Doh! I can't believe I read about the £49 deal people are getting a few days after I handed over my £105 - should be £90 but for some reason my account can't upgrade online so I need to chase that back...
Anyway, seems this has become the thread for upcoming HD owners with questions about installers so here goes
My install is booked for a week on Saturday and I'm swapping out my Sky+ box for the Sky+HD box and replacing my basic Sky receiver with the "old" Sky+ box. When we bought this house 18 months ago, the previous owners had Sky in the opposite corner of the lounge which the cables didn't reach to so the cables have been extended just after they enter the house, plus it looks like their install was an upgrade to Sky+ as the 2 cables come in through different holes, one having a grommet and the other doesn't! 3 questions folks - and it seems opinions on installers are mixed so not sure what to expect in reply!
1. As I'm going to have to get another cable put into the second room to handle Sky+ and its twin tuner, would I be within my rights to ask the installer to run new full length cables from the dish to the TV in the lounge too? There are some channels that break up from time to time and I'm convinced it's the extension connectors as nobody I know round about us suffers on the same channels when we do. I can't name too many examples right now but C4+1 and some of the kids channels spring to mind.
2. If the installer does that - and for £30 to swap a box over this time and £50 last time to plug the boxes into the existing cable setup and make the activation call to Sky I'd like to think they would
- do you think I could ask him to pop a network cable I have through the hole in the wall and tack it alongside the co-ax feeds back to the dish and to the other room? My wireless signal is dire at the back of the house where the conservatory is so I was thinking of running a network cable to the convervatory and installing a wireless access point there. I don't need the installer to actually configure the network or crimp on the RJ45 connectors or anything, it's literally just a case of getting the cable round the outside of the house.
3. Are today's installs (sounds like my last install was sometime during the dark ages!) made using 2 discrete cables to each room (requiring 2 cables) or is it 2 cable cores inside a single sheath? Not a huge difference technically but I suppose it's a bit neater with the single sheath approach, especially when it comes to putting holes in walls!
Any opinions? I'm hoping (1) is a given that I can ask for that but given that it's an upgrade install, maybe not. I appreciate any responses these are purely opinions - just looking for advice.
Cheers, Colin