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Ah, but perhaps this is the reason. :- UPDATE Sky Broadband Launch New Sky Q Hub Router and Internet TV - ISPreview UK "The all new Hub has built in Powerline networking technology, so it can use in-home electrical wiring as well as Wi-Fi to communicate with Sky Q boxes" This presumably means...

Yes, a U.K. Install. My apologies, I hadn't updated my profile. The install was at a neighbour's.

Thanks, I never thought of that. Well, in this case, if there is any EMC generated, it will be generated very close to the box. The user installed it where it is specifically to use with the Sky Q!

I have just witnessed a domestic Sky Q install. The installer refused to connect the Sky Q box via Ethernet to a powerline adaptor (Devolo, so quite reliable and very stable), because 'Sky Q boxes are not authorised to be connected via Powerline'. It was suggested that it could be connected via...

Thank you. It looks as though this could be a real possibility. If someone wants Sky Q, via the DSCR the DTT requirement is not likely to be required by them. Other users would still have access to services in the normal way. One presumes any DTT component in the outputs from the multiswitch...

Thank you for your reference. Please could you explain how it works. Sky state "A Sky Q ready upgrade is an enhancement to your existing communal system where a DSCR switch is fitted at the head-end allowing anyone that wants Sky Q to be connected." This seems to imply that this modification...

I appreciate that, but in the real world, if there is a communal system there has to be some solution, surely.

Are there any suggestions as to how a communal system could now be set up, or upgraded to handle the new Sky Q? Any replacement would still need to provide for DTT, satellite non-Sky (FreeSat etc.) , the current Sky, Sky+ etc, and Sky Q at each resident. In the communal environment it isn't...

Thank you for correcting me. So am I understanding that the new Sky LNBs provide the wide band signal Vertical and Horizontal polarisations over two cables, and the Sky tuner is able to select channels from the full bandwidth, instead of being restricted to a High or Low band?

You mention that the LNB outputs wideband signals. Is there likely to be any problem with existing coax runs not being capable of handling the increased bandwidth? Also, ignoring DTT for the moment, could it be said that Sky are introducing a more simplified and cost effective approach to...

Does this mean it is incompatible with existing multiswitches too?

Thanks for your hopeful suggestion. I hope something comes up to restore some sort of balance. How do they get away with things like this? I appreciate that in the UK most of the population who think about using satellite reception believe that there is only Sky. Go to other countries and...

The Sky Q Silver and Sky Q boxes "Cleverly, the box only requires two cables to be run from the satellite dish, and the box can handle decoding the channels. With the old Sky box, each tuner required a dedicated cable. The change is a massive improvement and requires the LNB on the dish to be...

Thanks for your input and advice.

We want for each apartment the ability to be able to receive DTT, DAB, FM, Freeview, FreeSat+, Sky, Sky+ at a multiplexed faceplate e.g. Triax 304264. All the apartments are in the same building, a straightforward block. There are no external connection requirements. There are 8 floors, 4...