Multiroom or magic eye?

ANGLICANPAT

Hi. We already have Sky in a lounge. I want to put a further TV in the bedroom next to it with the same sky package. There is only one person in the bungalow, sometimes needing to watch tele from bed, sometimes from lounge. Person is v. elderly so want to stick to same system rather than say Sky in one room and Freeview in the other.
Ive been told multiroom is fine, Ive been told magic eye will do the job cheaper. I am not technically minded AT ALL, so if poss, some really simply put advice to enable me to get my relative the right set up would be great please.

The eye - how does it work briefly? Whats connected to what?
For magic eye , would I only need the one sky box then?
If so, how could remote in room without sky box work?
Ive seen magic eyes for sale online . Is there a recommended one for Sky? Cheap ok or you get what you pay for ?
What extras , cables or whatever would I need to fit it ?
Would I just have each tele with a separate cable from the sky dish,no aerial needed?
Anything else to know about the eye? Other bits or requirements?

Multiroom - Ive been told this is a split signal between the 2 teles rather than a signal being bounced from one set to the other. That make sense?

With multiroom, Id need two boxes, pay £10 extra a month , still two separate cables fromthe dish , but only pay for one sky package ?
Does it make a difference if I got HD?
Anything else Ive forgotten to consider? Thanks in advance for any help. I dont even know who to ask about such things, Sky, Curry's, TV engineer, Eye salesman.

pcombo

Probably be cheaper with magic eye and it be easier to setup instead of paying additional charges i.e £10 or install fees.

aliEnRIK

A magic eye works by sending a signal through to another room (So the sky box can be operated from the 2nd room). The downside is you need to connect the sky box to the 2nd tv via an RF lead (basic aerial cable). Another downside is the the rf cable will only allow COMPOSITE video (The lowest quality) which will make the picture alittle fuzzy. That said, if sky hasnt been setup properly it will be in composite anyways
A 2nd skybox is the better quality (but dearer) option

jackieb

I liked my video sender (magic eye) but for some reason it interrupted my husband's wifi connection when he was on his laptop and he threw it out!

bribrian

When using the Magic Eye the second tv has to watch whatever sky channel is being watched on the main tv...
Firstly connect your long coaxial cable (the one that will connect to the second TV) to the RF2 output of the SKY digital receiver.

Secondly, connect the SKY Magic Eye to this long cable.

Thirdly, connect a coaxial lead to the other end of the SKY Magic Eye and then to the aerial input of the second TV.

Once all connected, the SKY Magic Eye should have it's power LED illuminated which indicates that all is working. (if not then you can turn on the RF2 from the services menu from your remote...

http://www.sky-remotes.com/images/rfsky.jpg

[Deleted User]

Hi,

jackieb wrote: »

I liked my video sender (magic eye) but for some reason it interrupted my husband's wifi connection when he was on his laptop and he threw it out!

did he try changing the channel before he threw it out, the one I have has 4 channels/frequencies, and it worked for me.

jackieb

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,



did he try changing the channel before he threw it out, the one I have has 4 channels/frequencies, and it worked for me.

Yes, our one had 4 frequencies too. We used to try different ones.

ANGLICANPAT

very many thanks to all of you. Most helpful.