Hi all,
First post here, so I hope I have posted in the right place for the help I need Sorry if it is a lot of questions, I just want to get it right as easy as possible.
I have just moved home to a bigger house and i'm in the process of setting up sharing the signal from my new Sky+ HD box to other devices around the house.
Previously, my last house was small enough to run a coaxial cable from the 'RF2 OUT' of my original Standard Sky box to a standard 17'' TV in my bedroom. I had a Magic Eye working very well at the end of the coaxial plugged into the 17'' TV and bought a second standard Sky remote, so all worked perfect the whole time - great picture and quick remote control usage. NB: I have tested a 5m coax cable from the 'RF2 OUT' of my new HD box to my 17'' TV to see if the magic eye still works with my new Sky+ HD remote and it does
To lay cable around my new home to get the same result, would be fairly costly, and it would be really awkward to do, due to the layout. So instead for the TV in the bedroom, I have bought the DigiSender HQ 5.8 Ghz (AEI Security & Communications - News & Articles - DigiSender HQ 5.8Ghz Video Sender now released). This was really simple to setup in a matter of minutes and the picture quality is great but it has one major flaw... no matter what I do, I cannot get the Sky+ HD remote to work (regardless of remote channel setting and IR device placement) and if I manage to get the signal through to the Sky+ HD box, it is so slow (huge delay from when I press the remote buttons). This means if I am in the bedroom, I have to go downstairs to change channels, which I didnt have to do before.
So, I have been wondering about other remote/wireless setups that are available to buy/make, that will let me use my old Magic Eye again through the 'coax in' on my 17'' TV and send the remote signal back to my Sky+ HD box.
1) As the DigiSender HQ receiver uses SCART and normally plugs into the scart socket of my 2nd TV, I was wondering if I could plug it into the 'SCART input' of a 'RF Modulator' a friend gave me to try, and use the 'TV/VCR Out' to a stadard 'Aerial Input' and set it to a normal channel on my TV, plugging in the Magic Eye I used to use, 'inline', as per normal?
Would the magic eye work this way and send the 'channel change signal' back through the coax cable, through the RF Modulator, then through the DigiSender receiver? I only ask, as the DigiSender receiver must be two-way, as it sends back a signal to the little IR device anyway. If I unplugged this IR device, would the signal from the magic eye go back to the Sky+ HD box via the scart connection on the bigger DigiSender Sender unit or would I need a second RF Modulator plugged into the 'RF2 Out' and then plug the DigiSender Sender unit into this? (ie. one at each end for changing the connections from SCART to RF)
2) If the above doesnt work, would the following 5.8Ghz Wireless RF Sender work from the 'RF2 Out' of my Sky+ HD box to the 'coax in' of my 2nd TV so I could use the magic eye? (Keene Electronics) I realise I would have to convert from the 3 RCA of the receiver, to coax connection, to get it to go into my TV with the magic eye.
3) If neither of the others above work, would I be able to use a coax cable from the 'RF2 Out' via a 'RF-Cat5' balun (TV/FM/RF via Cat5 - RJ45 connector --- MadNat Audio and Video Distribution) through to a device like the 'BT Comtrend Powerline HD Ethernet' sender (BT Comtrend Powerline HD Ethernet Female Kit (038196) - dabs.com) and then reversing the process from the sender, via a 2nd balun, through to a 2nd coax cable, then my magic eye, into the TV upstairs?
I would really like to get an 'inexpensive' wireless solution to work to get my magic eye working via the 'Aerial In' socket of my TV upstairs (changes Sky channels so much better and easier than the flakey IR device) and if either points 2) or 3) above work, then I can use my DigiSender units to a small TV in the kitchen, so that it doesnt go to waste.
If all else fails, can anyone tell me how (if at all possible) I can get my magic eye to change sky channels getting a signal back to my Sky+ HD box (not via laying a cable throughout my home lol) and if that is not possible, how to make the IR device from my digisender work more efficiently (I have read and watched all the support documentation for the device and have nothing interfering with it or blocking it.)
Many thanks in advance, for any help given
First post here, so I hope I have posted in the right place for the help I need Sorry if it is a lot of questions, I just want to get it right as easy as possible.
I have just moved home to a bigger house and i'm in the process of setting up sharing the signal from my new Sky+ HD box to other devices around the house.
Previously, my last house was small enough to run a coaxial cable from the 'RF2 OUT' of my original Standard Sky box to a standard 17'' TV in my bedroom. I had a Magic Eye working very well at the end of the coaxial plugged into the 17'' TV and bought a second standard Sky remote, so all worked perfect the whole time - great picture and quick remote control usage. NB: I have tested a 5m coax cable from the 'RF2 OUT' of my new HD box to my 17'' TV to see if the magic eye still works with my new Sky+ HD remote and it does
To lay cable around my new home to get the same result, would be fairly costly, and it would be really awkward to do, due to the layout. So instead for the TV in the bedroom, I have bought the DigiSender HQ 5.8 Ghz (AEI Security & Communications - News & Articles - DigiSender HQ 5.8Ghz Video Sender now released). This was really simple to setup in a matter of minutes and the picture quality is great but it has one major flaw... no matter what I do, I cannot get the Sky+ HD remote to work (regardless of remote channel setting and IR device placement) and if I manage to get the signal through to the Sky+ HD box, it is so slow (huge delay from when I press the remote buttons). This means if I am in the bedroom, I have to go downstairs to change channels, which I didnt have to do before.
So, I have been wondering about other remote/wireless setups that are available to buy/make, that will let me use my old Magic Eye again through the 'coax in' on my 17'' TV and send the remote signal back to my Sky+ HD box.
1) As the DigiSender HQ receiver uses SCART and normally plugs into the scart socket of my 2nd TV, I was wondering if I could plug it into the 'SCART input' of a 'RF Modulator' a friend gave me to try, and use the 'TV/VCR Out' to a stadard 'Aerial Input' and set it to a normal channel on my TV, plugging in the Magic Eye I used to use, 'inline', as per normal?
Would the magic eye work this way and send the 'channel change signal' back through the coax cable, through the RF Modulator, then through the DigiSender receiver? I only ask, as the DigiSender receiver must be two-way, as it sends back a signal to the little IR device anyway. If I unplugged this IR device, would the signal from the magic eye go back to the Sky+ HD box via the scart connection on the bigger DigiSender Sender unit or would I need a second RF Modulator plugged into the 'RF2 Out' and then plug the DigiSender Sender unit into this? (ie. one at each end for changing the connections from SCART to RF)
2) If the above doesnt work, would the following 5.8Ghz Wireless RF Sender work from the 'RF2 Out' of my Sky+ HD box to the 'coax in' of my 2nd TV so I could use the magic eye? (Keene Electronics) I realise I would have to convert from the 3 RCA of the receiver, to coax connection, to get it to go into my TV with the magic eye.
3) If neither of the others above work, would I be able to use a coax cable from the 'RF2 Out' via a 'RF-Cat5' balun (TV/FM/RF via Cat5 - RJ45 connector --- MadNat Audio and Video Distribution) through to a device like the 'BT Comtrend Powerline HD Ethernet' sender (BT Comtrend Powerline HD Ethernet Female Kit (038196) - dabs.com) and then reversing the process from the sender, via a 2nd balun, through to a 2nd coax cable, then my magic eye, into the TV upstairs?
I would really like to get an 'inexpensive' wireless solution to work to get my magic eye working via the 'Aerial In' socket of my TV upstairs (changes Sky channels so much better and easier than the flakey IR device) and if either points 2) or 3) above work, then I can use my DigiSender units to a small TV in the kitchen, so that it doesnt go to waste.
If all else fails, can anyone tell me how (if at all possible) I can get my magic eye to change sky channels getting a signal back to my Sky+ HD box (not via laying a cable throughout my home lol) and if that is not possible, how to make the IR device from my digisender work more efficiently (I have read and watched all the support documentation for the device and have nothing interfering with it or blocking it.)
Many thanks in advance, for any help given