Second Box Help

My brother has a spare BT Vision box which I can have and I was wondering if it is possible to have two boxes running? My plan is to have only one connected to the hub at any one time...
EDIT- I have had a quick search around the forums and seen that similar questions have been asked so thought I would give you more info. We only use BT Vision for the on-demand features as we also have Sky which we use for live TV/recording so will not encounter the same problems people have with recording on two boxes. Is there anything else I should be aware of?

deanbpm wrote:
My brother has a spare BT Vision box which I can have and I was wondering if it is possible to have two boxes running? My plan is to have only one connected to the hub at any one time...
EDIT- I have had a quick search around the forums and seen that similar questions have been asked so thought I would give you more info. We only use BT Vision for the on-demand features as we also have Sky which we use for live TV/recording so will not encounter the same problems people have with recording on two boxes. Is there anything else I should be aware of?
Hi and welcome.
No, nothing further to add. You've pretty much covered all the bases there.
Just make sure before you connect and boot up your second box, your first box is disconnected from the hub.
I've never tried it, but what you propose should work.
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