@Donny47 wrote:
Hi all.
At the moment we have 2 Sky+ HD boxes my wife uses one in her craft room to record her stuff the other is used on the main TV for both of us. I would like to upgrade to a Sky Q system with one mini box for my wife’s craft room. The only concern she has is in relation to recording programs she wants to watch. At the moment when she records a program or sets up a scheduled recording the red recording light comes on so she knows it is recording, if she gets the mini box and sets up a recording (I know it records on the main box) that she wants to watch in her craft room does the mini box show a red recording light to indicate a recording is taking place or does she have to keep checking the recordings in the menu to make sure they have come on.
Thanks
Hi @Donny47
Afraid there is no indication on a Mini that something is recording without looking in the Mini menu.
You can have up to four minis installed on loan each subject to a one off upfront charge and all under by one single Q monthly Multiscreen subscription
However only two minis can be used simultaneously on all 2 TB boxes and the 1 TB UHD Main boxes to watch Sky Q content.
The original 1 TB non UHD box (32Cxxx) only permits the use of one mini at a time.
If Sky Apps are already being used on some of the minis these will not normally be counted as in Q use and therefore can be used in addition to the above limits.
See the following link for the Versions of main Q box referred to above.
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-software-updates.
Subject to the above limits Sky Q minis can be used completely independently of the main Q box and the same or different program or recording can be viewed on each Q box. Even if viewing the same content it is completely independent and can be viewed at the same or different point.
Minis can do all the features same as the main Q box and can set or delete recordings on the main Q box hard drive. There is one single storage area on the main Q box with no profiles and no indication of which Q box has set a recording. (Unlike Sky+HD Multiroom which has independent storage and planners).
It should also be remembered that minis cannot view UHD recordings or content.
