Sky into 2nd room

[James2593]

I know this topic has come up many times and I followed the advice on those and bought 10m of coaxial cable and the 'sky eye' to send the remote signals.

I would like the sky to be broadcast into the bedroom, it's on the same floor as the living room. I bought the kit to plug the coaxial cable into the sky box, run into and along the loft, down into the bedroom with the sky eye at the bedroom end, simple enough? Not for me!

I've come to do it and the sky box doesn't have an RF output, or anything remotely close.

A quick google suggests this is the norm with new HD boxes, but no real solution.

Is there a way to adapt the current kit i've bought to work with my box? Keeping costs fairly low.

[JimbobVFR]

Yep something called an io-link adapter is what you need.

They are available from sky or other places on the internet.

[James2593]

Thanks, i'm reading through the massive thread on the Sky forums at the minute. Will I need an amp if I use the I/O output? I'll only be broadcasting to 1 extra TV.

ETA: Not bothered about having just freeview on either TV, just need to replicate what's being sent to the primary TV.

Edited by James2593 on Wednesday 29th January 22:38

[JimbobVFR]

You'd only need an amp if distributing to multiple TVs.

Don't forget the picture will be relatively poor even compared to a scart connection, never mind HDMI. I know you probably already know this but worth mentioning, it's perfectly adequate for a small TV though.

[SBDJ]

Personally I ran coax just for the remote control and used a HDMI splitter and ran HDMI cable for the actual AV. Massively better.

[sgrimshaw]

Sky Go on a device connected to the TV.

[rscott]

sgrimshaw said:

Sky Go on a device connected to the TV.

Won't work with mobiles/tablets - airplay/hdmi/chromecast is blocked. Could use an xbox or PC though..

[Ilovetwiglets]

HDMI splitter is how I do mine, you can't change channels on the second but it works fine.

[sgrimshaw]

rscott said:

Won't work with mobiles/tablets - airplay/hdmi/chromecast is blocked. Could use an xbox or PC though..

I didn't know that ....

I'll test my Android TV box, see if that will run Sky Go.

[Rick Cutler]

This is what you need, Global is a SKY company!

These are the boxes that Sky engineers carry for corporate issues with service calls.

I have installed lots into houses with RF distribution as a backup.

http://www.aerialsat.com/prod/global-io-link-f1019...

[hoegaardenruls]

Was going to suggest the HDMI cable/extender and splitter, as that's how I feed a second TV at home.

For a remote, how about the Sky+ app on an iOS device - I end to use that rather than a standard remote anyway?

[Andehh]

hoegaardenruls said:

Was going to suggest the HDMI cable/extender and splitter, as that's how I feed a second TV at home.free

Likewise here, but powered hdmi splitter, and one sent across the house via cat5e into TV in the bedroom. Marmitek remote sender pyramids to send the remote signal!

[evoivboy]

multiroom is only a tenner, plus you get 4 devices on sky go

[talkssense]

evoivboy said:

multiroom is only a tenner, plus you get 4 devices on sky go

It won't let you pause in one room and watch the rest in another. It won't let you watch what you recorded in another room.

If multi room (or whatever they call it now) allowed you to watch the content from the main box in HD as well as watching separate stuff it would be ace. As it is, it's a bit....poo

[talkssense]

evoivboy said:

multiroom is only a tenner, plus you get 4 devices on sky go

It won't let you pause in one room and watch the rest in another. It won't let you watch what you recorded in another room.

If multi room (or whatever they call it now) allowed you to watch the content from the main box in HD as well as watching separate stuff it would be ace. As it is, it's a bit....poo

[MissChief]

The shared planner function you mention is being planned for later this year AFAIK.

[Squadrone Rosso]

I use a Gigaview 821 full HD / 3D video sender. Not cheap but an excellent bit of unobtrusive kit

[VEX]

talkssense said:

It won't let you pause in one room and watch the rest in another. It won't let you watch what you recorded in another room.

If multi room (or whatever they call it now) allowed you to watch the content from the main box in HD as well as watching separate stuff it would be ace. As it is, it's a bit....poo

I can confirm that this is all possible with the current platform and it is really just waiting for Sky to turn it on.

There is already an option in some HD Boxes that allow you to share planner, but not activated yet.

Big platform change being planned as well, which opens up a whole new level of options and user functions.

V.