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"Hello All", I have had Freeview on all of the TV`s in My Home since Freeview became available - all with a Great Picture. I live in London as...
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alright folks, Im in the process of buying my first house. The house needs some work doing especially a rewire. The home owner is a ive worked...
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cheap as chips, got the sat dish cable and receiver for £25 from the big orange shed. :)
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That's it, it's goodbye SKY hello FREESAT I love freesat who needs sky, I called their bluff, I was only trying to get another six months full...
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Hi all, ive rewired my brothers house and have taken a shotgun coax from 5 x points into the loft ! ( I think ive messed up ). they are going to...
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"Hello All", I wondered if anyone else has heard the RUMOUR that Sky are going to broadcast a Firmware Update around September which will have...
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Hello I have a customer that has a CYP 1H2HBTE system With a sky plus hd box The system has two tv sets in different rooms I was asked to check...
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Anybody use a magic eye for there sky tv be able to help please? Have a problem with mine working properly. Can manage to get a picture upstairs...
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I have to to second fix a job including the tv Ariel's, which I'm not normally involved in. The lads who first fixed it were told by our boss to...
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Hi guys, I'm currently wiring up a 2 bed new build and have been asked to supply a TV point in each bedroom and 1 in the lounge. I haven't...
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I'm in the market for a new TV and am baffled. I want a 55" TV and I don't know what to get, LCD, LED or Plasma. What's best? Seems Plasma...
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Hi all, Slightly strange one this - I think. Reception on the BBC Channels and one or two other Digital Channels breaks down now and again and I...
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Hello, Just after a bit of advice. A customer has asked if I would be able to put what they have described as a phone point from the hall into...
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I'm just finishing a part rewire on a friends house that's been extended. He extended the kitchen into a new lean to style conservatory. In the...
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Hey all, I can't afford to pay for the sky channels anymore. I'm presuming the sky box and dish are mine if I cancel but I don't want to shell out...
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hello customer has twin sky cables from dish to low level brush plate , he then has twin sky cables to high level brush plate , from low level...
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hi guys, right i am doing a new build. the client is wanting a sky point in every room. Hes only having 1 sky box. Am I right that I would wire...
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Hi all, installed dual satellite cable from dish to cupboard then a dual sat cable from cupboard to where main sky point will be and joined the 2...
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Current set up is. Living room sky+ hd with 2 cables direct to dish. Bedroom 1 (my room) coax from sky+ hd box to magic eye. Bedroom 2 sky+...
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good evening i`m in the middle of a rewire, customer wants sky tv install in 5 rooms. the plan for tommorow is getting some double satellite coax...
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My parents Sky + has been showing a problem for a couple of weeks now. I had a look at it today. It will not allow recording, nor viewing of...
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Recently moved into a new house (its an old barn conversion not new build). Most rooms have an aerial socket but none have any signal. It appears...
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Hi all! A guy at our wholesalers has been asking my boss to go and look at his aerial at his house for over a year now, and the job has been...
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Hello, My first post here so apologies for any mistakes/breaking of the rules etc! Ive tried to read the rules and think this is the right place...
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Hi All Hopefully a simple answer I can relay back to Client. My TV engineer is away on hols at mo, so after bit of advice from others please :-)...
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Hi all , i am doing a first fix for a house at the moment and was just wondering if im correct in thinking that if there were to be 2 x sky boxes...
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Hello All, This is my first post as I'm a new member so please be gentle :) I am in the process of renovating my house and have run in two coax...
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I am a sparky of 10years + and I have recently rewired the house but I think I may have dropped a ------- with regards to the aerial side of...
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Hi Thinking of ditching virgins big cahona bundle and possibly tv subscriptions altogether, what are the best services I can get for minimal...
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Not sure if this forum is correct but its the closest match so here goes, a while ago i had new tv aerial installed it has two cables coming down...
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Hey all I've not done much satellite work and want to find out if always need a say quad or onto LNB to feed out from dish to multiple sky+...
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Hi getting sky installed on Saturday and I am wanting to have sky in the main bedroom and also free view in a second bedroom for a child If I run...
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Have a customer who has three TVs, all new Freeview-enabled models. Lounge TV is fed from aeriel on roof and picks up Freeview signal ok. Kitchen...
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Hi Lads, I'm new to motorised sat dishes, I'm hoping to put a 1 meter dish on the back of my house, I've been given a little advice off one of my...
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Hello not done a new post for a while was at me mates house yesterday and he said sometimes his TV appears to momentarily loose the signal for...
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hi I'm starting a first fix on 4 bed new build at the end of next week. Customer has rung me this morning with a slight change to his TV set up...
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hi after first fixing a house the other week i was asked if i could run some sky cables in , i of course did and ended up with the following...
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Hi all, I have applied for a field tech role with VM and just have a few questions to ask. I have got through to the assessment day btw, this is...
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hiya folks i have been looking at upgrading to sky q but unfortunately it wont suit my needs as we currently have 5 boxes in the house with 2...
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Afternoon, I'm a complete novice and have enough basic knowledge to be able to rewire a plug and the odd central heating component (being a...
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In the middle of new house wire, have pulled 2 co-axles to every TV and cat 5e too every TV in the house and back to the switch room, the problem...
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Hi all , been asked to wire 4 x new bungalows. They want me to put in tv etc but they are not sure which system as they will have the choice of...
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Bloke i've done some Electrical work for has asked me to install some Sky equipment for him. He already has SKY (SD) in one room and has basic SKY...
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Have run 4 coaxial cables up to loft running from living room,kitchen an 2 bedrooms. What's the best gear to purchase to get these up an running...
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Sorry folks, technically it's not the right thing to post in this forum, but I figured my question fits in here better than elsewhere! Need to...
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Is this possible and what hardware is needed ? I'm installing in a new build and want to run the cables in.
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"Hello All", I have a problem with bad interference on the reception of my Home`s TV`s that are connected to Sky Digiboxes in other rooms via...
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what satellite meter do you use. and what tv meter or all in one thanks
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I would like to install a new tv point. The existing installation is new. Outside aeriel feeds a splitter box in the roof, and there isn't any...
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Hi all industrial sparky here, i have an aerial with an amp 1-4 way with a 12v DC PSU mounted in the loft built on to it, wired in PF100 co ax...
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