Sky Digital

[KR's Post]

Hey guys. Little info needed.

Father in law is getting Sky in with 1 x multi room.

Going into the living room and my girlfriend is getting the multi room box. But without going for another multi room box for his room, is there a cable or any other way of connecting the living room sky box with a normal telly in a bedroom upstairs?

Please help asap.

[lofty9]

a sky eye will let you watch what is on downstairs, it will also let you turn the channels over from upstairs.

http://www.tvaerials.com/product.aspx?productid=196&from=froggle

Not too sure what you mean you are doing about the other box though? If your dad is getting multi room he will be paying extra per month for the other box. If he just wants this sky eye, no point in getting multi room.

Edit, just read, its your father in law! Understand now.

[KR's Post]

a sky eye will let you watch what is on downstairs, it will also let you turn the channels over from upstairs.

http://www.tvaerials.com/product.aspx?productid=196&from=froggle

Not too sure what you mean you are doing about the other box though? If your dad is getting multi room he will be paying extra per month for the other box. If he just wants this sky eye, no point in getting multi room.

Edit, just read, its your father in law! Understand now.

Oh they Sky eye. **** i forgot about that! Thanks lofty

[noby]

So your girlfriend is living with your Father-in-law? What does your wife have to say about this cosy setup?

Oh, and yes, get a sky-eye thingy.

[Ash]

So does that mean you bring the remote control with you to the other room
and the "eye thing" picks up that signal and sends it back down to the
skybox?

[noby]

That's my understanding. A spare remote would be handy.

[KR's Post]

So your girlfriend is living with your Father-in-law? What does your wife have to say about this cosy setup?

Oh, and yes, get a sky-eye thingy.Ok i'll say it right, my girlfriends dad is getting the sky, future father in law.;)
Oh, and yes, get a sky-eye thingy.

Can sky eye be used for several tele's. example being he wants it to go to his room and the kitchen/dining room!

[citizenerased]

dont bother with sky. get the starview box,,,ya get all the channels and dont have to pay any monthy bills...got one its the busssssiness!!

[MojoPin]

starview box?

[EAFC_rdfl]

yeah starview box is the way to go, get the most basic package offered by ntl (or whoever) connect up this bad boy&there ya go,all the channels you could ever want.get them on ebay for less than 150.

[KR's Post]

so listen. Can the sky eye be used for 2 rooms? I.e. Wants Kitchen and bedroom Sky tv.

[noby]

It won't leave him watch different channels in different rooms at the same time.
If the sky box is in the kitchen, it will allow him change channels in the bedroom.

[citizenerased]

starview...all the channels inc all sky sprts and setanta sports...all you need is ntl basic..the way to go better than paying around 700 euro a year for sky...and thats not even giving you setanta sports!!

[KR's Post]

It won't leave him watch different channels in different rooms at the same time.
If the sky box is in the kitchen, it will allow him change channels in the bedroom.

Can for instance with the box in kitchen, he can change channel in bedroom, but with another sky eye, can he connect that to his tv in the sitting room?

[2legged tackle]

Anyone have the codes or frequencies to get extra channels in "other Channels"?

[noby]

I have them somewhere. Which channels are you looking for?

[noby]

Actually here you go:



BBC Frequencies*10773 H 22.0 5/6

BBC One London
BBC Two England
BBC News 24
BBC Four (1900-0500)
CBBC (0700-1900)
CBeebies (0600-1900)
BBC Three (1900-0500)
BBC One Northern Ireland


10788 V 22.0 5/6

BBC One West Midlands
BBC One North West
BBC One East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
BBC One Yorkshire & North Midlands
BBC One East Midlands
BBC One East England


10803 H 22.0 5/6

BBC One Wales
BBC Two Wales
BBC One Scotland
BBC Two Scotland
BBC Two Northern Ireland
BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra


10818 V 22.0 5/6

BBC One West England
BBC One South East
BBC One South England
BBC One South West
BBC One North East & Cumbria
BBC One Oxford


10847 V 22.0 5/6

BBC One Cambridge
BBC One Channel Islands
BBC HD (NOTE: can't be added on Sky's non-HD boxes)


11954 H 27.0 2/3

BBC Parliament
BBCi 8
BBCi 9
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4 DAB
BBC Radio 4 LW
BBC Radio Scotland AM
BBC Radio Wales FM
BBC Radio Ulster FM
BBC Asian Network
BBC World Service Europe
BBC Radio Cymru
BBC 1Xtra
BBC 6 Music
BBC 7
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
BBC London 94.9 FM


12441 V 27.5 2/3

BBCi 1
BBCi 2
BBCi 3
BBCi 4
BBCi 5
BBCi 6
BBCi 7


Updated: 05/09/07 ITV Frequencies*

10714 H 22000 5/6

ITV 2 +1 (07-19)
ITV 1 Central TV South West
ITV 1 Anglia TV South
ITV 1 Anglia TV West
ITV 1 Tyne Tees TV North
ITV 1 Tyne Tees TV South


10758 V 22.0 5/6

ITV 1 London
ITV 2
CITV (Mon-Fri 0600-1800 & Sat-Sun? (http://bytelive.com/wiki/tiki-editpage.php?page=Sat-Sun) 0600-1230)
ITV 4 (Mon-Fri 1800-0600 & Sat-Sun? (http://bytelive.com/wiki/tiki-editpage.php?page=Sat-Sun) 1230-06.00)
Men & Motors
ITV 1 Granada TV
ITV 1 Anglia TV North
ITV 1 Central West


10832 H 22.0 5/6

ITV 1 Thames Valley TV North
ITV 1 Central East
ITV 1 Wales
ITV 1 West
ITV 1 Westcountry South
ITV 1 Border TV North England


10891 H 22.0 5/6

ITV 1 Border TV South Scotland
ITV 1 Meridian TV South
ITV 1 Meridian TV South East
ITV 1 Meridian TV Sussex
ITV 1 Thames Valley TV South
ITV 1 Yorkshire TV North
ITV 1 Yorkshire TV East


10906 V 22.0 5/6

Channel TV
STV Grampian TV North
STV Scottish TV West
STV Scottish TV East
Ulster TV
ITV 3
ITV 3 +1 (1800-0600)Taken from ICDG Wiki.

[dahamsta]

Here you go.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055038749

[EDIT: I see noby got there before me, excellent! :)]

adam

[DonalE]

Could someone tell me what the USB post on the Sky+ Box is for?

[GavinZac]

Could someone tell me what the USB post on the Sky+ Box is for?

Sky Plus has hard drive storage inside it so I'd imagine its for interacting with that.

[DonalE]

Sky Plus has hard drive storage inside it so I'd imagine its for interacting with that.

That's what I thought too. . .

[KR's Post]

Hey guys. The sky eyes that you can get to watch Digital in differnt rooms. Exactly how do they work? Are they connected to the box.

Example as said before. Getting sky with multi room. Multi room going up in 1 bedroom the main box in living room. Can The sky eys tansport Digital to Kitchen and also to other bedroom upstiars from the main box? Please if possible give step by step!

[GavinZac]

Hey guys. The sky eyes that you can get to watch Digital in differnt rooms. Exactly how do they work? Are they connected to the box.

Example as said before. Getting sky with multi room. Multi room going up in 1 bedroom the main box in living room. Can The sky eys tansport Digital to Kitchen and also to other bedroom upstiars from the main box? Please if possible give step by step!

Every sky box has 2 outputs - one that will go direct to the tv, another that carries a small electrical charge to power a receiver. You plug in this receiver to the coaxial cable going into the second tv, and a little infra red receiver is now powered and ready to go. This will allow you to use a second remote to change the channel on the box downstairs.

If you don't want to be able to change the channel, you can just run a cable and watch what is on downstairs without any purchases bar the coaxial tv cable

[red bellied]

As I found out yesterday you will also have to power on the RF outlets in the installer set up. Go to services on the remote. Then press 4 0 1 followed by select on the remote. This will bring you to the installer menu. Go to RF outlets and toggle it on to power and save.

[geysir]

Every sky box has 2 outputs - one that will go direct to the tv, another that carries a small electrical charge to power a receiver. You plug in this receiver to the coaxial cable going into the second tv, and a little infra red receiver is now powered and ready to go. This will allow you to use a second remote to change the channel on the box downstairs.

If you don't want to be able to change the channel, you can just run a cable and watch what is on downstairs without any purchases bar the coaxial tv cable
That's a very neat built-in feature in the sky digibox.

Unfortunatly for those with a British/Irish digibox living in a country where they have "normal" tv's, you'll not hear sound out of the rf output.
To get Sky to a 2nd tv I have to take the rf signal from the DVD Recorder and send it (20m coax cable) to the kids room after boosting it.

Another neat enough idea is to get another non subs. s/h digibox. I got a panasonic tu - dsb30 (with a FTV card that was issued some years ago) for about €60 total.
Its a very responsive digibox, no lag at all with menus etc and even carries a better quality signal in bad weather than the skyplus digibox.
Probably a FTA Sat receiver would pick up all the same radio and tv channels but it couldn't at the time I got the 2nd digibox.

Then you can have all the Free channels on the main menu, if for some reason you haven't, then you can force the box to download the latest EPG software, after that the free channels will appear in the main menu.

This all assumes you have a Quad LNB
You dont mind an extra box + another effin remote +more effin cables