready to view on up to 4-5 devices etc but when in set it up on tv there is no association with what ive paid for on my lap top.
How do I watch it on my TV.????
How do I watch it on my TV.????
Bubbles
ClioSport Club Member
BMW I4 M50
