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FunkMasterJay
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10-04-2018, 01:17 PM
#1
Hey all.

I have sky plus in my living room. We don't have multi-room, but my wife said there is a gadget that we can get so she can control the box from the bedroom.

I have the normal sky plus (not HD). There are so many on eBay that I want some help first.

Ta.

J
FunkMasterJay
10-04-2018, 01:17 PM #1

Hey all.

I have sky plus in my living room. We don't have multi-room, but my wife said there is a gadget that we can get so she can control the box from the bedroom.

I have the normal sky plus (not HD). There are so many on eBay that I want some help first.

Ta.

J

DaveEdin
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10-04-2018, 02:50 PM
#2
I have heard of something called a Magic Eye which you can plug into the sky box, and run it through to another room, plugging it into a second tv, which lets you watch the second tv for whatever content is running on the box... Never used it myself though, use Sky's Multiroom service.

Is that the kind of "gadget" you mean?

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DaveEdin
10-04-2018, 02:50 PM #2

I have heard of something called a Magic Eye which you can plug into the sky box, and run it through to another room, plugging it into a second tv, which lets you watch the second tv for whatever content is running on the box... Never used it myself though, use Sky's Multiroom service.

Is that the kind of "gadget" you mean?


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Mazda 6 MPS - Zoom Zoom!

Modifications
Completed:

Currently 280bhp/295lbft; 3" Meercat custom exhaust; KW Suspension; FMIC; SSP; HPFP; Custom Stainless Steel Dials - for the moment, the only set in the world!! (Till the group buy for MPSOC anyway :lol: )

In Progress:

E-Tuning remap ongoing via Cobb Accessport; Braided brake lines; Stubby aerial; Tinted repeaters and sidelights; 3 Port Boost Control Solenoid; 3" HTP Intake

FunkMasterJay
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10-04-2018, 10:12 PM
#3
Cheers Dave.
MArsdendean, that's the one i'm on about. She is pregnant and finds the sofa uncomfortable, so I just want her to enjoy a bit more than freeview while i'm at work.

Cheers.
J
FunkMasterJay
10-04-2018, 10:12 PM #3

Cheers Dave.
MArsdendean, that's the one i'm on about. She is pregnant and finds the sofa uncomfortable, so I just want her to enjoy a bit more than freeview while i'm at work.

Cheers.
J

parthiban
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10-04-2018, 11:30 PM
#4
Have you already got the picture being sent up to the bedroom and just need to control it via remote or do you need both?

We have a video sender that wirelessly sends the picture to the room where the receiver is:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-SLV5400-...B000BSPOCA

We have this one, not sure if you can get it any more but there will be other similar devices available. This one comes with an additional remote and you can operate the sky box (or whatever) through this thing as well so no need for an additional device.

If you just need it to change channels, then something like this should be sufficient:

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electron...rd:9593305


The benefit of these devices is that they will work with multiple sources, not just your sky box.

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parthiban
10-04-2018, 11:30 PM #4

Have you already got the picture being sent up to the bedroom and just need to control it via remote or do you need both?

We have a video sender that wirelessly sends the picture to the room where the receiver is:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-SLV5400-...B000BSPOCA

We have this one, not sure if you can get it any more but there will be other similar devices available. This one comes with an additional remote and you can operate the sky box (or whatever) through this thing as well so no need for an additional device.

If you just need it to change channels, then something like this should be sufficient:

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electron...rd:9593305


The benefit of these devices is that they will work with multiple sources, not just your sky box.


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toxo
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11-04-2018, 12:39 AM
#5
The thing you're thinking of is a 'Remote Eye'. It presumes that you have your sky box in your front room, connected to your tv with scart/hdmi/whatever. There is a coax (tv aerial) output plug on the back of the skybox that says +5V or something above it. You run a really long aerial cable from that port to the second room, stick the remote eye on the end of the cable, then stick that into the back of the tv. The sky box remotely powers the remote eye and the tv aerial signal carries the picture, as well as relaying any remote control signals back to the sky box.

Like this:
[Image: rfsky-multi.jpg]

Obviously if you look at something like parthiban linked to, you don't need a remote eye, because the device carries both the tv signal and the remote control signals all in one go.
toxo
11-04-2018, 12:39 AM #5

The thing you're thinking of is a 'Remote Eye'. It presumes that you have your sky box in your front room, connected to your tv with scart/hdmi/whatever. There is a coax (tv aerial) output plug on the back of the skybox that says +5V or something above it. You run a really long aerial cable from that port to the second room, stick the remote eye on the end of the cable, then stick that into the back of the tv. The sky box remotely powers the remote eye and the tv aerial signal carries the picture, as well as relaying any remote control signals back to the sky box.

Like this:
[Image: rfsky-multi.jpg]

Obviously if you look at something like parthiban linked to, you don't need a remote eye, because the device carries both the tv signal and the remote control signals all in one go.

FunkMasterJay
Member
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11-04-2018, 02:21 AM
#6
Thanks people.

J
FunkMasterJay
11-04-2018, 02:21 AM #6

Thanks people.

J

toxo
Posting Freak
4,843
11-04-2018, 11:54 AM
#7
Yes. That's what 'distribution amplifier' in the diagram is.
toxo
11-04-2018, 11:54 AM #7

Yes. That's what 'distribution amplifier' in the diagram is.

Lexusboy
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11-04-2018, 12:08 PM
#8
I use these at home and i think they are around £5 each so a real cheap and easy way to watch sky in any room
Lexusboy
11-04-2018, 12:08 PM #8

I use these at home and i think they are around £5 each so a real cheap and easy way to watch sky in any room

SHAHZ
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11-04-2018, 12:34 PM
#9
parthiban Have you already got the picture being sent up to the bedroom and just need to control it via remote or do you need both?

We have a video sender that wirelessly sends the picture to the room where the receiver is:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-SLV5400-...B000BSPOCA

We have this one, not sure if you can get it any more but there will be other similar devices available. This one comes with an additional remote and you can operate the sky box (or whatever) through this thing as well so no need for an additional device.

If you just need it to change channels, then something like this should be sufficient:

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electron...rd:9593305


The benefit of these devices is that they will work with multiple sources, not just your sky box.

Yeap i got a video sender going to the kitchen tv.....do get a little interference when the microwave is on!!

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SHAHZ
11-04-2018, 12:34 PM #9

parthiban Have you already got the picture being sent up to the bedroom and just need to control it via remote or do you need both?

We have a video sender that wirelessly sends the picture to the room where the receiver is:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-SLV5400-...B000BSPOCA

We have this one, not sure if you can get it any more but there will be other similar devices available. This one comes with an additional remote and you can operate the sky box (or whatever) through this thing as well so no need for an additional device.

If you just need it to change channels, then something like this should be sufficient:

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electron...rd:9593305


The benefit of these devices is that they will work with multiple sources, not just your sky box.

Yeap i got a video sender going to the kitchen tv.....do get a little interference when the microwave is on!!


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parthiban
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12-04-2018, 12:49 AM
#10
So does this magic eye thingy send the remote signal through the RF cable?

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parthiban
12-04-2018, 12:49 AM #10

So does this magic eye thingy send the remote signal through the RF cable?


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