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looping sky rf feed through another sky box

  • 02-09-2009 09:21AM
    #1
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,489 ✭✭✭✭


    I have a Sky+ box feeding a number of other tv points around the house using the RF out function.

    I want to add the spare sky box I have into the setup, basically to allow one of the rooms to watch different channels (while still having access to the Sky+ feed also)- but there's no satellite feed to this room so I need to locate the digibox elsewhere

    With the cabling setup in the house, the simplest method seems to be to loop the output from the Sky+ box through the digibox and send the RF out from that to the room in question (obviously different RF channels for each box).

    |Sky+|RFout---->RFin|Digibox|RFout---->TV

    Will this work, and if I add a magic eye, which box will it control?


Comments

  • #2
    pauldtv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭pauldtv


    Your eye wont work unless you use the RF2 to TV and then it will only control the last box in sequence.

    You could look for a Global Sky Combiner, you input the RF2 from each box into this, then you can distribute through a link amp. the eye at each TV set will control each box then. Obviously this only works when using 2 different type boxes.


  • #3
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,489 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    nah that should work fine - I can get by with just the new box working with the magic eye, the existing Sky+ is in the next room anyway. Thanks.


  • #4
    Widescreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭Widescreen


    pauldtv wrote: »
    Your eye wont work unless you use the RF2 to TV and then it will only control the last box in sequence.

    You could look for a Global Sky Combiner, you input the RF2 from each box into this, then you can distribute through a link amp. the eye at each TV set will control each box then. Obviously this only works when using 2 different type boxes.

    Hi do you have any information/link for the 'Global Sky Combiner'. thanks


  • #5
    pauldtv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭pauldtv


    I used to get them, from CPC, but unfortunately they do not seem to stock them anymore. Here's another link.

    http://www.dastv.co.uk/shop/Global_Sky__Combiner_402.php


  • #6
    St Senan
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 3,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭St Senan


    pauldtv wrote: »
    Your eye wont work unless you use the RF2 to TV and then it will only control the last box in sequence.

    You could look for a Global Sky Combiner, you input the RF2 from each box into this, then you can distribute through a link amp. the eye at each TV set will control each box then. Obviously this only works when using 2 different type boxes.


    Another way to do this is to connect the 2 Receivers together change rf output channel on 1 receiver and use MARMITEK POWERMID XL to change channels
    http://www.compare.ie/23-home-cinema/452912-marmitek-powermid-xl-remote-control-extender.htm


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