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Bluetooth connection

Bluetooth Voice Remote - One very useful feature on SKY Q is voice control

I find the bluetooth connection of the remote far superior & can be used over quite a distance  

 

how do I set this up ? I have a multi room box in one room and in the next room can I watch sky on this just using the control ?

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@Scottietohottie wrote:

Bluetooth Voice Remote - One very useful feature on SKY Q is voice control

I find the bluetooth connection of the remote far superior & can be used over quite a distance  

 

how do I set this up ? I have a multi room box in one room and in the next room can I watch sky on this just using the control ?


Hi @Scottietohottie 

@You can only pair the Bluetooth remotes to one Q box at a time.

You cannot use it to work two boxes.

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But you can use 2 voice remotes.

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@Chodley wrote:

But you can use 2 voice remotes.


Only one can be paired in bluetooth mode though.

More can be used in Infrared mode but these need line of sight & loose the voice functionality

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@nigea99 wrote :-

Only one can be paired in bluetooth mode though.

More can be used in Infrared mode but these need line of sight & loose the voice functionality

 

I have two voice control SKYQ remotes one connected to my main SKYQ box and one connected to my Mini box upstairs.

So would have to agree with @Chodley suggestion above.

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@Quoman7 wrote:

@nigea99 wrote :-

Only one can be paired in bluetooth mode though.

More can be used in Infrared mode but these need line of sight & loose the voice functionality

 

I have two voice control SKYQ remotes one connected to my main SKYQ box and one connected to my Mini box upstairs.

So would have to agree with @Chodley suggestion above.


Maybe I needed to be clearer I was referring to paring with a single box. 

 

As @oldfella says you can't pair/use  a remote in bluetooth mode with more than one box & you can only pair one remote to any given box in bluetoorth mode 

 

Thus in bluetooth/voice mode it is a 1-1 pairing

 

You can use more remotes with any box in Infrared mode

 

 

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@nigea99  makes more sense now 👍 I should have read the op initial post better.

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@Scottietohottie wrote:

Bluetooth Voice Remote - One very useful feature on SKY Q is voice control

I find the bluetooth connection of the remote far superior & can be used over quite a distance  

 

how do I set this up ? I have a multi room box in one room and in the next room can I watch sky on this just using the control ?


hi @Scottietohottie 

 

Some answers have been given here but I am not fully convinced I fully understand what you are asking (I note you have quoted something from my notes on SKY HD to SKY Q) 

 

Do you currently have SKY Q or just multiroom  on SKY HD ?

 

BTW if you are asking about whether you can control a box from a nother room using bluetooth then usually the answer is yes - I did a test with my main box by front window in an alcove & I have controlled it from my back garden (so through 2 wqall & 2 rooms) and also from my upstairs room.

 

But you should note that SKY Q is not designed for watching in any other room than it is positioned - it does not have RF outputs. That said I think some people have managed with HDMI splitters but it needs good research

 

If you can give us any more info on what you wish to do  or have any other questions please do not hesitate to ask& we will endevour to answer

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I re-read the OP this morning and have the same question. How is the picture going to get from one room to another? HDMI through the wall perhaps?

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@Chodley wrote:

I re-read the OP this morning and have the same question. How is the picture going to get from one room to another? HDMI through the wall perhaps?


Hi @Chodley 

He says he has Multiroom and so so has more than one TV.

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I assume that he thought only the main Q box came with a voice remote and was asking if he could control both TV's with one Bluetooth remote.

Infrared use is of no use to him if he wants Voice control.

Just to clarify @Scottietohottie  all Q boxes including minis come with a Bluetooth Voice remote.

@nigea99 has raised the point that you may have Sky+ Multiroom.

If this is the case and you are thinking of changing to Q.  Are you  asking if the Q remote will work your existing Multiroom Sky+box.?  If so it will not and if you do change to Q your existing Sky+ subscription will cease anyway and your existing boxes will no longer function with Sky TV.

 

 

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@oldfella wrote:

@Chodley wrote:

I re-read the OP this morning and have the same question. How is the picture going to get from one room to another? HDMI through the wall perhaps?


Hi @Chodley 

He says he has Multiroom and so so has more than one TV.

Edit

I assume that he thought only the main Q box came with a voice remote and was asking if he could control both TV's with one Bluetooth remote.

Infrared use is of no use to him if he wants Voice control.

Just to clarify @Scottietohottie  all Q boxes including minis come with a Bluetooth Voice remote.

@nigea99 has raised the point that you may have Sky+ Multiroom.

If this is the case and you are thinking of changing to Q.  Are you  asking if the Q remote will work your existing Multiroom Sky+box.?  If so it will not and if you do change to Q your existing Sky+ subscription will cease anyway and your existing boxes will no longer function with Sky TV.

 

 


That was my first take on it but the OP says "I have a multi room box in one room and in the next room can I watch..."

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@Chodley wrote:
That was my first take on it but the OP says "I have a multi room box in one room and in the next room can I watch..."

Hi @Chodley 

Assume that's his main TV in the next room.

 

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