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Old 18-03-2008, 09:49
Alistair Peake
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I have sky+ connected to a samsung lcd tv via a scart cable. I want to replace the old crt TV upstairs which is currently connected to the sky+ box with a co-ax and a magic eye with a new LCD TV. I doubt the quality of the signal from the co-ax. I want a new way of connecting the two. Would a scart splitter from the Sky+ with a connection for a long AV cable be the answer?
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Old 18-03-2008, 10:37
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I have sky+ connected to a samsung lcd tv via a scart cable. I want to replace the old crt TV upstairs which is currently connected to the sky+ box with a co-ax and a magic eye with a new LCD TV. I doubt the quality of the signal from the co-ax. I want a new way of connecting the two. Would a scart splitter from the Sky+ with a connection for a long AV cable be the answer?
I use the RF feed from my Sky+ box to my 17" LCD in the bedroom and the picture looks pretty good - also have a magic eye.

also went the wireless sender route which was even better but it runs on the same frequency as wireless routers so back in the box that went.

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Old 18-03-2008, 15:12
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as long as you use a decent cable like CT 100 or equivalant the signal will be OK and in fact really good

the only downside it will be in mono, but its only a bedroom? and I dont really notice the sound being mono, and I doubt you will with the poor speakers you get in modern tvs

you could get a video sender and you are best getting one with 4 channels
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Old 18-03-2008, 15:13
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The only way to use a magic eye is to use the RF feed, theres no other way other than with a wireless sender.

You could run an S-video cable from the sky+ box to the new LCD, assuming it has an s-video input but you would lose the control of the sky.

TBH, the rf should be good enough, unless you have cross-modulation from an aerial plugged into the sky box. This will cause a poor picture on the 2nd tv but the RF channel can be changed in the installers menu (services, 4, 01 select) to cure this.
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Old 18-03-2008, 20:12
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It is possible to have control using RF & a Sky Eye and also use a SCART splitter too. Just make sure it's an active (amplified) splitter so that each output gets 100% of signal level rather than a passive 50/50 split.

I would avoid using S-video on anything more than a 10 mtr cable run. It's not a very robust signal format. RGB on the other hand will happily run for 100 mtrs with the right cable.
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Old 18-03-2008, 21:17
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I installed a cable for a friend from his sky+ to the projector in his bar. 25 metre s-video cable worked perfectly although he did need 2x rca leads to a stereo for the sound.
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