sky+ and telewest box in same room?

champaine · 01-11-2008, 15:59

Hi guys

I have recently had a sky + box installed in my lounge. I still have my old telewest box, but that is now in my kitchen. Is it possible to now bring back my telewest box back into the lounge? I still want to keep sky +. So, i guess what i'm trying to say is ....can i have both boxes running together?

Simple answers please

thanks

LondonRoad · 01-11-2008, 16:06

Do you mean you want to connect both the tw box and sky+ to the same TV? If so, it can be done provided you have enough connections for your TV to take both. Otherwise you might need a scart switch.

champaine · 01-11-2008, 16:17

Hi, many thanks for your reply. I'm new to all this, so please be patient!! Yes, i want both to run off the same tv. I'll go check my tv now

thanks

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Me again, i've just checked. I have two scart cables already going to the tv; one being sky and the other my dvd.

LondonRoad · 01-11-2008, 16:20

In that case you'll need a scart switch or something similar... or swapping scart leads out everytime you want to switch between the 2.

champaine · 01-11-2008, 16:25

thanks...think i'll get a scart switch. So when i buy that it's just simple to move my tw box and plug in?
ta

kpanchev · 01-11-2008, 17:41

You should have two scarts on each box, one that is output to the tv and another, which is input for a dvd/vcr. Just plug your dvd in one of these and spare yourself the trouble of buying a scart switch.

champaine · 01-11-2008, 18:15

thanks for all your replies guys, really appreciate it...i'll give it a go soon and let u know how i get on

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quick question, i have the tw box here with me now. all rather confusing. i have a video, dvd and sky + box....can u tell me which cable/scart i need to plug in where!!??

thank u !

LondonRoad · 02-11-2008, 13:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpanchev

You should have two scarts on each box, one that is output to the tv and another, which is input for a dvd/vcr. Just plug your dvd in one of these and spare yourself the trouble of buying a scart switch.

Aren't both scarts on TW and Sky+ outputs, i.e. one output to TV and one output to recording device?

Turkey Machine · 02-11-2008, 14:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by harmitage

Aren't both scarts on TW and Sky+ outputs, i.e. one output to TV and one output to recording device?

Correct. The fact they're labelled TV and VCR respectively implies you connect the box to the TV via its labelled SCART socket, and if you want to record from the Sky+/TW on a DVD/video recorder, you connect that up to the VCR SCART socket. A SCART switcher is the only way you can (if you haven't got enough SCART sockets on the telly) watch with many devices.

champaine · 02-11-2008, 17:44

ok, ok, told u i was a bit thick!! Now, u have really confused me. Last night i brought my TW box into the lounge. I then put the scart cable onto the tv. I then moved the one that was on the tv (which was my video) onto the TW box also. But what i don't understand is where do i connect the aerial one? When i put the TW box on, it obviously gave me an error code. I think the problem is the fact that i have a dvd, video and a sky + box?? thank u for being patient!! Now u know why i have a pig as my profile picture, i couldn't bear for anyone to know what i look like !!

LondonRoad · 03-11-2008, 15:17

Leave your DVD as it is. Connect a scart cable from the output scart socket in the Sky+ to one of the available scart sockets on the scart switch. Do the same with the Telewest box. Connect the Scart switch direct to the remaining scart socket in your TV.

You'll get a scart switch (sometimes called a splitter) from places like Maplins and Argos and (puts on voiceover voice) and most good electrical retailers. Or have a quick google. I'd advise against the very cheap ones as they can be very poor quality.

There's a good link here for different connections but there isn't one that gives your set up. It may give you an idea of what is required though.

http://www.flattelly.co.uk/shop/connectivity.php#13

champaine · 03-11-2008, 22:47

thanks for all your help and you still managed a smile!! you are a star...i'll give this a go within the next few days...probably weekend when i can see what i'm doing!! thanks for the link it was most helpful....i'll definitely let u know when i've done it...sure u'll be relieved!!