Sky

John_G66

I've just got a portable for the kitchen and would like to run a cable from my Sky+ box that is the other side of the wall. Only thing is there is no scart socket at the back of the portable, so can I run just a normal ariel type lead from a Sky+ box to the ariel socket at the back of the portable and will it work ?

Cheers..................

spaceman5

yes it should work fine, if you plug it into ur rgb socket on your sky box, also if you purchase a magic eye(they are quite cheap on ebay), you can even turn over the channels from your kitchen, i currently use this set up for my bedroom, saves going downstairs to turn over channels, hope this helps, Dave

John_G66

spaceman5 wrote: »

yes it should work fine, if you plug it into ur rgb socket on your sky box, also if you purchase a magic eye(they are quite cheap on ebay), you can even turn over the channels from your kitchen, i currently use this set up for my bedroom, saves going downstairs to turn over channels, hope this helps, Dave

Yep, cheers Dave. :beer:

penrhyn

I think spaceman means the RF2 output on your Sky + box.
You do need to activate it though, just run a coaxial lead from there to your kitchen TV, you will then need to tune it in to the appropriate channel for the Sky box signal and you will also get the terrestrial signals down the lead as well.

Go into the services menu, option 4, then press 0 then 1 then select to access the installers menu and go into the rf outlets option, check rf2 power is on.

http://www.tvlink.co.uk/

spaceman5

hi just looked on ebay, here is one of those magic eyes i was on about, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SKY-Magic-Eye-tv-LINK-Silver-New-Control-sat-in-bed_W0QQitemZ140170559387QQihZ004QQcategoryZ67881QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemed

alternatively here is one with a remote control as well: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NeW-gEnUiNe-sKy-ReMoTe-CoNtRoL-Tv-LiNk-MaGiC-eYe-MoUsE_W0QQitemZ330177892862QQihZ014QQcategoryZ67881QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

again just an idea, but if you just stick an aerial lead in, it will work just fine, just means you will have to turn the channel over at source, thats all, thanks Dave.

spaceman5

first link did not work, here it is again, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SKY-Magic-Eye-tv-LINK-Silver-New-Control-sat-in-bed_W0QQitemZ140170559387QQihZ004QQcategoryZ67881QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

thanks penryhn, i did mean rf2 output, just got the name wrong.

spaceman5

my god looks like i am turning this thread into my own lol, sorry penrhyn, i got ur name wrong.

John_G66

Thanks for all the help there guys. :beer: