topic Re: Move sky box or aerial in Sky Q

Move sky box or aerial

Stav1867 — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:12:46 GMT

I am wanting to move the location of my tv and sky q box to the other side of the living room. How can i do this without having a long cable trailing around the living room?

Re: Move sky box or aerial

oldfella — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:25:00 GMT

@Stav1867 wrote:

I am wanting to move the location of my tv and sky q box to the other side of the living room. How can i do this without having a long cable trailing around the living room?

Hi @Stav1867

If the new position is on an outside wall it may be possible to re cable to this location from the Satellite dish. Sky would do this at a charge.

Failing this there is not any other option that I can see.

Re: Move sky box or aerial

nigea99 — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:39:21 GMT

@Stav1867 wrote:

I am wanting to move the location of my tv and sky q box to the other side of the living room. How can i do this without having a long cable trailing around the living room?

hi @Stav1867

Realistically your options are limited & will depend on what options are availble to you (i.e. layout of room & access etc.)

As you have probably realised SKY Q does need to be connected via cable to the Sattelite dish.

If there is a suitable entry point externally (i.e. a hole can be drilled closer) and the cable can be routed to it (i.e. nothing preventing access to route the cable) then you can pay SKY or an independent installer to move it

Although I am guessing probably not an option for you, I routed my non SKY cable under my floorboards - so an extension cable could be done that way.

Alternatively - I think a few people might do this - you can get D shaped trunking which can be reasonably inconspicuous, in various shades to hide the cabling that would still need to be routed around the room

Some people have been known to order a mini box (either have or took out a multiroom subscription) & used that in the same room - but it is limited to HD and you might still need to hook up a TV or monitor to the main box from time to time

A completely different approach is to switch from SKY Q to SKY Stream

Re: Move sky box or aerial

OscarRae — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:06:16 GMT

i want to move my tv and sky Q box to the other side of the room I dont mind having cable showing as I can hide them, but how do I get a longer cable and fix it?

Thanks for any help.

Re: Move sky box or aerial

Laing1 — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:31:13 GMT

@OscarRae wrote:

i want to move my tv and sky Q box to the other side of the room I dont mind having cable showing as I can hide them, but how do I get a longer cable and fix it?

Thanks for any help.

@OscarRae you can purchase satellite extension cables as per the link below

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=satellite+cable+extension&crid=2FT5NRENYYGSH&sprefix=satelitte%2Caps%2C116&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_9

Re: Move sky box or aerial

OscarRae — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 17:55:41 GMT

Hi Laing1

Thank you so much.

Will order them now.

Re: Move sky box or aerial

ThomasForeman — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:14:43 GMT

i got a couple of mini boxes and placed one at the other side of the living room and one in the bedroom! NO WIRES as the connect to the main box through WI_FI

Re: Move sky box or aerial

PandJ2020 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:38:19 GMT

@ThomasForeman wrote:
i got a couple of mini boxes and placed one at the other side of the living room and one in the bedroom! NO WIRES as the connect to the main box through WI_FI

Yes, this works. But does not support UHD and you have to pay for a multiscreen subscription.

Re: Move sky box or aerial

Chodley — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:59:10 GMT

And no HDR. It's also slower but how much time do you spend in the menus?