Standard Sky Box

[susanduic]

Does anyone know whether replacing a standard sky box with a sky+ box will involve an engineer installing new cables from the dish as it does with a sky+ HD box?

[Mervyn2]

Unless it's changed since I had mine installed, then yes it does. It also involved having a new LNB on the dish arm too.

[Edward G]

Yes it does involve new cable being fitted. The Sky +Box (ie. without HD but with +) uses twin bore or "shotgun" cable. It's two flat moulded cables that are joined together and they end up being about the same width as the standard cable.

[susanduic]

Thank you!

[Arfur Teacake]

I remember when a Standard Sky Box was full of fireworks [IMG]http://vbpullzone.**************dna-cdn.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif[/IMG]

[cassidy]

And I remember the "Paines" I felt when my pocket money wouldn't run to Standard.

I remember when a Standard Sky Box was full of fireworks [IMG]http://vbpullzone.**************dna-cdn.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif[/IMG]

[Arfur Teacake]

And I remember the "Paines" I felt when my pocket money wouldn't run to Standard.

..and who needed cruise missiles when a cheap rocket with a broken stick would chase you around the garden LOL

[mallee59]

The sky+ box uses 2 feeds from a 2 output LNB fitted on the satellite dish which is why it requires the twin or shotgun cable