Satellite socket in flat - single feed with splitter

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I viewed a flat today that had a single satellite feed on the socket (along with TV etc) but connected to that was a silver splitter device with two connectors on. Not being familiar with communal satellite systems, does this mean Sky+ would work properly (i.e. watch one channel while recording another), or would it just mean watching/recording one thing at a time?

Thanks.
 
lude1962 said:
IIRC you sure it wasnt a virgin splitter?
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It said SAT on it and there's no Virgin in the area.

lucid said:
You're also assuming it is a stacker/destacker; which it might well be, but no one really knows at this stage. It could equally be that the householder added a splitter thinking thats how satellite signal can be split. The fact is that we are all shooting in the dark until there's some clarification from TheVoice. All we can do is illustrate some possibilities so that if the flat enquiry gets serious then TheVoice can ask the appropriate questions.
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Not much clarification to offer I'm afraid, it was just a small silver splitter-looking thing with two connectors on it, and a short cable on the other end connected to the SAT socket on the wall. It wasn't a large box or anything, no mains power. Doubtful that it was left by the previous resident as all the flats have just been refurbished and decorated and they all (or at least, the three I was shown) have them.

In hindsight I should have had a closer look or taken a photo with my phone but I was thinking about other things than TV at that point!
 
Not buying, I'm renting. Just wanted to know whether I'll be able to keep using Sky+ as I do now or if I'll need to change my habits a bit. Guess I'll find out in a few weeks. :)
 
Thanks for that, it was more akin to the first one, wasn't anything fancy like the second picture and didn't have any mains connection or anything. Seems odd they'd have installed splitters though, can't see any practical use for one in this case if it just achieves the same thing has having one cable connected to the Sky box.
 
Thanks, that does sound like the same sort of set-up in this case. As you've said, as long as I can get a decent internet connection I can use on-demand to keep up with anything I can't record.

Thanks all.
 
Right, got the keys to the flat today and remembered to take a photo of the splitter thing:

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I'm guessing it's not going to actually achieve much?
 
Okay, so I moved in today and got my new TV and the Sky box set-up earlier this evening. I've connected two cables from the splitter to the box, and then checked the settings and it showed only one feed had a signal. However, I turned it on again just now and it was still letting me watch one channel while it was recording another, despite still showing only one feed as having a signal lock.

Is there a way to find out which channels I'll be able to watch/record (or rather, record/record) at the same time using this splitter thing?
 
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