Sky plus box or any other tv recording device....

[mondatoo]

Binked a freeroll wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Had £19 credit on the account which I didn't know about so that covers the cost of the basic package,shipppp

[cia260895]

seeing as i'm having HD installed on Saturday  is there any way i can connect the old sky+ box to my existing incoming service to use it as free sat box?? do they make splitters to do this?

Dont want to have to subsribe to multi room as it wouldnt get used enough,  

I know my mum in Spain uses the sky box for this

[rex008]

Bung the installer £20, and he'll do it. Your dish will have a quad LNB (receiver), so 2 spare after HD box. Just needs wire from dish to box. You'll probably need a viewing card from Sky, but you might get a new one with the HD box anyway. If not, Sky can send one out, but I think they charge a one-off fee. If you have a spare, just phone Sky and get them to pair the card with the box. Installer might be able to do this too.

[Dino]

Not a splitter,you need another cable from the dish to the room you want the box in. Tea,biscuits,bacon sandwich might get the installer to do it.

[cia260895]

the dish is a comunal dish somewhere all i have got is this incoming supply and am 2 floors up so cant see matey boy gettting any laddders out + i dont think he'd be allowed to do that

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[cdw1111]

Looks like you screwed,a multi/switch is expensive after a quick look on av forums (approx £60)

 just buy a "magic eye"

[cia260895]

Looks like you screwed,a multi/switch is expensive after a quick look on av forums (approx £60)

 just buy a "magic eye"

would that allow 2 different channels to be watched on both tv's? without and wires/coax?

[cdw1111]

no unfortunately

loads of thread about communial flat troubles like,
http://www.avforums.com/forums/satellite-tv/1224852-communal-dish-woes-splitter-question.html

[cia260895]

that's my box of tricks

theoretically could I just open it and run a new cable into the flat?

[cdw1111]

that's my box of tricks

theoretically could I just open it and run a new cable into the flat?

Yeah i'd be opening that up and seeing if there was any free outputs available on the multi-switch,only if it was my property obviously.LOL.

Why not bung the Sky bloke to have a look if your not confident.

[cia260895]

No luck with Sky bloke,was only there to set box up,he even had to borrow a screwdriver and pliers.

Not overly impressed with the HD tbh cant see a lot of difference.

[Tractor]

How do you know that box has your Multi Switch inside?
I would not suggest just connecting to it, its not like a standard set up and there are earthing issues on these types of systems, it can be potentially very dangerous if your connection is not attached via an earth bar.