Magic Eye Sat TV Remote Satellite Extender RF2 Outlet Kit
Posted by Notcot on Sep 7, 2010 in Home Cinema & Video |
Product Description
‘MAGIC EYE’ REMOTE CONTROL EXTENDER
It operates between the RF2 output on a satellite receiver (from which it receives the 9Vdc it needs to power it) and an additional TV. The unit sends the remote control signals from the ‘Magic Eye’ back to the satellite receiver via the same coaxial cable that is sending the pictures to the additional TV.
- Full menu instructions included
- Attractive silver finish
- 850mm lead between main unit and the ‘Magic Eye’
- LED indicator
- Power supply 9Vdc
No worries, changes channel as it should; don’t forget a bypass amplifier will be needed if you have more than 2 tvs from the one sky box. Otherwise there’s no box, no glossy packaging, which might be off-putting if you’re insecure about that kind of thing, but result is far cheaper than you can get just about anywhere else.
Rating: 5 / 5
works perfectly and takes about 10mins to connect and set up ,well worth the money
Rating: 5 / 5
This product is an Infrared sender for Sky TV that enables you to operate your Sky TV box in another room via the remote.
Your Sky box must be set to send infrared through its RF2 connection.
I had a TVLink before this which was a bit useless as the connection was very on/off.
This little unit is rock solid though. Super cheap and ultra-reliable.
Rating: 5 / 5
For anyone else like me (someone not quite as up to date with techy stuff as he used to be) who’s looking through product details and reviews to see if this gizmo is not only compatible with, but also allows full control of their shiny new SKY HD+ box ??
The answer’s YES !!
So long as you’re using an HD remote then you have complete access to all your SKY+ features just same as if you were pointing said remote directly at your HD box.
The only problem I had was during installation when I couldn’t access the technician’s menu to turn on RF2’s power because I was watching the screen for a reaction to each button press.
Again, for those like me (people who know we’re not as stupid as we might be feeling right now) simply point the remote at your sky box, press [services] then [4] then [0] then [1] then [select] and the menu WILL appear.
Rating: 5 / 5
Ordered it one day, delivered the next. Excellent serice.
The instructions had a couple of unclear points. First the eye itself doesn’t light up, the plug into the back of the TV does. When looking through the menu on Sky+ set:
Services
4
0 nothing happens but continue
1 and then press the right key
My menu on the Sky plus box only showed RF on or off, set it to on. It did not give options of sockets.Make sure that RF 2 is used. My set had been set up using RF1 and didn’t work until I used RF2. These were small problems and once overcome the eye worked a treat.
Rating: 5 / 5