Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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Do HD boxes have to be constantly connected to phone lines or is it just for installation and software updates?
Reason being, i'm having Sky HD installed this week. Our phone socket is opposite side of lounge to the tv and where the sky box will be. So ideally I just want to run a cable accross for installation and then disconnect it after, to save having to run a cable round the room.
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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Its part of the contract tht it has to be permanently connected, im not sure what happens if you do disconnect it though.
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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I paid a £25 'manual enablement' fee when I had my Sky connected as we don't have phone line in the house.
Doesn't make any difference to the box, just means we don't receive updates. Thats on a standard bo though but I imagine it would be the same for a HD box
[Edited on 25-02-2008 by Conway563]
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
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i have disconnected mine and it pops up on the screen to tell you its unplugged. not sure what will happen if you keep it unplugged though. i'll check later if you want unless someone replies with the answer first.
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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i havent had my sky box connected up for ages. Not HD mind you.
The only time its been connected in the past year was when i bought the Hatton fight a few months ago.
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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After 6 weeks you will get a letter saying plug it back in or they will terminate the service.
Im an employee and this happened to me 
Its a breach of contract, the line needs to be there to do daily updates and for box office stuff.
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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okay...think I will unplug it after installation and then just plug it in occasionally to get updates etc.
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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Hasnt happened to me...
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
Location: Cambridgeshire
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When we had Sky, it only had to be plugged in for the first 12 months, but after that you could unplug it. We left it plugged in for Box Office etc though.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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I have 0 of my 3 sky boxes plugged into the phoneline and have had 0 things telling ne to plug them in.
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