tv connection

dougnross · 21-04-2009, 20:35

I have a JVC 42" plasma which is a few years old. Iwanted to move it to another room but the existing tv there is supplied with a tv eye and a co-axial cable from the sky box however thee tv only has phono and video input connections. Any way i can connect this? Cheers

RobAnt · 21-04-2009, 20:50

Is this a TV or a monitor we are talking about? If it's a TV, how would you set it up to receive standard terrestrial broadcasts?

I ask, because that is obviously what the current TV in that location is clearly able to do, as you're using a coaxial cable to connect your Sky box to it.

There must be a standard ariel connection on it somewhere. It should be just a straight swap, and then tune the TV to the Sky box's coax signal.

The only other way, I can think of, is to subscribe to multi room Sky, so it has it's own Sky box. You could connect that second box to the Plasma's SCART/RGB for the best picture. This would, of course, have the advantage of being able to watch different channels on each TV.

If you're talking about a coax cable coming straight from the satellite, there must be another digital receiver STB somewhere, and you have two Satellite Coax connections on the wall, each one going to separate satellite digital receivers.

Personally, I use a couple of computers, with a single receiver in the computer near the Satellite wall point, and use that as a master. The second computer then acts as a client via my 1000mbps local area network (LAN). This is good enough for BBC & ITV HD.

The software I use for that is "MediaPortal" (the version for Windows, which is Open Source free to use.

chrisjr · 22-04-2009, 09:10

I suspect this might be one of the early Plasma displays that had an optional external tuner box if it hasn't got a coax input on it. We've got a Pioneer model at work like that.

If that is the case then there is no way to directly connect the Sky feed to the TV. You need some form of tuner to do that.

21-04-2009, 20:35	#1
dougnross Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7	tv connection I have a JVC 42" plasma which is a few years old. Iwanted to move it to another room but the existing tv there is supplied with a tv eye and a co-axial cable from the sky box however thee tv only has phono and video input connections. Any way i can connect this? Cheers

21-04-2009, 20:50	#2
RobAnt Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South West Posts: 10,218	Is this a TV or a monitor we are talking about? If it's a TV, how would you set it up to receive standard terrestrial broadcasts? I ask, because that is obviously what the current TV in that location is clearly able to do, as you're using a coaxial cable to connect your Sky box to it. There must be a standard ariel connection on it somewhere. It should be just a straight swap, and then tune the TV to the Sky box's coax signal. The only other way, I can think of, is to subscribe to multi room Sky, so it has it's own Sky box. You could connect that second box to the Plasma's SCART/RGB for the best picture. This would, of course, have the advantage of being able to watch different channels on each TV. If you're talking about a coax cable coming straight from the satellite, there must be another digital receiver STB somewhere, and you have two Satellite Coax connections on the wall, each one going to separate satellite digital receivers. Personally, I use a couple of computers, with a single receiver in the computer near the Satellite wall point, and use that as a master. The second computer then acts as a client via my 1000mbps local area network (LAN). This is good enough for BBC & ITV HD. The software I use for that is "MediaPortal" (the version for Windows, which is Open Source free to use.

22-04-2009, 09:10	#3
chrisjr Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Reading Posts: 27,916	I suspect this might be one of the early Plasma displays that had an optional external tuner box if it hasn't got a coax input on it. We've got a Pioneer model at work like that. If that is the case then there is no way to directly connect the Sky feed to the TV. You need some form of tuner to do that.

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