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Upgrading sky+ to HD tomorrow

kevandkeira
kevandkeira Posts: 839 Forumite
Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
in TV MoneySaving
Hi,
I have a sky installer due tomorrow morning to upgrade us to sky hd, does anybody know if this will be a straight switch or will they need to do all the wiring again aswell??
Thankyou

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  • Kurtis_Blue
    Kurtis_Blue Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Straight switch.
  • kevandkeira
    kevandkeira Posts: 839 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Thanks, hopefully they turn up early so I can get on with the rest of the day, hate sitting around waiting.
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    They'll just swap the boxes. MAKE SURE THEY DON'T TAKE THE OLD ONE AWAY. Its yours so keep it and put it on Ebay.
  • vikramrkin
    vikramrkin Posts: 241 Forumite
    well, it depends. If you already have two feeds coming in to your house, you are good. Otherwise they will have to run another cable from the dish. If the dish has no slots left on the LNB, they will have to upgrade to the new one.
  • Kurtis_Blue
    Kurtis_Blue Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    vikramrkin wrote: »
    well, it depends. If you already have two feeds coming in to your house, you are good. Otherwise they will have to run another cable from the dish. If the dish has no slots left on the LNB, they will have to upgrade to the new one.

    Sky+ to Sky HD = Straight Switch.
  • vikramrkin
    vikramrkin Posts: 241 Forumite
    Kurtis_Blue wrote: »
    Sky+ to Sky HD = Straight Switch.

    oh ya, my bad, didnt read the post carefully :)
  • I,_Brian
    I,_Brian Posts: 191 Forumite
    It's just a replacement of the box - everything else will remain the same, so there's no need to adjust the dish, wiring, or anything else electrical. :)
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