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Sky upgrade advice please

Crisp_£_note
Crisp_£_note Posts: 1,525 Forumite
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Hi

Mum in law currently has Standard Sky box and wants to upgrade to Sky+ box.

How much will it cost her to upgrade?

We have a spare Sky+ box which we got from someone off Freecycle, can she just have this Sky+ box installed cheaper (assuming she cant just easily switch the boxes over)?

Any offers on at moment as she is asking how much it would cost for simple upgrade.

Thanks :)
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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,619 Forumite
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    old sky box has a single cable from the dish and probably only a single feed LNB on the dish. Sky plus needs two feeds so suspect you need to run a 2nd cable and change the LNB
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  • Crisp_£_note
    Crisp_£_note Posts: 1,525 Forumite
    Thanks ~ Is it easy to DIY or better advisable to ask an installer?

    Yes upgrade is for recording / live pause feaure she lives in West Sussex!
    Failure is only someone elses judgement.
     Without change there would be no butterflies.
     If its important to you, you'll find a way - if not, you'll find an excuse ! ~ Easy to say when you take money out of the equation!
  • brewerdave
    brewerdave Posts: 8,933 Forumite
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    Won't she have to pay an extra £10 pm to use Sky+???
  • jem16
    jem16 Posts: 19,813 Forumite
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    brewerdave wrote: »
    Won't she have to pay an extra £10 pm to use Sky+???

    Sky+ subs were dropped for anyone with a Sky sub years ago. I'm assuming the OP has a Sky sub?
  • spike7451
    spike7451 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    jem16 wrote: »
    Sky+ subs were dropped for anyone with a Sky sub years ago. I'm assuming the OP has a Sky sub?

    She'll pay an extra £10 a month for the second subscription as long as BOTH Sky box's are connected to a phoneline.If not,it's full price for the second box!
  • jem16
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    spike7451 wrote: »
    She'll pay an extra £10 a month for the second subscription as long as BOTH Sky box's are connected to a phoneline.If not,it's full price for the second box!

    I was assuming she was going to swap the Sky box for a Sky+ box rather than use multiroom. But perhaps not.
  • spike7451
    spike7451 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    jem16 wrote: »
    I was assuming she was going to swap the Sky box for a Sky+ box rather than use multiroom. But perhaps not.

    Doh!!! my bad...serves me right for drinking too much last night!! I'm never drinking aclahol again!!!:p
  • Crisp_£_note
    Crisp_£_note Posts: 1,525 Forumite
    Hi yes she has a Sky subscription and she is simply swapping a standard Sky box to a Sky+ box, dosnt need Multiroom as lives alone.

    We dont live close to her to pop over and DIY but she has acquired a Sky+ box via a friend (all works) how much would Sky charge to callout and fit it for her? Website only quotes for new customers from what I can see.

    Thanks

    :)
    Failure is only someone elses judgement.
     Without change there would be no butterflies.
     If its important to you, you'll find a way - if not, you'll find an excuse ! ~ Easy to say when you take money out of the equation!
  • spike7451
    spike7451 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    Crisp_£_note wrote: »
    Hi yes she has a Sky subscription and she is simply swapping a standard Sky box to a Sky+ box, dosnt need Multiroom as lives alone.

    We dont live close to her to pop over and DIY but she has acquired a Sky+ box via a friend (all works) how much would Sky charge to callout and fit it for her? Website only quotes for new customers from what I can see.

    Thanks

    :)

    Doubtful Sky would do it as they're not supplying the kit,best to ring them tho to check.You can get the Quad LNB's cheap enough:

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SKY-MK4-QUAD-LNB-Sky-HD-Freesat-HD-READY-LMB-/190400603299?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_ConEle_SatCableFreeview_RL&hash=item2c54c2a4a3
  • Kurtis_Blue
    Kurtis_Blue Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    TOP whack supply and fit quad and cable run £65.
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