sky multiroom

madmamma

Help!! We are now the proud owners of a bouncing baby tv in the bedroom! However would like to be able to get sky but don't want to pay for multiroom. Remember in past some of you discussing a gadget that could be attached to tv downstairs (where we have the sky box) that would bounce the sky signal upstairs. what is it and where do I get it?
Thanks
Madmamma x

penrhyn

You can go two ways, either a wireless TV sender, or a wired TV link.

The TV link is widely available Tesco extra have them.

You can find more information here

Hope this helps.

Hillfly

I have tried both the tv-link in my old house and the digi sender in my new house.

These a re the pro's and cons i found:

Tv-link:
:j Pro's:
Cheaper option.
No loss of reception or interference from microwaves, wireles snetworks, baby monitors etc.
Uses second 'rf out' so picture format (16:9 vs 4:3 can be set independantly of main tv setting)
:mad: Cons:
Lots of wire to lay.
Good quilaty co-ax cable required to ensure you can change the channel in the bedroom.


Digi Sender:
:j Pro's:
No wires.
Simple installation.
Additional receivers can be added so you can send the picture to many tv's eg study, kitchen etc.
:mad: Cons:
Occasional Interference (as above microwaves etc)
Require separate power supply so more cables.
Tricky to place the infrared eye to allow upsatirs channel changing.
Must be connected by scart at the sender end. Therefore you cannot use the second 'rf out' on your skybox. Why is this a problem? If you have a widescreen tv downstairs and have the sky resolution set to widescreen, the signal sent to your upstairs tv will also be in widescreen mode (ok if you also have widescreen in bedroom which i don't!).

Personally i like the versatility you get with the digi sender as you could move it say to the spare room etc. I have a Gigavideo 70 unit which works well and has the addded bonus of a co-ax connection at the receiver end which allows you to use it wity older tv's that have no scart input.
I bought it here: http://www.letsautomate.com/10773.cfm

Jazzycat

I personally would use the coax cable system - had a digi sender but they are not a patch on a proper link(bad interference etc etc). If you have the cabling in place or can do fairly easily would defintitely recommend that option.

link to piece of kit below

http://www.brymar.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Sky_Digital_3.html

they have an excellent offer of the link with a Sky remote for just £19.99

Ems!

Hi all, sorry to hijack the thread but as it is a similar topic.. here goes... would the above options work on a portable tv in my bedroom that due to the area i live in cannot pick up any normal channels - have tried adding various different ariels etc. Had considered getting multi room for this reason but decided we couldn't really justify the cost. Cheers for any help!!
Em.x

andrewmoorcroft

madmamma wrote:

Help!! We are now the proud owners of a bouncing baby tv in the bedroom! However would like to be able to get sky but don't want to pay for multiroom. Remember in past some of you discussing a gadget that could be attached to tv downstairs (where we have the sky box) that would bounce the sky signal upstairs. what is it and where do I get it?
Thanks
Madmamma x

What's a "bouncing baby tv"? A small TV that bounces?
Seriously there is a way you can do this really cheap very quickly but you won't be able to change channel from the room without the sky box. The box will have a scart output to the TV and a RF (aerial output) that is used for old TV's without a scart but most TV's have a scart so you may not need the RF cable. The RF is to tune in your TV (may be chennel 6 or something) to your sky box. This is the same as we used to do when we tuned in our videos before scarts. Take the RF input out your main TV and plug the aerial lead into your TV instead. With a long RF lead connect the RF output of your sky to the RF input of your small TV that bounces. Tune channel 6 on your small TV that bounces to recieve sky.

The best way: Next time you see a sky van, stop it and ask for a quad LNB and a standard sky box taken from a house that's just had an upgrade to sky plus. He'll probably do it for a tenner. Fit the Quad LNB to your dish and an extra lead to the 2nd room. Fit the new sky box to your small TV that bounces and hey presto you have freeview sky and most importantly a different channel on each box and 2 remotes. If you want extra channels then buy a dodgy viewing card off ebay.

madmamma

Thank you all so much, I'm sure that will be really helpful. Don't understand a word of it m'self but am sure maddadda will!

penrhyn

andrewmoorcroft wrote:

What's a "bouncing baby tv"? A small TV that bounces?
Seriously there is a way you can do this really cheap very quickly but you won't be able to change channel from the room without the sky box. The box will have a scart output to the TV and a RF (aerial output) that is used for old TV's without a scart but most TV's have a scart so you may not need the RF cable. The RF is to tune in your TV (may be chennel 6 or something) to your sky box. This is the same as we used to do when we tuned in our videos before scarts. Take the RF input out your main TV and plug the aerial lead into your TV instead. With a long RF lead connect the RF output of your sky to the RF input of your small TV that bounces. Tune channel 6 on your small TV that bounces to recieve sky.

The best way: Next time you see a sky van, stop it and ask for a quad LNB and a standard sky box taken from a house that's just had an upgrade to sky plus. He'll probably do it for a tenner. Fit the Quad LNB to your dish and an extra lead to the 2nd room. Fit the new sky box to your small TV that bounces and hey presto you have freeview sky and most importantly a different channel on each box and 2 remotes. If you want extra channels then buy a dodgy viewing card off ebay.

All Sky boxes have TWO RF outputs, you can simply enable the second output and run a cable to your second TV.( which needs tuning as in the quote) You will then be able to receive terrestrial channels as normal and the Sky channel that your box is tuned to. Then if you are feeling flush add a TV link and a second Sky remote for about £20.

Meanwhile I'll lurk behind the net curtain in case the Sky man passes by.