sky in other rooms

coolhandc

hi,i have two sky boxes downstairs,could anyone tell me how to watch them in another room ie what wires do i need etc,i know that i would have to watch whats on the tv downstairs,but i bought one of those wireless things and they are pieces of ****.

bbability

If you have 2 boxes what exactly are you trying to do here?
1. Have you multi-room?
2. Have you got a Sky+ box?
3. Have you a standard sky box?

coolhandc

i have sky plus.and i have a multiroom subscription for the other room downstairs with a normal sky box.
i dont want to pay another E15 a month to be able to watch it in the bedroom,i know theres a way to hook it up so that im able to watch whatever is being watched downstairs.
in other words if someone is watching the match,i understand that i will have to watch the match too in my bedroom which i dont mind,i just want to be able to get sky upstairs...

PhilipMarlowe

I have something like this.
Sky+ box at the main tv.
My other sky box is in the office and there is an output from this up to the attic.
Up there it is joined to maybe 6 other cables that go to the other rooms in the house (bedrooms, playroom etc).
So I can plug in a tv in any of the other rooms and using a 'magic eye' the sky remote can control the box (that is in the office). magic eye type thing

Hagar

Wireless video senders work quite well for second TVs. I wouldn't use one to transmit to a HD tv or anything of that quality but it'll be perfectly fine on a standard tv. They come in pairs, sender and receiver. They usually have the ability to transmit on several channels to avoid potential problems with a neighbours equipment. AFAIK if you buy two kits (same brand) and set them all to transmit & receive on the same channel you should be able to use the same transmitter to feed two receivers in your house.

kleefarr

coolhandc wrote: »

hi,i have two sky boxes downstairs,could anyone tell me how to watch them in another room ie what wires do i need etc,i know that i would have to watch whats on the tv downstairs,but i bought one of those wireless things and they are pieces of ****.

I use Philips wireless TV VL1200 jobbies. They're fine.

coolhandc

Licksy wrote: »

I have something like this.
Sky+ box at the main tv.
My other sky box is in the office and there is an output from this up to the attic.
Up there it is joined to maybe 6 other cables that go to the other rooms in the house (bedrooms, playroom etc).
So I can plug in a tv in any of the other rooms and using a 'magic eye' the sky remote can control the box (that is in the office). magic eye type thing

yeh thats what i want to do.is it easy to do or did you get sky to do it for you?

i got the wireless sender and receiver and its terrible so i dont even bother.i think that there can be alot of interference from wireless internet and mobiles and stuff so im getting a terrible crackle sound and the picture on the tv has lines through it sort of like when you take a video of a crt tv if you know what i mean!

coolhandc

kleefarr wrote: »

I use Philips wireless TV VL1200 jobbies. They're fine.

wireless would be the easy option but i dont want to go out and spend another hundred euro for them not to work like the last ones.are they tempramental at all in relation to positioning for signal?

kleefarr

coolhandc wrote: »

wireless would be the easy option but i dont want to go out and spend another hundred euro for them not to work like the last ones.are they tempramental at all in relation to positioning for signal?

No problems. Can change channel as well. Has a four position band selector in case you find interference with something.
I use mobile and wireless networking at home and so far so good.

PhilipMarlowe

coolhandc wrote: »

yeh thats what i want to do.is it easy to do or did you get sky to do it for you?!

Sky installer did it for me but it looked pretty easy, at least in my house.
All the rooms in my house were wired to the attic so he just put a junction box type thing up there, linking the output from the back of the sky box in the office to all the other rooms.

coolhandc

Licksy wrote: »

Sky installer did it for me but it looked pretty easy, at least in my house.
All the rooms in my house were wired to the attic so he just put a junction box type thing up there, linking the output from the back of the sky box in the office to all the other rooms.

one of my dads friends had set up a similar system before we got digital so it might be already wired i might just need this junction box thing,i think its called a loft box.il check out at home if it is in the attic in that case its just a matter of buying the loft box i think...
cheers

Sam Radford

This is one way to wire it:
http://www.sam-radford.me.uk/multiroom.htm

Won't suit everyone but it minimises the wires going upstairs.

bbability

In a nutshell if you want to hard wire your bedroom to the TV downstairs. Run a Coax cable from the sky box to the bedroom. Connect cable to back of TV as normal coax. Return to your sky box and connect your new cable to the RF outlet at the back of the box. The do the following:

Press the Sky Button
Press Services
Select System Setup
Press "0" then "1" then "select"
Select RF Outlets (this will show you if your RF Outlet is turned on or off. Turn it on if needs be. You can also see that the RF Channel number is "XX". Tune your TV into this frequency and not the channel number on your TV as some people do in error.

Save your settings and away you go!