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How do I change the RF output channel on a Sky Digibox?

How do I change the RF output channel on a Sky Digibox?

How do I change the RF output channel on a Sky Digibox?
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Press the [SERVICES] button and then press [4] [0] [1] then [SELECT]



Then press [4] to go to the RF output menu.



You can now change the value so that it does not clash with an analogue TV channel or a Freeview multiplex.

HD and "new EPG" boxes

If you have a HD box, press [SERVICES] button and then press [0] [0] [1] then [SELECT]. Nothing is shown on the TV screen until you press the Select button.

Then use the [RIGHT] arrow button on the remote until this screen is shown, and press SELECT to change the values:



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Wednesday, 7 March 2012
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jb38
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7:46 AM

iain: What you have mentioned strongly suggests that its the powered splitter at fault, as its not exactly unknown for their internal power supply to fail, you should go up to the loft and temporarily by-pass the splitter by coupling its input directly to the feed going to one of the TV's and check on that TV if the Sky signal has come back up again.

It would also have been of assistance to know your location (pref: post code) just to ensure you are not in an area where transmitter switchover activities are taking place, this only mentioned as you are looping signals via the Sky box.

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neil cromarty
7:56 PM

Hi there

Just wondering if you had any thoughts / advice from my problem in the post I left last Friday .

Many thanks
Neil

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jb38
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9:15 PM

neil cromarty : On having a look at the posting you referred to are you meaning that there is no picture on the TV in the bedroom? and if this is the case then are you sure that the RF modulators channel on the Sky box has not altered from whatever you had set it to.

Of course if you are not sure what channel it was set on before then just carry out an "analogue" re-scan on the bedroom TV and it will find it, although it would have been of assistance to have knowledge of your location to be able to advise on the channels NOT to use for the Sky boxes RF output, this just in case it will clash with any of the Freeview signals which I assume are possibly also being looped through the Sky box.

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Thursday, 8 March 2012
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Chris
7:08 PM

Hi,

I have a bush lcd 19" flat screen I used to have it connected to my sky box as second tv in bedroom via magic eye to rf out2 but it stopped working I have had coil replaced but i cant get it to tune back in via rf2 as before. It tunes to roof arial ok but wont recieve anything from sky box, I know its not the cable or sky box problem as i have used another tv and its all fine please help

Chris

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jb38
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8:12 PM

Chris: If your Bush TV is of the dual standard type whereby its capable of Freeview
reception as well as Analogue then have you got it set on the latter, as the Sky boxes RF output is analogue.

I am rather intrigued though with what you mean by "coil", as neither the Sky box nor the TV have anything of that description, at least as far as being of a replaceable nature that is.

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Friday, 9 March 2012
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neil cromarty
7:48 AM

Thanks for the advice which worked.

I rescanned on our bedroom tv and it found the channel .

Many thanks
Neil

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jb38
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10:44 AM

neil cromarty: Pleased to have been of assistance and glad to hear that the problem has now been rectified.

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chris
12:35 PM

jb38: hi

Not sure about coil thing but basicly nothing would tune through rf butthis was fixed, I forgot to mention that I took it up to my farther in laws house and it tuned first time as a second tv through his sky rf out but wont work with same setup at my sky box as I said I have another tv working as second set through rf on sky it is 100% I just cant work it out

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Saturday, 10 March 2012
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jb38
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4:44 PM

chris: If another TV can receive the Sky boxes RF2 output OK using the "same" coax link as the TV that wont, then that TV must be suffering from an intermittent problem.

That said, does the magic eye connected to the TV stay illuminated whilst you are carrying out the "analogue" scan to pick the Sky boxes RF2 output, and have you tried scanning without the magic eye in line? although if you do try the latter remember to temporarily change the Sky boxes coax link over from RF2 to RF1 so as NOT to have any power going into the TV's aerial socket or it "might" short circuit the eye's power supply, this being dependant on the TV's input circuitry.

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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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Roger
12:31 PM
Winsford

jb38: I have a problem with my sky hd box, or rather the picture on a tv using the magic eye. Digital pictures from terrestial tv are perfect. Yet the analogue picture from the sky hd box is grainy. I live in CW7 1NX, can you suggest some channels to try or avoid using. Remote tv is a LG 19" lcd

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