Hi All

Sorry if this has been asked before but I am really stuck!!  I have a BV8-40 with Sky HD and a BV6-22 in my bedroom.  I want to view sky in my bedroom and have control over what I watch.  Is this possible WITHOUT using the RF2 on the sky box and a magic eye?  I have tried connecting to the RF out port on my BV8 but cant seem to get it working!

I can only get pic / sound when using the Sky RF out.  The reason for doing this is I want to get rid of Sky and move over to Freesat but the Freesat box does not have an RF out!!

Thanks

Simon

I am making an educated guess that your Sky HD connection is HDMI and therefore digital so there is no analogue signal to be broadcast on the RF out.

Can you add a second but analogue path from the Sky HD - such as a SCART connection or component or composite ?

If you have that, then the RF output can be enabled and the BV6 tuned to it ... 

What AV interface is the BV6 currently getting its signals on ?

This diagram of my set-up may help you ...

Hi

I have the sky HD on hdmi and scart, I think its just getting the settings correct on the BV8 and BV6

Thanks

Si

Si:

getting the settings correct on the BV8 and BV6

what are the V.OPT settings for the two BVs set by you to ?

How do i find that out?

Si:

How do i find that out?

On my BV8-32 ....

press [MENU]

scroll to CONNECTIONS but do not select

press 0

press 0 again

press (GO)

select MONITOR INFORMATION

check "OPTION SETTING"

press [EXIT]

something similar will probably get you the V.OPT for the BV6

Bellow is the info on the BV8, the 6 will not let me do this but I think it is set to V.OPT 6

Hi ... I have been checking the previous thread you had with other problems ...

--> http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/p/32867/267243.aspx#267243

Can I ask you to check if:

1) you have the BV8 set to transmit on the RF

and 

2) the BV6 set to the channel the BV8 is using

This is my set-up and how I access it:

[DTV]

[MENU]

select 4 (SETUP)

select OPTIONS

select ACTIVE ANTENNA

select ON

What I cant remember (yet) is how to set the frequency

But make sure your RF is on

Then select a channel on TV or DTV

and then try tuning your BV6 to see if it picks up that signal

Hi

When I go to DTV, then press MENU all I get is a list of sky controls on the left hand side of the screen - red, yellow, blue green etc.  

I canot see any menu where I have the option to turn the RF on!!!!

Thanks

Simon

Si:

When I go to DTV, then press MENU all I get is a list of sky controls on the left hand side of the screen - red, yellow, blue green et

what I get are not SKY controls, but the controls of my BV8's DVB module ...

This is what I see on my left side"

RED programme guide

GREEN radio

orange menu <-- what we are looking at

BLUE information

1 channel list

2 subtitles language

3 audio language

4 setup

Ok, sorry for being a bit thick!!!  Whenever I select any of the options all that happens is the menu goes and thats it, just back to a normal screen.  What am I doing wrong?

Si

Si:

Whenever I select any of the options all that happens is the menu goes and thats it, just back to a normal screen.

I press [MENU] and then get the menu I described, I then select option 4 by either:

- scrolling down (v) to 4 and pressing (GO), or

- pressing [4]

Then in the middle of the screen a gray and black menu appears:

SETUP

CHANNELS

OPTIONS

ACCESS CONTROL

CA-UNITS

This is different from pressing [MENU] [MENU] which produces a different gray and black menu (its fonts are much finer, much nicer):

DTV SETUP

DTV

<-- appears to be a blank line

PLAY TIMER

CONNECTIONS

SOUND

PICTURE

MENU LANGUAGE

elephant:

What I cant remember (yet) is how to set the frequency

Found Keith's email to me about this as well as my memory :) 

On the BV8 ...

1. Press [TV] !! not DTV this time -- why is this stuff in two places !!
2. Press [MENU]
3. Select TUNING
4. Select LINK FREQUENCY

See what the default frequency on the BV8 is

Now try to tune the BV6 to that frequency

Ok, I have sorted out why I couldn't access the menu - the DVB moduel was turned off.  When I follow your instructions now I can access the menus but in Options, there is no (ACTIVE ANTENNA) to select.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Simon

Si:

Bellow is the info on the BV

We appear to have different BV8s, mine is a BV8-32

I was checking the DVB software version numbers but they are a different format of version number !

BUT I did notice mine is set to V.OPT 2

Perhaps we should try that ?

Ok I am getting somewhere,  I now have Sky on my BV6, running from the RF out on my BV8, horray!!  BUT the sound comes on for a couple of seconds and goes, whilst the picture is always there!!  I am so close but not close enough!!

Thanks

Si

WOW now I have sound and picture!!!  Pressing Link A-V then DTV on the Beo4 seems to work!  NOr sure if this is the correct way though!  I could always program a macro on my Beo 5 I guess!! 

DO you have any other ways of setting it all up?  I had to set the AV input on the BV6 to Decoder to get a picture.

Also should I have any control over the sky box from my link room tv?

Thanks again

Si