RE: Sky plus help

["Richard" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all the replies so far - looking good so far :)

One more question - am I likely to mess up the alignment when changing the
LNB ? - dish looks like standard mini dish (was on the house when we moved
in 2 yrs ago)

-----Original Message-----
From: Maccy [mailto:maccy@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 December 2004 09:12
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Sky plus help



On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Richard wrote:
> Thinking of biting the bullet and getting sky plus (already have sky
> digital) I'm guessing a few people on this list have it already so do
> you think the following is feasible

Good man :)

> Buy sky plus box second hand (ebay) - upgrade the drive myself Get a
> local installer to upgrade the LNB ?
> Just get sky to upgrade my subscription Is this possible or will sky
> insist on selling me the box and installing the LNB ?

Very feasible. They won't sell you anything if you don't want them to.

> Also do you know if I can use the record (not scheduled) or pause tv
> on sky plus without subscribing

No, you need to subscribe. A tenner a month on top of your usual
subscription unless you take more than one premium channel (i.e. Sky Movies
1 + 2), then it is free.

If you don't want to buy second-hand the best offers are normally at the
sky.com website. Current offer is 149 + multiroom at a tenner a month,
minimum 12 months. Unfortunately the 99 quid refurb deal is no more, but
keep your eye on the Sky + forum at www.digitalspy.co.uk for the latest
news
(no connection etc just a personal recommendation).

> Is it feasible to change the LNB myself ?

It's very easy to do, unscrew and fit.

Maccy