sharkhunter Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hi all, before we jump can anyone tell me if you can record on a sky plus box here in france. We have a subscription in UK on a matching box and we can get a 2nd box with the extra £120 subscription, but will it record here in france? The telephone connection is, we hear, not necessary for the extra box as long as the main box is connected to telephone line. Any help is welcome, Hugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I'm no expert on Sky contracts, but my understanding is that forSky Multiroom (ie 2nd mirror sub) Sky DO regularly check that bothboxes are plugged in to the SAME phone line. So bringingone over to France for extended periods is likely to provoke Sky intodemanding two separate full price contracts.But not myself being prepared to pay Sky anything more than the bare minimum I'm not an expert on these high value subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I believe that he Sky+ box will work as a PVR regardless of what it is connected to. It is the "series record" and the like that requires the telephone connection - isn't it? Probably! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 hi ok can I take it you are wanting to bring one sky box here and leave one in the uk ??? if so when you take out a new contract for the second box it must be conected to the phone line for 12months, read the small print on the contract. but your old box if you have had it for more than 12 months is ok without a phone line . as the box and card are " married " together just bring out your old box and card ,and it will work as norm ,but as nick says you need the phone line for recording linked seriesdave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I think until the OP tells us if the two contracts are separate orwhether it's a mirror sub contract we can't help anyfurther. I took it to mean a mirror sub (which relies onthe two boxes being telephonically co-incident - I'm not sure one canget a stand alone Sky contract for £120 pa) but if they're twoseparate contracts....OP - where are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeydo Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Beg to differ. Our sky+ box is not connected to phone line and we still get series links with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimportequoi Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Same as Honeydo - we have Sky + here with no phone line connection and it records everything incl. series links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 .... but presumably not as a mirror sub'd box with the parent boxat a different address (which is how I understand the OP to be planningtheir set up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 On the subject of Sky and telephone lines, if you are thinking of going for HD, forget it via SKY in France. The box changeover has to be done by a SKY appointed engineer for starters and he sends a message enlivening the box down the phone line and calls SKY, then the client has to call SKY to confirm the connection. The connection and coding of the new HD box is made via the phone line NOT via the satellite as used to be the case and if you take out the phone link, you lose the connection, I asked the SKY bloke specifically if it was possible to have an "accommodation" address in the UK and use the HD box abroad after it was connected and he said it was not possible because of the required continuous phone link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkhunter Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 Hi all, many thanks for the info, got a sattelite installer coming round to see me and get all the necessary info from him. All info was welcomed and recieved gratefully, Hugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Interesting Ron. The cynic in me doubts that Sky areputting all these hurdles in the way for any other reason than totighten up their control over where boxes are. The advice to everyone is: don't pay Sky for the pleasure of being shackled unless you have thought it through.It won't be long until HD boxes are available from the shops (providedthe BBC keep on transmitting HD, although there's a question markover that I believe) and these will be free of the Sky shackles(although they won't of course work on Sky channels). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 MartinI am surprised that you think Sky would be interested in putting unnecessary hurdles in the way of viewers.I know they are under constant pressue from the distribution houses to respect their sole distributorship arrangements for the UK and Eire, but I cannot believe it would be in their interests to inhibit the quarter of a million or so viewers who are outside of their distributorship region. If they lost them overnight the viewing figures would look pretty dreadful all of a sudden, and that wouldn't do the world of good for the share price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 AndyMartin is actually spot on and your viewing figures theory is, sorry, a load of gorrox.Sky's viewing figures come from the same source as the BBC and ITVs figures via JICTAR and extrapolated figures from set top boxes in the UK. Do you really believe that SKY care two hoots or count as "viewers" people they don't actually know about as they are out of contract and/or don't have a phone connection, adding to their viewing figures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Ronmy "viewing" figures are based on the quoted (at the shareholder's AGM) subscription levels for Sky. Sorry to have confused viewers and subscribers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Am I right in thinking that a couple of posts have disappeared from here in the last few hours....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Yes, you are right Martin.The moderators have deleted adverts from several posts on this section of the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Thanks clair - thought I was going mad there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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