Just wanted to say a massive thanks to MissChief for the IAF code. We're now set up with TV, broadband and calls. Installation is on Monday
Just wondering if there's anything I can do with my existing HD box? Whether we could set it up upstairs at the new property to just receive the free to air channels and sky+ functionality, or whether it'd just be better to have a system link so we can continue watching TV when we go to bed.
If there was a way we could do both that'd be perfect, as we've got 90 odd % full of programmes on the existing box.
Any ideas guys?
Edit: P.S. I know we'd need the engineer to wire upstairs up
you cannot use a second box without a second card that is a fact so you need another card for it to work and sky charge for those cards.
iirc if you just want freesat then it's a one off payment of £15 for a card.
if you want to be able to record freesat to it then it's £10 a month, but why would you do this when multiroom sub is £11.25 and then you get all the channels? you would have to be stupid to do that in this scenario.
if you want to watch stuff that's already been recorded to it then it needs an active card inside it which has those channels subscribed to, e.g. if you have recorded something off sky movies, you need a card inside it which has a subscription to sky movies.
in your situation this is what I would do:
tell the engineer you already have a box when he comes round and that you want him to pair the card to this box rather than the new one in his van. tell him to just stick the new one in his possession to the side and you will keep that as a spare.
he won't agree to sending another sat feed anywhere else tbh because you have only got 1 subscription and he is only being paid to do 1 feed, unless he is a decent guy of course or you bribe him or talk him into it.
now if you want a second feed paying £10 a month to use a sky box for freesat would be stupid, when you can just buy a freesat box outright for less than £200 with no monthly fee for the same thing, in fact if you don't want the ability to record freesat you should get one for less than £100 outright.
imo you would be better off just getting freeview upstairs as you can get youview boxes which can record for less than £100 on gumtree and ebay sometimes brand new.
so therefore imo it's best not to have 2 sky boxes setup in your case unless you want to pay £11.25 extra a month for a multi room setup. if you want to do that then it would be best to phone up sky now and inform them of this.
any other questions feel free to ask.
