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The main set connects to the sky HD box through HDMI. The RF output to the second set is by coax. There are no scarts
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Hi again Briantist. The other thing I failed to mention is that the freeview channels to the second set is perfect using the same coax connection
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Hi again, thank you for being there! Yes I saw that and did that which meant I now receive the SKY chasnnels on channel 68.
I am wondering if I'm wasting your time on this and I wonder what you think of wireles senders so thast I can simply avoid the coax cables around the house because of all of asudden ( since the new second TV with freeview, my other third TV has a wobbly picture too though the main set remains perfect on sky.
Any ideas though, I'm all ears.
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Actually what I really don't understand is why I get perfect Freeview pics on main tele and second and third teles but only the main tele has perfect sky. The coax around the house carries all signals from the decoder so why when they all come through the SKY decoder does SKY not travel around the house as well as freeview I wonder?
I think I read earlier that in fact the Freeview to second and third set is actually analogue so is that something important and digital signals are less good on coaxial cables around houe?
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Thanks both. The issue was never the operation of the channels etc or the volume etc it was simply that the SKY pictures are nowhere near as good on the second and third TVs and I think Briantist has it spot on. The RF output must degrade.
My last question is whether you like or dislike the wireless senders and whether I will geta better picture using one than using the coax cable connection to the second and third TVs for SKY only channels?
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Thanks JB, so what I understand is that unless I get a better picture using a sender which is not certain, I can expect that the second and third TVs will always have a lesser SKY signal than the primary TV which is connected to the decoder by HDMI. The question then is by how much. I have a wobbly reception of SKY on TV2 and TV3 but both, like TV 1 have excellent Freview pictures. Only SKY reduces on 2 and 3.
Any ideas please?
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Same prob with picture quality. Yes you need the eyes to change channels and manage the decoder but what bugs me is the picture quality on TVs 2 and 3. Can't understand waht SKY are telling you though. It's obvious that we all want out TVs available throughout the house and it in no way challenges multiroom it just offers us SKY in seperate rooms on same channels
But, are we all OK with a lesser SKY only picture quality on TV2 and TV3 when Freeview is perfect on all TVs on same coax cables?
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jb38 : Fascinating. The pic quality is very good when connected by Scart to SKY box, so my wobbly picture must be the coax connection which goes from Rf output up to the attic, splits in a box powered to gain strength and down the cavity into kitchen and separately to a bedroom . My next step must be to try a wireless sender, hoping that Currys will let me bring it back if it doesn't work!
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Monday 7 February 2011 9:59PM
Hi Ive followed the instructions and now have SKy on my new second Tv which earlier was missing. Thank you for all your help getting me to this stage.The problem now is that the reception on sky on the new second tv is very poor compared with the main set. My difficulty is that the new tv replaced an old one which had a picture as good as the main set, on the same coax in same location. Any ideas please?