What can I do with spare Sky+ box?

HELLION

Hi to everyone.This is a very informative site,keep up the great work.
I am at the moment using my mobile to dial up the internet so it is very slow searching for info at the moment.
I have just upgraded to Sky HD and have a 1 year old Sky+ receiver now stuck in a cupboard.Anyone got some ideas what to do with it,ie put it in another room and if so what do i need (LNB,card etc)
I would only use it to view/record free channels.I do not intend to put a telephone line in another room too,will this be okay.
Thanks and hope to hear your replies.

rolfw

Welcome to the forum Hellion, have moved your post to the Sky+ section, as it would be better to answer your question here.

With Sky HD in your main room, you should still have two ports available on your quad LNB on the dish, so just run a couple of cables to another room and you can use the Sky+ box for free to air channels. At the moment, you cannot use the recording facilities without a subscription, or without paying Sky £10 per month for the record feature to be activated, whether this remains the case long term is another question.

You could of course go for multiroom for £10 per month extra, which would give you a mirror subscription on the Sky+ box.

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HELLION

Thankyou for the welcome and the useful information rolfw.
I will check my LNB for those 2 extra ports when it stops raining.

barrie.lamb

Hi HELLION, Not when but IF it stops raining, joking aside yes 'Multi Room' is a good option if you require full 'Sky+' in the other room, you can also register with 'Sky' to just get normal 'Freevie' I think you might have to pay a 'one-off' payment on registering, apart from that on Ebay Sky+ boxs are bringing 50 to 80 pounds if you're thinking of selling.
Cheers Barrie

HELLION

Thanks for the info Barrie.I need to getmy spare box up and running asap,sick of watching all the c**p the mrs watches.