Youview - using retail box for TalkTalk

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• Seymour Cat Posts: 1,147

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  03/12/13 - 16:00 #2

  mickieboi wrote: »

  Only because the Huawei box doesn't have the auxiliary / phono ports at the back (red, white and yellow) to support my surround but the retail / BT one does.

  
  The lack of phono output is easily fixed. I use one of these to connect my box to my amplifier. It has no effect on the HDMI output.

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• mickieboi Posts: 54

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  03/12/13 - 18:19 #3

  Fantastic! Going to find a longer version, however that will fix a multitude of issues. Would a retail box pick up the extra channels and record, though? Doing upstairs as well!

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• Seymour Cat Posts: 1,147

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  04/12/13 - 15:34 #4

  I have two boxes. The first was supplied and installed by TalkTalk, the second I got from ebay for £39.
  
  When I was installing the second box I was given a warning that it looked like I was installing a second box and that TalkTalk didn't support multi-room.
  
  I ignored this and carried on regardless and both boxes work fine.
  
  I don't subscribe to any of the extra tv channels, but the iPlayers work fine on both boxes and we can even watch a different iPlayer programme on each box at the same time.
  
  I can't guarantee that the same is true for subscription channels though.
  
  The box needs a wired connection to the internet (no wi-fi on-board or dongle support) so I use a wi-fi repeater like this one for the iPlayer in my bedroom.

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• mickieboi Posts: 54

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  05/12/13 - 06:11 #5

  Thanks for the info! I thought it was possible to get the OD stuff on a second box, your suggestion may come in handy as not too keen on putting holes through ceilings or wires running up the stairs.

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• tallguy9 Posts: 631

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  05/12/13 - 14:34 #6

  I currently use two TalkTalk boxes and the subscription channels work fine on both. Both have wired connections though

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