Sky+ upgrading hard drive yourself
I've been told that I can't receive the Sky Anytime for TV as I have the old type box. They want £159 to upgrade and the same to cancel my subscription which has 10 months to run. I didn't get the newer box as I got it for free for staying with Sky and not changing to Virgin. I shall be going to Virgin now next year. But that for the moment is in the future.
Can a hard drive be added to my current box, and will that make the Sky Anytime available as there will be more space? |
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Presuming that you have the sky+ stb then a larger hard drive can be fitted, the one recommended is the maxtor, if you do a google you should find what you are looking for, but whether doing that will enable you to receive the sky Anytime tv I can not say for certain. How long ago did you get the stb? I have had mine around 2 years now and mine is anytime tv enabled. |
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April this year, was told that I need a PVR box, which I understand is the newer model.
Yes, sorry it is Sky+ |
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Right, it is a sky+ box that you were given april this year? I got mine 2 years ago and I am able to get the anytime tv. I pressed the services tv button, this opened another menu with the anytime tv option, pressing that option asked the question " set up anytime tv ? " I just selected yes and it was done. Mine is the thompson box, although I cannot see how that would make a difference. You say they said you need a pvr, if you have a sky+ box you have a pvr? |
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I've got an amstrad, but when I get home I will do as you say. Sky never made that suggestion to me.
Thanks.:) |
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This thread might be useful. It says you need the V3 box...
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/92...y-anytime.html Also from http://anytime.sky.com/faqs/faqs_ontv.aspx Quote:
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My code is 4F2001, so I won't be able to get it then.
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I found a good chap on ebay that's going to do me a pvr2 box (not the anytime one) with a new 250 hd and a new quad lnb for £129.50 inc postage.
He does pvr3 stb's with larger hd also. Pm me for his email addy. |
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I got a free box too dont want anytime but I will upgrade the hdd myself. I had a box before and changing the hdd is easy. I managed with brute force and pliers but a torx screwdriver set helps lol
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I turned off Anytime as there wasn't anything on it I was interested in and I thought it was making the box noisy as it was writing these programs to disk.
Turning it off didn't fix the noise problem, but I haven't missed not having Anytime. |
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This will help.
http://www.morlocks.co.uk/sky.htm |
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