Recording issues

[Hockeyplayer]

We have just replaced our 2 multi room boxes for 2 sky Q they both record the identical programs on each box is this normal? 

[Daniel0210]

@Hockeyplayer 

Yes. Only the main Sky Q box records programmes and they are available on all your mini boxes (apart from UHD content).

[nigea99]

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@Hockeyplayer wrote:

We have just replaced our 2 multi room boxes for 2 sky Q they both record the identical programs on each box is this normal? 

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hi @Hockeyplayer 

SKY Q works quite different to the old separate multiroom option for SKY HD

All recordings are made and stored on the main box & are accessible to every box - except UHD recordings which can only be watched on the main box.

Unfortinately there is no User profile system to separate recordings etc

[Hockeyplayer]

So I suppose I did t need 2 Q boxes then one main box and a mini box?? 

[nigea99]

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@Hockeyplayer wrote:

So I suppose I did t need 2 Q boxes then one main box and a mini box?? 

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A  mini box is still SKY Q & this is what you will have as you cannot have 2 main boxes

The mini box acts as a media client to the main SKY Q box which acts as a Media server to the minis

The Minis do, otherwise work independently being able to watch the same or completely different channels or recordings

[oj01]

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@Hockeyplayer wrote:

So I suppose I did t need 2 Q boxes then one main box and a mini box?? 

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Presumably they look noticeably different? 

[Hockeyplayer]

I've been and idiot, they are 2 different boxes just didn't realise how it all worked, thanks for the help