SKY signal sender
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Does anyone on here use these or similar ?
www.easylife.co.uk/digisender/
Basically it's supposed to send the SKY/On Digital signal from your mail set-top box to other tv's around the house, run on 2.4 ghertz so very strong signal. I am looking to buy something like this but don't know if they work properly.
Can anyone comment ?
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shunty
www.easylife.co.uk/digisender/
Basically it's supposed to send the SKY/On Digital signal from your mail set-top box to other tv's around the house, run on 2.4 ghertz so very strong signal. I am looking to buy something like this but don't know if they work properly.
Can anyone comment ?
cheers
shunty
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I have one of these and it gives a great picture (with stereo sound) over 60feet, through three 3ft solid brick walls
I have telewest, so the remote gizmo doesn't work , but it does work with Sky.
http://www.digisender.net
Andy
I have telewest, so the remote gizmo doesn't work , but it does work with Sky.
http://www.digisender.net
Andy
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spoke to sky, they will provide a second set-top (decoder) for £12 per month,& £25 installation fee, that will give me the choice for the kids to watch a different channel.....hence no need for the transciever anyway.
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My brother in law has one of these with Sky and it works fine. What he did was got a TiVo or Sky+ or whatever they call it and was able to keep his original Sky box too. Can't remember how much that cost but may be worth looking into.......
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Ive got one of those video senders ,if thats what you are on about.
can view sky in every room,excellent picture.Only trouble is my mate over the road has tuned his tv into the frequency and can watch my Sky for free!!
The cheek of it,i was once watching a film and thought it was ****e so turned over,only to get a text message telling me he was watching that!!Bugger.
you can alter the range it can send by shortening the ariel.Got mine from a company called Lektropaks.
can view sky in every room,excellent picture.Only trouble is my mate over the road has tuned his tv into the frequency and can watch my Sky for free!!
The cheek of it,i was once watching a film and thought it was ****e so turned over,only to get a text message telling me he was watching that!!Bugger.
you can alter the range it can send by shortening the ariel.Got mine from a company called Lektropaks.
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nnoooooo....one of there guys has just confirmed (depends who you speak to it appears) the first box is £50 fee (which they waiver if you get the full monthly package) then £25 installation fee. Then if you want another decoder to watch other channels @ the same time, £169 payment & £25 installation fee .
bu**er
gonna have to have a think about this tonight....
shunty
bu**er
gonna have to have a think about this tonight....
shunty
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If you cancel your contract with Sky (providing it's run for more than 12 months) and start a new one, you'll get a new box. Then you'll have two boxes.
Not sure why there's an 'installation fee' when you've already got the dish, tho' (I'm sure most people can manage to shove a bit of co-ax in the back of the decoder).
Not sure why there's an 'installation fee' when you've already got the dish, tho' (I'm sure most people can manage to shove a bit of co-ax in the back of the decoder).
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How much is the Tivo thing and does it replace the original Decoder ? My decoder is nearly buggered and rather than buy a new one I might plump for the Tivo to record and replace my old decoder.
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Carl - someone else has also said that, BUT apparantly the dish has 2 gizmos on one for each decoder, so if you get one decoder you get 1 gizmo on yer dish, hence second decoder...no gizmo...that's the way I understand it, but it might not be correct??
there must be a sky installer on here somewhere...I bet there's plenty of pig farmers when you want them
What I need is someone who actually installs them, not the sales bumph...need_technical_input /
shunty
there must be a sky installer on here somewhere...I bet there's plenty of pig farmers when you want them
What I need is someone who actually installs them, not the sales bumph...need_technical_input /
shunty
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fyi:
Burt by the way is my boss who is sitting opposite me....he didn't realise that I had this thread open already
well any pig farmers out there then
shunty
Burt by the way is my boss who is sitting opposite me....he didn't realise that I had this thread open already
well any pig farmers out there then
shunty
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Maplins do video senders and they are very good. Just make sure you have a spare scart output on your Sky box and one on your other tv.
With the Sky option do you require two viewing cards?
With the Sky option do you require two viewing cards?
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I recently moved from a standard Sky digital to Sky+ (the Tivo style hard disk video recorder). And I previously had their digilink (I think it's called), which is where they run a second cable from the first digibox to a second TV. That means you can watch the SAME channel on TVs at once. And you get a second remote for use with the second TV (still controlling the original box). That cost about £25 when done at the same time as the initial dish installation.
When you get Sky+ you get a new LNB (bit that sits in front of the dish up on the roof) that has 4 outputs instead of 1. Two of these are used in the Sky+ box (so you can watch one channel, and record another), but two are free for other uses. What I've done is wire one of these two up to my old digibox in another room, and get a 'free to air' card from the BBC. That means I can watch all the standard channels, plus stuff like BBC4 on another TV.
And the original digilink works with Sky+ (though you need to buy a second Sky+ remote for £20).
So I've got Sky+ downstairs and in the bedroom (same channel only), and the old digibox (seperate, free channels) in the spare room.
Simple really
When you get Sky+ you get a new LNB (bit that sits in front of the dish up on the roof) that has 4 outputs instead of 1. Two of these are used in the Sky+ box (so you can watch one channel, and record another), but two are free for other uses. What I've done is wire one of these two up to my old digibox in another room, and get a 'free to air' card from the BBC. That means I can watch all the standard channels, plus stuff like BBC4 on another TV.
And the original digilink works with Sky+ (though you need to buy a second Sky+ remote for £20).
So I've got Sky+ downstairs and in the bedroom (same channel only), and the old digibox (seperate, free channels) in the spare room.
Simple really
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BTW, Sky+ is about £300 plus some installation, and another £10 per month on your subscription.
You can get secondhand digiboxes to use up those spare LNB connections for less than £100 on eBay. And then you can take up the "second subscription for £12" offer, or just use the 'free to air' card (which includes CBBC and CBeebies for the kids!)
You can get secondhand digiboxes to use up those spare LNB connections for less than £100 on eBay. And then you can take up the "second subscription for £12" offer, or just use the 'free to air' card (which includes CBBC and CBeebies for the kids!)
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Hi All
When I got sky I paid an extra £30/40 and they game me another remote and what they called a mouse very small,
All you do is put it in the back of your video up stairs say, and if you point the remote at the mouse you can change channel up stairs, of course you need to tune in sky on a number upstairs first.
Chel xxx
When I got sky I paid an extra £30/40 and they game me another remote and what they called a mouse very small,
All you do is put it in the back of your video up stairs say, and if you point the remote at the mouse you can change channel up stairs, of course you need to tune in sky on a number upstairs first.
Chel xxx
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The cheek of it,i was once watching a film and thought it was ****e so turned over,only to get a text message telling me he was watching that!!Bugger.
[Edited by pwig - 4/10/2002 12:48:02 PM]
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