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Can I transfer recordings from a Sky box via USB? Question: “I have a SKY TV Digital Box and have a USB socket. As the SKY box hard-drive gets full really quickly, I would like to save programs on USB. Please let me know if I can buy any USB to record my programs.(e.g. Kingston…
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We had the following question in from Alan Harris: “I seem to now have a green light showing under the ‘phone’ symbol on the front of my Sky+ HD box which I don’t recall seeing before. Is this a problem and something I need to worry about ? I can’t find my manual to check/confirm.”…
If you have a Sky+ HD box, you can watch content from Sky on your TV using a broadband connection. Originally, this service was only for Sky Broadband customers, but now it can be used on any Broadband service. On this page, we explain what Sky+ Anytime does, and how to enable it on your…
What is Sky Go? First off, let’s discuss what Sky Go is. It’s a service that’s available to all Sky customers, and lets you watch Sky content on the move, typically on a smartphone, laptop or tablet. If you’re not a Sky customer, it’s also possible to get a Sky Go subscription. Sky Go offers…
We had a message from a parent trying to find a way to remove the various adult channels, premium rate ‘phone girl channels, so that her children couldn’t get to them by accident. Removing channels from Sky On older boxes, there is no way to remove channels from the Sky line-up. All available channels are…
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Sky Multiroom Advice We had this question in from Dennis Robinson: “Sky’s online help is useless for trying to find out what deals they are offering for what money and capability, and I suspect their costly help phone call support are the same. I am now wondering about us paying to have Sky Multiroom, but…
Recent Shows on Sky Plus We had the following question from Sarah Betchley : My Sky+ installer told me that it was possible to go back and record a program that had been on a maximum of 24 hrs before. I can not find out how to do this. Can you help please? It…
Telephone line for Sky This question was submitted online: “I have Sky+ HD being connected this week. I have been informed on documentation that they need to connect to my phone line. Why is this? My phone socket is upstairs at the other side of the building. Will the engineer really run a wire through…
Interference when feeding Sky to a second TV Question submitted online by Ken: “I have connected a sky+ box to a second tv with quality coax and it works OK, but I am getting faint diagonal yellow/green lines on display” Our Answer To get the signal from a Sky box to a second TV set…
How do I watch a third Sky channel? Question submitted online We have a Sky+ box but when we want to record two programmes at the same time, we have to be watching one of them at the same time. We can’t watch a third channel. When we try and turn over, a warning sign…
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