Hi All.  Just picked up a rather pretty black Avant 28 VHS, not a RF, but then for £150 with a fully ok Beo4 I am certainly not grumbling!

It has the module for surround installed, and the STB controller.  

Questions then:

PiP.. doesn't seem to do anything when i follow the PiP instructions in the manual. I'm guessing the module isn't there. Is there an easy way to find out, and if not there, am I likely to find one for sale somewhere for less than a gigapound?

STB is fitted, and selected to Sky Digital, and pressing menu brings up the sky menu ok.  However I don't have the IR sender/dongle thing to send the IR to my skybox.  Is this a standard IR TX diode on a bit of wire, or is is more involved?  Again, can I get one?

Hopefully simple questions, easily answered.

Thanks guys

Hi Ray.
The IR cable is an inexpensive item, and they regularly appear on eBay. Here is one.

As for the PIP, it is an optional extra, and I presume there will be a sticker on the back if it is fitted. If yours doesn't work, you probably haven't got one fitted.

Andy T.