topic Re: Multi room. in TV

Multi room.

Mike758 — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:33:05 GMT

I want to have tv in 5 rooms. But only watch 1 or 2 at a time. Can I get a main tv box then have 4 mini satellite boxes?

Re: Multi room.

Midnight_Voice — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:13:47 GMT

@Mike758

Alas not, the maximum is three devices, a Pro box or an Apple TV box as your main box, plus two Box Minis as satellites.

And only the Pro box records and has Aerial Mode, which gives you all the broadcast Freeview channels, and it doesn’t redistribute its recordings to the Box Minis, which, like the Apple TV box, give you only a selection of Freeview channels:-

https://www.bt.com/help/tv/guide/ip-freeview-guide.

However, if you want two more devices, it’s fine to source two more YouView boxes from CeX or a well-known auction site, as long as you run them in Aerial Mode, and bear in mind that only three of the five devices can offer the Now and TNT channels in the EPG at once. Though on the other two, you can always use the Now and TNT apps which offer the live channels, but just not via an EPG.

Don’t buy a third Box Mini though, even if you can find one, as only two of them can offer Freeview channels at a time.

Re: Multi room.

XRaySpeX — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:10:00 GMT

It's the EE TV Channel guide to be precise in case it differs from BT.

& it does differ, principally channel nos. & no CITV (203 BT).

Re: Multi room.

Midnight_Voice — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:56:35 GMT

@XRaySpeX @Mike758

https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/TV/I-don-t-have-a-TV-aerial/m-p/1426719/highlight/true#M3625

Re: Multi room.

ardenwasp — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:19:44 GMT

All correct. As of June though, new contracts can only have one EE TV Probox or Apple TV and a TV box mini for free , anymore and you will trigger a ‘too many boxes’ warning if you want to watch Freeview over IP/TNT/Discovery requiring you to switch your subscription between boxes, unless you are prepared to pay a monthly charge for the third box (regardless of whether you sourced it yourself from an auction site).

To be clear, if you wish to share your full EE TV subscription (including Freeview channels delivered over IP, but excluding NOW channels and Freeview channels via aerial) across boxes you can now only have two boxes without an additional multiroom monthly charge, and even this offer is likely to be withdrawn in the future (as confirmed by Darren today).