Sky on second telly without multi-room?

MuGeN · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:27

ok so we've bought a shiny new telly and upgraded to Sky+ HD in the lounge, but would like to be able to watch sky in the conservatory on an old (but still trusty) 26" samsung...

now i originally thought maybe there is something I could do with the old Sky+ box to make this work, but after a bit of investigation realised that actually, I cant...

So then I started looking at something like this:

so let me get this straight... with this I can just plug it in a steal the signal from the Sky HD box in the lounge? and it will be able to view the recorded stuff etc etc? would I also not need to plug in a crappy little aerial?

I'm assuming that by using it from here you can't use the main box (not a problem since it'll be used by my wife when i'm on the ps3 no doubt

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So yeah, just after a bit of advice as to what I can achieve with this and if its the right tool for the job?

MuGeN · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:28

ahh rubbish I think i've got it wrong, this would need wiring up to the main box via coax?

that'd be a right bitch of a job in my house

might have to have a rethink... any advice? any way to do this wirelessly maybe?

Pug · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:36

how do you plug your TV into the sky box?

Cause a wireless TV sender would work if its SCART or similar (Basically not HDMI).

Plug transmitter into Sky/TV connection, receiver into back of other telly. Job done.

MuGeN · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:57

well, I would plug the Sky HD box into the telly with HDMI, does this maybe mean I can't do it?

I have been looking around and something like a Philex Compact Flat Wireless AV Sender looks pretty good - can transmit the IR signals back as well so you get control with the sky remote

Anyone got any recommendations about which of the many MANY senders is good to get? and also is the quality ok or do you loose a lot?

Pug · 20 Oct 2009 at 12:25

It wouldnt be HD, obv, but that isnt an issue.

My concern is more that you wont get anything displayed as its all being output through HDMI, and there's no senders i've seen that have a HDMI base station. So i think this is a dead end tbh. The old ones i have used (SCART) worked fine actually, picture was as good as the source (ish), did have issues with wireless internet & microwaves though...

NeilF · 20 Oct 2009 at 12:51

I'm using a philips video sender and pick it up in the bedroom and out in the garage. Picture is fairly good...

Pug · 20 Oct 2009 at 14:53

with a HDMI box?

SHEDDER1uk · 20 Oct 2009 at 15:17

I use a av sender works a charm.

Mrjobby · 20 Oct 2009 at 15:20

Ive used one of these before and it was crap. You need a run of coax all the way to your 2nd tv and I found the ir eye was very iffy. Maybe our run of cable was too long.

NeilF · 20 Oct 2009 at 15:32

Pug said:
with a HDMI box?

No, scart connections...

MuGeN · 20 Oct 2009 at 15:55

so it would seem that using coax is the only proper way to do it then, i assume theres no problem outputting the main a/v to the telly via HDMI and having a second signal piped out through one of the coax sockets?

SHEDDER1uk · 20 Oct 2009 at 16:11

Again i have a av sender that connects via scart and works flawless. About 30 quid from argos i think.

Pug · 20 Oct 2009 at 17:10

He's using HDMI, and unless you can get sky to output over SCART and HDMI simultaneously that isnt going to work.

[RB] · 20 Oct 2009 at 17:17

Yep - IIRC you can't use HDMI and SCART simultaneously. Your only other option really would be a HDMI splitter but then you'd still need a magic eye to be able to change channels!

Glaucus · 20 Oct 2009 at 17:42

I use a magic eye and it's brilliant. Does everything the box does. Just make sure you get one with the hd+ remote. Really is the best way and running a coax really isn't that hard. run it around the top of the skirting board and drill a hole through walls.