bob r

iTrader: (46)

im thinking of buying a sky + box second hand (cheap). will it be a case of plug and play or will i need to inform "sky" in order for it to recive sigals . i currently have a standard sky box and viewing card.

richiewong

You'll need 2 LNB lines for Sky+ whilst normal boxes only has 1 cable coming in.

Simply ring Sky, threaten to cancal and they may ask what they need to do to keep you as a customer so ask for a free upgrade and installation.

Shy kids and all that

Lee247

I could be wrong, but I think you will need a new viewing card

Bartop

You need a subscription as well..

hectic

lnb needs changing ( bit on end of dish)... another cable too, to enable the record facility and your existing card will need to be 'paired' to the sky plus box.. and sky will take an extra tenner a month fankoo velly glad

logiclee

If you already have two or more premium channels your monthly payment will stay the same, otherwise it's an extra £10 a month.

You will need a dual or quad LNB installing and another cable to your box.

Card should be OK but it will need a phone call to sky to pair it with your box and activate Sky+.

There are loads of Sky+ boxes out there with dodgy hard drives so buy with care. I'd ring Sky first and see what they can offer, threaten to go wih telewest or ntl.

Cheers
Lee

Dunk

iTrader: (1)

Had a moan recently at Sky, they spoke about getting SKY+ to which I said I wouldn't pay a penny more, the response "well depending how agressive you are £99, can be £79 or £59" (or less )

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WarrenSTI

Just been offered a deel off sky
Sky+ box
Install
and internet with router/installation

for £109 all in

Has anyone had a better deal than that

V1CK1

We got our Sky + box a while ago now. We threatened to cancel and they came and installed for free and we had to pay about 60quid for the box.

Wouldnt be without it now for the series links etc, 1st one broke and lost all info saved tho which was crap but they did replace it quickly.

Vicki

alistair

The discs are really easy to replace - instructions here

I have 3 sky + boxes and I replaced the discs on all of them to higher capacity ones.

2 of the boxes are on subscription, but the 3rd isn't - it just gets the free channels.