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    Sky outlet and cable

    I am fitting some sockets behind a tv on the wall tomorrow and the customer is going to have sky rigged up once the room is decorated. I just thought that while i'm at it, it would be better to install an outlet for the satellite dish behind the tv also and make use of the chase im cutting out...
  2. L

    what cable for sky or cable?

    Hi I am renovating a bungalow and have now got a extension shell am now getting the wiring done and have realised its going to be a good idea to get something in for future use before the plastering is done. can any one advise what cables I need to get I currently have freeview and will...
  3. A

    250 watt bulbs for dark sky fittings

    Job lot of bulbs 10 of any sensible offers
  4. K

    Goodbye SKY

    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 package at half price they said No so Hello freesat
  5. 0

    sky cabling and magic eye

    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 a satellite cable from the rf out on the sky+hd box into the loft and use a amp and then run a satellite cable down to the main bedroom wire a magic...
  6. amlu

    sky first fix for 5 rooms

    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 and running them from points in every room to the loft, adding a socket in the loft. after the job telling the customer to call to sky people and...
  7. R

    IR repeater with Sky HD

    Hi Everyone I am wanting some advice on IR repeaters. The Sky box and DVD player are to be situated upstairs in a room above where the tv is. I have two HDMI cables coming down the wall but would like to know what I need to control them. I've been looking at IR repeaters but the distance I need...
  8. P

    Problems moving Sky Box and wire

    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 plumber I need know no more). I say this so you know my level of capability. I want to move my Sky box from one end of my lounge to the other (a total of...
  9. K

    Sky plus hd

    Got a bit of a problem with my sky+ it says that I have only 1% memory left but have very little recorded. did a bit of digging about and been told to do a planner rebuild, the instructions are unclear, anyone have any idea what I do (and how to do it.) or do I need to do something else cheers
  10. T

    advise on sky installation please????

    Hi all was wondering if anybody could help who has knowledge with sky installation , currently doing a rewire and am pulling in the sky points so the cable is hidden, in total there is going to be 8 tvs and they want sky for each one of them, pulling in twin satalite cable for sky plus but do...
  11. D

    Sky Dish cable

    Hi, I have a 4way LNB on my sky dish but only 3 of the ports are in use. I also have an unused sky box. What is the cable called that goes from sky dish to sky box? and where can I get it from? Thanks, Dan :)
  12. D

    Sky high quote and false claims??

    Hi, Not been on here for a long while after having my solar pv system fitted in November 2011, but looks like things have massively changed. A friend of mine just called me to say their 78 year old parents have just signed today for a pv system. From what I've roughly worked out, it looks...
  13. DaveyD

    sky hdmi

    Hi chaps. Can't find a simple answer - perhaps I'm not looking for the right thing. Customer is getting two sky boxes for two rooms. Wants hdmi outlet by box and outlet for wall mounted flat screen tv. I have the female to female outlets. The cables I purchased are 1.3 hdmi. Is that...
  14. R

    Sky setup through Labgear HDU 681

    Help please, I have Sky + which was connected via dish direct to sky box in living room, After a recent Re-furb, I purchased the labgear HDU 681, in the hope of distributing the Sky signals to 4 tvs around the house, the setup manual supplied with this is at best very poor and when its switched...
  15. T

    Sky+, Digital TV, CCTV.. Over 20 outputs, Recommendations?

    I want to send sky+, digital TV and CCTV to over 20 outputs, any recommendation on any units capable of doing this? And allowing me use magic eye to control sky reciever... Seen all the "loft box" and labgear units but they don't have enough outputs
  16. M

    sky f type point help

    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 dual cable to dish position from main tv area . with single cable to second tv position from main tv area . all coiled up into a single metal back box ...
  17. D

    sky installers !!!!!!!

    had a visit from the sky installers, have just finished wiring a 4 bed detatched million pound house, against my advice the owner got sky in, they promptly arrived LATE and where i had left two shotgun cabes for him to install the dish he took one look at it and said, nah cant do it there there...
  18. D

    Sky vs BT

    currently have sky.... currently have bt broadband and phone im weighing up pros and cons of all services with sky or all with BT!!!! so far sky is better for TV shows but BT have nice fibre in my area...!!
  19. M

    running additional sky to apartment?

    morning, I've a job where the customer wants to run an additional sky box in their new apartment. The block has one dish, that feeds a signal into a 10 way multiswitch (i presume similar to an amp?) then all ways are used up to supply 10 existing sky boxes. Can i split, again, the one that...
  20. C

    need to install 3 sky points in a house

    HI, I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on installing 3 sky points in a domestic house. Would i just need to run shotgun cable from the main sky point to the 3 individual rooms that need the points? Any help would be most appreciated

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