subject: How to distrubute Satellite TV throughout your home [print this page] How to distrubute Satellite TV throughout your home
This article will cover the following;
How to install a sky magic eye
How to install a sky magic eye
Sky eyes are very useful and inexpensive but they are also prone to give a lot of problems. The nub of the issue is that the eye works off a 9V power supply given by the sky box and everything needs to be set up just right if the eye is work properly.
Stage 1: Install and test sky eye directly off sky box
Ensure that the sky box is turned on connected to the tv
Connect the sky eye to the back to the RF 2 outlet on the back of the sky box
Press the 'services' button the sky remote
Select 'system setup'
Press 0, 1 & Select' in quick succession
From the Installer menu select RF Outputs'
Turn the RF output setting to ON' and exit saving settings
Also you can adjust the RF channel on which the sky signal will be broadcast
If you are combining an aerial input into the RF output this is critical
if the RF frequency is already being using by a TV channel it will cause interference
Avoid this by selecting an alternative channel number from 21-69 (68 is the default)
I generally set 35 as my default but it depends on what your local transmitter is.
Select RF Outputs'
Exit out all the way and check to see does the sky eye now work.
The LED on your Sky eye should now be Lighting
This step has verified that:
Your sky eye is in working order
That your sky box is capable of supplying the necessary 9V signal to power the eye
Stage 2: Install Sky Eye is the 2nd Room
Run a satellite cable (connect an existing cable) into the RF 2 outlet on the back of the sky box
This cable will need to be terminated with a Coax connector and a Coax joiner
In the attic join the cable coming from the sky box to the cable feeding the addition TV
using low loss F-connectors (qty 2) and an F joiner (qty1)
for multi-room use 2 way or 4 way Link amplifiers or Distribution amplifers
Terminate the other end of the cable in the second room with a Coax connector
Push the coax connector into the Sky Eye
Push the sky into the back of the television
Tune the TV into the correct frequency i.e. Channel 68 (default) which corresponds to 847 MHz
Place the sensor part sky eye facing towards the seat which will be used by viewers
Use sky remote to change channels on the remote sky box.
