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  1. T

    Using sky box as freeview, problems

    After being dole scum for a while now (my own view of myself atm. not denigrating anyone else off work just now) one of the things we had to let go was our sky subscription. I thought the box would still be able to be used for the freeview channels and up to now it has been. Now, on a lot of the...
  2. L

    freeview and sky in each room help

    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. Originally he wanted free view in 3 bedrooms, lounge and kitchen, then sky + in lounge, and one multiroom in one bedroom. So I was just going run...
  3. R

    Sky + Terrestrial tv on 1 cable? help please

    Hi I am a 4th year electrician and enquiring for some help. Recently my cousin wanted sky in every room so basicaly I pulled a CT100 cable (from RF2) from his living room to the roof space where i installed a Booster that allows more than 1 magic eye to be used. He has terrestrial tv in 2...
  4. oxford 12

    Sky tv channel interference

    Seem to have problems with channel 4 at times,the picture distorts yhen goes back to normal.This is starting to happen on some other channels.Any ideas any one?:hurray:
  5. M

    Gave the Sky HD box and LCD tv 500v IR and got away with it!!!

    as topic and i zapped the fridge a few times as well :S Iv read the horror storys!! I got away with it!!
  6. Mr Mark Sparks

    has your sky gone fuzzy

    in the norfolk area (others may be the same) this week as part of the digi switch over they have moved some channels and turned up the power the result of this is that as standard the sky rf2 outlet is fed on ch 68 and something is now interfearing with all tvs fed via rf2 its a simple fix...
  7. S

    I have Sky HD Freesat.........

    So I have the dish and the HD box am currently using Sky Freesat. Do the sky engineers cards still float about or is that a thing of the past?
  8. G

    Sky magic eye and free view

    I live in a flat and I have sky+ and also a communal (sorry for spelling) airiel on roof to tv point in living room. I want to take a cable from living room to 2 bedrooms to feed one tv with a digi box freeview and another tv with built in freeview. I also want to install sky magic eye in both...
  9. C

    Cancelling sky sub

    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 for another freesat box (have one upstairs). Anyone know if my sky plus box will work as a freesat box if I cancel my subscription? Thanks all for...
  10. E

    Sky News feature on PV this morning

    Sky News are doing a bit this morning on how many people are putting panels onto their homes, interviewing one guy who has 8 panels on his roof, apparently he paid £15,500 for that!!! Poor bloke.
  11. L

    Sky RF2 and DTV signals.

    Hi All, Got a customer who at the moment has this set up.... Analogue aerial and Sky dish both feeding into the Sky box. Then from RF2 it has been split in the loft to feed a TV in the kitchen and another in the bedroom so they can CURRENTLY get the 5 analogue stations plus what ever is on the...
  12. S

    Extending sky cable...

    What's the best type of cable to use to minimize signal loss? It's not gonna be too long a run, maybe about 10 m :confused:
  13. i=p/u

    sky wireless broadband

    hi , hope you can help me on my way of sorting my wee problem, if i have 1. someone has asked me to set up there sky wireless broadband, their pc hasnt got wireless , would a wireless broadband adapter be all i need to set this up as the pc is in different room from phoneline??? cheers if you...
  14. M

    Sky

    righty here goes Im moving house Sky + gettin installed in living room Id like SKY in all rooms could I take the leads from LNB to attic space and fit a distrbution unit leading to other rooms? or would I require to get an octo LNB? Ill have a box in living room,master bed and kids room other 2...
  15. zone77

    what type of outlet for sky+??

    can someone please advise me what type of front plate (outlet) to install when i have 2 coaxes for sky + in a single back box:confused: thanx
  16. ringer

    Can I use a Sky dish with two cables to feed two Freeview enabled TVs?

    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 TV and Main bedroom TV are both fed from an aeriel inside the loft. Both have poor signal and terrestrial only. There is a sky dish with a quad lnb...
  17. P

    Anyone work for sky?

    Sky have a offer on where an employee of there's can refer friends and they recieve half price sky for a year, anyone here fancy helping me out. I'll make a donation to charity on your behalf. it would be much appreciated. regards, Paul
  18. G

    sky tv cable connection question

    hi guys am wiring a new build and am wondering what is the best cable to run from a sky tv dish and would it be a good idea to run 2 from dish..am running to splitter and then branching off to all rooms in the house..there are at least ten tv outlets in the house in seperate rooms...i have RG6...
  19. O

    Sky - how many cables??

    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 added whilst his house is being torn apart! I've viewed a number of threads but don't seem to have found one which covers my question - I'll...
  20. D

    SKY HD Self Setup

    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 replace with your existing sky box then call sky to upgrade channel packs to include HD etc... Can I not just plug this in and get free sky channels as...

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