New Thompson digibox but no remote eye support?

AmDaMan

AmDaMan

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Hey, i've just got a Thompson digibox off a friend as it is so much better than the 1st gen box we had from Panasonic. However the remote eye doesn't seem to work in my room anymore.

There are 2 RF out's just like on the old box. Anything I can do?

thanks,
 
You need to turn on the 9 volt out put to the RF out socket so it can power the eye.

You will need to access the service menu and turn it on in there

Try Google, the instruction to do this shouldn't be to hard to find.

Hope this helps

Rich

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Try This

Step 1

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Turn your digibox off at the main power supply.[/font]

Step 2

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Run your cable from the back of your digibox to the second TV using the appropriate connectors.[/font]

Step 3

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Plug the Magic Eye (TV Link) onto the end of the cable and then into the RF input on the back of your TV.[/font]

Step 4

Plug the cable into RF 2 on the back of your digibox and switch the digibox back on, then look to see if the red light has illuminated on the Magic Eye (TV Link), if it has then all you need to do now is tune your second TV to the appropriate channel. If however the light did not come on then please continue with the following steps.

Step 5

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Press services on your Sky remote control.[/font]

Step 6

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Select "System Setup" (Number 4).[/font]

Step 7

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Press 0, then 1, then select on your Sky remote control.[/font]

Step 8

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Select "RF Outlets" (Number 4).[/font]

Step 9

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Turn the "RF Outlet Power Supply" on by pressing the green right arrow key on your remote control, then go down to "Save New Settings". The little red light should now be on and it should be working OK.[/font]

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Note![/font]

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Should the red light not illuminate once the steps above have been completed, please check that a 'short' hasn't been created, this can be caused by having the inner and outer cores touching at the connector ends.[/font]
 
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that's brilliant mate! The RF outlet was off. Cheers.


One more thing though, the picture is a bit snowy, so i think theres a short on the connector downstairs as it's seen better day. How is it meant to go together though?

Ive put the core through the middle but where should the outer copper shield stuff go? I thought I had done it right as the normal TV channels are crystal clear but these the sky channel isn't ( and I have the ariel running through the downstairs sky box too)

thanks,
 
hiya, yeah it's that connector but i lost that golden bit so connect straight to the outside.

Do you tune the box via that secret menu too?

thanks!!

Edit: the picture is clear on the downstairs tv? and I did retune upstairs but this is the best it gets :confused:
 
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