Sky multiroom

[lindley010]

I rang sky earlier to ask about sky multiroom, i said i just wanted the standard sky box, first he got confused when the system said it would cost £100, after 10 minutes of him asking colleagues and messing about with the system, he told me i would have to pay £60 a installation fee for the standard box? Is this right? He also told me self-install is not possible on the standard box. (?)

I currently have a Sky+ Box and all the packs including both movies and both sports. Is there anyway i would be able to get it installed cheaply or even free?

2nd question, after the installation and only the £10 a month i will definitely be able to watch a different channel to the main box?

[PaulSky]

The boxes work independently on the same feed so yes you can watch different channels on the boxes, it's not like sharing a feed from the back of a box you are sharing the dish feed itself.

[lindley010]

Hmm thought so, can you answer my question about the installation fee? Is there anyway i would be able to get this free? As £60 is a awful lot for them to connect a few wires to an existing set-up.

[PaulSky]

The engineer will also be putting a new LNB on your dish so that you can feed 2 boxes, unless you already have a quad LNB (doubtful) you will need the engineer visit. Also the boxes will then have to be connected to the telephone line.

[lindley010]

Hmm okay, thanks.

[MartinP]

I currently have a Sky+ Box and all the packs including both movies and both sports. Is there anyway i would be able to get it (multiroom) installed cheaply or even free?

Yes. Since you already have a quad-output LNB on your dish, all you need to do is connect another coaxial cable from a spare output on the LNB to a second Sky Digibox (which you can buy off eBay or through your local paper for no more than £20). Make sure it gets you all the free channels.

You then contact Sky and ask for a multiroom card. They may ask you for numbers off the Information screen of your second Digibox.

I'm not sure if they send a contract to sign or simply post you the multiroom card but, whichever way, you should receive the card through the post, stick it in your second Digibox, then phone Sky and ask for it to be activated.

[Smithy99]

Just check and be sure you have two spare outputs on your LNB there is a chance depending on how old the setup is that it could be a twin LNB.