topic Mini box and hdmi splitter in Sky Q

Mini box and hdmi splitter

nthatch — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:05:53 GMT

Mini box. We have 3 mini boxes. I have to switch No2 off before No3 will work. On No 3 my jvc tv has only one HDMi slot so I’ve tried a splitter and new Up to date cables and whilst my blu ray player works the mini box doesn’t. It say no signal and a black screen. Any ideas?

Re: Mini box and hdmi splitter

nigea99 — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:12:28 GMT

@nthatch wrote:

Mini box. We have 3 mini boxes. I have to switch No2 off before No3 will work. On No 3 my jvc tv has only one HDMi slot so I’ve tried a splitter and new Up to date cables and whilst my blu ray player works the mini box doesn’t. It say no signal and a black screen. Any ideas?

hi @nthatch

You need to be aware that two is the max number of minis that can be used for SKY content at any time (hence the need to switch another off) - you may be able to use 3 but one of the first used must be using an app such Netflix or Disney + rather than SKY content

1st thing to try is to see if the mini works when connected directly to the TV

Re: Mini box and hdmi splitter

oj01 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:10:14 GMT

@nthatch Also try swapping the Mini's around to see if the issue remains with the splitter.

Re: Mini box and hdmi splitter

MightyQuinn — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:40:26 GMT

Hi @nthatch Is the splitter HDMI 1.4 compliant and are both outputs set to the same resolution?

Re: Mini box and hdmi splitter

Mark39 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:57:36 GMT

@nthatch is your splitter externally powered? If not, that might be the problem.

Re: Mini box and hdmi splitter

Chodley — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:01:17 GMT

Are these two different problems?

You need an HDMI switch, not splitter.