Fw: Sky Plus Anyone

["Gareth Cook" <gcook@xxxxxxx>]

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Robert Chasmer <robert.chasmer@xxxxxxx>
Yesterday 18:48

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Subject: .	RE: [ukha_d] Sky Plus Anyone .
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Gareth Cook wrote:
> The New LNB has four f-plug outlets
> Two leads are all that's needed for the Plus box.
> If you can align the LNB yourself, you dont need an installer
> at all - you phone up Sky to get the card transferred. All done.

Well I've installed Sky Analogue myself a number of years ago, though I did
have to get the telly in the garden for that.

I don't have a subscription myself, only a mates DigiBox and his card which
gets canceled in a month.  My aim is to move the old box upstairs, and get a
non sub BBC etc card from Sky.

How do I go about getting, the Sky Plus box, the new LNB, the Viewing card
with sub from sky etc.  I was just going to buy a box from say Dixons, sign
up and get it all installed.  How would I avoid the install, and get hold of
the the LNB etc, or does this come in the box with the Sky Plus box?  What
about getting all the channels setup on the new box?  What does the
installer do anyway?

Lots of questions...


> Ensure your box gets the latest software upgrade - earlier ones
> has some daft bugs. (see bottom of page
> http://www.hummer.co.uk/skyplus-bugs.html)

Thanks for that link.  I also followed the link to the Digital
Spy PVR Forum, which is full of people reporting problems with sky+.  I'm
not so sure I still want sky+ right now.

After reading the Forums, if I do go for it, I think I'd by direct from Sky
to stop them passing the buck.  Will they sell the box to me, sign up for
the card, and let me do the install myself?


> Buy a 120Gig hard disk and replace the 40 gigger. Get the
> Maxtor 540X range drives.

I've read lots of articles in the past about upgrading the drive in Tivo.
Is it just as easy in sky+ then.  How are you getting on with sky+, is it
reliable?

Thanks


Rob
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