Another q I should know the answer to...

If I buy a Sky+ box from ebay, for example, will it just work if I plug it
in and put our viewing card in it or are there rigmaroles to go through?

Si

"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
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If I buy a Sky+ box from ebay, for example, will it just work if I plug it
in and put our viewing card in it or are there rigmaroles to go through?

Si




for it to work properly you need 2 satellite feeds - not just the 1 you have
for a normal sky box.


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Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:08:47 -0000, "the dog from that film you saw"
wrote:

for it to work properly you need 2 satellite feeds - not just the 1 you have
for a normal sky box.

And if the Sky card has premium channels, the card and box need to be
paired by BSkyB before they will work.

On 27/03/2008 21:51, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:

If I buy a Sky+ box from ebay, will it just work if I plug it in

If you're expecting the hard disk recording feature to work, you'll
either need a sky subscription, or pay a sky+ monthly fee.

Andy Burns wrote:
On 27/03/2008 21:51, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:

If I buy a Sky+ box from ebay, will it just work if I plug it in

If you're expecting the hard disk recording feature to work, you'll
either need a sky subscription, or pay a sky+ monthly fee.

Any Sky subscription? We pay for 3 mixes so if I get a quad LNB and another
run of co-ax it'll record?

Si

On 28/03/2008 18:26, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:

Any Sky subscription? We pay for 3 mixes so if I get a quad LNB and another
run of co-ax it'll record?

I believe any active sub is fine, whether they need to know you now have
a sky+ box when you didn't before, so they can activate something, I
don't know.

Andy Burns wrote:
On 28/03/2008 18:26, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:

Any Sky subscription? We pay for 3 mixes so if I get a quad LNB and
another run of co-ax it'll record?

I believe any active sub is fine, whether they need to know you now
have a sky+ box when you didn't before, so they can activate
something, I don't know.

Righto, Andy, ta.

Si

"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
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Andy Burns wrote:
On 27/03/2008 21:51, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:

If I buy a Sky+ box from ebay, will it just work if I plug it in

If you're expecting the hard disk recording feature to work, you'll
either need a sky subscription, or pay a sky+ monthly fee.

Any Sky subscription? We pay for 3 mixes so if I get a quad LNB and
another run of co-ax it'll record?



once you've phoned them and asked them to pair your card to it.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.

Andy Burns wrote:

: I believe any active sub is fine, whether they need to know you now have
: a sky+ box when you didn't before,

they do!

: so they can activate something, I don't know.

Yes - Sky+ still needs to be activated (for free!)