Sky through RF (NOT for magiceye/separate TV)

[ryohazuki1983]

Hi,

Bit of a silly question but, I recently got a new TV stand (mounts TV to wall) the bracket is blocking my scart connection on the TV so could I run Sky through a standard RF cable? I noticed the box has in/out connections, I haven't got a lead to test.

I've got a HD TV so would viewing the picture with a RF signal result in worse picture quality?


Cheers!

Ryo

[Smithy99]

Yes you can run via the UHF but the picture will not be as good.

You can get different wired SCART leeds with the cables coming directly out of the rear like a letter T. Either that or use component cables (red/white/yellow) you can get these SCART one end to the three plugs the other and you should have this option on your TV.

Either that or you now have a good excuse to go to HD, you can use a HDMI lead then

UHF should be your last choice due to quality.

[ryohazuki1983]

Yes you can run via the UHF but the picture will not be as good.

You can get different wired SCART leeds with the cables coming directly out of the rear like a letter T. Either that or use component cables (red/white/yellow) you can get these SCART one end to the three plugs the other and you should have this option on your TV.

Either that or you now have a good excuse to go to HD, you can use a HDMI lead then

UHF should be your last choice due to quality.

Thanks for the help! I should of thought about the bracket blocking but didn't think the design would be that silly! Might have to see if I can remove TV to put scart or look into the different lead types or upgrade to HD, although I'd have to convince the wife first!

UHF will do for now

Cheers.

[ryohazuki1983]

Tried an RF cable last night at the picture wasn't watchable at all. Not because i'm picky about the picture but it was really fuzzy (like it needed tuning in) I tried auto-scan to find channels, it did find sky but like I said above wasn't watchable.

I plugged the RF into the sky box's "aerial in" port as this was the only port my cable would fit in, the RF output/Input was a different connection (male/female) can't remember.

Should I buy another cable male to male or female to female for the "Output" connection on the sky box?

Any ideas?

[Smithy99]

Yes, you must go from RF out to the aerial in of the TV.

The lead is male - female and you get them on all sorts of things, old VCR's and games consoles, you may have one about.

You may also find thet there was an adaptor plug on the old TV lead.

[ryohazuki1983]

Ok thanks, will see if I can get a new lead or an adapter to convert the end to female.

[Sam Radford]

The adapter picture is near the bottom of this page:
How to fit a male IEC TV plug to double-screened cable