Sky + box

"STEPHEN" wrote in message
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I have just purchased a plus box, so all I have to do now is phone them up
and they will connected me up and is that it???



you need to connect the double satellite feeds to your box - i'm assuming
you have a dish fitted here.
then you phone sky and ask them to pair your viewing card to your new box.

if you dont have a dish with 2 feeds then you will have to pay to have one
fitted - unless you are up to doing it yourself.


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"STEPHEN" wrote in message
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I have just purchased a plus box, so all I have to do now is phone them up
and they will connected me up and is that it???



you need to connect the double satellite feeds to your box - i'm assuming
you have a dish fitted here.
then you phone sky and ask them to pair your viewing card to your new box.

if you dont have a dish with 2 feeds then you will have to pay to have one
fitted - unless you are up to doing it yourself.


Not from sky either - they will not install equipment they do not supply.

so the average person who as Sky can have a box then?
"widgitt" wrote in message
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On 13 Oct, 19:01, "STEPHEN" wrote:
I am a bit dumb on sky + box. if I buy a sky + box from a electrical
company, can I plug it in straight away and start recording. I honestly
do
know how it works??

If you already have Sky, you can buy a Sky plus box and connect it up
with just LNB1 if you like. You will then have to phone Sky and get
your account registered as a Sky plus account (phone line not
needed).
You will not be able to watch one Sky channel and record another as
you have only one LNB connection.
You will not need to pay any more per month so long as you are a Sky
subscriber already.

If you want to use the full capability of the Sky Plus, you will need
a twin output LNB on the dish and two downleads.

If you dont have Sky already, you will have to sign up as a new
subscriber. In this case you have two options, get your own box and
have it installed by anyone who is capable and then Call Sky and ask
them to set up an account, or go directly to Sky or a registered
Independent Sky Dealer as a new customer and get them to do the whole
thing.
The installation will generally be much neater and more complete if
you go to an Independent Sky Dealer as they usually have a much wider
knowlege of aerial system and equipment installation.

On Oct 13, 7:17 pm, "STEPHEN" wrote:
I have a dish, and I have sky. do not have a phone connection ( taken out
due to work )

so what do I do, phone sky and get a box and then will they connect me up
or what!!

"Paul Heslop" wrote in message

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STEPHEN wrote:

I am a bit dumb on sky + box. if I buy a sky + box from a electrical
company, can I plug it in straight away and start recording. I honestly
do
know how it works??

First you have to have a dish installed. It also needs to have dual
cables to make the twin tuners work, so at least a dual LNB on the
dish is needed. A phone line has to be attached aswell and a working
viewing card has to be matched to the box.

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I upgraded my sky to 18 mths ago. I fitted a new quad LNB (the lump
on the sat dish) myself, ran the second cable (needed to watch/record
from sep chanels) and connected it up. A simple DIY job with no
specialist tools req'd as I didn't disturb the alignment of my dish.
I've never had my box connected to the tel line since the initial
installation 6mths before.

Sky's only involvement was to pair the card to the box and activate sky
+ on my account. As I have the sports and movie chanels there was no
charge. The total cost of the upgrade was about £120 with a new box,
cable and LNB all from ebay. I ran some spare cable and use the old
box as a freesat box in my bedroom from one of the unused outputs on
the quad LNB.

Mike

cheers
"Mike" wrote in message
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On Oct 13, 7:17 pm, "STEPHEN" wrote:
I have a dish, and I have sky. do not have a phone connection ( taken out
due to work )

so what do I do, phone sky and get a box and then will they connect me up
or what!!

"Paul Heslop" wrote in message

...



STEPHEN wrote:

I am a bit dumb on sky + box. if I buy a sky + box from a electrical
company, can I plug it in straight away and start recording. I honestly
do
know how it works??

First you have to have a dish installed. It also needs to have dual
cables to make the twin tuners work, so at least a dual LNB on the
dish is needed. A phone line has to be attached aswell and a working
viewing card has to be matched to the box.

--
Paul (We won't die of devotion)
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I upgraded my sky to 18 mths ago. I fitted a new quad LNB (the lump
on the sat dish) myself, ran the second cable (needed to watch/record
from sep chanels) and connected it up. A simple DIY job with no
specialist tools req'd as I didn't disturb the alignment of my dish.
I've never had my box connected to the tel line since the initial
installation 6mths before.

Sky's only involvement was to pair the card to the box and activate sky
+ on my account. As I have the sports and movie chanels there was no
charge. The total cost of the upgrade was about £120 with a new box,
cable and LNB all from ebay. I ran some spare cable and use the old
box as a freesat box in my bedroom from one of the unused outputs on
the quad LNB.

Mike

As I have the sports and movie chanels there was no
charge.

You don't have to have sports or movies now to use Sky plus free.
Anything so long as you are a subscriber of some sort.

thanks, so when I get the box + all I have to do is just plug it in and then
its up and running
"widgitt" wrote in message
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As I have the sports and movie chanels there was no
charge.

You don't have to have sports or movies now to use Sky plus free.
Anything so long as you are a subscriber of some sort.

"STEPHEN" wrote in message
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thanks, so when I get the box + all I have to do is just plug it in and
then its up and running



you'll need to phone sky too - so they can activate your recording feature.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

oooops sorry about that bit
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"STEPHEN" wrote in message
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thanks, so when I get the box + all I have to do is just plug it in and
then its up and running



you'll need to phone sky too - so they can activate your recording
feature.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/