Upgrading to sky+

salad dodger · 13-03-2008 9:08pm #1

At the risk of repeating other threads. I want to upgrade to sky+ and use the original box and another spare box I have as freeview boxes in two of the bedrooms.
I can get the sky+ box on ebay.
What else do I need to get/do to make the whole set up work?

A step by step guide would be appreciated as my experience with this sort of thing is limited at best.

My thanks in advance for any help

SD

byte · 13-03-2008 9:37pm

You'll need to replace your single LNB on your dish, with a quad LNB so that you'll have 4 outputs.

Sky+ will require two of these outputs alone. Then an output for each of the other 2 boxes.

salad dodger · 13-03-2008 10:10pm

byte wrote: »

You'll need to replace your single LNB on your dish, with a quad LNB so that you'll have 4 outputs.

Sky+ will require two of these outputs alone. Then an output for each of the other 2 boxes.

Is this easily done? What connections and wiring are required?

byte · 13-03-2008 10:14pm

Changing the LNB should be relatively straight forward.

You'll need F-connectors, which are screw-on connectors. You'll also need satellite-grade cable (copper braid and tape) to run from the dish and the various boxes.

salad dodger · 14-03-2008 4:13pm

Thanks for that.

Does the sky+ unit work once it is hooked up or do I have to contact sky to upgrade my account?

Sam Radford · 14-03-2008 4:29pm

Yes, you have to phone Sky.

Details about changing the LNB here:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/page10.htm

Upgrading to sky+

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