topic Re: New skyq in Sky Q

New skyq

Sha14 — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:08:07 GMT

We have had sky+hd for years with our bedroom TV plugged into the back of the box. We had skyq fitted this week and now noticed that we have aerials just sat behind the sky q box. Have just tried our bedroom TV and we now don't have any signal. Any advice please. We only use TV in bedroom for terrestrial TV so can we plug into back of our downstairs TV maybe. Any advice greatly received please.

Re: New skyq

oldfella — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:10:40 GMT

@Sha14 wrote:

We have had sky+hd for years with our bedroom TV plugged into the back of the box. We had skyq fitted this week and now noticed that we have aerials just sat behind the sky q box. Have just tried our bedroom TV and we now don't have any signal. Any advice please. We only use TV in bedroom for terrestrial TV so can we plug into back of our downstairs TV maybe. Any advice greatly received please.

Hi @Sha14

There is not any RF (terrestrial outputs ) on Sky Q so you will have lost the ability to use the Q box for RF out.

You will need to buy a simple powered aerial splitter to take the input from your terrestrial aerial and feed it to your main TV and also to the other Televisions.

Something like the following

Re: New skyq

Godfrey — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:52:18 GMT

@Sha14 As you only have to feed your terrestrial aerial signal to one upstairs television, the solution might well be as simple as plugging the coaxial cable that comes from your external terrestrial aerial into the cable that feeds your upstairs television.

Godfrey.

Re: New skyq

Chodley — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:53:13 GMT

The signal would have been routed through the HD box before, usually coming in from the roof via a wall outlet, with RF1 out to the TV and RF2 going off to the bedroom TV, possibly via a 2nd socket on the wall behind the sky box

if you connect the two sockets together, you should find the terrestrial signal gets routed straight to the bedroom TV.

This won't give you a terrestrial signal on the main TV. For that you will need a splitter, as above.

Re: New skyq

Sha14 — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:04:22 GMT

Thank you all for the reply. Sorry I'm a bit confused. I have a splitter which I think was for the aerial for upstairs bedroom TV plus the magic eye we used for conservatory TV (which I know won't work now but we've had a mini box put out there). So what am I plugging into this splitter and where am I putting it please?

Also we have a DVD/video player that's also used on our main TV so I'm assuming that won't work on the main TV either as no longer able to get terrestrial TV now we have sky q is that correct? Not that we use it but don't want to throw out either.

Thank again

Re: New skyq

oldfella — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:28:40 GMT

@Sha14 wrote:

Thank you all for the reply. Sorry I'm a bit confused. I have a splitter which I think was for the aerial for upstairs bedroom TV plus the magic eye we used for conservatory TV (which I know won't work now but we've had a mini box put out there). So what am I plugging into this splitter and where am I putting it please?

Also we have a DVD/video player that's also used on our main TV so I'm assuming that won't work on the main TV either as no longer able to get terrestrial TV now we have sky q is that correct? Not that we use it but don't want to throw out either.

Thank again

Hi @Sha14

Yes that's a splitter but it isn't powered so will not give the best signals.

The powered splitter I mentioned has 4 outputs all amplified.

You connect your Terrestrial aerial plug in the splitter and then you four outputs.

One can go to your main Television and the others can be used for other TV's.

There I not any connection on Q for RF inputs or outputs. So the Splitter when connected to your Televisions will be for terrestrial TV (Freeview) only.

Re: New skyq

Sha14 — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:54:44 GMT

Thank you so much, you've all been very helpful. It's such a shame that sky don't let you use these extras on their new boxes.

Re: New skyq

Chodley — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:08:52 GMT

The DVD player/video recorder should have a terrestrial input, tuner and output.

so from aeriel -> wall socket, then short cable into that dvd/video, then from there output to splitter, then one output from the splitter into main TV and the other off to the bedroom TV

btw, amazing colour nail varnish!

Re: New skyq

Sha14 — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:42:14 GMT

Thank you👍😄

Re: New skyq

Sha14 — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:18:06 GMT

Forgot to ask.... because we now have sky q, I'd have to use the dvd player on a different TV won't I as our main TV won't have terrestrial TV available on it for the dvd player to work 🤔

Re: New skyq

Chodley — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:38:06 GMT

If you connect it up like I described above, the main TV will have terrestrial again.

Re: New skyq

Sha14 — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 08:44:22 GMT

Was about to follow your instructions to be able to have terrestrial TVs back up and running but just wondered if I'll have any issues with my new sky q remote? Our old sky remote we could switch between sky and normal TV, fire stick and also DVD so will my new remote work, how will I use it to active these other options? Hope this makes sense.🤞

Re: New skyq

oldfella — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 08:53:10 GMT

@Sha14 wrote:

Was about to follow your instructions to be able to have terrestrial TVs back up and running but just wondered if I'll have any issues with my new sky q remote? Our old sky remote we could switch between sky and normal TV, fire stick and also DVD so will my new remote work, how will I use it to active these other options? Hope this makes sense.🤞

Hi @Sha14

Provided it is correctly paired to your TV the Q remote can be used to select the different Inputs on your TV. See the 3 button below

1. sky - Takes you to your recordings, and brings your Sky Q box out of standby.

2. Standby - Press once to switch your Sky Q box on/off. Press and hold to switch your TV on/off if you've set your Sky Q remote up to control your TV.

3. input - Select which source to display on your TV.

Re: New skyq

Chodley — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 09:01:02 GMT

Or you can just use the TV and DVD remotes as normal.

as long as your Q remote can already control the TV volume and power, the above buttons should work

I doubt it will be able to do play/pause/rew/ffwd on the DVD though.

Re: New skyq

Sha14 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:39:47 GMT

Hi. Sorry to be back again about the above issues. I'd not had the confidence to do it so today was the day but I'm just staring at it all and totally confused as to what leads belong to where and what they're meant to plug into for upstairs TV to work. I have 3 leads, 1 for TV upstairs , 2 for magic eye in other room which no longer needed and no idea on third one!

I hope the photos will help you to help me further🤞

First photo is my TV booklet showing back of TV. Second is back of my skyq and third are the 3 leads I have left.

Re: New skyq

oldfella — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:10:13 GMT

@Sha14

Please keep it on the forums. We do not respond to PM's

Re: New skyq

oldfella — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:20:26 GMT

Hi @Sha14

Regarding the leads in your Photo.

These are all RF leads (terrestrial aerial leads)

One (possibly the one with the solid inner pin) will likely be connected to your terrestrial aerial.

The other two are likely to go to other device.

If you connect the one with the solid pin to either of the other two you should that one will allow Freeview (terrestrial 📺) on your other TV.

Re: New skyq

Chodley — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:16:47 GMT

@Sha14

Yeah;

one is most likely the IN fron the TV aerial

Figure out which one that is by trying all 3 in the TV terrestrial socket. You have "aerial" written on the booklet. When you get a picture on a normal terrestrial TV channel (not an AV or HDMI input) you'll know that's the right one.

Then LABEL IT and move that cable to the input of the splitter and use the two outputs to go;

1. to the TV in the other room (again you'll just have to test which remaining cable is connected to the TV you want to use and which goes to the magic eye thing you don't care about

2 and then you will ALSO need an output from it to the TV in the same room. Might need a new short RF cable for that.

Re: New skyq

Sha14 — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:44:30 GMT

Thank you both and I apologise about private message, didn't realise sorry.

I get what you're both saying but can't see how the splitter will fit into aerial port on TV, there's no way a splitter will fit into TV or do I need a lead from where the aerial in goes and plug that into splitter then the upstairs TV?

So sorry if I'm making it sound so complicated.🤷🤦🏼‍♀️

Re: New skyq

TimmyBGood — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:02:32 GMT

@Sha14 wrote:

can't see how the splitter will fit into aerial port on TV, there's no way a splitter will fit into TV

A 'splitter' doesn't fit into a TV: a television is a destination device, not a signal source.

It goes between the aerial and multiple destinations.