Sky Remote - Issues changing other box!!

yop · 08-04-2008 8:43am #1

Guys,
I have 2 sky boxes running off a dual LNB.

One is in kitchen, other in sitting room.

Problem is that the remote in the kitchen when used is changing the channels in the sitting room!!! Mental or what!!

any idea what can be done?

wil · 08-04-2008 3:53pm

The Sky remote is pretty powerful and the IR beam can bounce off walls (but not through) so probably the signal is being reflected though the open door.
Closing the door, shielding the remote (with your hand) or repostioning the digiboxes are possible ways of avoiding the problem.

Just another thought, you dont have a Sky magic eye in the kitchen by any chance?

yop · 08-04-2008 3:57pm

I do ya, but its disconnected from the back of the box in the sitting room and not connected to the tv in the kitchen!

wil · 08-04-2008 4:08pm

Then if it is definitely disconnected, Id say you have a problem with reflectons. I can bounce the remote signal off the wall of my hall and change the box in the living room. Can have its uses:D

yop · 08-04-2008 4:22pm

lol, that sounds mental, it has to go through a 4" solid block, no doors open, its a bit mental!!!!

wil · 08-04-2008 5:34pm

yop wrote: »

lol, that sounds mental, it has to go through a 4" solid block, no doors open, its a bit mental!!!!

Now that sounds a bit unlikely.
I think there may be something else at issue here.
I'd check that magic eye again.

Sky Remote - Issues changing other box!!

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