Sky red eye coaxial fitting problem

Toby12345

Hi all,

I have been looking all over boards for a solution and could not , I best ask it myself. I might not use the correct words here.

Our Sky red eye to our bedroom is a bit iffy. It works sometimes and sometimes not, which is really annoying. If I go down stairs and just wiggle the coaxial cable that goes into the rf2 slot then it might work again. But it might work the whole night or it could work for 5 minutes. Now when I say work I am talking about being able to use the remote control. We have sound and picture but just can't change it.

I wax on YouTube and saw I video explaining it. He says I should change the rf2 connection from the standard 'push in' to a 'screw in' fitting. That will give me a solid connection. But that's what I can't figure out. The rf2 port at the back of my sky box is not a 'screw in' one. How do I go about changing?

Thurston?

A connector that works alright for transmission of picture & sound, may not do so for the DC power that the 'eye' gets from the Sky box RF2 connection. The guy in the video would have been talking about using f-connectors with an adapter, if he was referring to the connection at the Sky box RF2.

The proper way to fit those 'push in' plugs, with the cable inner soldered to the plug centre pin, is shown here, & this should ensure reliable transmission of DC power to the eye, though most people probably just try kinking the cable inner or crimping the pin onto it. Also some of the plugs have a screw to grip the cable inner. (Although the few I've handled, the screw-head would protrude from the plastic & short to the outer part of the plug, so no use at all.)

steveon

You dont need a screw in for the back of the sky box, it means bypass all wall sockets and join cables used with f barrel connectors instead of using a coax wallplate.

You say it works from time to time is the light on the magic eye present at all times or does it go off, if it goes off it means there is a bad connection or perhaps water in the cable....?

Also some tv's such as Philips and Samsung give off a slight amount of radiation that can make a magic eye work and not work....moving the eye away from the tv can sometimes overcome this problem.

Toby12345

I got it sorted thanks. I went into the local woodies and got some different cables and adapters. Coaxial to f etc . It needed a better more solid connection for the signal to get through. Works great now.

steveon

Toby12345 wrote: »

I got it sorted thanks. I went into the local woodies and got some different cables and adapters. Coaxial to f etc . It needed a better more solid connection for the signal to get through. Works great now.

Great stuff glad you got it sorted mate