tv point

[onlyfitidealboilers]

hello guys,

how do i setup a tele in my little girls room as playhouse disney is driving me insane!!

iv got sky plus in my living room but no tv point in her bedroom

will those magic eye things work??

 

[ChrisFrost]

Two or three choices:

1) run an aerial cable from RF2 on the back of the sky box to the bedroom. Stick a magic eye on the end. Do some set up stuff with the Sky box and Bob's your Uncle. Be warned though, she'll have control of the Sky box any time.

2) Use a TV sender. Does the same thing but uses radio waves to broadcast a signal to another room. The signal is picked up by a receiver is connected on SCART (usually) to the TV. No need for a Sky eye - the better TV senders have this functionality built in. Two types of sender - 2.4GHz - cheapest, but can be prone to interference in built-up areas. 5.8GHz is more immune but is a little more expensive and has a slightly shorter range. Again, she has control of your Sky box

3) Record some of Disney channel on to a DVD Recorder. Put in a DVD player or a TV Combi unit and let her play the recordings.

 

[onlyfitidealboilers]

thank you chris. iv pressed thank u

 

[dizzlesizzle]

hi there,

I've just had a very similar goings on at my home. All i have done is bought a freeview aerial kit (includes aerial, cable, brackets, clips and ends) for about £25 and give them freeview in their own room. No disney channel but still got plenty of kids channels and no interuption to my viewing!!!!!

Good luck!!!!!

 

[uzziel49]

1) run an aerial cable from RF2 on the back of the sky box to the bedroom. Stick a magic eye on the end. Do some set up stuff with the Sky box and Bob's your Uncle. Be warned though, she'll have control of the Sky box any time.

Of course, you could do option 1 and just not put the magic eye on, then she'll be able to receive the feed from the SKy box but she won't be able to change channel, etc. it'll just show whatever channel you put on. You just need to be careful that she's not watching TV in her room when you're watching some violent, sex filled drama like Emmerdale tho'....

 

[uzziel49]

Also, if you have a Freeview signal and the coax from your aerial is already routed through your Sky plus box, then the coax you send from RF2 will also carry the Freeview signal, so she'll be able to access the Freeview channels too. So she won't just be limited to watching whatever you put on Sky.

Easy enough to do, you can get all the stuff you need from the usual suppliers. But you'll need a nice long masonry drill (about 14mm width should do) to route the cable through your external walls, and lots of cable clips to secure it (assuming you're going to run the cable outside and not all over your nice interior decorating?).

You could use an AV sender but I personally have had no success whatsoever with those. A cable run will give you the best picture.