liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 30/11/09 at 08:48 PM |
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Another SKY question
My mother in law has sky freesat, if she got a sky plus box and i hooked in a dual LNB and a second wire is there any reason it wouldn't work?
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McLannahan
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| posted on 30/11/09 at 08:59 PM |
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Although Sky scrapped the £10 charge for + I think you still need to subscribe to a package. Without this the record function won't work. The +
can be added to a basic package I think. I think the basic package is £18 now?
I might be wrong though Liam
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 30/11/09 at 09:02 PM |
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The signal source for freesat and astra is 28 and 28.5 degrees if I remember rightly co-located.
yes it will work however you will need to sub to sky..
[Edited on 30-11-09 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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blakep82
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| posted on 30/11/09 at 09:09 PM |
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as i remember, when when our was installed, but before the cards were activated, the + part didn't work, so no, i don't think it will work
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Gazeddy
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| posted on 30/11/09 at 09:55 PM |
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techwatch.co.uk may have the info needed to you
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mccsp
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| posted on 30/11/09 at 10:38 PM |
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When we stopped our Sky subscription, Sky + stopped working, even with programs we had already recorded. If there is a way to get it to work, that
would be awesome.
Why do it the easy way, when I can do things my way!
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 2/12/09 at 09:55 AM |
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Why not get a freesat box with a PVR it works on the sky dish, you will still need the dual lnb though
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 2/12/09 at 12:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by McLannahan
Although Sky scrapped the £10 charge for + I think you still need to subscribe to a package. Without this the record function won't work. The +
can be added to a basic package I think. I think the basic package is £18 now?
I might be wrong though Liam
Nope, totally correct. If you want to use the Sky+ package you need a Sky subscription.
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Peteff
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| posted on 2/12/09 at 08:43 PM |
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Freesat is nowt to do with Sky, you can pick up Astra 2d on 28.2 and Eurobird 1 on 28.5 with the same dish and get a Humax freesat twin tuner PVR for
£250 run from a twin LNB to record one channel while you watch another.
yours, Pete
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stevebubs
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| posted on 2/12/09 at 10:23 PM |
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It'll work fine as a freesat box.
Won't record though unless you pay sky for the facility (£10/month)
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stevebubs
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| posted on 2/12/09 at 10:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by McLannahan
Although Sky scrapped the £10 charge for + I think you still need to subscribe to a package. Without this the record function won't work. The +
can be added to a basic package I think. I think the basic package is £18 now?
I might be wrong though Liam
Nope - you're spot on. And you have to pay the right charges for each box - i.e. if you have more than one, then you need to pay multiroom
subscription charges
My old Sky+ box is now a freesat box in my daughter's bedroom. One day I may decide she's been good enough (and I'm feeling generous
enough) for me to add multiroom to my package...
[Edited on 2/12/09 by stevebubs]
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