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sky + help ????

  • 21-02-2011 8:41pm
    #1
    gerry99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭


    hey :)

    anyone's advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated . i have got a sky plus box ( a fairly new one ) off a friend and as i have the normal sky in my house could i just run the cable into the back of the sky + box and will it work ? :)


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  • #2
    norbert64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭norbert64


    Technically speaking, with the cable hooked up and your card in the SKY+ box, you'll be able to view the lower tier packages.
    No sports/movies/PPV channels tho.

    To get everything working properly, I'm afraid you will need to ring sky, and tell them to pair your card with the new SKY+ box, and to activate the recording/live pause features . :cool:


  • #3
    kbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭kbell


    And the op will need to upgrade LNB to a quad and run a 2nd cable to the box, in order for the Sky + functionality to work properly.


  • #4
    gerry99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭gerry99


    thanks for replying .. your advice has been great to know . just 1 ( or 2 ) more questions , if i ring sky to ask them to switch the card over and enable the pause & play of channels then i assume that they will start to charge me extra ??? also could i just use the new sky + box to record some shows for watching back later & could i do this without having to notify sky ? sorry im just new to all this technical stuff


  • #5
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,472 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    gerry99 wrote: »
    thanks for replying .. your advice has been great to know . just 1 ( or 2 ) more questions , if i ring sky to ask them to switch the card over and enable the pause & play of channels then i assume that they will start to charge me extra ??? also could i just use the new sky + box to record some shows for watching back later & could i do this without having to notify sky ? sorry im just new to all this technical stuff

    No extra charge.
    So run the additional cable (upgrading LNB on the dish if it doesnt have a spare output), Stick your card in the box, call sky and get it paired up.

    I have heard someone mention here that sky refused to pair a card to a secondhand box that was registered to another contract holder but I dont know how true that is. There is never really an issue.


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