Sky magic eye Alternatives?

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Kaybenson wrote: »

Yes i have

Make sure that all connections are good, try cleaning the connections with fine sandpaper if they are not.

As I said at post # 16, these Magic Eye's do need a really good connection to enable them to function properly.

Good Luck.

Fifer

Might sound daft, but it is possible to connect them the wrong way round and they don't work that way.

EDIT: Check that the light on the eye comes on when you connect it in line close to the Sky box. That'll let you know (a) that it works, (b) that the Sky box power is properly enabled and (c) which way round it goes.

EDIT AGAIN: Are you getting the Sky signal on the bedroom TV now?

Kaybenson

Fifer wrote: »

Have you enabled the Sky box RF power as detailed in post #11?

Yes.

I just recheck NOW.

It is set at RF channel number: 68

RF Outlet power supply: ON

Kaybenson

Could the problem be the Junction box(tru which all aerial cables supply the rooms)?

I connected the magic eye upstairs, could it be downstairs?

Does the position matters for the light to come on??

Fifer

Try temporarily connecting the magic eye in line close to the Sky box downstairs to see if the light comes on.

Toxteth_OGrady

Your junction box may not be passing through the RF2 voltage needed for the Eye to work. If Fifer's suggestion in #26 works then I would suspect that is the problem.

:cool:

TOG

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Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

Your junction box may not be passing through the RF2 voltage needed for the Eye to work. If Fifer's suggestion in #26 works then I would suspect that is the problem.

:cool:

TOG

I would agree with this, these things need perfect connections to function.

Toxteth_OGrady

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I would agree with this, these things need perfect connections to function.

and a distribution box/amp that actually supports active 9V DC passthrough.

For example out of these two, identical in all other respects, this does not but this does.

I know because after lots of tweaking with the former to get a Sky Eye to work I ended up replacing it with the latter and it worked out of the box.

:cool:

TOG

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Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

and a distribution box/amp that actually supports active 9V DC passthrough.


I know because after lots of tweaking with the former to get a Sky Eye to work I ended up replacing it with the latter and it worked out of the box.

:cool:

TOG

True, however I don't recall seeing an amplifier being mentioned in this case.

I think that it is just bad connections causing the problem/s.

Kaybenson

Fifer wrote: »

Try temporarily connecting the magic eye in line close to the Sky box downstairs to see if the light comes on.

It worked, that is the light came up when i plugged it downstairs.

The main issue NOW remains the RF/cable/signal stuff.

I am currently checking up the cables in the garden.

Thanks everyone.