[access-uk] Re: Sky+ question, nothing to do with visual impairment

  • From: "Tyrer, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Tyrer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:26:04 +0100

You know, Sky+ is the best technology I've ever bought.  It's fantastic!

JT


-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Dave
Sent: 15 April 2005 10:11
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky+ question, nothing to do with visual
impairment


And when we upgraded to plus, we used the old box as multiroom.

Cheers
Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky+ question, nothing to do with visual impairment


> Hi Jonathan,
>
> Sky do already offer it.  It is called their Multiroom package.  You can
> have Sky Plus downstairs for example, and up to another two receivers in 
> two
> separate rooms, but not two Sky Plus boxes, because of the amount of 
> tuners.
> You can have either two Sky Plus boxes in total, or two Sky Plus and two
> regular boxes.  Or you can have up to four regular boxes, and not have Sky
> Plus.
>
> All the best
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Tyrer, Jonathan
> Sent: 15 April 2005 09:31
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky+ question, nothing to do with visual
> impairment
>
>
> OK, I understand.  So, we could have four at once if Sky offered it - 
> nice!
>
> JT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Steve Nutt
> Sent: 14 April 2005 19:41
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky+ question, nothing to do with visual
> impairment
>
>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> No, the LNB, not sure what that stands for, is mounted on the dish.  When
> you record one channel and watch another, you have two LNB's.  Each dish 
> can
> have up to four LNB's.  So the two wires go up to the dish, they can't be 
> in
> the box, as each LNB has to receive a separate signal, in order for you to
> watch different channels.
>
> All the best
> --
> Computer Room Services:  the long cane for blind computer users.
> Telephone Voice:  +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS:  +44(0)1438 759589
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Tyrer, Jonathan
> Sent: 14 April 2005 15:42
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Sky+ question, nothing to do with visual impairment
>
>
> We've got Sky+, there's two wires from the dish to the box.  The guy who
> installed it told me that's so you can watch one channel and record a
> different one at the same time.
>
> My question is this, I think we only have one dish, so why does there have
> to be two wires.  Surely there's some sort of gizmo in the dish that 
> splits
> the signal into the two wires, so why isn't this gizmo in the box?  Also,
> why only two and not more.  I do actually want to record two channels and
> watch a third some times.
>
> JT
>
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