2nd hand Sky box

mrbrown69

Have the basic Sky package and a very old standard box (probably 10 yrs old) ...if I was to buy a HD + box would it just be a case of inserting my card or do I need to get the box activated?

marco2068

Ring sky and they'll pair the card to the box no problem.

mrbrown69

cheers..



Looking at the Sky site a replacement Sky + HD is 49 euro and 60 set up....anyway of getting around those charges? would they give a free box to a loyal long term customer (one who was to say ring up to cancel maybe nudge nudge)

muffler

mrbrown69 wrote: »

cheers..



Looking at the Sky site a replacement Sky + HD is 49 euro and 60 set up....anyway of getting around those charges? would they give a free box to a loyal long term customer (one who was to say ring up to cancel maybe nudge nudge)

To avail of the Sky+ features dont forget that you will need 2 cables from the dish.

Re: getting a free box. Most likely you will if you ring up and threaten to cancel. Have a read at this thread

mrbrown69

muffler wrote: »

To avail of the Sky+ features dont forget that you will need 2 cables from the dish.

Re: getting a free box. Most likely you will if you ring up and threaten to cancel. Have a read at this thread

Wasn't aware of that no...so my current set up is no good, meh don't fancy having another cable running through

muffler

Some features of the Sky+ will still be available as will the HD channels but you wont be able to record 2 programmes at the same time or record one and watch another on a single feed.

Depending on your setup its usually a simple enough job to run a second cable.

mrbrown69

muffler wrote: »

Some features of the Sky+ will still be available as will the HD channels but you wont be able to record 2 programmes at the same time or record one and watch another on a single feed.

Depending on your setup its usually a simple enough job to run a second cable.

That will do for me.....it's the routing of the cable round the room I don't want

Cantona's Collars

mrbrown69 wrote: »

That will do for me.....it's the routing of the cable round the room I don't want

Not ideal to have just one cable,it limits the functionality of Sky+, as in you can only record the channel you have on.Trust me,it'll become a problem when you are in the middle of recording something then somebody comes along & changes the channel.
Try replacing the existing cable with shotgun cable,it's not much thicker than what you already have so isn't intrusive.

mrbrown69

zerks wrote: »

Not ideal to have just one cable,it limits the functionality of Sky+, as in you can only record the channel you have on.Trust me,it'll become a problem when you are in the middle of recording something then somebody comes along & changes the channel.
Try replacing the existing cable with shotgun cable,it's not much thicker than what you already have so isn't intrusive.

Tbh can live with the basic Sky+ as long as the HD workes fine.....the existing Sky cable (and UPC also) is behind a sealed ceiling coving which took half a day to put up, not worth tearing it all down

if it was possible to put a splitter of some sort on the end of the existing cable that would be very handy

The Cush

mrbrown69 wrote: »

if it was possible to put a splitter of some sort on the end of the existing cable that would be very handy

http://www.tvtrade.ie/global-stacker-destacker.html

The stacker might work, depends on cable quality and distance.

mrbrown69

The Cush wrote: »

http://www.tvtrade.ie/global-stacker-destacker.html

The stacker might work, depends on cable quality and distance.

Yeah something like that, but not for that price....might be worth a search on ebay