NEILB1

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just seeing if anybody has added a virgin media box to there original set up,
I want to put one in the bed room and I will take the cable from the point of entry into the house by putting a three way box feed in,
hope you all know what I am going on about

SinghSuperStud

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yep - you can do it quickly by taking a split from anywhere, not just from where it comes in.

any probs let me know as i've done a few

apologies for crap grammar - have a sandwich in my other hand

pimmo2000

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If you order another box, then the tech will sort that for you ..

joey_turbo

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Just get a splitter, try not to split off a splitter if you can, as it'll reduce the signal each time. So your interactive features might not work.
Also only get a splitter for the amount you need. Don't get an 8 way if you only want 3 splits.

SinghSuperStud

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if you get desperate and want to pay over the odds - B&Q do the splitters and the cable ends for a couple of quid!

pimmo2000

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Why are you looking to pay for this ? The tech will do it for free ...

NEILB1

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The tech? How can i get this for free. I can have a box fitted and pay £5 a month after and pay £45 insulation.
I can buy a box for a ten bob amd install in for free as nuter said

chocolate_o_brian

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Unless you ring up and haggle. Mark aka Pimmo helped me out to start with when I wanted to upgrade my Virginmedia services... guess who he works for

NEILB1

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Mark can you help me out.

But i cant see them doing it for free really

chocolate_o_brian

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Ring up, say you are thinking of leaving due to a better offer from sky or whoever. When they ask about what they could do, mention the box upstairs and installation as a sweetner, jobs a good 'un.

I'm supposed to be paying about £89 a month to Virgin media for everything I have but pay £65.74 after some haggling.

Go on... they love the barter

pimmo2000

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Buy a box for ten bob ?

all the boxes are on a pay per month service .. chipped boxes are a waste of money due to the new gen encryption ..

If you're getting a new box from them, the technician will install it for free ..

What kind of package are you on now ?

NEILB1

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Mark i am on a xl paxkage paying £45a month

joey_turbo

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You can still buy un-chipped boxes with a card at boot sales for a tenner as mentioned.
Its not much better then freeview though.

pimmo2000

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You're gonna need to give me something to go on mate .. PM me your email address or something ..


The cards wont do anything, the new encryption hasn't been broken yet ..

peter zippy reid

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thats true the encryption hasnt been broken yet but you can have a box for each room in your house then unplug the ones you dont use and give them to your friends who have the basic package plug your full package boxes in there house and they work

joey_turbo

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I'm aware of that, on cards that have been cracked.
I'm talking about standard boxes, with standard cards, and standard channels. The cards still work.
Its just the standard channels are not much better then freeview.

pimmo2000

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The service is provided to the card and paired to the box .. you pay for the service not the location of the box ..

Hysteria1983

Just to high jack a minute.

If (for example) your old box just went down and the nice man from virgin media came and gave you a free one could you (if you wanted) unlock all the programming?

I ask out of curiosity in case someone was lucky enough to be given the new cisco v+HD box for nothing (replacing a 5 year old standard box that's fluffed it) and disabled all functions to 'standard'.

pimmo2000

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No, the services are assigned to the card not the box .. the V+ service would need to be correctly updated on your account too, for you to be able to use the features correctly.

If by you you mean me ? then yes I could, but its not worth my job for the sake of free TV ..

kj200sx

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i get 10 meg internet xl tv pack everything apart from movies sport 1 x v+ box 1 x standard box and phone line for £46 a month

Hysteria1983

Just what I thought.

And don't worry, it wasn't a question of would anyone do it, it wouldn't be fair.

I have the V+ downstairs anyway.

Thanks for replying.

pimmo2000

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I've got six modems, two 50Mb connection and 4 different types of 20 .. I have two STBs, one being a V+ box and unlimited local phone line ..

£14 a month