sky multiroom help

[dee65]

hi i have one double sky socket in living room running of communal dish , can i get sky multiroom with this , ty

[VEX]

Yes and No.

The double feed is traditionally so that you can watch one channel while recording another on a standard Sky HD box. So no, unless you dont want to record, this is normally used to feed one sky box.

If you communial system has been upgraded to Sky Q, then the answer is yes. This new system allows you to watch one and record up to 6 (IIRC) other programs at the same time. If you then rent thier new Q Mini boxes this will piggy back of the first box and allow you to indepentantly watch channels with out the need for another cable connection.

Hope that makes sense.

V.

[dee65]

i understand ty 4 fast reply ,

[hoppo4.2]

If your system is ready for Q you can

[jonwm]

Sky Q would be your best bet here.

[hoegaardenruls]

It is possible to run a Sky HD box off in single feed mode, and maintain functionality, which would leave the second feed available for another box. This also requires the LNB on the OP's communal system to have been upgraded to support Sky Q.

Again, up to the OP to find out if the communal system will support single feed and/or has been upgraded to support Sky Q.

However, Sky Q may be the better option - just depends on upgrade pricing from the current setup as Sky weren't prepared to match the offer pricing for a new customer when I tried.

[VEX]

hoegaardenruls said:

It is possible to run a Sky HD box off in single feed mode, and maintain functionality, which would leave the second feed available for another box.

But it does restrict your recording capabilities, which is why I mentioned it in my reply.

hoegaardenruls said:

This also requires the LNB on the OP's communal system to have been upgraded to support Sky Q.

No, Single Feed Mode does not need a Sky Q upgrade

V.

[hoegaardenruls]

VEX said:

hoegaardenruls said:

It is possible to run a Sky HD box off in single feed mode, and maintain functionality, which would leave the second feed available for another box.

But it does restrict your recording capabilities, which is why I mentioned it in my reply.

hoegaardenruls said:

This also requires the LNB on the OP's communal system to have been upgraded to support Sky Q.

No, Single Feed Mode does not need a Sky Q upgrade

V.

Had forgotten the name of the unit, but I was referring to a dSCR multiswitch not the LNB for the communal system.

Quoting from elsewhere:

"If the Communal Multiswitch that feeds your new property is older than around seven years old it will probably just be supplying one Legacy satellite feed and this will not be able to be split to achieve the full capabilies of your Sky+ HD receiver.

If the Communal Multiswitch is capable of supplying either a Legacy or SCR feed to your Sky+ HD receiver then you will be able to use the SCR option as your receiver LNB type and then use a simple splitter to derive the two feeds that are required to make use of all the Sky+ HD receiver facilities.

If the communal multiswitch has been upgraded to a Sky Q compatible dSCR Multiswitch then the single cable that you are presented with will either allow Legacy satellite reception, SCR mode via a splitter to achieve the twin feeds required by your Sky+ HD box, or a Sky Q receiver when configured to use the SCR LNB mode.

So you need to establish what type of Communal Multiswitch is feeding the single cable connection to your new property."

[VEX]

But if you are doing that then you should really just go straight to SkyQ.

SCR as it was for SkyHD boxes was absolutely pants I gave up trying to use it on any projects.

The dSCR’s for SkyQ are a lot better but not perfect either, the SkyQ boxes need an additional PSU which sky do not provide as not many installers carry.

V.