Join Saorview & Sky magic eye cables

The Ayatolla · 04-10-2015 8:43pm #1

I have two coax cables going to my upstairs TV.

One is from an aerial in the attic for saorview.

The other goes to the downstairs Sky box.

When I want to watch Sky upstairs, I just swap out the cables as obviously the TV has only one aerial input.

Is it possible to join both cables and have Saorview & the Sky signal available without having to keep swapping the cables in and out?

The Ayatolla · 04-10-2015 8:48pm

Will this solve my problems?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Masterplug-TV-FM-Splitter-Combiner-Diplexer-/331200090999?hash=item4d1d105377

Thurston? · 04-10-2015 9:03pm

No, a TV/FM diplexer is no use, just use an ordinary 2-way splitter/combiner or, if there's a Saorview feed at the downstairs TV, you can plug that into the Sky box RF-in & both signals will be carried on the feed from the RF-out.

The Ayatolla · 04-10-2015 9:34pm

No saorview feed at downstairs TV unfortunately and don't fancy using a one-for-all aerial or the likes.

So this will do the trick ya?

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/2-WAY-COAXIAL-CABLE-SPLITTER-COMBINER-KIT-FOR-TV-FREEVIEW-RF-SATELLITE-BROADBAND-/361126947820?hash=item5414d7ebec

Thurston? · 04-10-2015 10:17pm

It's a bit crude looking. Splitters I'm familiar with have a larger body to house whatever elements they contain to minimise signal reflections.

I'd go for something like this one. If you want to put the 'eye' between splitter & TV, I'd use one like this with power pass on only 1 leg, but if you keep the eye on the other side of the splitter, it won't matter if both legs or none pass power.

The Ayatolla · 04-10-2015 10:19pm

So i'd connect the saorview aerial to one "out" section of the splitter and the "eye" cable into the power pass one, and then the "in" section goes to the magic eye and that goes into the TV aerial socket, correct?

Thanks for the help.

Thurston? · 04-10-2015 10:51pm

The Ayatolla wrote: »

So i'd connect the saorview aerial to one "out" section of the splitter and the "eye" cable into the power pass one, and then the "in" section goes to the magic eye and that goes into the TV aerial socket, correct?

Yeah, it should work like that or, if you find the splitter causes problems with the remote control signal from the eye getting back to the Sky box, you can move the eye upstream of the splitter.

And hopefully also there won't be any noticeable effects on the Sky RF or Saorview signals.

The Ayatolla · 05-10-2015 9:42am

Thanks for the advice sir!

The Ayatolla · 12-10-2015 10:18am

This has worked a treat. Thanks for the help with it.

One small issue, on one TV, the magic eye seems to be struggling a bit.

I know the cable run is quite long, but it picks up Saorview and the Sky TV signal with no issue and the red LED lights up on the magic eye. It takes a couple of button presses on the remote to change the channel, as if the eye is struggling. Do ya think it could be the long cable run is the issue, or a faulty magic eye?

Thurston? · 13-10-2015 8:56pm

The Ayatolla wrote: »

... on one TV, the magic eye seems to be struggling a bit.

I know the cable run is quite long, but it picks up Saorview and the Sky TV signal with no issue and the red LED lights up on the magic eye. It takes a couple of button presses on the remote to change the channel, as if the eye is struggling.?

If this is a different TV to the one the thread has dealt with so far, how is it fed in relation to the TV we've been dealing with?

If it's the same TV, & the splitter is near the TV, with the eye connected between splitter & TV, try moving the eye to the other side of the splitter, as I mentioned already in anticipation of such a problem.

The Ayatolla · 13-10-2015 9:49pm

Sorted!

Thanks

Join Saorview & Sky magic eye cables

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