sky plus box

[vectra-c1000]

am looking to upgrade my old sky box to a plus box but the qs is do i take my card out then place it in the plus box then plug and play or do i have to get it connected through sky just trying a cheaper way of doing it

[pyro_maniac]

i think you would need to upgrade the LNB on your dish from a single to a twin, as sky plus needs 2 signals so you can watch one channel and record another
i dont see why a sky plus would not work just to record the channel you are watching though, i am sure someone wil be along soon enough to point out i am wrong though

[rushy]

Yep, the dish is the same but the little box in the dish is different, it also runs 2 cables with 2 inputs into the box.

[Caterman]

You need a twin LNB set up with Sky+ to work correctly. You can use it with a single but you will not be able to record or watch another channel whilst watching/recording another You need to phone Sky and tell them the serial number of the new box so they can pair the card to it.
Press "SERVICES" then 4 "SYSTEM SETUP" then 5 "SYSTEM DETAILS" Give them the number in the 4th box down

[shippers]

I got my sky + box off ebay and opted for the quad lnb this has 4 outlets so you can have other boxes in other rooms,As said above you need to ring sky to give them the serial number of the sky +box the least you can pay to recieve sky+ services is £36 iirc.

[neverlandandy]

all in all i wouldnt be without my sky+ its great for series linking and you can even txt it to record when your out

my dvd recorder now sits redundant because of sky+

[vectra-c1000]

txt it how the hell you do that

[shippers]

txt it how the hell you do that

If you regester your mobile to your sky account you can send a txt to sky stating what program and channel you want recording and this activates your sky + box to record it.
Its all clever stuff.

[neverlandandy]

its a great invention so it is

[ccsnet]

Dont forget Freesat is out any day so box prices are going to plumet.....

Terran