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Help!!! Virgin TV in another Room

Hi,
Please can someone tell me the cheapest way to get Virgin TV in another room it I already have another box.
Thanks in advance
Nat

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  • spike7451
    spike7451 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    You'll need to get VM to come & run a second feed from the ETB (Gray box on outside wall of house) to where you want it.You cant run it yourself as the cabling & fittings you can buy from the likes of Maplins are'nt up to the job & you'll need the signal levels checked otherwise it'll affect your other services.
    Chances are tho that the box you already have is blocked & therefore useless.If it's a chipped or cloned box,be prepared to have issues with your broadband if you do & the chance of being found to have one as it'll affect other subscrbers off your tap bank in the street cabinet.

    Spike (ex NTL/VM Engineer)
  • shellsuit
    shellsuit Posts: 24,749 Forumite
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    Ours is £5 a month for each other room.

    Not sure if you'd have to pay for installation as we got everything set up on the same day.
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  • ghosty123
    ghosty123 Posts: 14 Forumite
    Cheapest way is if you do not mind watching the same channel in both rooms or one room at a time, run cable from existing box yourself.Run 3 off my v+ box and no signal loss.
  • artha
    artha Posts: 5,254 Forumite
    You could buy a transmitter to send the signal to another TV anywhere in the house. I bought one from maplins (about £45)to send a freeview signal to our back room as there is no aerial connection in that room. The only problem with sending a virgin media signal is that you can't change channel from the other room. With a freeview signal you can.
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  • jb66
    jb66 Posts: 1,705 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Its only £5.50 extra a month for a second box if you have v+
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