New skyq

[Sha14]

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.

[oldfella · Accepted solution]

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@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.

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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 

[Godfrey]

@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. 

[Chodley]

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.

[Sha14]

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 

 

[oldfella]

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@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 

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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.

[Sha14]

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.

[Chodley]

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!

[Sha14]

Thank you👍😄

[Sha14]

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 🤔

[Chodley]

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

[Sha14]

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.🤞

[oldfella]

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@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.🤞

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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.

[Chodley]

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.

[Sha14]

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.