Can you use 2 Sky STBs with the same viewing card?

Dark Light · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:06

So I have 2 Sky+ HD STBs, is there a way I can use both of them. So take the viewing card out of the main one and put it in the 2nd so I can use the disk space on both?

Armageus · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:25

No because you have to "activate" or "pair" the card to the box. Without pairing you are limited to the channels you can receive, and would imagine even the sky+ features may be limited.

Dark Light · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:27

Armageus said:
No because you have to "activate" or "pair" the card to the box. Without pairing you are limited to the channels you can receive, and would imagine even the sky+ features may be limited.

So can I pair it with two boxes, considering that both will be authorised through an internet connection and a phone line?

Armageus · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:27

Dark Light said:
So can I pair it with two boxes, considering that both will be authorised through an internet connection and a phone line?

No because pairing with a box invalidates any previous pairings as far as I know

Dark Light · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:32

Armageus said:
No because pairing with a box invalidates any previous pairings as far as I know

I already tried to put the sky viewing card in the other box, have a broken or de-authorised something now? It wasn't connected via a phone line though.

Armageus · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:37

Dark Light said:
I already tried to put the sky viewing card in the other box, have a broken or de-authorised something now? It wasn't connected via a phone line though.

Shouldn't have done

Dark Light · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:41

Armageus said:
Shouldn't have done

Thanks. Also random question is there any way to disable pre-recorded on demand since with actual on-demand it is completely pointless. And is there a max HDD size that you can put in the STB, so could I put in a 3TB or 4TB HDD?

Armageus · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:51

Dark Light said:
Thanks. Also random question is there any way to disable pre-recorded on demand since with actual on-demand it is completely pointless.

Not as far as I know

Dark Light said:
And is there a max HDD size that you can put in the STB, so could I put in a 3TB or 4TB HDD?

2TB as far as I know (as that's the highest official box), and not sure if Sky have added GPT support yet for bigger drives

Dark Light · 9 Sep 2015 at 14:53

Armageus said:
Not as far as I know

I find it quite strange that half of the HDD is just sitting there doing nothing, it made sense before on demand, but now it is a complete waste.

MissChief · 9 Sep 2015 at 17:54

On a 2TB box only 500GB is reserved for system use, you get 1.5TB personal space.

Dark Light · 9 Sep 2015 at 18:10

MissChief said:
On a 2TB box only 500GB is reserved for system use, you get 1.5TB personal space.

I have a 500GB box which is 50\50, so half the space is sitting there doing absolutely nothing since everything on pre-recorded on demand and be downloaded through proper on demand.