Basic Sky Box, Tv, Vcr, Dvd Player Setup

construct06

See Pdf for basic Setup including what cables to use...

Might do other common setup types also...

watty

Not how I would do it.

I don't think this is very useful.

byte

Doesn't look too bad to me.

The only real difference I'd consider is having the main aerial going into the VCR first, then looped into Sky box. This way, you could watch videos on either TV's as VCR is being fed into the Sky box. You'd still be able to record via the Scart, which you'd use anyway, for superior quality.

watty

Yes That's what I would do / do do.

Don't mind my Northern Abruptness. All contributions appreciated. It's what makes the site good.

MarkR

This isn't a bad link. I used to do telephone support for av products, usually wound up just scribbling on paper to keep things clear, but might be handy for some.


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construct06

jeeez!! only tryin' to be helpful!

if i had that type of diagram when i first started tryin to put my sky and other units together i would have been delighted and not to mention the time i would have spared.

anyway i thought that was point of this forum.

no hard feelings!

construct06

didnt know about that

i agree what ye are saying is a better way indeed

here is ammended sketch

just thought this would be useful to beginners, who even though might not be able to understand whole process, at least will be able to setup and maybe the understanding might come later!

MarkR

You're dead right, for some people it's very hard to visualize where a problem where a setup might be.

Considering that a lot of people in the country will have a similar(ish) setup it's not a bad idea to have a guide with "the best" way to connect various types of setups.

The amout of times that people asked me "Why isn't rte coming through my surround sound" etc. Drove me batty! (Broadcast was in stereo to tv, tv to home theatre system by rca leads etc.)

byte

construct06 wrote:

didnt know about that

i agree what ye are saying is a better way indeed

here is ammended sketch

just thought this would be useful to beginners, who even though might not be able to understand whole process, at least will be able to setup and maybe the understanding might come later!

Nice job. Your PDF is now linked from the FAQ Sticky at the top of the forum where it should help other users.

sheppadc

I have SKY digital coming into the house for years and distribute it to other TV's without an issue. Sky cable comes into back of digibox and analog aerial also comes into back of digibox. Cable out of digibox into main TV from output 1 and cable from utput 2 goes into splitter box and into other rooms. Has worked for years. Now SKY channel in other rooms is barely visible. Have SKy done something??
What I have tried and discovered: I also have a scart cable coming from digibox to main tv and if I remove this, the signal from the cable into the main TV is not working either. So I have come to the conclusion that the aerial outputs from the SKY box are no longer working or sky have done something. Is there a setting that I may have mistakenly got set that prevents signals coming from the aerial outputs?? Any help would be appreciated. Its driving me mad.

snaps

Whats a VCR????:D