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redheads · 12-03-07, 10:01 PM

:? dear techies can ye help out !our tv aerial blew over and i was interested in satellite free to air or sky but on looking into sky package it seems you have to have a seperate box for each tv we have three and this would work out expensive every month,is there any way around watching satellite tv in each room without seperate boxs and expensive monthly subscribtions please please help if there is no way around sky package what about free to air

Analoguesat · 12-03-07, 10:06 PM

If you want Sky you can get an option called multiroom. This mirrors you subscription on the main box to the other boxes in your house. It costs 10 quid a month per extra box AND all boxes MUST be kept connected to the SAME UK phone line at all times.

Freesat is free apart from the cost of the equipment (UNLESS you want a card for Channels 4 & 5 which is a 20 quid one off payment per box.)

redheads · 12-03-07, 10:16 PM

i :?without having to subscribe to sky at all ...is it not posible to watch free to air on more than one t.v. at a time witout having to get more than one box.

Analoguesat · 12-03-07, 10:38 PM

Only if you want to watch the same channel on all tv's

BGonaSTICK · 13-03-07, 12:33 AM

Yep, one tuner per channel. A standard digibox has one tuner, Sky+ boxes have two.

Distributing Sky TV around the house is easy via a simple RF cable, but as AS says, all TV's get whatever the connected digibox is tuned to. You can control the digibox from the second or third room with a 'magic eye' but all TV's still receive the same channel.

Digiboxes are only around £40 - £45 second-hand on eBay, so for around £180 you could get all the equipment to receive independent FTA TV on each telly including dish and quad LNB.

About the same price as having your aerial replaced by the average installer

Add £60 if you want all the boxes to do Channel 4, FIVE, SkyThree etc. via a card.

Please ask if you want to know more.

redheads · 13-03-07, 12:09 PM

much appreciated i am living here in ireland so i assume same rules apply i will get magic eyes for each tv to receive signal from sky from one box but this entails watching same channel simultaneously but as you said i could get digi box's for each tv to watch fta independently

Analoguesat · 13-03-07, 12:25 PM

Yes - apart from you cant (legally) get a ftv card in Ireland so will have to find someone with a uk address to get you some if you need them.

redheads · 13-03-07, 12:40 PM

thanks i understand now, thanks for your time

12-03-07, 10:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
redheads Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	help :? dear techies can ye help out !our tv aerial blew over and i was interested in satellite free to air or sky but on looking into sky package it seems you have to have a seperate box for each tv we have three and this would work out expensive every month,is there any way around watching satellite tv in each room without seperate boxs and expensive monthly subscribtions please please help if there is no way around sky package what about free to air

12-03-07, 10:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Analoguesat Site Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 7,612 Thanks: 7 Thanked 194 Times in 182 Posts	Re: help If you want Sky you can get an option called multiroom. This mirrors you subscription on the main box to the other boxes in your house. It costs 10 quid a month per extra box AND all boxes MUST be kept connected to the SAME UK phone line at all times. Freesat is free apart from the cost of the equipment (UNLESS you want a card for Channels 4 & 5 which is a 20 quid one off payment per box.) __________________ Dreambox 7020 / Pace Sky Digibox / Amstrad Sky Italia box 5 dishes for 5E/9E/13E/16E/19E/23E/28E Please DO NOT pm the mods & admins for c&ble keys. You may get banned for it! Read the rules before you post - click here to read them

12-03-07, 10:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
redheads Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: help i :?without having to subscribe to sky at all ...is it not posible to watch free to air on more than one t.v. at a time witout having to get more than one box.

12-03-07, 10:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Analoguesat Site Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 7,612 Thanks: 7 Thanked 194 Times in 182 Posts	Re: help Only if you want to watch the same channel on all tv's __________________ Dreambox 7020 / Pace Sky Digibox / Amstrad Sky Italia box 5 dishes for 5E/9E/13E/16E/19E/23E/28E Please DO NOT pm the mods & admins for c&ble keys. You may get banned for it! Read the rules before you post - click here to read them

13-03-07, 12:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Super Murderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,626 Thanks: 3 Thanked 53 Times in 34 Posts	Re: help Yep, one tuner per channel. A standard digibox has one tuner, Sky+ boxes have two. Distributing Sky TV around the house is easy via a simple RF cable, but as AS says, all TV's get whatever the connected digibox is tuned to. You can control the digibox from the second or third room with a 'magic eye' but all TV's still receive the same channel. Digiboxes are only around £40 - £45 second-hand on eBay, so for around £180 you could get all the equipment to receive independent FTA TV on each telly including dish and quad LNB. About the same price as having your aerial replaced by the average installer Add £60 if you want all the boxes to do Channel 4, FIVE, SkyThree etc. via a card. Please ask if you want to know more. __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W


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13-03-07, 12:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
redheads Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: help much appreciated i am living here in ireland so i assume same rules apply i will get magic eyes for each tv to receive signal from sky from one box but this entails watching same channel simultaneously but as you said i could get digi box's for each tv to watch fta independently

13-03-07, 12:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
Analoguesat Site Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 7,612 Thanks: 7 Thanked 194 Times in 182 Posts	Re: help Yes - apart from you cant (legally) get a ftv card in Ireland so will have to find someone with a uk address to get you some if you need them. __________________ Dreambox 7020 / Pace Sky Digibox / Amstrad Sky Italia box 5 dishes for 5E/9E/13E/16E/19E/23E/28E Please DO NOT pm the mods & admins for c&ble keys. You may get banned for it! Read the rules before you post - click here to read them

13-03-07, 12:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
redheads Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: help thanks i understand now, thanks for your time