How do I change the RF output channel on a Sky Digibox?
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV Press the [SERVICES] button and then press [4] [0] [1] then [SELECT]
Then press [4] to go to the RF output menu.
You can now change the value so that it does not clash with an analogue TV channel or a Freeview multiplex.
HD and "new EPG" boxes
If you have a HD box, press [SERVICES] button and then press [0] [0] [1] then [SELECT]. Nothing is shown on the TV screen until you press the Select button.Then use the [RIGHT] arrow button on the remote until this screen is shown, and press SELECT to change the values:
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Friday, 19 April 2013
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KMJ,Derby10:48 PM
PJ: If you have no scart connection, after selecting the channel number on the Sky box you will have to re-tune the analogue tuner in the TV to find the new Sky box frequency in order to see where you are navigating in the Sky box's menu. You can then save the new frequency.
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Saturday, 20 April 2013
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PJ11:32 AM
Thanks Briantist, The scart lead done the trick.Thanks KMJ for your input.
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013
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Caroline Hewitt9:05 PM
Hi just got a new freeview tv for the bedroom. we previously were able to receive the sky channel via an eye. I have been able to pick up sky on channel 42 and picture is fine but I have no sound - any ideas???
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Caroline Hewitt: The format for analogue (possibly "country" setting) is incorrect. It will need setting the same as that of the Sky box (assuming that it has such a setting.
I believe that the UK used PAL-I.
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Sunday, 2 June 2013
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Ria8:36 PM
I connected the magic eye directly to the back of the sky box. I have turned the RF2 power supply on however the magic eye red LED is not lit. I have tried 2 magic eyes so I am assuming it is the output 2 that is faulty. Any suggestions?
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jb388:54 PM
Ria: If you have definitely turned on RF2's power supply and yet the magic eyes do not light up then its either the eyes at fault (were these new?) or the Sky boxes RF2 power has failed, try disconnecting the box from the mains then powering it up again after 30 secs or so, because on some of these boxes if anything shorts the RF2 output this procedure resets it.
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Monday, 3 June 2013
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Ria8:49 PM
Powering it up again worked. Many thanks.
I have now connected the eye to the 2nd tv, set the source to HDMI and channel to 68 but am not getting any signal.
I tested the cable (already wired) by plugging the eye directly to the socket in the wall and have noticed the eye does not light.
Any suggestions?
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jb3810:54 PM
Ria: If you are you feeding the Sky boxes RF2 output into a wall socket that is definitely known (?) to link to a wall socket in another room and find that although the magic eye works at the box end it doesnt when connected into the wall socket in the second room, then that suggests that the wall sockets are not straight through types and / or are fitted with isolating capacitors for the purpose of blocking anything other than RF signals from passing through, these types of sockets commonly fitted (but not exclusively) in apartment blocks or other communal systems, should this be applicable in your particular case?
But though, have you actually verified that the sockets in question are connected to each other? you can test this by connecting the Sky boxes RF1 out (not 2) into one socket and see if its picked up on the TV connected into the second rooms socket whilst it has been set on "analogue" Ch68, that is if the Sky boxes modulator has been set on Ch68.
Maybe though you could clarify on another point, when you say that you set the source to HDMI are you referring to the TV in the room where the Sky box is located, and is the box in question a Sky+HD type?
By the way, if the magic eye is again found not to light up when connected directly into the Sky boxes RF2 then you should reset it again, as this means the RF2's 9 volts DC output used to operate the magic eye is either being shorted out by the wall sockets or the cable between same is not a direct link.
Further advice dependant on reply.
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Tuesday, 4 June 2013
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Ria9:23 PM
I can confirm this is a communal system in an apt block. We upgraded to a digital system earlier this year and I did ask the engineer to ensure I can get sky on a 2nd tv via that socket which leaves me to believe I am over looking something.
I connected the eye directly to the box again and it is still lit.
Wrt to verifying if the sockets are connected: RF1 is connected but there is no signal on the 2nd tv. If I change the source from HDMI to DTV I can view freeview. I believe my error may be setting the tv on analogue. I am confused by your reference as I thought the system was changed to digital. Can you please confirm how I can set this to analogue and how do I identify that it is set to analogue?
HDMI is the source setting on the tv (connected directly to the box) that I use to view sky. The box in question is sky + HD.
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jb3811:51 PM
Ria: I think that we are talking at cross purposes, because the living room in an apartment within a communal block is only fitted with one (later installations two) feeds from the dish system (albeit it not being from the actual dish) and if any rooms within the apartment are fitted with sockets then they are either for non satellite Freeview reception (as you cannot share a dish connection) "or" is just a convenient link back to the living rooms wall plate, sometimes being marked "return".
This facility is usually used to feed a Sky boxes RF1 or 2 "analogue" signal from the living room through to a TV (or TV's) located in other rooms, needless to say any TV used in another room has to be of the dual standard type i.e: "analogue / DVB digital" capable, as indeed most are except for some of the very latest types that are DVB only, and so when setting everything up the TV in the second location has to be set on "analogue" then auto tuned whilst its on that mode to pick up the signal from Sky boxes RF1 / 2 analogue output sockets, as otherwise the signal will be ignored.
In other words, it has to be determined if the TV socket in the second room is purely a link to / from the living room "or" that it was intended for Freeview (non satellite) reception, the easy way to check if the latter applies being to connect a "pre-tuned" Freeview capable TV into the socket and see if any Freeview channels are picked up, because if not then its a link to the living room.
I personally think that when the engineer had said that you can get Sky in a second location he was meaning via a boxes RF1 / 2, another thing to remember being, that nothing you alter on the main rooms TV can change anything external to the TV.
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