Looking for a little advice please. I recently have changed over to Ntl
digital television and broadband. I had analogue with them for years, 1 set
top box downstairs and a box I bought privately upstairs.

My main digital box is downstairs and runs the putter as well, what I want
advise on is , If I buy another digital set top box privately will it be
compatible and work ok, as I don't fancy having to rent another box off them
at £15 a month :-(

And if getting another box, is there anything else parts etc that I would
need, beside the remote, mains cable etc, would I need another card or could
I just use my card from downstairs and pop it into the second set top box ?

Sorry for acting like a dumb blond guys :-) but I was used to my analogue
and only had the digital a few days, still learning ...:-)

Any advise gratefully received :-)

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Karen


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"Karisto" wrote in message
...
Looking for a little advice please. I recently have
changed over to Ntl
digital television and broadband. I had analogue with
them for years, 1 set
top box downstairs and a box I bought privately upstairs.

My main digital box is downstairs and runs the putter as
well, what I want
advise on is , If I buy another digital set top box
privately will it be
compatible and work ok, as I don't fancy having to rent
another box off them
at £15 a month :-(

Assuming you could buy a box privately, it will probably
need activating from their end, just a guess, mind ;-) I
know they use a seperate feed from the street cab for each
box, and fone lines.


And if getting another box, is there anything else parts
etc that I would
need, beside the remote, mains cable etc, would I need
another card or could
I just use my card from downstairs and pop it into the
second set top box ?

they don't use cards, $ky do, but not NTL. Another reason
the box probably needs activating.


Sorry for acting like a dumb blond guys :-) but I was
used to my analogue
and only had the digital a few days, still learning ...:-)

Welcome to the wonderful, expensive, world of NTL Digital
;-)

P.

"PJB" wrote in message
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"Karisto" wrote in message
...
Looking for a little advice please. I recently have
changed over to Ntl
digital television and broadband. I had analogue with
them for years, 1 set
top box downstairs and a box I bought privately upstairs.

My main digital box is downstairs and runs the putter as
well, what I want
advise on is , If I buy another digital set top box
privately will it be
compatible and work ok, as I don't fancy having to rent
another box off them
at £15 a month :-(

Assuming you could buy a box privately, it will probably
need activating from their end, just a guess, mind ;-) I
know they use a seperate feed from the street cab for each
box, and fone lines.


And if getting another box, is there anything else parts
etc that I would
need, beside the remote, mains cable etc, would I need
another card or could
I just use my card from downstairs and pop it into the
second set top box ?

they don't use cards, $ky do, but not NTL. Another reason
the box probably needs activating.


Sorry for acting like a dumb blond guys :-) but I was
used to my analogue
and only had the digital a few days, still learning ...:-)

Welcome to the wonderful, expensive, world of NTL Digital
;-)

P.



No, you can have two boxes off one cable but they are independently
addressed.


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Woody

" they don't use cards, $ky do, but not NTL.
Of course they use cards! But they are paired to the box i.e. you can't take
a card from one box and expect it to work in another.........
( If you look at your box you will possibly see an empty card slot but if
you open the flap, all will be revealed! )

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 18:46:03 +0100, "Karisto"
wrote:

My main digital box is downstairs and runs the putter as well, what I want
advise on is , If I buy another digital set top box privately will it be
compatible and work ok, as I don't fancy having to rent another box off them
at £15 a month :-(

If you buy another box, it's probably been stolen from ntl (as, AFAIK,
they're not generally available to the public).

And it probably won't work unless you get ntl to activate it, at which
time they'll (a) want to charge you and (b) want their box back ...

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QrizB

I sound like I know what I'm talking about, but don't
be fooled.