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Sky Box question...
geordie_ben
Posts: 3,118 Forumite
Total newbie to Sky
We've got a sky dish for our apartment (Huge communal one)
Can I simply plug in a Sky box and watch the free channels?
In replace of a digibox thru the normal aerial?
We've got a sky dish for our apartment (Huge communal one)
Can I simply plug in a Sky box and watch the free channels?
In replace of a digibox thru the normal aerial?
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geordie_ben wrote: »Can I simply plug in a Sky box and watch the free channels?
Simple answer.....yes.Dave. :wave:0 -
Complicated answer? What about sky+ boxes so I can record things?0
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Unfortunately for that you'll have to pay Sky to enable the recording function, even for the free channels. I believe it's £10 per month. To enable Sky+ properly you will need two feeds from the dish, with just one you can only record the channel you're watching/currently tuned to.0
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if you have a communal dish you may not be able to get sky+ - it requires 2 feeds from the dish to your house and you may be limited to only 1 feed from the dish so you won't be able to get sky+0
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There is a workaround to enable Sky+ (SD) boxes to be used with one feed.
Sky HD boxes have a menu function to set them up with only one feed if only one is available.Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0 -
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http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=43871125&postcount=17geordie_ben wrote: »What is the work around?Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0 -
geordie_ben wrote: »What is the work around?
Or try this -* Make sure your sky cable is plugged into "Dish Input 1"
* Press Services on your remote
* Press Right-Arrow and highlight "Settings"
* Press Down-Arrow and highlight "Picture"
* Press 0, 1, Select
* The "Setup" tab will now appear
* Scroll down and select the "Single Feed Mode" option
* Press the Right-Arrow and change it from 'OFF' to 'ON'
* Press the Green Button to Save the settings
* A 'Caution' message will appear... Press 'Select'
* Your system will now switch-off/reboot
* Leave it for a couple of minutes
* Press the Sky button to bring it back to lifeDave. :wave:0 -
geordie ben - that work around still means you'll need £10 per month to record stuff though...0
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That is the method for HD boxes only and is not available on the SD Sky+ boxesPhantom_Flan_Flinger wrote: »Or try this -0
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