Using Magic Eye with Freesat and Sky

poor1

I have just had a Freesat disc installed professionally to use in conjunction with a Freesat dig box. Brilliant picture. I have Sky plus installed in another room and in order that Sky can be viewed in a second room I use a "magic eye". This has worked brilliantly for the past five years.

The magic eye is current plugged into the RF Out 9volt coaxial socket on the Sky box and into the back of (a soon to be redundant) VCR which is linked into the TV and Freesat dig box.

My next move is to install a Freesat hard disc recorder in the room without the Sky+ box. The question is will I still be able to use the Magic Eye to be able to get Sky programs from the first room and secondly where do I plug the Magic Eye into on the end furthest from the Sky+ Box?

Tivù

If I've understood your requirement correctly, then just bung the magic eye into the RF In (Aerial Socket) on the TV.

The Freesat Box has no RF In or Out and is independently connected as a source to the TV via SCART or HDMI.

When you want to watch stuff from the remote Sky Box, just select whichever TV Channel number you've got the RF from the Sky Box tuned to.

To revert to the Freesat Box, just select the correct Source on the TV.

poor1

Many thanks that is precisely the question I was asking and yes plugging the magic eye straight into the back of the TV and the coaxial link from the Sky+ box was the answer.

It was because the Freesat recorder does not have an RF in or out socket that I wondered how to continue using the Magic Eye, which is a superb bit of kit. I can't image how it works, particularly when it can be controlled independently by another Sky Remote..

Tivù

Glad we're on the same wavelength!