Extending Sky+ to second TV

banaco73

Hi All

Can anybody help me out this is what i need to do.

Sky + in main linving room want to use it on a second TV in The Bedroom.

Have run single length of cable from the Box to the second TV about 20 Meters.

Rf signal is leaving the box Ok with a small lenght of cable it is still ok once i connect the new length of cable i am getting no signal. I purchased a SLX Plugin Singal Booster and the single is not getting to the out let of the booster.

I have chenged ends on the cables used a 20m length of cable that is still on the roll

The signal is OK until i connect the new cable or:confused the slx booster

any ideas

ethernet

What quality cable are you using? Surely there must be some signal, even if it's poor -- it's only 20 m.

Are you also using a device to relay commands to the digibox through the cable, such as a TV link?

Charles Slane

Try using just the long cable (no short cable or booster) just to see if anything's getting through that. If no signal is coming through there may be a break in the cable (as ethernet said, there should be some kind of signal). If the signal IS getting through then maybe the booster itself is broken.

Is it just the RF output from the box that should be coming through or are there other signals that you're expecting to see (eg, signals from an aerial coming through the box as well, or analogue cable)?

steveon

Not sure if you have tried tuning it in properly to the other tv...I would suggest removing the cable from the roll, and you should need any form of booster to enable you to view it on your tv upstairs. Make sure the center braid is not connecting with the center core of the calbling. Make sure you come out of the tuner marked rf2...and enable the power for use with a magic eye.

banaco73

Thank you all for you imput

Have it working now

The signal was working fine when i did a direct connection from Box to second TV

Then the problem turned out to be the magic Eye was not getting any power to the RF Connection on the box

Redid the connection ends and made sure that the outer wire case was making contact with the connectors properly as this is where the 9v circuit needs to be made to get the magic eye working

All is good now:D

barongreen

can i be enlightened on what a magic eye is please

byte

barongreen wrote:

can i be enlightened on what a magic eye is please

http://www.tvlink.co.uk/tvlink-black.htm

The eye (or TVLink) allows you to control your Skybox from another room, once cabled correctly from RF2 output on rear of Skybox.