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Getting set up with BT TV. Questions for those who have it.
JustAnotherSaver
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Thanks to this forum we've ditched the idea of going with Sky at almost £30/month & we looked at alternatives. We need something putting out history, documentary & some other channels (that i forget) that my wife watches & so we saw BT's TV deal at £5 per month (so thanks for saving us £20pm 
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* yes our phone is with BT as is our (infinity) broadband which we got on a deal last December.
Q1: Does it have to be connected via a cable to the router?
Not a problem if so as we'll have to get them powerline adapters but i just wondered if this was an option or requirement.
Q2: We will initially be setting this up upstairs as our living room is a bit of a builders site until we get its issues sorted out. How easy is it to transfer to the living room at a later date? Just a case of taking the set top box (correct term?) downstairs & plugging in?
Q3: What does install actually entail?
Is it just a case of ordering the package, getting the box & plugging it in?
No special cables, special aerial? We have a TV aerial but how do i know whether this is a digital one or not?
And as pictures always help, there's the cables we have & the rooms we have them in...
Bedroom:
Living Room:
^^ told you it was a bit of a building site. Dirt aplenty
Just don't want to order it all up & find out that i've missed something out or done something wrong & wasted money.
Thanks.
).* yes our phone is with BT as is our (infinity) broadband which we got on a deal last December.
Q1: Does it have to be connected via a cable to the router?
Not a problem if so as we'll have to get them powerline adapters but i just wondered if this was an option or requirement.
Q2: We will initially be setting this up upstairs as our living room is a bit of a builders site until we get its issues sorted out. How easy is it to transfer to the living room at a later date? Just a case of taking the set top box (correct term?) downstairs & plugging in?
Q3: What does install actually entail?
Is it just a case of ordering the package, getting the box & plugging it in?
No special cables, special aerial? We have a TV aerial but how do i know whether this is a digital one or not?
And as pictures always help, there's the cables we have & the rooms we have them in...
Bedroom:
Living Room:
^^ told you it was a bit of a building site. Dirt aplenty
Just don't want to order it all up & find out that i've missed something out or done something wrong & wasted money.
Thanks.
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The twin cable feed in the lounge is from the Sky dish.
I would guess the Bedroom cable is the othe rend of the cable coming out of the 2 way splitter in the lounge and was being used to send the Sky RF channel to the bedroom.
It is a single run of the twin cable used for Sky. Pretty rubbish job.
None of it looks like it comes from a terrestrial aerial.0 -
Q1: Does it have to be connected via a cable to the router?
Not a problem if so as we'll have to get them powerline adapters but i just wondered if this was an option or requirement.
Answer
Yes for the Internet based TV Catchup and On Demand but the rest its just a Freeview box using an Aerial .
Q3: What does install actually entail?
Answer
Connect cables connect router and setup walk through like any other TV setup .0 -
Warning - we have the powerline adapters and I wouldn't recommend them. We have the BT Router in the hall, and TV Box in the living room only a few yards away, but the wireless adapters struggle to cope with the feed required for internet channels, breaking up frequently or refusing to tune in. We are torn between giving up with BT completely, or running a permanent ethernet cable round the door frame.:heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls
MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remote Proud Parents to an Aut-some son 0 -
I have 200Mbps TP Link PowerLine adaptors from router upstairs to TV downstairs and no problem at all .
But that's Ethernet to TV box no wireless adaptors to tune in .0 -
Powerline adaptors may or may not work, as the quality of the service via this method is dependent on the quality and/or set up of ones own home internal electrical wiring. On demand should work, but the live internet channels would be an unknown until you try them.
Edit - Oh and you need an aerial not a dish.0 -
Regards internet connection:
What's this 'on demand'? Is that the recording side of things?
We would be getting the BT TV Entertainment deal. I tried looking for a link which just details this package without talking about other stuff but couldn't find it so if you're familiar with BT TV then it's the TV Entertainment we'd be going for.
We would also require the option to record TV.
Beyond this i'm not really sure why we'd require the internet. For catch up is things like iPlayer & ITV & C4's version also i am guessing. If so then there's the iPad or the laptop that can do that wirelessley.
Please note: I'm not being difficult here. Just trying to find out if we would need it connected to the internet and i don't know anyone outside of the internet who has BT TV.
Now regards the wiring side of things....
Kurtis_Blue is indeed correct.
I've had a look & there's a thick cable running from the roof right down the house through an air brick & in to the bottom of the 3rd photo in the living room.
The cable that is in the bedroom is indeed from the Sky dish, unfortunately.
So, how do we get BT TV in the bedroom? My thoughts is it'll have to be drilled in from the outside or out from the inside.
Is there any way of doing this without making an absolute royal mess?0 -
We have just ditched BT TV. Paying for nothing unless you're on fibre. As for BT Sport, you have to be in a minimum contract to have it free. Else it is £6.75 a rip off month for one match a week and no cricket. Oh and it can only record one Internet channel at a time! And if you're watching on demand, if fails!
The on demand players only load if the box is connected to an aerial! Good riddance.0 -
Be that as it may (and i'm glad you were able to move on to a better deal), the BT sport is free for what we're on. I don't pay any extra so that doesn't apply to us.
And as said, we are on fibre so we're fine that way. I've been very happy with that side of things so far.
I want to ask something about Sky but don't want this thread to drift way off topic so i'll sit tight until i get more response about the BT side of things - the connecting to the router & those cables.0 -
To get BT TV one needs to connect the box to an aerial and an internet connection. The catch up players are whats known as 'on demand'.0
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JustAnotherSaver wrote: »R
Now regards the wiring side of things....
Kurtis_Blue is indeed correct.
I've had a look & there's a thick cable running from the roof right down the house through an air brick & in to the bottom of the 3rd photo in the living room.
The cable that is in the bedroom is indeed from the Sky dish, unfortunately.
So, how do we get BT TV in the bedroom? My thoughts is it'll have to be drilled in from the outside or out from the inside.
Is there any way of doing this without making an absolute royal mess?
Are you 100% sure the bedroom cable is not the one that can be seen coming out of the splitter in the third photo?
Thick cable in from aerial, split to bedroom and one feed for lounge?0
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