Sky+ & Multiroom.

If I can explain my/our existing setup then you will hopefully be able
to advise me.
I have a Sky box (about 3years old) with it's own dish and I have a Sky
package for which I pay £16.50pm. I have my own phone line. This is in
an upstairs study.
My wife has just updated from a similar setup to mine to a Sky+ box from
her own dish. I think she pays about 30 squidpm. She has her own phone
line. We both have computers with BB, hence the separate lines, we don't
want a network.
OK. Having seen the Sky+ in action, I'm wondering if we had Multiroom
how this would work. From the limited guff on the Sky site, it looks as
though I can keep my old box and get a feed from wife's + box but that
raises several questions.
Do I have to use her phone line into my box? I do have an extension off
her line in my study as well as my own line. I think we are at about 4
ren for that line so I don't know if I can hook another device into it.
Can I view _any_ (my choices!) programs from wife's package on my box?
Multiroom is £10 extra, could I cancel my sub (£16.50) and be £6.50
better off?
Any suggestions please?
Thanks.



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gillie

The only thing that should need to change is to connect both boxes to the
same phone line. You should be able to arrange this over the phone without
an engineer visiting although you may need a new viewing card. Once you are
both on the same phone line the boxes can verify with SKY that they are at
the same address (by being on the same phone number) and so justify the
reduced subscription charges.

Yes, you will have the FULL channel package that your wife gets AND be £6.50
better off and no you do not have to watch the same channel as she is
watching, each box is still fully independent.

You should not have any trouble with multiple sky boxes connected to the
line so long as you use good quality microfilters. I initially had problems
using the cheap £5 filters but once I had changed to using some good quality
filters I have had no problems and I now have one sky+, two sky and 3
telephones all connected to the same line.

Regards

Paul



"Rosie" wrote in message
...
If I can explain my/our existing setup then you will hopefully be able to
advise me.
I have a Sky box (about 3years old) with it's own dish and I have a Sky
package for which I pay £16.50pm. I have my own phone line. This is in an
upstairs study.
My wife has just updated from a similar setup to mine to a Sky+ box from
her own dish. I think she pays about 30 squidpm. She has her own phone
line. We both have computers with BB, hence the separate lines, we don't
want a network.
OK. Having seen the Sky+ in action, I'm wondering if we had Multiroom how
this would work. From the limited guff on the Sky site, it looks as though
I can keep my old box and get a feed from wife's + box but that raises
several questions.

Do I have to use her phone line into my box? I do have an extension off
her line in my study as well as my own line. I think we are at about 4 ren
for that line so I don't know if I can hook another device into it.
Can I view _any_ (my choices!) programs from wife's package on my box?
Multiroom is £10 extra, could I cancel my sub (£16.50) and be £6.50 better
off?
Any suggestions please?
Thanks.



--
gillie

In message , Paul
writes
The only thing that should need to change is to connect both boxes to the
same phone line. You should be able to arrange this over the phone without
an engineer visiting although you may need a new viewing card. Once you are
both on the same phone line the boxes can verify with SKY that they are at
the same address (by being on the same phone number) and so justify the
reduced subscription charges.
Now this gets better & better! So all I need to do is, as you say,
connect my box to the other phone line but leave my box still connected
to it's own dish and with another viewing card (matches wife's card
number?) off I go?

Yes, you will have the FULL channel package that your wife gets AND be £6.50
better off and no you do not have to watch the same channel as she is
watching, each box is still fully independent.
The only thing in her package would be Sky Movies, UK Gold and a couple
of others, but it all makes sense. And saving £80c pa can't be bad!

You should not have any trouble with multiple sky boxes connected to the
line so long as you use good quality microfilters. I initially had problems
using the cheap £5 filters but once I had changed to using some good quality
filters I have had no problems and I now have one sky+, two sky and 3
telephones all connected to the same line.
I use the ones that came with Broadband and I do have a spare already.
Very many thanks Paul.
Regards.

"Rosie" wrote in message
...
If I can explain my/our existing setup then you will hopefully be able to
advise me.
I have a Sky box (about 3years old) with it's own dish and I have a Sky
package for which I pay £16.50pm. I have my own phone line. This is in an
upstairs study.
My wife has just updated from a similar setup to mine to a Sky+ box from
her own dish. I think she pays about 30 squidpm. She has her own phone
line. We both have computers with BB, hence the separate lines, we don't
want a network.
OK. Having seen the Sky+ in action, I'm wondering if we had Multiroom how
this would work. From the limited guff on the Sky site, it looks as though
I can keep my old box and get a feed from wife's + box but that raises
several questions.

Do I have to use her phone line into my box? I do have an extension off
her line in my study as well as my own line. I think we are at about 4 ren
for that line so I don't know if I can hook another device into it.
Can I view _any_ (my choices!) programs from wife's package on my box?
Multiroom is £10 extra, could I cancel my sub (£16.50) and be £6.50 better
off?
Any suggestions please?
Thanks.



--
gillie

--
Mike Gasson

In message , Rosie
writes
In message , Paul
writes
The only thing that should need to change is to connect both boxes to the
same phone line. You should be able to arrange this over the phone without
an engineer visiting although you may need a new viewing card. Once you are
both on the same phone line the boxes can verify with SKY that they are at
the same address (by being on the same phone number) and so justify the
reduced subscription charges.

Just an update. I got the Multiroom viewing card on my wife's sub and it
is now in and working with all her channels. Mind you, it took a lot of
arguing with Sky as they kept insisting that I had to have an engineer
(not Sky) to move the cable off my dish to my wife's dish. I told them
that I had been told I didn't need to do that then they backed down and
said OK, that is the easiest way to do it! Exactly.
So, thanks again for your advice, I now save £6.0pm as well!
Regards.
Now this gets better & better! So all I need to do is, as you say,
connect my box to the other phone line but leave my box still connected
to it's own dish and with another viewing card (matches wife's card
number?) off I go?

Yes, you will have the FULL channel package that your wife gets AND be £6.50
better off and no you do not have to watch the same channel as she is
watching, each box is still fully independent.
The only thing in her package would be Sky Movies, UK Gold and a couple
of others, but it all makes sense. And saving £80c pa can't be bad!

You should not have any trouble with multiple sky boxes connected to the
line so long as you use good quality microfilters. I initially had problems
using the cheap £5 filters but once I had changed to using some good quality
filters I have had no problems and I now have one sky+, two sky and 3
telephones all connected to the same line.
I use the ones that came with Broadband and I do have a spare already.
Very many thanks Paul.
Regards.

"Rosie" wrote in message
...
If I can explain my/our existing setup then you will hopefully be able to
advise me.
I have a Sky box (about 3years old) with it's own dish and I have a Sky
package for which I pay £16.50pm. I have my own phone line. This is in an
upstairs study.
My wife has just updated from a similar setup to mine to a Sky+ box from
her own dish. I think she pays about 30 squidpm. She has her own phone
line. We both have computers with BB, hence the separate lines, we don't
want a network.
OK. Having seen the Sky+ in action, I'm wondering if we had Multiroom how
this would work. From the limited guff on the Sky site, it looks as though
I can keep my old box and get a feed from wife's + box but that raises
several questions.

Do I have to use her phone line into my box? I do have an extension off
her line in my study as well as my own line. I think we are at about 4 ren
for that line so I don't know if I can hook another device into it.
Can I view _any_ (my choices!) programs from wife's package on my box?
Multiroom is £10 extra, could I cancel my sub (£16.50) and be £6.50 better
off?
Any suggestions please?
Thanks.



--
gillie


--
gillie

Great stuff, good to hear that your problem has been solved, I now only have
to figure out how to talk them in to giving me a cheap second sky+ box since
I've already had multiroom for a couple of years - I guess I could cancel
multiroom and then re-apply the next day to be offered the discounted sky+
box.!

Paul



"Rosie" wrote in message
...
In message , Rosie
writes
In message , Paul
writes
The only thing that should need to change is to connect both boxes to
the
same phone line. You should be able to arrange this over the phone
without
an engineer visiting although you may need a new viewing card. Once you
are
both on the same phone line the boxes can verify with SKY that they are
at
the same address (by being on the same phone number) and so justify the
reduced subscription charges.

Just an update. I got the Multiroom viewing card on my wife's sub and it
is now in and working with all her channels. Mind you, it took a lot of
arguing with Sky as they kept insisting that I had to have an engineer
(not Sky) to move the cable off my dish to my wife's dish. I told them
that I had been told I didn't need to do that then they backed down and
said OK, that is the easiest way to do it! Exactly.
So, thanks again for your advice, I now save £6.0pm as well!
Regards.
Now this gets better & better! So all I need to do is, as you say, connect
my box to the other phone line but leave my box still connected to it's
own dish and with another viewing card (matches wife's card number?) off I
go?

Yes, you will have the FULL channel package that your wife gets AND be
£6.50
better off and no you do not have to watch the same channel as she is
watching, each box is still fully independent.
The only thing in her package would be Sky Movies, UK Gold and a couple of
others, but it all makes sense. And saving £80c pa can't be bad!

You should not have any trouble with multiple sky boxes connected to the
line so long as you use good quality microfilters. I initially had
problems
using the cheap £5 filters but once I had changed to using some good
quality
filters I have had no problems and I now have one sky+, two sky and 3
telephones all connected to the same line.
I use the ones that came with Broadband and I do have a spare already.
Very many thanks Paul.
Regards.

"Rosie" wrote in message
...
If I can explain my/our existing setup then you will hopefully be able
to
advise me.
I have a Sky box (about 3years old) with it's own dish and I have a Sky
package for which I pay £16.50pm. I have my own phone line. This is in
an
upstairs study.
My wife has just updated from a similar setup to mine to a Sky+ box
from
her own dish. I think she pays about 30 squidpm. She has her own phone
line. We both have computers with BB, hence the separate lines, we
don't
want a network.
OK. Having seen the Sky+ in action, I'm wondering if we had Multiroom
how
this would work. From the limited guff on the Sky site, it looks as
though
I can keep my old box and get a feed from wife's + box but that raises
several questions.

Do I have to use her phone line into my box? I do have an extension off
her line in my study as well as my own line. I think we are at about 4
ren
for that line so I don't know if I can hook another device into it.
Can I view _any_ (my choices!) programs from wife's package on my box?
Multiroom is £10 extra, could I cancel my sub (£16.50) and be £6.50
better
off?
Any suggestions please?
Thanks.



--
gillie


--
gillie

In message , Paul
writes
Great stuff, good to hear that your problem has been solved, I now only have
to figure out how to talk them in to giving me a cheap second sky+ box since
I've already had multiroom for a couple of years - I guess I could cancel
multiroom and then re-apply the next day to be offered the discounted sky+
box.!

Paul
I would like Sky+ but I won't pay their package prices!
Why do they have to make everything so complicated with subs and
suchlike? It seems like they try to extract as much out of us as
possible. Unless we stick to our guns, then they seem to relent!
By the way, I don't know if it is my setup but when I try to use
videoplus I keep getting 'please check number' if I try to record
something like Sky Movies, yet I can do a manual record. Any ideas
please?
Regards.



"Rosie" wrote in message
...
In message , Rosie
writes
In message , Paul
writes
The only thing that should need to change is to connect both boxes to
the
same phone line. You should be able to arrange this over the phone
without
an engineer visiting although you may need a new viewing card. Once you
are
both on the same phone line the boxes can verify with SKY that they are
at
the same address (by being on the same phone number) and so justify the
reduced subscription charges.

Just an update. I got the Multiroom viewing card on my wife's sub and it
is now in and working with all her channels. Mind you, it took a lot of
arguing with Sky as they kept insisting that I had to have an engineer
(not Sky) to move the cable off my dish to my wife's dish. I told them
that I had been told I didn't need to do that then they backed down and
said OK, that is the easiest way to do it! Exactly.
So, thanks again for your advice, I now save £6.0pm as well!
Regards.
Now this gets better & better! So all I need to do is, as you say, connect
my box to the other phone line but leave my box still connected to it's
own dish and with another viewing card (matches wife's card number?) off I
go?

Yes, you will have the FULL channel package that your wife gets AND be
£6.50
better off and no you do not have to watch the same channel as she is
watching, each box is still fully independent.
The only thing in her package would be Sky Movies, UK Gold and a couple of
others, but it all makes sense. And saving £80c pa can't be bad!

You should not have any trouble with multiple sky boxes connected to the
line so long as you use good quality microfilters. I initially had
problems
using the cheap £5 filters but once I had changed to using some good
quality
filters I have had no problems and I now have one sky+, two sky and 3
telephones all connected to the same line.
I use the ones that came with Broadband and I do have a spare already.
Very many thanks Paul.
Regards.



--
gillie