connecting magic eye from tes$o??

yelbel

I have recently got sky installed and it took upc a while but eventually they got around to disconnecting the cable so i need to sort out tv upstairs for the kids. I seen the magic eye on sale in tesco is that all i will need or will i need other wires ect to use it? Thanks

Next question i have been given my dads old sky box could you tell me in the simplest terms possible please exactly what wires and conection i will need to attach this to the satelite.

Thanks a million for you time

John mac

if you intend using the second sky box then you wont need magic eye.

the magic eye will let you watch what is on the main sky box and control it from a different room.

you will need to get a cable(ct100 or equivalent) from your satellite dish to the new position. connection to the lnb (part thats on the satellite dish) is an F connector how to
and the other end goes into your sky box.


hope that helps a bit.

kbell

As above, but if it isn't sky + or sky+ HD, you've had installed then you wont have a quad LNB and you'll need to get one in order to run the 2nd cable.

yelbel

Thanks for that sorry i should of been clearer i am planing on putting the spare box in one of the kids room and then the magic eye so that the other 2 can watch it too (not looking forward to the fights about what to watch lol)

so will i need any extra with the magic eye? Thanks again

John mac

if you want them to watch only whats on the main tv then you wont need the second sky box.

yelbel

What i want is for me to be able to watch whatever i want in the sitting room and to send the kids to bed and have them share the same sky box in both rooms if that makes sense sorry i am probably not explaining this properly.

Wizard007

Ok, so you want your own Sky box, say in the front room. You want the old Sky box in the kids room and a magic eye running from that to kids room no 2 ?

muincav

Hi all,
sorry for hijacking thread, but can the Magic eye in Tesco be used with the LIDL FTA sat reciever?
Thanks.

John mac

ah clear as mud now.

yes, you will need to connect the kids sky box to the sat dish (still haven't told us if you have a quad lnb or not)
then run a cable from this box (rf2 outlet) to the second bedroom. magic eye goes on at tv connection in second location..

EDIT: added little drawing hope its clear

snaps

muincav wrote: »

Hi all,
sorry for hijacking thread, but can the Magic eye in Tesco be used with the LIDL FTA sat reciever?
Thanks.

Magic eyes only work with sky boxes that have a 9v output via their rf output

yelbel

John mac wrote: »

ah clear as mud now.

yes, you will need to connect the kids sky box to the sat dish (still haven't told us if you have a quad lnb or not)
then run a cable from this box (rf2 outlet) to the second bedroom. magic eye goes on at tv connection in second location..

EDIT: added little drawing hope its clear

Thanks a million for that yes i have sky hd so have the quad lnb