SLx – Magic Eye IR Extender – For Sky / Sky+ / Sat TV
Posted by Notcot on Mar 29, 2010 in Home Cinema & Video |
Product Description
The SLX Link is connected to the output feed to the 2nd TV. This enables you to view Skt at a second location.
- Powered By The RF Output On A Sky Receiver
- Enables You To Change The Channel Of Your Sky Receiver From A separate location
I needed this as a secondary infra red receiver because my Sky plus box is hidden in a cabinet and can’t receive the signal from my Sky remote. I didn’t want it for connecting to any tv, main or 2nd set, because my Sky remote is already tuned to my tv (volume and on/off) , I just needed it to change channels on my Sky box. When I opened the packaging & read the instructions I was dismayed when I read that I needed a coax cable & had to connect it to tv. But I found that this was not the case in my situation, my Sky plus box is connected to tv via scart lead. I just plugged the unit straight into the RF2 socket on my Sky plus box and stuck the infra red receiver onto side of cabinet (threaded through a hole in the back) the unit comes with sticky pad that made this possible. Now, even though my Sky box is hidden, it can receive a remote signal via a less noticeable Magic Eye (I had to also set my Sky box in order to set up the RF – pressing SERVICES on my remote, then 4, 0, 1, SELECT. INSTALLERS MENU came up, I picked RF OUTLETS and then turned RF OUTLET POWER SUPPLY on…..and that was that). But you may need a length of coax cable for connecting the unit to the Sky box if you need longer than 2 feet, for that is the length of wire the Magic Eye comes with, it was just enough in my case. It IS NOT a video sender. It CANNOT send a picture from Sky box to your tv. It would have to be connected via a length of coax cable in order to send signal to your tv, via RF which is one of the worst ways to send signal to your tv.
Rating: 5 / 5
This piece of kit is great!
It only took me about 5-10mins to set up. Make sure you read the instructions, they are short and sweet but have a key part in where you enter a number into your sky/sky+ box to activate the RF socket on the box, this in turn powers the philex adapter. I have had this gizmo for nearly a year now and cannot fault it.
Rating: 5 / 5
SLx – Magic Eye IR Extender – For Sky / Sky+ / Sat TV
A non technical person like me thought you could just plug this into your 2nd TV and view sky off it – however you dont. You have to have an arial from your sky box connected to your 2nd TV – mine is 2 floors up hence I have decided to go for a Video Sender instead.
Hope its 2nd time lucky.
Rating: 4 / 5
This item does exactly what it says on the tin! I bought one, delivered next day with amazon prime, and within 5 minutes it was up and running. No Techy knowledge required, literally just plug it in the line between your coax aerial feed and the TV, locate the “eye” somewhere that it can see your remote control, and so long as you have turned on the RF power on your sky+ box, bingo, you’re in business. (Turning on the RF power is from the menu on the sky+ box. Search on google and instructions are available)
Great simple design, that works perfectly, no batteries, no hassle, no problem! I can’t recommend this highly enough.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this little gadget to try and get Sky cheaply to an upstairs room and decided that I would try this first before buying a digi-sender as I already had co-axial leads running around the house.
Digisenders apparently pick up interference from Wireless Broadband etc. which can make the picture fuzzy, this in my opinion defeats the object as you expect Sky to have a good digital picture.
The Magic Eye arrived quickly and had full clear instructions on how to fit the Eye to the RF2 outlet of your Sky box, it then showed you how to alter your Sky remote so that it would allow output to the Eye.
A co-axial aerial cable is required to run from your first TV to your 2nd TV, also you need a female connector to connect the co-axial cable to the RF2 on the rear of your Sky box.
Mine didn’t work to start with despite tight co-axial connectors, I noticed that the connector was bent at one end of the eye and decided that for £3 it was worth trying to straighten out.
A bit of fiddling around with both Magic Eye and co-axial cable and the red light finally came on (you need to have power to your Sky box for it to work). Then it’s simply a case of tuning your 2nd TV into Sky, choose a channel that isn’t an analogue one for easiness so that you are sure that you have Sky. The picture on the 2nd TV is perfect.
I have only given it 4*’s due to it being flimsy and needing to be bent back into shape but would definately recommend it to anyone with spare co-axial around the house as a cheap way to get Sky into another room.
Digi-senders would be tidier but a lot more expensive.
Rating: 4 / 5