[kaycee]

My Sky digi-box - one of the old types - has now stopped working. Does anyone know anywhere that sells cheap (re-conditioned will do) replacements?

It's only the multi-room box & doesn't get a lot of use, so want to avoid paying out for new box if possible.

Thank you

[mac2708]

Try here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_tr...at=0&_from=R40

[Chasing Shadows]

If its a multiroom box then you are paying Sky an extra £11.50 per month to use it. If it isn't working, tell Sky, and they'll replace it with a new one FOC which does work. If they try and charge you, tell them you want to cancel multiroom. They'll replace it FOC at that point.

[Winston_1]

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Originally Posted by Chasing Shadows

If its a multiroom box then you are paying Sky an extra £11.50 per month to use it. If it isn't working, tell Sky, and they'll replace it with a new one FOC which does work. If they try and charge you, tell them you want to cancel multiroom. They'll replace it FOC at that point.

As you say the £11.50 a month is to use multi room not a rental fee for the box. The box belongs to the customer and is his/her responsibility to replace it when faulty.
Perhaps the OP has higher morals than you and and does not want to extort out of Sky something which he/she is not entitled to.

[kaycee]

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Originally Posted by Winston_1

As you say the £11.50 a month is to use multi room not a rental fee for the box. The box belongs to the customer and is his/her responsibility to replace it when faulty.
Perhaps the OP has higher morals than you and and does not want to extort out of Sky something which he/she is not entitled to.

As you say, the box is mine - it's quite old as it was originally the 'main' box in the living room & moved upstairs when we had Sky+ installed, so my responsibility cost-wise to replace it.

But we don't pay £11.50 ..... Sky messed us about when we ordered Sky+ & gave us a special multi-room fee of £5.50 a month, which I thought was good of them.

Weirdly today it has started working again (after a week) but only sort of! It wasn't picking up BBC1 BBC4 BBC News & a load of other channels like WATCH, but played all the Sky channels - BUT if I remove the sky card it plays BBC1 etc..... Definitely developed its own agenda!!!!

[gemma-the-husky]

I got a HD Sky plus box from a local pawn-shop /cash-convertor type thing for £14.99.

Try something like that.

[Chasing Shadows]

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Originally Posted by Winston_1

As you say the £11.50 a month is to use multi room not a rental fee for the box. The box belongs to the customer and is his/her responsibility to replace it when faulty.
Perhaps the OP has higher morals than you and and does not want to extort out of Sky something which he/she is not entitled to.

But as the multiroom subscription is to allow the OP to watch Sky on a second box - which doesn't work - then there is no point in paying the multiroom fee. Sky would then have the choice - replace the box FOC (which they do for pretty much everybody nowadays) or lose the multiroom subscription. Anybody who takes out multiroom is entitled to a free multiroom box - the OP didn't get a free multiroom box as they moved their old box upstairs - so Sky still owe them a free box anyway.

Though by the OP's next post, it sounds like they might still be in the first twelve months of their multiroom contract as well, if they are still only paying half price for multiroom - in which case the multiroom box is covered under warranty and will certainly be replaced FOC by Sky, even if it wasn't a brand new box when they first took multiroom out.

Not quite sure where the morality issue comes from - although just to annoy you, I will say that I use Powerline adapters to extend my network connections from my router upstairs to my Sky box downstairs - and I recommend the same to everyone I know. And put two fingers up at any saddo who uses CB radio and who listens to shortwave radio broadcasts of police messages.

[kaycee]

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Originally Posted by Chasing Shadows

But as the multiroom subscription is to allow the OP to watch Sky on a second box - which doesn't work - then there is no point in paying the multiroom fee. Sky would then have the choice - replace the box FOC (which they do for pretty much everybody nowadays) or lose the multiroom subscription. Anybody who takes out multiroom is entitled to a free multiroom box - the OP didn't get a free multiroom box as they moved their old box upstairs - so Sky still owe them a free box anyway.

Though by the OP's next post, it sounds like they might still be in the first twelve months of their multiroom contract as well, if they are still only paying half price for multiroom - in which case the multiroom box is covered under warranty and will certainly be replaced FOC by Sky, even if it wasn't a brand new box when they first took multiroom out.

Not quite sure where the morality issue comes from - although just to annoy you, I will say that I use Powerline adapters to extend my network connections from my router upstairs to my Sky box downstairs - and I recommend the same to everyone I know. And put two fingers up at any saddo who uses CB radio and who listens to shortwave radio broadcasts of police messages.

1st bib - I didn't know that, so it would be worth following it up - thank you for info.

2nd bib - no, the initial contract ran out ages ago - am only paying half the amount because Sky messed us about so much; basically they "sold" us a deal, but then said they'd made a mistake. The half-price multi-room deal was their compromise which we accepted.

[Winston_1]

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Not quite sure where the morality issue comes from - although just to annoy you, I will say that I use Powerline adapters to extend my network connections from my router upstairs to my Sky box downstairs - and I recommend the same to everyone I know. And put two fingers up at any saddo who uses CB radio and who listens to shortwave radio broadcasts of police messages. [/QUOTE]

So not only are you immoral you are totally selfish to other people who have a right to practice their hobbies even if they don't interest you. Not to mention the very real problems of interfering with emergency services.

[Chasing Shadows]

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Originally Posted by Winston_1

So not only are you immoral you are totally selfish to other people who have a right to practice their hobbies even if they don't interest you. Not to mention the very real problems of interfering with emergency services.

You practice your hobby little man - and I'll practice mine. Mine of course being completely legal - not sure whether tuning in to police wavebands and getting your kicks listening to where squad cars and helicopters get diverted to is morally correct - or legal. But, hey, Powerline adapters are completely legitimate, completely legal, and you slagging them off every time anybody mentions them on here or AV Forums just makes you look, well, silly.

No surprises there then, eh?

[Winston_1]

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Originally Posted by Chasing Shadows

not sure whether tuning in to police wavebands and getting your kicks listening to where squad cars and helicopters get diverted to is morally correct - or legal.

It isn't legal and I don't do that. I'm not little by the way.

PLT is not legitimate if it causes interference and it always does.
They may be legal to sell, but deliberatly causing interference certainly is not.

[Peter_CJ]

Sky have an offer on 2T boxes for existing customers at 49 pounds.

[kaycee]

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Originally Posted by Peter_CJ

Sky have an offer on 2T boxes for existing customers at 49 pounds.

Sorry, I know I'm a bit dim, but "2T" boxes ? I wouldn't object to paying £49 for a new (or even re-conditioned) box

[mac2708]

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Originally Posted by kaycee

Sorry, I know I'm a bit dim, but "2T" boxes ?

http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/2tb/