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FieldMouse

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#304374 29-Apr-2023 08:20
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I currently have My Sky+ in the lounge connected to the TV by a splitter.
I also have a bedroom TV that is connected from the splitter by a Cat 6 extender. The extender has an IR extender so I can change channels from the bedroom. Works well.

Sky is touting their new box as being able to watch anywhere. I asked them if the IR extender will still work and they said “No”. Their blurb says the new box has blue tooth and IR, so not sure why not.

Anyway, if you can watch anywhere, how do you change channels from anywhere?

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  #3069093 29-Apr-2023 08:37
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With your phone.




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  #3069101 29-Apr-2023 09:34
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Spyware:

With your phone.



Via the sky go app? Or streamed from the box?

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  #3069157 29-Apr-2023 10:10
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Spyware - On an android phone?

Shoes 246 - From the box via HDMI Cat 6 Extender (Digitech AC1785)



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  #3069162 29-Apr-2023 10:22
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Google Home.




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  #3069193 29-Apr-2023 11:53
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with their apps, is there really a need to duplicate the signal from the STB anymore?




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  #3069201 29-Apr-2023 12:30
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hsvhel:

with their apps, is there really a need to duplicate the signal from the STB anymore?



I think so, especially somewhere there isn’t great internet, holiday home, bach, etc.

 
 
 
 

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  #3069861 1-May-2023 09:57
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hsvhel:

 

with their apps, is there really a need to duplicate the signal from the STB anymore?

 

 

Yes. 

 

My wife often goes to bed and watches telly while I am still in the lounge, as she often goes to sleep a lot earlier than me. 

 

We like to watch the same thing at the same time, so having a splitter is the ideal use case for us. 




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  #3069887 1-May-2023 11:25
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How far away is it? 
People were experimenting in another thread with the range of the remote, and found that you might not actually need the IR extender if the bluetooth can reach on its own?

 

 

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  #3069992 1-May-2023 14:27
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Maybe 10- 15m, but not in line of sight

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