Page 1 of How Can I Re-Use/View my Sky+ ?

Just had Sky HD. Nice.

Anyway, the question is this ;

I`m not interested in taking multi-room, but wondered if i could connect our old sky+ box to the tv upstairs and simply view stuff we had recorded onto the HDD ?

I have just tried connecting via scart & power cable. No phone line, no sat feeds, i just want to watch pre-recorded stuff off the hard-disk. But the box will not power-on. Is it because there is no viewing card in the slot ? If this is the reason, has anyone got any suggestions ?

Many thanks.

I am fairly sure you have to have a sky signal going in to turn on the HDD on, thus forcing you to go the multi room route.

Dr 42%er.


It`s not easy being different. It`s not easy being cool....but somehow I manage....

You can`t view HDD recordings without a signal and card.
You won`t even be able to use the card from your other box if you want to view recordings from any encrypted channels-but with a signal and the othe card you could watch and record from ITV/BBC and other FTA channels

Thanks 42%`er.

Not what i wanted to hear though. How poo is that ?

Ok, now i am beginning to dislike sky too.

Why is there a need to do that ?

Is there any way around it ?

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Why is there a need to do that ? To get an extra £10 a month out of you.

I think nostalgiadvd gave you more usefull info than me.

Dr 42%er.



It`s not easy being different. It`s not easy being cool....but somehow I manage....