Sky plus box

karenw

I have a sky hd plus box in my living room and a standard sky box in a bedroom, what i want to know is if i bought a sky plus box for the bedroom would it work or would i need a sky engineer to fit it?

TadleyBaggie

You'd need a second feed from the dish if you wanted to use the full functionality of the box, i.e. Record one channel whilst watch another.

HappyMJ

You would need 2 feeds to the box so you may need an engineer if you could not do that yourself. It's fairly easy if you have the right tools.

karenw

Oh i wouldn't have a clue how to do that lol

karenw

Just rang sky and they said it would £260 to install a sky plus box :eek:

Kite2010

Sounds about right for Sky. Probably a local engineer will charge a lot less.

karenw

It's ridiculous. I might get a quote from a local engineer instead!

davemurgatroyd

karenw wrote: »

Just rang sky and they said it would £260 to install a sky plus box :eek:

That would be supply and install of a Sky HD+ box and possibly a new dish and lnb depending on how old your present ones are and their condition and you are only entitled to one subsidised box of any type which you presumably already have. Sky only supply HD boxes nowadays and will not install second hand or new boxes that you supply (except for moving house installs). Depending on your location and how difficult the installation of cabling is an independant installer will charge upwards of £40 plus cost of a new dish and lnb if your present ones are in poor condition. Prices in London or the SE will be considerably higher.

superbigal36

Always advisable when multi-room is installed to ask for 2 cables from the dish.
I think many installers do it as standard now.
If installer is nice (or you ask) he will also fit the sockets to make it ready to plug in to a HD+ box that you can pick up on ebay.

karenw

davemurgatroyd wrote: »

That would be supply and install of a Sky HD+ box and possibly a new dish and lnb depending on how old your present ones are and their condition and you are only entitled to one subsidised box of any type which you presumably already have. Sky only supply HD boxes nowadays and will not install second hand or new boxes that you supply (except for moving house installs). Depending on your location and how difficult the installation of cabling is an independant installer will charge upwards of £40 plus cost of a new dish and lnb if your present ones are in poor condition. Prices in London or the SE will be considerably higher.

I recently had a brand new dish installed when i got my new sky plus hd box so i wouldn't need a new dish.

superbigal36

Karen the likely chance you have got of getting this on the cheap is to subscribe to a 2nd multi-room. Then get your installation totally re-done and ask for what you want.
Or if you are more sneaky you need them to come out and fix a fault while under warranty and do you a favour while they are out.
I am not advising you to damage your current cable of course.