How easy is it to wire up a second sky box to an existing dish?

Irish_Tom · 28 Jan 2010 at 20:39

Lo all,

Has anyone got any experience swapping a single LNB for a quad version and is it a simple task?

Cheers,

Panzer

bledd · 28 Jan 2010 at 20:44

Seems a good thread to hijack..

If someone already has sky multiroom with two sky boxes, can you add a third at no cost?

Nymins · 28 Jan 2010 at 21:07

Think you need a multiroom sub for every extra box.

wonderlust · 28 Jan 2010 at 21:13

On my Sky dish the LNB just slots into the arm of the dish.

I am led to believe that there are a couple of different arm sizes though.

Satcure has a lot of usefull info.

john_s · 28 Jan 2010 at 21:14

Panzerbjorn said:
Has anyone got any experience swapping a single LNB for a quad version and is it a simple task?

Pretty much... just disconnect the old LNB, pull the old LNB holder out of the arm on the dish, fit the new one (it might need tapping in), attach the new LNB, connect up, and away you go.

Try not to drag the dish out of alignment, or you'll have to line it back up again.

Irish_Tom · 28 Jan 2010 at 21:31

Sounds good, cheers guys.

Looks like a job for the weekend.

Panzer

mogwai · 29 Jan 2010 at 08:33

bledd. said:
Seems a good thread to hijack..

If someone already has sky multiroom with two sky boxes, can you add a third at no cost?

You will need to pay out an extra £10 for another multiroom subscription. As that is what I had to do when i added another sky box.

Matty_Boy · 29 Jan 2010 at 13:13

I replaced my standard LNB with an OCTLNB, was very straightforward, old one slid off (held with plastic pin which you remove first), slide on new LNB, reinsert pin and connect up your cables.