Hi there
For years now I've had Sky digital and had the signal amplified to the other tv's in the house without any probs through regular coax cables. (You know, the stuff with the brown casing!)
So, recently got Sky+ and decided a magic eye for the bedroom would be a good idea.
Bought one, bout a new amp with the digital bypass (slx 2b), read all the stuff on here, enabled the rf2 power, tested the magic eye straight into the rf2 output, led came on, tested it again coming out the other side of the amp, again it came on. Tested the remote with it, around the back of the Sky+ box, and it seemed to work.
so went upstairs, stuck it on the end of the cable going into the tv and again it came on.
Superb. Or so I thought. Went and got the sky+ remote to test it, and despite the led on the slx link box being on, and the red light in the eye itself working, I couldn't get a sausage from the remote.
So I guess my question to all you people out there who have experience of these things is: What the hell am I doing wrong???!!!
Is there something I need to do to enable the remote to work with the eye?
The set I bought actually came with a regular Sky remote, which I haven't tried yet, because I figured any of them would work, so is THAt the problem?
Or is there another possible reason for the signal not gettting back down the coax all the way to the Sky box, even though the power and the signal appear to be travelling okay in the other direction?
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks in advance
For years now I've had Sky digital and had the signal amplified to the other tv's in the house without any probs through regular coax cables. (You know, the stuff with the brown casing!)
So, recently got Sky+ and decided a magic eye for the bedroom would be a good idea.
Bought one, bout a new amp with the digital bypass (slx 2b), read all the stuff on here, enabled the rf2 power, tested the magic eye straight into the rf2 output, led came on, tested it again coming out the other side of the amp, again it came on. Tested the remote with it, around the back of the Sky+ box, and it seemed to work.
so went upstairs, stuck it on the end of the cable going into the tv and again it came on.
Superb. Or so I thought. Went and got the sky+ remote to test it, and despite the led on the slx link box being on, and the red light in the eye itself working, I couldn't get a sausage from the remote.
So I guess my question to all you people out there who have experience of these things is: What the hell am I doing wrong???!!!
Is there something I need to do to enable the remote to work with the eye?
The set I bought actually came with a regular Sky remote, which I haven't tried yet, because I figured any of them would work, so is THAt the problem?
Or is there another possible reason for the signal not gettting back down the coax all the way to the Sky box, even though the power and the signal appear to be travelling okay in the other direction?
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks in advance