RF Out of SKY+ HD box to another tv = snowy picture!

[Dean81]

Please go easy on me, i'm not technical but also not a Muppet..

I have a Sky + HD box downstairs that i have connected an ordinary av (antenna wire?) wire to and run it upstairs through the attic and back down to a flat screen TV on the wall. I have linked it to a magic eye to change the channel. The problem i have is that the Sky picture has always been snowy and i cant find a way to make it any better?
1.) would it make a difference if the wire was gold tipped on each end (or is that only with SCART wires)?
2.) would it be a better picture if the cable was shorter?
3.) any better solutions? (i already have one multi room subsription and my Sky bill is £80 ish a month so don't want to pay for another).

Thanks

 

[ChrisFrost]

Don't waste money on gold plated anything....The only real benefit is in preventing corrosion.

First thing to try is changing the Sky box RF output to a different frequency. It could be clashing with something else.

 

[Sam Gangee]

Actually, the first thing to try is to disconnect the aerial cable from the Sky aerial input socket. That way there won't be anything to clash with.

If that does the trick, use the "Taboo Channel" calculator to determine which UHF channel number to use for the Sky RF output so that there is no clash with terrestrial multiplexes.

 

[Dean81]

Thank you for your help. I noticed that there was nothing plugged into the aerial Sky input. So decided to change the RF out channel instead. I changed it from channel 68 to channel 21 and it has sorted it all out.
Very happy now. Many thanks

 

[bathjobby]

Sorry to jump on the back of this but I'm doing the same thing.
How do you change the RF out channel number please ?
Many thanks in advance.

 

[Sam Gangee]

Change it in the Installer Setup Menu.

Press [services] 401 [select]
(or [services] 001 [select] if it's a Sky+HD Digibox - you forgot to tell us.)

Then press 3 for "RF Outlets" and change it there. You'll need a TV connected to the Digibox via Scart cable in order to do this.