[wenzitmyturn]

Please be gentle with me..... I am a feeble woman who is having terrible problems with the linkage (if that's a word) of my TV, Sky+, DVD recorder, VCR and amplifier (for 3 other tvs).

Had sky+ for years..... broke down last week, sky engineers came today to install new box.

Fixed everything up nicely, except that they used an old booster box I had lying around my living room to get the TVs in other rooms working. I told them it wasn't part of the "set-up" but they insisted on using it.

We are trying to cut down on spaghetti behind TV so in a temper after they left, I unplugged the booster and relevant RF cables and now can't get them to go anywhere that makes them work!!!

Have searched internet since 6pm for diagram of which wire goes where (used to have one that the engineer who fitted amp in loft left, but can't find)but to no avail so now severely p****d off that i've wasted a whole evening and still no further forward.

Any help PLEEEAAASE.
x
Karen

[streekie]

so your sky box was working ok when they left. its just a case of re plumbing ? how many outputs on the distribution amp and i take it is plugged in ? any lights or indicators on that booster box ?

[r_mitchell85]

hiya, can I get a better understanding of what you're trying to achieve by asking a few questions?

Is your sky / vcr / dvd set up working ok on your main TV? it is probably connected via scart leads?

did you used to be able to view sky on the other TV's in the house? do you know if the signal from the sky box is carried up to the loft and then distributed to all the other TVs from there?

[streekie]

you said rf cables. do all the cables have the same connectors on them and are they circular or rectangular with many pins ?

[streekie]

maybe the op got it working then ? or gave up and went to bed ? goodluck/goodnight !

[wenzitmyturn]

no such luck.... still here - hope you haven't all gone to bed now. Just been curled up behind tv, trying and trying.


Yes, it did work when engineers left, but with additional peice of equipment, mains cable etc and i'm trying to reduce, not increase.

Was working fine as well until sky+ box died.
Yes, it is just a case of re-plumbing.

What I've got........
outside aerial going into Sky+ RF1
RF 2 sky, going to RFin DVD
Other RF2 Sky+ going to amp/splitter/whatever its called in loft.
RF out DVD to back of main TV
Currently, TV works fine, DVd picks up 1-5 terrestrial, but not Sky and Other tvs get horrendous pictures and no sky.

Hope this makes sense to any experts

Thanks again. Won't go away this time, waiting with baited breath!

Karen

[r_mitchell85]

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Originally Posted by wenzitmyturn

no such luck.... still here - hope you haven't all gone to bed now. Just been curled up behind tv, trying and trying.


Yes, it did work when engineers left, but with additional peice of equipment, mains cable etc and i'm trying to reduce, not increase.

Was working fine as well until sky+ box died.
Yes, it is just a case of re-plumbing.

What I've got........
outside aerial going into Sky+ RF1
RF 2 sky, going to RFin DVD
Other RF2 Sky+ going to amp/splitter/whatever its called in loft.
RF out DVD to back of main TV
Currently, TV works fine, DVd picks up 1-5 terrestrial, but not Sky and Other tvs get horrendous pictures and no sky.

Hope this makes sense to any experts

Thanks again. Won't go away this time, waiting with baited breath!

Karen

the outside aerial should go into "aerial IN"
then.... a wire should connect "RF 1" to the dvdR
and the RF2 should go up a wire to the amplifier in the loft....which should connect to all your other TV's.

the DVD should really be connected via SCART to the scart socket. (thats if you want to record from sky to dvd)

[wenzitmyturn]

thanks for that, bear with me while i just go and try.

All machines are connected by scart as well, but the DVD AV1/2/3 still coming up with blank screen, where previously it showed sky.

be back in a min.

[wenzitmyturn]

OK,

SKY+ Box has an "Aerial in" and then 2 x RF2 out.

Aerial is in aerial in and RF 2 is connected to DVD in (you say this should be RF1 to DVD? - can't see an RF1!

[r_mitchell85]

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Originally Posted by wenzitmyturn

OK,

SKY+ Box has an "Aerial in" and then 2 x RF2 out.

Aerial is in aerial in and RF 2 is connected to DVD in (you say this should be RF1 to DVD? - can't see an RF1!

well.....

on my particular sky+ box, there is a RF1 and a RF2.....

but in honesty they both put out the exact same signal.

so as long as you've got your external aerial in the "aerial in" socket, and then one of the rf2's going to your dvd and the other of the rf2s going to your loft amp, then it wont make any difference.

I hope that made sense?!?

[wenzitmyturn]

it makes pefect sense, but doesn't work!!

RF2 going to loft/amp cable for other TVs that still don't get good pics or sky.

You know how you can rewind live TV? wish you could do that with real life!

At this point would be willing to live with the additional cables of booster box if I thought it would work, but can't remember how he had them.

[r_mitchell85]

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Originally Posted by wenzitmyturn

it makes pefect sense, but doesn't work!!

RF2 going to loft/amp cable for other TVs that still don't get good pics or sky.

You know how you can rewind live TV? wish you could do that with real life!

At this point would be willing to live with the additional cables of booster box if I thought it would work, but can't remember how he had them.

I dont see how any additional wires or boosters would be of benefit here anyway???

if its any help then there's a diagram here
http://www1.sky.com/userguides/skyplus.pdf
scroll to page 57 out of 66

it looks more complicated than it really is. it sounds as if youve got everything in place - except for the RF leads (which are dotted lines on this picture)

and where its got "second TV" on the diagram - in your case its "loft amp - splitting to 2nd, third, 4th tv"

[wenzitmyturn]

i've got everything just as its shown in diagram, but still no good. main tv is working fine, cept you can't get a sky picture through dvd even though scarts all connected.

could it be dodgy scarts?

But that wouldn't affect other TVs and they're still not getting good pictures. have checked all connections on cables and all seem in good order.

Baffled!

[r_mitchell85]

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Originally Posted by wenzitmyturn

i've got everything just as its shown in diagram, but still no good. main tv is working fine, cept you can't get a sky picture through dvd even though scarts all connected.

could it be dodgy scarts?

But that wouldn't affect other TVs and they're still not getting good pictures. have checked all connections on cables and all seem in good order.

Baffled!

hmm sounds strange? you should be getting sky on the AV2 (or something similar) of you dvd-recorder.

youre right - even if it was a dodgy scart, it wouldnt affect all your other TV's, they are connected by RF and not scart.

can you get up to your loft and make sure all the connections are still in place on the amp? and that its getting power etc?

(although if this was all working after the technician bloke left, i cant see how amp wouldve been affected)

also - prehaps try unplugging the sky+ box at the mains and re-booting it
(a long shot I know) but if the sky box isnt recieving power it dosent pass on the aerial signal to any of the tv's.

[wenzitmyturn]

That's me done in now. I'm off to bed and will have to ring for expert help tomorrow!

Thank you for all your advice.

[stephendowning]

Could the new sky box be outputting on a different RF channel number? This requiring the TVs connected by the the RF feed to be retuned perhaps?