Magic eye wont work

dedaw

All, I have my sky plus box in the loft with magic eyes working the TVs in each room. I've put a TV in another room and attached a magic eye to it but sky won't change. Red light is on but no joy. I've tried a magic eye from a TV that works but no luck even though the red light is on each time. The new magic eye will work on an existing TV if I stand on the remote control which isn't great either.

Any ideas???

Peter Rhea

I was with you up until 'stand on the remote': you mean it needs heavy & prolonged pressure on the buttons to have an effect?

dedaw

Peter Rhea wrote: »

I was with you up until 'stand on the remote': you mean it needs heavy & prolonged pressure on the buttons to have an effect?

Exactly.

dedaw

Peter Rhea wrote: »

I was with you up until 'stand on the remote': you mean it needs heavy & prolonged pressure on the buttons to have an effect?

Exactly.

Sir Arthur Daley

dedaw wrote: »

All, I have my sky plus box in the loft with magic eyes working the TVs in each room. I've put a TV in another room and attached a magic eye to it but sky won't change. Red light is on but no joy. I've tried a magic eye from a TV that works but no luck even though the red light is on each time. The new magic eye will work on an existing TV if I stand on the remote control which isn't great either.

Any ideas???

New remote i think.

Peter Rhea

dedaw wrote: »

Peter Rhea wrote: »

I was with you up until 'stand on the remote': you mean it needs heavy & prolonged pressure on the buttons to have an effect?

Exactly.

And this 'standing on the remote' is only necessary with the new magic eye? It works normally with the others?

dedaw

Yep, remote control is fine with two other tv's.

Peter Rhea

You could do worse than have a look at this.

What are you using to split the Sky box RF output to the 3 TVs?

steveon

How is the new room wired, through a wall socket or is it directly ran??

If through a wall socket open it up and if there is a green circuit board backplate you will need to remove it as it wont allow a magic eye to send a signal back, light will switch on.

dedaw

steveon wrote: »

How is the new room wired, through a wall socket or is it directly ran??

If through a wall socket open it up and if there is a green circuit board backplate you will need to remove it as it wont allow a magic eye to send a signal back, light will switch on.

Wired through the wall socket. I opened it up but no backplate.

steveon

dedaw wrote: »

Wired through the wall socket. I opened it up but no backplate.

there has to be a backplate...either a metal or a circuit board...either way I would recommend bypassing it and using a f barrel joiner and 2 f connectors...

dedaw

steveon wrote: »

there has to be a backplate...either a metal or a circuit board...either way I would recommend bypassing it and using a f barrel joiner and 2 f connectors...

I'm lost...

dedaw

steveon wrote: »

there has to be a backplate...either a metal or a circuit board...either way I would recommend bypassing it and using a f barrel joiner and 2 f connectors...

I'm lost...

Peter Rhea

Is the same kind of wall plate used at the TVs where the eyes do work?

steveon

If you open up the plate on the wall and look at the back it will either have a green circuit board on the back or a metal back....

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dedaw

^metal back

Peter Rhea

Is there only a single socket in the wall plate?

I asked already but, are they the same at the TV points where the eyes work?

dedaw

Peter Rhea wrote: »

Is there only a single socket in the wall plate?

I asked already but, are they the same at the TV points where the eyes work?

Yes, single socket and its the same as the ones that work.

Peter Rhea

dedaw wrote: »

. . . its the same as the ones that work.

You might be better off transferring your attentions elsewhere then. How is the signal from the Sky box distributed to the TVs?

dedaw

Peter Rhea wrote: »

Is there only a single socket in the wall plate?

I asked already but, are they the same at the TV points where the eyes work?

Yes, single socket and its the same as the ones that work.

steveon

How have you split the signal to the extra point you are adding? Are you using an amplifier??