Discussion topic: To view on another tv
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Message posted on 03 May 2023 11:53 PM
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To view on another tv
Hi looking to find out how to watch sky on a tv upstairs while the sky q box is down stairs.
I've bought the two small converters HDMI to RJ45/cat5 cable.
plugged the TX one into the HDMI port on the sky q box & the other one RX into the HDMI port 3 on the tv up stairs. At first I got the picture up stairs but no sound. I moved the RX to HDMI port 1.
I'd then get the picture & sound but the screen after only a few seconds would go black for a while then come back on & do the same again.
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Message posted on 04 May 2023 05:05 AM
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Re: To view on another tv
Hmmm it could be quite a few things causing that issue. 1st thing might be the cat5 cable, maybe too long or its slightly damaged. Does it go into a switch then upstairs? Could try rebooting the switch. Could also try powerline adapters.
I have a mini box which was awful using wifi so I connected the Q box to the router via cat5 then put a powerline adapter connected to the router and another one at the other end into the mini box. Then I disabled wifi on both Q boxes and its been working almost flawlessly since January.
Years ago I had an old VBox and using a HDMI RF Modulator I took the HDMI output and converted it into a coaxil (like Freeview) signal then into the VBox which sent what was on the Q box around the house via IP. It worked well apart from the horrible 2 second delay when pressing the remote and a slight drop in quality.
I much prefer having the Mini now that it works on ethernet with powerline adapters as its just as good as watching on the main box
Message posted on 04 May 2023 07:35 AM - last edited: 04 May 2023 08:32 AM
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@R6+CRSThose converters are very variable some work some don't, Q is not intended to work that way, far better to get a mini box and multiroom subscription from Sky. I am not even sure you can connect it the way you are trying to.
It is worth bringing your other TV near to the main box and trying a direct cable, when it does not work you will know there is no point in bothering with extenders etc.
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