Second TV sky setup

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thorns

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#91028 5-Oct-2011 11:46

Hi all,

Just joined up today and after some help on sending the mysky signal to the second TV.
Currently have Mysky hooked up and working fine on the TV in our main lounge. However wanting to get it sent to the second lounge TV as well. We had the house pre wired for this, so there is aerial cable running from lounge 1 to lounge 2 where the 2nd TV will be hooked up. Where the aerial for the sky feed comes out of the wall for TV1 there is a in and out plug. (See diagram attached, might be a bit clearer.)

To activate the signal being sent to the 2nd TV, do I just need a normal splitter that will plug into the back of the Sky box, such as this?

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=LT3020&keywords=splitter&form=KEYWORD

Then just run a aerial cable from the splitter back into the signal in plug by TV1?

Hopefuly this makes sense? I half confused myself writing this.

Current setup IMG

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#529524 5-Oct-2011 12:31

No you will need to purchase an RF modulator to take the RCA feed (Yellow, red & white) from the back of the MySky box and convert it so that you can send it to the other TV.
Then you will tune in the MySky feed on the second TV as though it is another channel.

Doing it this way you will lose any HD picture.
The only way to keep the picture at the same quality as TV1 would be to run an HDMI feed (HDMI cable or baluns over CAT5e/CAT6) to the second TV2.

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#529569 5-Oct-2011 13:31

thorns: Hi all,
To activate the signal being sent to the 2nd TV, do I just need a normal splitter that will plug into the back of the Sky box, such as this?

No.
To do it that way you would need a suitable satellite splitter and a second Sky decoder.
Modern decoders don't have an RF output.

JimmyH

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#529753 5-Oct-2011 19:24

What inputs does the other TV have?

If it has HDMI then I would recommend a matrix splitter (Jaycar have a 4x2 one), connect the MySky to one of the four inputs, connect one output to the main TV via HDMI, connect the second output to the second TV via HDMI. As CYaBro notes, if the second run is a long one you may need to run HDMI over baluns and CAT5e/CAT6.

You will then get HD feeds to both sets. As an added bonus, you can connect bluray, console or whatever to the other three inputs, and they will also be viewable on both TVs at once.

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#530721 7-Oct-2011 21:10

but I thought the HCP encryption on the HDMI stops the second tv from get HD signals.. there is a secure connection that handshakes between the mySky and the first TV. which then stops any recorder device in the middle from stealing the HD video such as a second TV.

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#530722 7-Oct-2011 21:13

its called HDCP, oops, I missed the "D"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection

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#530782 8-Oct-2011 08:33

speedywiz: but I thought the HCP encryption on the HDMI stops the second tv from get HD signals.. there is a secure connection that handshakes between the mySky and the first TV. which then stops any recorder device in the middle from stealing the HD video such as a second TV.

This is incorrect.

HDMI splitters allow splitting a HDMI signal to multiple devices.

speedywiz

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#530816 8-Oct-2011 10:27

HDMI splitters are legally not allowed to split encrypted HD HDCP signals. If you have one, then Intel will be sending the factory a letter shortly :) you have to use SD or Analogue outs to play mySky on a second tv.

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#530817 8-Oct-2011 10:30

quote from the wikipedia:

HDCP can cause problems for users who want to connect multiple screens to a device; for example, a bar with several televisions connected to one satellite receiver. HDCP devices can create multiple keys, allowing each screen to operate, but the number varies from device to device; e.g., a Dish or Sky satellite receiver can generate 16 keys.[22] The technology sometimes causes handshaking problems where devices cannot establish a connection, especially with older high-definition displays.[23][24][25]

Edward Felten wrote "the main practical effect of HDCP has been to create one more way in which your electronics could fail to work properly with your TV," and concluded in the aftermath of the master key fiasco that HDCP has been "less a security system than a tool for shaping the consumer electronics market."[26]

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#530818 8-Oct-2011 10:33

I guess I was reading it wrong, as long as your HDMI TV has HDCP, you can split 16 to different tvs at most?

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#531426 10-Oct-2011 11:09

I guess I was reading it wrong, as long as your HDMI TV has HDCP, you can split 16 to different tvs at most?

Yeah, as long as your splitter is HDCP compliant, then it passes the HDCP along, which the second TV handshakes / responds to.