Getting Sky Mulitroom

sunnydays

Hi
My friend already has an existing sky account. She recently managed to send the signal to all tvs in the house (she can now view sky channels in every tv in her house). I have told her that this is actually not allowed but she now wants to get sky multiroom installled aswell. Do sky mind you viewing the channels from every room or is this not allowed. I want to inform her before she gets sky to call out!
Thanks

watty

It is allowed.

It's only the same channel. You only need multiple sky viewing cards if you want different Pay TV channels at the same time.

Also you may have any number of FTA satellite receivers.

sunnydays

Ah thats grand i'll tell her. Thanks a mill!

ROS123

HNow is she getting it to all her rooms ?

ollielaroo

Hi guys,

I think I found the correct forum/thread.

I'm wondering can anyone help me out.....

We've just got Sky (genuine - created an account with Sky etc..)
The thing is we want to have sky in a bedroom too so I bought the pack with the eye-link thing and second sky remote control and followed the instructions on the back of the pack.
The TV in the bedroom is an older CRT type with Teletext. After tuning it in, we can now see whatever channel is on Sky downstairs (we can also see when someone changes the channels downstairs). The picture/reception in the bedroom is not very good. However, this is as far as we got! Our second remote control has no effect on the Sky channel upstairs - no response from the eye link when I try to change the channels, volume or anything... weird!
I thought I should maybe get light from the eye-link at least!

SETUP:

Coaxial cable (female) out of RF-2 on back of Sky box going to aerial socket in living room wall.
In the attic the coaxial cable from the living room is joined
(by male to female-female to male -+-) to the coaxial cable going down to the bedroom.
From the aerial socket in the bedroom another coaxial cable goes to the back of the second TV.. but before I actually put this into the back of the TV I intercepted with the eye-link.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

ollielaroo

byte

Right, first..

Have you turned on the RF2 Power? If not, press Services, 4, 0, 1, SELECT, to bring you to the Installer Menu. Go into Option 4 in this menu and turn on the RF2 Power, and Save new settings.

Also check your connections, make sur they're made correctly, and not shorting.

Another thing, make sure the wall socket in the bedroom is not isolated. You'll know if you remove it - if it has a green circuit board, it's isolated. If it's just a metal plate, then it's probably not isolated, so good to go.

If the eye is wired correctly, a little LED light will light up on it (the block where the aerial plugs into)

ollielaroo

Mega byte

Thanks for the quick reponse!!

I just noticed that there has been at least 50 posts since I posted my question - JESUS! It's true, boards.ie is building rapidly.

OK,
I checked the RF-2 Out, which is already 'On' (also the RF Channel has already been set to Channel 31).

I'll check the aerial socket in the bedroom tomorrow to see if it's isolated - I suppose it's a possibility.

I might also go into attic tomorro and check for a good connection -+- .

Can't do it tonight as my wife of six months could well leave me!

I'll get back to you byte
Thanks.

Pal

I know you already bought an 'eye-link' (sic) but another option would have been to buy a video sender. thats a little box that sends the signal to the bedroom without wires. thats what I like about them as opposed to the eye. They are cheap too and very easy to use. plug and play. move it around the house. change channels too. get one in Argos for about 40.

leex

Should also be a little red light on the eye link box (part with aerial coax connector on it) in the other room. If not you have a bad connection somewhere.

ollielaroo

Thanks Pal and leex,

Pal, I've bought another i-link just in case the first one was a dud, so now I have two, ie. I don't really want to go for the video sender.

Leex, I was thinking I should have a red light working on the i-link.



byte,

I checked the aerial socket in the upstairs bedromm and it does have the green circuit board! Isolated ?? what the f**k! please explain isolated...

byte

By being isolated, it blocks the power passing it. So, in other words, the voltage coming from the digibox to power the link is being stopped at the wallplate, never reaching the i-link. So, it won't light up or work.

ollielaroo

oohh!

So what do I do byte?

Should it be ok to rip the circuit board out of the plate and just fasten the cable back in? what you think?

Thank you

ollielaroo

oh yeah and what about if there's also a circuit board in the aerial socket in the living room downstairs?

byte

You can just remove the socket altogether and wire directly to the cable going into the i-link. Maybe use coaxial plugs and back-to-back connector to use with your existing flylead.

Otherwise, just replace the wallplate with a non-isolated wallplate.

Same rule applies to the socket downstairs. It's no good for use with i-link.

ollielaroo

Thanks byte

If I may ask another valid question..

What is the purpose of an isolated point/plate in the first place?

ollielaroo

byte

Here I am again... you want the good news or the bad news first?

I took off the wall plates/aerial sockets and wired the cables directly to the flyleads, female-to-male. I did this upstairs in the bedroom and downstairs in the living room. Now I have a perfect picture and can see when channels are changed downstairs. Fairy Nuff.
The i-Link is fitted as before, between the flylead and the back of the TV (in the bedroom) but I still can't change channels etc.. The second Sky remote lights up fine (new batteries) but still no response from the i-Link (I have tried both i-links that I had bought).

Please share your knowledge and experience with me. Please.

byte

Hmm, still a bad connection or something somewhere.

Just to be sure, is the lead feeding the bedroom is definitely plugged into the RF2 port at the back of the skybox?

ollielaroo

byte,

I got it!!

Thanks for all your help. I went up into the attic and joined the coaxial cables directly to eachother, now I have control on the upstairs TV. It must have been the male-female-female-male connection in the attic.

Thanks again for your help.

ollielaroo

This is an optional reply for you..

What is the purpose of an isolated point/plate in the first place?

Alfasudcrazy

Hi - I am having the same problem as Ollie.

I had sky TV up to about two years ago but I cancelled the contract as I was fed up with all the repeats but I got it back yesterday again as it now seems a much better service with Ch 4 etc added. My bedroom tv 'eye' worked perfectly then and I could change the channels on the bedroom tv. Even though I am using exactly the same cable it now does not work properly.

Anyway I have checked the eye out with my local tv shop and he says its working perfectly. I have a green led lighting on it and like Ollie can see the channel which is on in the kitchen but can't change channels in my bedroom.

It must be a bad connection as I have checked to see the the RF power output is switched on - it is.

Can someone explain what a bad connection is - what does shorting mean - basically I need to know how to make all the connections needed so that it works?