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Hi all, I am looking to install FTA, I would like HD (poss Humax Foxsat-HDR) and recordable option in Lounge with 2 other basic boxes in 2 other...
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I'm getting Sky HD today, if they don't manage to find another reason to wait until 4:30 to phone me and say they're not going to make it to do my...
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Wonder if anyone can help? i had all of the freeview channels but some we all distorted so i rescan to try and tune them better, bu when i did...
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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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Installing a nice new Humax Foxsat 500gb HD box to replace Sky for the grandmother. Have bought new quad lnb for existing sky dish. By the sounds...
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Just doing rewire and TV/sky included... Normally do my first fix like this: Main sky hd+ point in lounge ---> 2 x ct100 cables out to dish and...
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Hi, I'm not a sky fan and don't use it and as a result I don't really understand how it is cabled up - however now I have a client who wants it...
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The job I am currently working on sky have come to install there cable. They have ran through the building a shotgun style cable with a coax and...
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I am carrying out a refurb to ten flats, they have asked for Freesat in the bedroom and living room to each flat. I presume its case of fitting a...
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Ive seen this advertised in Currys for £30, Am I right in assuming you pay the £30 and they give you a sky HD box and u take it home and just...
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Quad lnb on the end of the sky dish. 2 output terminals used for sky plus 2 spare Can you run a co ax from one of the spare output terminals on...
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Hi there, I'm planning on rewiring my house and want to put in all the cables necessary to have sky HD in most rooms, How do I go about going...
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Hi, I have a customer that has a lot of interferance on the Freeview tv when the mobile phone goes off. It also happens when the living room...
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can anyone tell me how to fit a sky dish, i know i need a thingy to measure the angle, what angle does it need to be. Sky have gone mad they...
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Hi All, Currently sorting out a system for a customer and I have noticed the following. Current set up is one dish with a quad / LNB feeding two...
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hi can anbody out ther post a diagram for sattelite/cable installations, what cables required how many runs etc. ive installed this a few times...
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Hi, I have had this box about 4 month now and it always without fail knocks itself off-without warning- but only when watching HD Channels, Its...
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hi guys can you tell me if how many ways the standard lnb will be on the sky dish as standard as i dont fancy having to pay an extra £10 a month...
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I have replaced my sky magic eye with with a new one as the old one had come apart. I have sky+ downstairs and two tvs running from it upstairs...
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Just a quickie guys.. May be fitting a multi gang plate tomorrow, the ones that incorperate 2 satellite connectors, telephone and standard TV...
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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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Welcome to the Freesat, Sky & VirginMedia forum! Anything you need to ask goes here. However, please no discussions about illegal access to...
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Sorry chaps bit of mental block... Is ordinary ct100 ok for sky ? I'll be running x 2 runs to the dish postion ready for 'Sky' to do there bit...
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On a rewire and the sky dish has 2 leads.... the sky box has inputs for dish 1 and dish 2 as well. I'm guessing this is something to do with the...
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hi i want to find out how 2 wired up (all in one house , one family) a 5 or 6 phone points , and a 5 0r 6 tv or sat points (i'm not sure what " do...
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Hi All, Is there a "standard" number of cables that get installed for a Sky TV installation. Seems that some have one cable, some have 2 or even...
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Hi all have been asked to install a satilite system with terestrial every where else i menchend about satilite plus where i believe you need a...
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Hi Chaps, When we had sky HD fitted the fitter naturally drilled through the wall where the TV was and ran the cable from the back of the sky...
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Hi All I have a reel of satellite cable sitting in my shed and i need to put up a digital terrestrial aerial on my home. Can I use this...
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Hi guys, do any of you on here install tv aerials or satellite? Work is looking a little thin over the next few months so I have some time to get...
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Hi I need some advice on Sky cables. Customer has Sky currently but has had an extension built (I'm currently 2nd fixing it) and he wants the...
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Hi all, i have a friend who wants to upgrade from his existing sky to sky + HD as far as i know what i need to do will be, install another...
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Hi all, not sure if i'm posting in the right place but hey ho.. I currently live in a apartment block and have been unable to receive sky tv etc...
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