topic Re: Replacement sky hdmi lead in Sky Q

Replacement sky hdmi lead

Mike+ferrier — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:47:54 GMT

How do I acquire an extra long sky hdmi lead? It is for a q box in a bedroom but it will need to be chased into the wall, hence needs to be extra long,

thanks

Re: Replacement sky hdmi lead

nigea99 — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:02:24 GMT

@Mike+ferrier wrote:

How do I acquire an extra long sky hdmi lead? It is for a q box in a bedroom but it will need to be chased into the wall, hence needs to be extra long,

thanks

hi @Mike+ferrier

you can get them from lots of places including the big online store. - although HDMI v 1.4 is OK for HD (max from a SKy Mini) personally I would still suggest you get an HDMi 2.0 certified cable.

No need to pay a fortune even for long cables

Re: Replacement sky hdmi lead

oldfella — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:04:46 GMT

@Mike+ferrier wrote:

How do I acquire an extra long sky hdmi lead? It is for a q box in a bedroom but it will need to be chased into the wall, hence needs to be extra long,

thanks

Hi @Mike+ferrier

Assume this is for a mini box.

Long leads (over 3 meters) can cause issues if you are using UHD. As this is only available on the main Q box it's not highly critical with a mini.

Depends what you mean by Extra long.
Certainly best if you can can chase in trunking and not the lead directly so you can easily replace the lead if there are issues. Trunking size needs to be large enough to accommodate the HDMI end connectors.

Re: Replacement sky hdmi lead

TimmyBGood — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:07:14 GMT

@Mike+ferrier wrote:

it will need to be chased into the wall, hence needs to be extra long,

Always test before plastering. Running cable in a duct is preferable.

Note that if you ever moved to Sky Stream then you'd want 'high speed' cable at three metres max for UHD.