Sky + setup around the house...Whats needed

gazzaman22

Hi Buddys,
Can i pick your brains?
I've got Sky+ in the house.....Basic package but the dude who put it in wired it straight(2 cables) to the box....while the house is wired with 7 sockets all cable tails(7) are in the one area....how and what parts do i need to set all the sockets going.....also keep in mind i'd like to be able to add sky eye'e/tv links to one or two of the tv's in the house to change station.....i know i'll be watching the same station in every room but i dont mind.......

listen thanks for your time and thanks in advance

Finne1993

Firstly go to the installer menu on your sky+ box, press services 4 0 1 select and choose RF outputs and put RF2 power on and take note of the RF channel its on (usually 68) and save.

Next take a feed from the RF2 output on the back of the sky+ box into your attic or wherever the 7 cable tails feeding the sockets are, buy an 8 way distribution unit with integrated bypass
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SLx8B-8-Way-Signal-Booster-Amplifier-digital-bypass_W0QQitemZ270438179938QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ConElec_TVAerials_RL?hash=item3ef75f2462&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

and plug the feed into the UHF in socket on the distribution unit and then plug in each of the cable tails into the outputs and you're more or less ready to go, set up each tv by plugging a male to male coax lead from the sockets to the RF in on the back of the TV and tune them into the RF number your sky box was on. you can put an eye on each of the TV points if you like, its a very handy set up, although naturally the picture quality won't be as good on the other TV's as the main TV if its through a scart.

John mac

Don't forget you will only be able to watch what is on the main tv.

gazzaman22

Hi and thanks for your reply....
Couple of more questions
http://www.bitzshop.co.uk/acatalog/wolsey_tv_amp_8way_info_AVA2217.html
I've got one of these....will it do the same job as

........Your idea http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SLx8B-8-Way-Si...d=p3286.c0.m14?

Do you know if the tv link/ sky eye will work on this aswell
Thanks

Finne1993

gazzaman22 wrote: »

Hi and thanks for your reply....
Couple of more questions
http://www.bitzshop.co.uk/acatalog/wolsey_tv_amp_8way_info_AVA2217.html
I've got one of these....will it do the same job as

........Your idea http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SLx8B-8-Way-Si...d=p3286.c0.m14?

Do you know if the tv link/ sky eye will work on this aswell
Thanks

Yep, same thing, just a different manufacturer, you'll be able to work 8 different eyes off it if you need that many! Don't forget to turn the RF2 power on, you'll not be able to switch channels if its not. Let me know how you get on.

gazzaman22

Scrap that was reading it wrong.....i'll let you know how i get on

Max Power1

gazzaman22 wrote: »

Hi FINNE, Can i ask you
when i press services , then 4 , then 0( there isint a 0 option)
Its a sky plus box does that make any difference?
Maybe you could check it out for me.....

Cheers FINNE

i was trying to implement a similar setup for the parentals, but i dont have this "installer menu" either... is this something i need to enable?

von Smallhausen

gazzaman22 wrote: »

Hi FINNE, Can i ask you
when i press services , then 4 , then 0( there isint a 0 option)
Its a sky plus box does that make any difference?
Maybe you could check it out for me.....

Cheers FINNE

Its services, then option 4 and 0,1 Select in quick succession...it brings up the (not so) secret installers menu

John mac

Danny_B wrote: »

Its services, then option 4 and 0,1 in quick succession...it brings up the (not so) secret installers menu

and 'Select' after the 1.

von Smallhausen

John mac wrote: »

and 'Select' after the 1.

Oh yea thought I put that in...thanks John:D

PoolDude

Semi Related Questions

I'm thinking of upgrading to SKY HD. I already have Sky Plus in 2 rooms and have 2 multi room subs, i.e. 3 subs in total.

If I upgrade I'll have a 'spare' Sky Plus box. Can I use this in the room I have my second multi-room sub (the 3rd sub if you will)? There is only one cable coming into this room as opposed to the 2 in the other 2 rooms (I have a quad LNB but the other 3 cables are run to other rooms in the house which have UK FTV cards in old boxes).

If I can use it with the single input cable what features can I still use?

PoolDude

Any insights on this?

I've tried the search function but found nothing relevant.

PoolDude

Bump, really appreciate an answer on this before I decide what to do.

John mac

with a single cable you will only be able to record what you are watching.

thats the only difference.
(1 cable = 1 tuner.)

if you have + in 2 rooms and 3 other boxes then you will already have an octo lnb ) ie 7 connections.

am i reading that correctly?

PoolDude

Yep; I have 2 + boxes, 1 multiroom single cable and 3 other rooms with sky boxes using FTA cards consuming all 8 cables from the Octo LNB.

So I can record on the station I'm watching if I replace it in the multiroom single cable room - does that also extend to recording while the tv is not in use and live pause, forward, rewind, etc on the station being viewed?

Thx.

John mac

i'm not 100% sure but i would think that would be the case alright,

why not test it out?

Landyaddict

PoolDude wrote: »

Semi Related Questions

I'm thinking of upgrading to SKY HD. I already have Sky Plus in 2 rooms and have 2 multi room subs, i.e. 3 subs in total.

If I upgrade I'll have a 'spare' Sky Plus box. Can I use this in the room I have my second multi-room sub (the 3rd sub if you will)? There is only one cable coming into this room as opposed to the 2 in the other 2 rooms (I have a quad LNB but the other 3 cables are run to other rooms in the house which have UK FTV cards in old boxes).

If I can use it with the single input cable what features can I still use?

It should work as a standard sky unit without the plus features

iMADEtheBBC

PoolDude wrote: »

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So I can record on the station I'm watching if I replace it in the multiroom single cable room - does that also extend to recording while the tv is not in use and live pause, forward, rewind, etc on the station being viewed?

Thx.

Yes, I can confirm this. I swapped out our multiroom box (in our kids playroom) for a Sky+ box a friend gave me. Called up Sky to marry the card to the box and enable Sky+ services on that card & box combination.
While I was setting it all up I had just one cable connected and it worked fine (record, pause etc).

Search in the forum here for solutions that *might* allow you to run two Sky signals down a single co-ax connection. They work in some cases.