Just a quick update.......a two man team turned up to install my V+ package....they quite happily installed the second box next to my new V+ ( I had an old Pace box which they swapped out for a new Samsung.
I now have the second box in cpboard. The V+ is working fine. Initially I had no channel on 103, not even on the guide. The box froze on me this afternnon so i rebooted. Bow have all channels and so far so good. Maybe my imagination but the picture seems a lot sharper too