Re: Sky plus help

["Kevin Ellis" <forum_mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK that was easy

30 mins to swap the LNB and run  the new cable.
10 Mins to remove old box and repace with new
3 min call to SKY to move the subscription over from the old box and set up
SKY+
5 Min for activation


Kevin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Ellis" <forum_mail@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Sky plus help


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> Richard,
>
> I will be doing my install this weekend. You can do the change
yourself
> its
> not too difficult so long as you are happy going up a ladder and
ruuning a
> second CT100 cable.
> I bought the box from Simplydigital.co.uk already upgraded with a
250gb
> drive. Could have don it myself but could not be bothered at the end
of
> the
> day.
> So long as your subscription is over £30 a month the sky plus service
is
> free, and its simply a call to sky to tell them you need to switch the
box
> from a standard to a sky plus, should be simple.
>
> I will report once its all done.
>
> Kevin
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>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard" <richard@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:29 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Sky plus help
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>> Hi All,
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>> 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
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>> Buy sky plus box second hand (ebay) - upgrade the drive myself
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>> Get a local installer to upgrade the LNB ?
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>> Just get sky to upgrade my subscription
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>> Is this possible or will sky insist on selling me the box and
installing
>> the
>> LNB ?
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>> Also do you know if I can use the record (not scheduled) or pause
tv on
>> sky
>> plus without subscribing
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>> Is it feasible to change the LNB myself ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any advice
>>
>> Richard
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