Question re Virgin Media V6 boxes

[Grahamfff 10]

In our house we have a V6 box in the living room downstairs and an additional box in the attic. The second box enables me to view cable TV but has no hard drive, so no recording, rewind etc.

 

VM are offering to replae the second box with a V6 for free (though I understand some people are having difficulty getting VM to actually deliver on this offer!)

 

My question is, do I really need a second box - can I run the downstairs and attic TVs off the same V6 box and do without the second one altogether. How woudl I do this?

 

Thanks

[alarmingmark 32]

No ...the downstairs box will just stream to the upstairs box 

[Grahamfff 10]

So how do I set this up?

[ez8004 10]

1 hour ago, Grahamfff said:

In our house we have a V6 box in the living room downstairs and an additional box in the attic. The second box enables me to view cable TV but has no hard drive, so no recording, rewind etc.

 

VM are offering to replae the second box with a V6 for free (though I understand some people are having difficulty getting VM to actually deliver on this offer!)

 

My question is, do I really need a second box - can I run the downstairs and attic TVs off the same V6 box and do without the second one altogether. How woudl I do this?

 

Thanks

What are you talking about?  If you are contracted to have a second box with VM, then they will replace it free of charge, its in the contract!  Al equipment supplied from VM is replaced free of charge if it doesn't work as intended. 

[zaci 12]

You could use your old tvo box upstairs,  this video shows  one way to go about doing this.

 

 

[Grahamfff 10]

9 hours ago, ez8004 said:

What are you talking about?  If you are contracted to have a second box with VM, then they will replace it free of charge, its in the contract!  Al equipment supplied from VM is replaced free of charge if it doesn't work as intended. 

Yes, I know it's in the contract, but I was thinking if I don't need the second box, I'd ask VM to remove it and so reduce the price of my package. But it appears that i do need 2 boxes after all.

Edited January 18, 2019 by Grahamfff

[alchresearch 214]

VM are probably wanting to replace your old box because older ones can be easier hacked.  I bet the new one can be controlled more by them.