How to connect smart tv to sky hd box

[Psingh36]

I have bought a smart tv but I don’t know how to connect it to my sky+ box? 
will sky provide me with a new box that has a hdmi cable? 
I currently only have the skart cable or is there any other way?

[Annie+UK]

Contact sky, you might have to upgrade to Sky Q 

[caesarome · Accepted solution]

You can purchase a hdmi cable from online retailers like Amazon, ebay etcor from high street shops,

[Annie+UK]

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@caesarome wrote:

You can purchase a hdmi cable from online retailers like Amazon, ebay etcor from high street shops,

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I'm guessing they have not got a Sky+HD box but just a normal sky+ box so they have no HDMI output to plug the cable into

[Psingh36]

yes thank you i will do that

[Psingh36]

@Annie+UK 
sorry forgot to specify I've got a sky+hd box. 

[goldsmith2805]

Did you manage to connect your smart tv to a sky he box. I'm thinking of getting a smart tv, but have no idea how to connect it to my sky had box. I'm not very tech savvy and some of the answers are confusing to me. Thanks

[Annie+UK]

All modern TVs have HDMI sockets, if your Sky box does not also have an HDMI socket then you'll either need some type of converter or a secondhand Sky+HD box (models DRX890 or DRX895)

[goldsmith2805]

My sky box is sky had, so I guess it has an hdmi port.

[goldsmith2805]

Yes, my sky box is DRX890 so has an hdmi port

[Mark39]

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@goldsmith2805 wrote:

Yes, my sky box is DRX890 so has an hdmi port

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Easy, then. You just need to connect an HDMI cable from your Sky box's HDMI socket to one of your TV's HDMI sockets. No tuning or anything required.

When you want to watch Sky, just turn on your Sky box and your TV might automatically switch the input to the HDMI port. If it doesn't use your TV remote's input button (it might be labelled source or AV rather than input).

[goldsmith2805]

Great, that sounds simple. Only thing is, my remote doesn't have any buttons labelled source or AV.

[Mark39]

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@goldsmith2805 wrote:

Great, that sounds simple. Only thing is, my remote doesn't have any buttons labelled source or AV.

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This is your TV remote?

[goldsmith2805]

Ok great. I've got it. Thank you so much. I said I wasn't very tech savvy. You must think I'm stupid. Once again, thank you so much. I truly appreciate your help. 👍

[Norty]

I have now connected sky to my new smart tv but the screen keeps going off and then comes back on after about a minute with apps showing at bottom.

When i go into SOURCE it is saying that the HDMI port is UNKNOWN.