Sky+ - 1 box or two ?

In article , Allan
wrote:

I've just ordered Sky+ Multiroom, the customer services told me that the
Sky+ installation would be two separate boxes - an ordinary digibox receiver
and the
+ recorder.
I thought the Sky+ box was a combined receiver / recorder - have I
misunderstood or are they just talking bull ?

The Sky+ box requires two feeds from different LNBs on the same dish -
so that you can watch one Sky channel while recording another, or
record two channels at once.

Multiroom gives you a completely independent single-channel system in
another part of the house, with its own 1-channel digibox and remote
control. It uses a third LNB on your dish.

There is room for a fourth LNB on the dish should you want a third
system somewhere else in the house or to convert the single channel
system to a second Sky+ system.

Stan

I've just ordered Sky+ Multiroom, the customer services told me that the
Sky+ installation would be two separate boxes - an ordinary digibox receiver
and the
+ recorder.
I thought the Sky+ box was a combined receiver / recorder - have I
misunderstood or are they just talking bull ?
Allan

Allan wrote:

have I
misunderstood

Yes. The Sky+ is one box and the second box for multiroom is another
box. That makes two boxes, one in each room.

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Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
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Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

Thanks guys - mystery solved.
I didn't misunderstand, I was told I would get 3 boxes .. an ordinary box in
each room and a separate Sky+ box.
Allan
"Jomtien" wrote in message
...
Allan wrote:

have I
misunderstood

Yes. The Sky+ is one box and the second box for multiroom is another
box. That makes two boxes, one in each room.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

Allan wrote:

I didn't misunderstand, I was told I would get 3 boxes .. an ordinary box in
each room and a separate Sky+ box.

Are you sure that you haven't ordered two new boxes to have Sky in
three rooms?

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)