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Originally Posted by Graham M
Im pretty certain you don't need both connected, but obviously some of the functions will not work. I can disconnect one tuner on my Sky+ for you at some point to test if you like. Is your Sky dish connected to a socket on the wall?
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With Sky+ & Sky+HD boxes, tuner 2 is normally used for recording, while tuner 1 is used for viewing/recording.
If you only have one input connected, e.g. to tuner 1, then it complicates things whenever you want to do an unattended recording. You have to set a "dummy" recording, which overlaps what you really want, so that tuner 2 gets tied up with the dummy recording. This then causes the actual recording you want recorded to use tuner 1 instead.
Plus obviously only one input means you can't watch one thing & record another, or record two things. You can of course still record whatever you are watching though.
There are other ways around having only one feed, e.g. using a smart priority switch (I use one on my Sky HD box, as we have a communal dish with only one feed per flat). But you need to hook it to the TV SCART on the STB, which while OK for a Sky HD box (as you're prob. using HDMI!) isn't really doable on a Sky+ box as you need it for the TV.
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Originally Posted by dragon
I think if I bought a sky+ box from somewhere other than SKY i can just ring them up give them the Serial Number and get my viewing card paired to the "new" stb.
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Yep, as Graham said there is nothing wrong with getting the box from somewhere else, & just phoning Sky to pair the box & card.
I bought my Sky HD box off eBay last year & installed it myself. Just phoned Sky to pair it with the card, & activate the Sky+ functions.