Recent content by sparkyman2009

Could a current sky subscriber take out a multiroom contract and pay an extra tenner a month and then put that multiroom viewing card in the sky +hd box in a different household. Would that work as in theory would get the same channels as that current sky subscriber?

My dad has just bought a nearly new sky +hd box. How is he able to watch free to air channels and be able to record them as well on a sky + hd box? He hasn't subscribed to sky. Will he need a viewing card from Sky? If so how much? Or can he receive fta channels without card? Will he be able to...

So the F140 amplifier doesn't do exactly what it says on the box. According to its instructions it allows signals from the eye to pass through. And I have seen this working in another house. That was the reason why I bought it. Could it be the aerial wall plate. Do these have to be a...

As the distribution gets a power supply from the Sky Box via the rf2 output, does it not allow the power to pass through? I take it if I bypassed the distribution amp and joined the cables together in the loft it would work? The magic eye is an Antiference ME200 F Remote-Link. According to...

Sorry about this but its another magic eye question. I have a basic system - SKY HD box with a cable from the RF2 output to a TV link F140 distribution amp in the loft feeding 3 tvs. All 3 tvs in the bedrooms are fed through an aerial wall socket. One of which has a magic eye. The problem...

Thanks to all. Does that mean unplugging from the wall to reset or do I need to do something else. The instructions on these machines are crap.

I can record 2 channels at the same time but the second channel is limited and depends what channel you are recording 1st . I can record any 1st channel but the second channel I want to watch or record is limited as some of the the channel names in the guide list have lost their bold type which...

Will try that - thanks. But I have seen 2 bars at the bottom of the screen with the signal strength and they are both the same. ie. the bars are red then amber then green. They look like they are both at full signal. Instructions for these are absolutely pants!!

Why is it that when I'm recording certain channels on my foxsat HDR I am only able to watch/record a limited range of other channels? I can record 2 different channels at the same time and sometimes watch a certain third (depends on the channel you are recording). But it's never the one I want...

You could play a film through a computer and connect the humax from the comp with an ethernet cable. Haven't tried it but I'm sure I read it in the instructions. If that doesn't work have you thought about buying a yamaha AV amp rxv 565. One hdmi cable from that to the telly. Everything else...

Thanks for that. Although I'm in south scotland I seem to be able to receive itv hd via red button. Have never seen that before on ITV. They obviously dont broadcast very much. What a difference in picture! Even the wife is watching it!

Can anyone out there tell me how to get itv hd on my humax foxsat pvr? I can already get BBC HD channel on an automatic freesat scan. When I manually scan for for ItV HD with transponder number 11246 H I get no quality of signal but a signal strength of 90%. Not sure what other values are, eg...

Thanks. Only asked that because I seen a 43cm dish on ebay with quad lnb with 0.6db for what looks like a bargain. I'll maybe now go for a 60cm dish now as its probably bargain basement stuff! Much appreciated.

Can anyone tell me what the db figure of 0.6 means on quad lnb? Is there a specific value it needs to be for better reception?

Thanks for that. Seem that theres more bad weather down south recently. We dont get much snow here. Be lucky if it last for a few hours. Any idea about cabling?