sky+

[Matt_e]

if you buy a sky plus box off of ebay can you fit it yourself?, is it just a case of unplugging the old the and fitting the new one

thanks

[saxyVTRsaxo]

yes but you do need a second line put in to enable the facilites of sky+

[Graeme]

when i made a thread on here i got told you had to phone sky and pay them to upgrade your account to a sky + one aswell

so not really saving any money

[Matt_e]

we have sky+ downstairs, so iwas wondering because we ready have i could buy a box for my room

[AXVTR2]

you need multi-room otherwise u'l only beable 2 watch what is on on the main sky box.

[Matt_e]

yeah ive a standard sky box in my room

[AXVTR2]

is it multiroom??

[Matt_e]

yeah it is, on another forum i was told you need a quad LNB and Sky+ needs 2 cables run from the sky dish to the Sky+ box because one cable is telling the dish to record that channel, and the other cable is telling the dish to watch the channel you are watching in the meantime

[AXVTR2]

sounds about right i know theres 2 cables 4 r + but we have digi upstairs instead of plus! just goes into attic 2 a junction box then off to sky box

[Matt_e]

would i need something like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Quad-LNB-SKY-SKY-HD-SKY-Multiroom-4-outputs_W0QQitemZ160216501233QQihZ006QQcategoryZ60 838QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and also because we already have sky+ would i still need one of the above, or just some more cable

[blusax]

sometimes sky install a quad lnb or a dual lnb you need to get up there and check. if its dual you need the above

you would need a multi room subscription as you need the card to put in your box to recieve the package you pay for, or you will only have the free channels

multiroom is 10 extra a month, hope this helps any probs gimme a pm i know my sky/sat shizzle

[Matt_e]

can you have sky+ in two rooms and just normal sky in another room

[blusax]

mm yes bit more complicated 2 sats or quattro/octo lnb etc... do you know you can run a cable form your current sky box, upstairs and watch it. you can also turn the sky channel over aswell. you will have to watch what downstairs are watching and vice versa.

tell me what you want and i'll work out the best option