davetherave69 Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 Hi all non security question but with all your brains might be able to help me. I want to mount my sky pluss box in a cupboard not in front of the tv i will be running a scart lead from the sky box direct into the screen but i want to fit a magic eye above the tv to change the chanels but they work of a coax feed and i can not connect coax into the tv its an older plasmer is there any way of doing this or do i have to open up the sky box and add a new inferred recevire any help would be great
james.wilson Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 just use the coax system and dont connect it to the tv. Will still accept signals over it. securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
davetherave69 Posted April 14, 2009 Author Posted April 14, 2009 just use the coax system and dont connect it to the tv. Will still accept signals over it. so i can still send the picture down the scart cable and just connect a coax with eye on it and i will be able 2 change changles ok
james.wilson Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 yep, cant see why not. also if you want to be really flash there is a 232 port on the back of a sky box that can be used for remote control. securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
davetherave69 Posted April 14, 2009 Author Posted April 14, 2009 yep, cant see why not.also if you want to be really flash there is a 232 port on the back of a sky box that can be used for remote control. how do i connect up to the 232 port can i just plug in magic eye to it.
james.wilson Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 no mate Its a 232 port so it needs connecting to a 232 device. Stick with the eye idea it is the simplest securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
wilks121 Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 Can you add a magic eye to a Sky HD box. Ive plugged it in to rf 2 out put no 5v and no led coming on at other TV. Do you have to do anything with your sky box to allow this and how? Wilks
james.wilson Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 goto system setup then press 0, 1 then select that will get you into the installer menu where you need to enable the power to rf 2 or should i say 'you need to call an engineer' lol securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
satsuma01 Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 Can you add a magic eye to a Sky HD box. Ive plugged it in to rf 2 out put no 5v and no led coming on at other TV. Do you have to do anything with your sky box to allow this and how?Wilks yes heres how to setup the voltage power supply to the magic eye (mines sky plus only but should be the same procedure press services 4 01 enter 4 RF Outlets and press enter down to power supply outlet and prees the left or right to change the off to on then just just save new settings and press sky button on remote until your back in sky again, that should then automatically work, when you go 01 enter you into a hidden menu that sky dont say about and that is the installers menu, "If you carry your childhood with you, you never become old. Why rush to end life when happiness is in the blissfulness of childhood innocence.""We all die, the goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will." 07475071344
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