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What's the max number of Minis you can have?
Just seeing the post above about the RF connector makes me realise just how much we rely on it.
Bought a new house 8/9 years ago but the builder didn't put CAT5 to the rooms, nor any AV cabling - so we have a Sky box and multiroom - 1 HD box in the main lounge, 1 HD box in the second lounge - each using RF out to a loft box and feeding the RF sockets in every room (which the builder put loads in).
So I can walk from room to room downstairs with stuff on in the background - for example we have 2 TVs in the kitchen (opposite sites of a big space) as well as TVs in bedrooms, all of which can tune in and carry on watching the Sky feeds, albeit in SD.
Not been that bothered about the SD, but the convenience of piping both boxes around the house (magic eyes for remote) is undeniable.
So if there's no RF out, I'd need probably 1 silver box and something like 6+ Minis. Unless there's a way to put a mini somewhere (e.g. loft) and feed the HDMI to several places at once using power line or something?
What's the best option?
Just seeing the post above about the RF connector makes me realise just how much we rely on it.
Bought a new house 8/9 years ago but the builder didn't put CAT5 to the rooms, nor any AV cabling - so we have a Sky box and multiroom - 1 HD box in the main lounge, 1 HD box in the second lounge - each using RF out to a loft box and feeding the RF sockets in every room (which the builder put loads in).
So I can walk from room to room downstairs with stuff on in the background - for example we have 2 TVs in the kitchen (opposite sites of a big space) as well as TVs in bedrooms, all of which can tune in and carry on watching the Sky feeds, albeit in SD.
Not been that bothered about the SD, but the convenience of piping both boxes around the house (magic eyes for remote) is undeniable.
So if there's no RF out, I'd need probably 1 silver box and something like 6+ Minis. Unless there's a way to put a mini somewhere (e.g. loft) and feed the HDMI to several places at once using power line or something?
What's the best option?
Despite the positive aspects of the "Q" experience (basically the improved recording ability and the multiroom) I've now lost all patience with the damn thing.
Yesterday, for the second time, the box just decides it won't record anything. It doesn't tell you it's going to do this so you're happily watching other channels whilst recordings fail left right and centre. Worse still, when you go to your recordings, it doesn't tell you about the ones that have failed like Sky+ used to.
So when I sit down to watch the F1, it's recorded the track parade and nothing else. Most annoying, so I try to record the highlights show and it just says "an error occurred, please try later". Well, no, because it won't work later will it?
Power the thing down and on again and suddenly it starts recording the last 20 minutes of the F1 race show - brilliant, thanks.
Go to the Sky website to complain, but you can't because it's either live chat (not working) or call, not really interested in 40 minutes on hold, I just want to mail off a complaint. Worst still, as I'm searching for the complaints procedure I land on a page that announces the F1 result to me.
I've had to power on/off my Sky Q box more times in a month than I did the old box in two years. f
k knows if I'm just unlucky but it seems to me this thing was not ready for release.
Yesterday, for the second time, the box just decides it won't record anything. It doesn't tell you it's going to do this so you're happily watching other channels whilst recordings fail left right and centre. Worse still, when you go to your recordings, it doesn't tell you about the ones that have failed like Sky+ used to.
So when I sit down to watch the F1, it's recorded the track parade and nothing else. Most annoying, so I try to record the highlights show and it just says "an error occurred, please try later". Well, no, because it won't work later will it?
Power the thing down and on again and suddenly it starts recording the last 20 minutes of the F1 race show - brilliant, thanks.
Go to the Sky website to complain, but you can't because it's either live chat (not working) or call, not really interested in 40 minutes on hold, I just want to mail off a complaint. Worst still, as I'm searching for the complaints procedure I land on a page that announces the F1 result to me.
I've had to power on/off my Sky Q box more times in a month than I did the old box in two years. f
k knows if I'm just unlucky but it seems to me this thing was not ready for release.The launch of the HD boxes wasn't much different. I remember having to call up, reset boxes etc.
Ours has been pretty faultless, a couple hard resets in mornings but nothing missed because of them, Mini's work great with no disconnections.
Just the known faults to do HDMI control really, hopefully they fix them soon along with added stability.
Ours has been pretty faultless, a couple hard resets in mornings but nothing missed because of them, Mini's work great with no disconnections.
Just the known faults to do HDMI control really, hopefully they fix them soon along with added stability.
Sounds like I've been unluicky. I didn't even include the number of times the mini has failed to work, or both boxes say there is a connection issue with etiher each other or the wifi, or countless other issues I'm having. I woudn't mind but I'm actually paying extra for this stuff....
It's very reliant on the network, the installer said ours was one of the best meshes he's seen so maybe that helps.
The box is also a lot more sensitive to bad signal, and that can cause odd issues. It wouldn't even work with the cables that were fine and max signal with the HD box it replaced.
The box is also a lot more sensitive to bad signal, and that can cause odd issues. It wouldn't even work with the cables that were fine and max signal with the HD box it replaced.
anyone else had sound dropout from from the silver box when feeding an AVR? mine does it every now and then maybe once in a half hour program but not always
i had sky round fitting a wifi signal booster on saturday it not really made any difference as i still get a very stty 5Ghz signal as the router never swaps the connection over to the booster 
i had sky round fitting a wifi signal booster on saturday it not really made any difference as i still get a very s
tty 5Ghz signal as the router never swaps the connection over to the booster timetex said:
skahigh said:
You could also use an HDMI splitter and a dvb-t modulator to get an HD RF signal out, this is how I'm currently sending my non-q sky signal around the house.
Do you then have to have anything else at the other end of the co-ax (another modulator?) to get this working?ETA. Here's my setup, probably much more complex than you would need.
Edited by skahigh on Tuesday 17th May 11:19
Edited by skahigh on Tuesday 17th May 11:19
mckeann said:
I work away for 2 weeks out of 5, i want to be able to download recorded content, but i believe you can only download it when at home.
Is there any way to use a tablet to view recorded programmes, when not conected to the home network??
You should get Sky Go Extra with Sky Q so whilst you can't download off your actual planner, you should find most is downloadable via catch up.Is there any way to use a tablet to view recorded programmes, when not conected to the home network??
We've got Sky Q now.
It's good so far, but I've changed my router from a BT Home Hub5 to an Asus one. Sky Q was set up using wifi on the HH5, but now I'm using powerline adaptors to connect the Sky Q box via ethernet with the mini still connected via the wifi network. After this, I'm getting network connectivity problems on the mini where, sometimes, it can't see the Silver Box on the network. I'm planning on connecting the mini via ethernet tomorrow; does anyone have any experience of this?
Secondly, I'm watching the box set of Prison Break at the moment and I have to put the pin in for every downloaded episode. I think that I've disabled the need to enter my pin on every menu I can find. Am I missing something?
Thanks
It's good so far, but I've changed my router from a BT Home Hub5 to an Asus one. Sky Q was set up using wifi on the HH5, but now I'm using powerline adaptors to connect the Sky Q box via ethernet with the mini still connected via the wifi network. After this, I'm getting network connectivity problems on the mini where, sometimes, it can't see the Silver Box on the network. I'm planning on connecting the mini via ethernet tomorrow; does anyone have any experience of this?
Secondly, I'm watching the box set of Prison Break at the moment and I have to put the pin in for every downloaded episode. I think that I've disabled the need to enter my pin on every menu I can find. Am I missing something?
Thanks
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