2nd TV no longer getting Sky feed

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#299488 12-Sep-2022 16:58

Friend has Sky connected to his main TV, no issues, but also has it feeding from a SCART (SCART to RCA) output on the Sky box, to a Sky supplied RF modulator which then feeds to a second TV in another room.

Everything was running fine until about 6 months ago, when the signal stopped getting to the 2nd TV.

So today while I was there, I tried everything I could think of to get it working, but no go....

Took the 2nd TV to where the Sky box is, and connected direct from the modulator to the TV using a short cable. No go.

Connected SCART cable direct to 2nd TV RCA inputs, eliminating modulator. No go.

I initially thought maybe a rat had chewed on the cable run, now I'm looking at the Sky box - why won't it output to the SCART connection anymore ? Does Sky have the ability to turn this functionality on/off ?

I've bought the TV home with me just to confirm that its not at fault (will plug PS3 into it) but highly doubt it. Other option is to take RCA cables to the house and use those instead of the SCART->RCA, but suspect it'll still go nowhere.

Ideas ?

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#2966374 12-Sep-2022 20:17

From memory there is an option in the video menu turning scart on or off, although I’d be surprised if it doesn’t work with the RCA cables.

I’ve had a few that stopped outputting HDMI video, a reboot fixed them.

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#2966376 12-Sep-2022 20:17

Have you checked the Video Output settings on the Sky Decoder?

There are a number of options for the SCART outputs. I assume the modulator is expecting SD Composite so make sure Video Output Combination is set to the correct output type for the relevant SCART.

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#2966378 12-Sep-2022 20:25

Composite video doesn't belong in the modern world let alone an analog RF modulator. Hideous.

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#2966512 13-Sep-2022 09:34

Spyware:

Composite video doesn't belong in the modern world let alone an analog RF modulator. Hideous.

I bought my first TV in 1991 and even then I made sure it had a SCART input so that I didn't have to use the RF feed from a VCR. Quite staggering that 31 years later, composite over RF still exists. Maybe the electronics have spontaneously self-destructed to avoid crimes against technology

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#2966517 13-Sep-2022 10:01

A few things could have happened.

Somehow, the SCART output on the decoder has been deactivated (or they unplugged it and reconnected it to the wrong output - I think the decoders had two SCARTs) (this is most likely, given you tried conencting composite directly to TV),

The Modulator has died,

Someone has changed the output channel on the modulator (they have a LED output showing what RF channel the modulator is sending on) - this would require retuning the TV to pick it up (or changing the modulator back to the channel the TV is tuned to),

Cable issue.

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#2966519 13-Sep-2022 10:11

shk292:

I bought my first TV in 1991 and even then I made sure it had a SCART input so that I didn't have to use the RF feed from a VCR. Quite staggering that 31 years later, composite over RF still exists. Maybe the electronics have spontaneously self-destructed to avoid crimes against technology

All the way thru to the mid 2000's builders and sparkies thought that RF over coax was a good way to send video from one room to another. This is the norm that sky installers would fit when people wanted to get sky on more than one TV. Some of the solutions even had an IR return to let you use the remote in the other room. I dont know what they are fitting now as I dont know anyone that has had sky installed in the last few years.

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#2966690 13-Sep-2022 15:40

SCART is a connector only. It's more than likely composite video through that SCART connector.