Getting Sky in more than one room!

amyparr

Hey guys,

I've read through the different threads on this issue, but can't seem to find a solution to my particular problem.

I live with my boyfriend's parents, and they have Sky HD in their living room. My boyfriend and I want to get a Sky+ box in a different room which we can control independently to the other box. It seems the answer to this would be to get Sky Multiroom and pay an extra £10 per month plus about £50 for the box.

It would be nice if we could watch it in our bedroom as well, so were thinking of getting a wireless video sender and magic eye combination to do this. The only problem might be that the Sky+ box would be a long way away down the other end of the house. As well as this, we thought it would be good if the original Sky HD box could also be linked up to a different bedroom for my bfs parents to watch. Their room would be a lot closer to the Sky HD box. We couldn't have two wireless systems going at once could we? Would the answer be to have one wireless system, and the other, closer one to be done via coax cables?

If anyone can think of a simpler solution, then that would be great! Thanks!

iashem

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cledor

You can connect a video sender to the Sky HD Box - assuming this has similar connections to the standard Sky Digibox. The receiver for this unit can be installed in bf parents bedroom. A cheaper alternative would be to run a coax lead + Sky Eye to the (nearby) bedroom. Note that the picture will not be of HD quality in both cases.

If you install a second video sender/receiver (to connect to Sky+ box) make sure you get the same brand as the first one, and that they have channel selection switches to avoid interference.

Sky Eye only works on wired connections, but most wireless video senders have a remote control capability which send a wireless command back to the signal source.

Note: Wireless video senders operate on a similar frequency band as wireless routers and most DECT phones. You are likely to experience some interference if these units are on exactly the same channels but this is usually avoided by changing channels or re-siting the units.

amyparr

Hi, thanks, I didn't realise you could change the channels on them, so that sounds like the best plan!