does the 360 mini need coax connection? or just wifi?

[inbetweendays]

Hi there

I know this thread hasn't been posted on for a while but thought rather than start a new one.

After years with Sky I have cancelled today and am looking at Virgin as an alternative.

I was as it seems were others surprised that the mini box wasn't wireless having been used to Sky Q for a number of years and its mini box being wireless.

I don't particularly want a load of wires through the house so I wondered if using a wifi extender in the room that I want the mini box in and hard wiring it into that would work?

[DinoParry]

I have had the mini box connected to WiFi, without coax since day 1 and it has always worked through channel changes and software updates.

[jonathanpye]

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@DinoParry wrote:

I have had the mini box connected to WiFi, without coax since day 1 and it has always worked through channel changes and software updates.

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If you go back through this thread you will find many users using the mini box without coax. Thank you for your supporting evidence Dino as I am not in that position as I  have 2 full V6 boxes both connected via coax.

[Roger_Gooner]

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@japitts wrote:

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@Roger_Gooner wrote:

The lack of a coaxial cable is not a problem if he's not using the mini to watch live broadcasts.

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Until there's either

1: A channel change/renumbering, or

2: The box is restarted for whatever reason.

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1. If you're not using the mini for watching live TV broadcasts then NIT changes wouldn't be a concern.

2. My V6 reboots fine without the coaxial connection and of course only gets the channels loaded when I reattach the coaxial cable. I assume that the minis work the same way.