Installing Sky+ as multiroom yourself...

[MFeely88]

So I just rang Sky about getting Sky+ Multiroom, and they said £200! So I think I'm going to install it myself. We already have a Sky+ box spare and the LNB is 4 way. Is it just a case of running a shotgun cable from the dish to the multiroom, getting a new card and pairing it up?

[Woodster]

Pretty much, but you must make sure that both boxes are also connected to your phone.

[Smithy99]

You don't need to use shotgun cable, standard satellite cable will work although you will need to drill two holes.

Easy to do, certainly not £200. A local company may do it for £60-80.

[dholdi]

You don't need to use shotgun cable, standard satellite cable will work although you will need to drill two holes.

Or one bigger one
I'm a big fan of shotgun cable - much neater.
As Smithy says tho its nowhere near £200 of a job.
Dont know the size of your house tho if its pretty normal I reckon you could do it yourself for £20ish.
20m White Twin Satellite Shotgun Cable Sky Plus & Clips on eBay, also, Other Satellite Cable, Satellite Cable Freeview, Consumer Electronics (end time 08-Feb-09 12:08:32 GMT)
Check his listings, does various lengths and colours.
That was from a quich search, there are plenty of others.

[jonlucpicard]

Hi, will sky allow you install your own box?
How do you obtain a viewing card?
My daughter wants sky in her room and has asked me if i can install it for her but i didn't sky allowed you to do this.

Cheers
Jon

[Smithy99]

Yes, you can install it yourself, A fresat card is £20.00, or if you wanted you could just run a fed from the RF2 output of the current receiver to her bedroom, this will allow her to watch the same Sky channels as downstairs.