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Tidying up cables

manjup — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:43:02 GMT

Im just trying to tidy up the cables around my sky+ box as i cancelled Sky TV a while back as i have a TV stick. I have kept my box connected as i can still get the freeview channels from Sky.

So my question is can i remove the phone line from the back of my box to my main socket and also there is a yellow cable that goes from the back of the sky box to the sky hub. What is this for and can it also be removed now?

Im not tech savvy at all so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Tidying up cables

Annie+UK — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:48:21 GMT

Neither of those cables are required for Freesat and may be removed

Re: Tidying up cables

manjup — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:02:28 GMT

@Annie+UK

Thanks so much for your prompt reply.

Re: Tidying up cables

manjup — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:46:51 GMT

@Annie+UK

Sorry i forgot to ask does the yellow cable have anything to so with my broadband speed as ive been having issues with this recently.

I have been trying to check my speed on My Sky as ive been monitoring it but it must be down as the message comes up with outage in your area.

Re: Tidying up cables

Annie+UK — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:49:58 GMT

That cable just gave your Sky box access to on demand etc... if plugged in but unused it should not affect your broadband speed

Re: Tidying up cables

manjup — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:10:59 GMT

@Annie+UK

Oh ok thanks so much for your reply.

Re: Tidying up cables

TimmyBGood — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:38:33 GMT

@manjup wrote:

Sorry i forgot to ask does the yellow cable have anything to so with my broadband speed as ive been having issues with this recently.

Conceivably if the Sky box was malfunctioning, but that's unlikely.