Why does my Sky Magic Eye not work?

Re: Magic eye suddenly not working The most likely cause is poorly fitted plugs at one or both ends of the coax cable which runs from your Sky box to the TV upstairs. You can check that the magic eye isn’t faulty by plugging it directly into the rf2 socket to see if it then !

How do I get my Sky Magic Eye to work?

1. Turn off the power to your Sky box.
2. Plug iO Link into iO port on the back of your box.
3. Connect the iO Link to the TV Link using the coaxial cable.
4. Turn the power back on. ( Wait 3-4 mins before trying to take your Sky box out of standby)

How do you connect red eye to Sky?

Plug your tvLink into the second TV’s aerial socket. Position your tvLink’s magic eye (the part that looks like a computer mouse) with a clear line of sight to your Sky remote. Switch your Sky box, and everything connected to it, on at the mains. You should see a red power light on your tvLink.

How do I get my TV LINK TO WORK?

To use a TV Link, you need to have an aerial cable running from your Sky box to a second TV. The Sky TV Link is a dongle that plugs into a second TV set and has an infrared receiver. Point a Sky remote at the receiver, and it sends a signal down the aerial wire back to a Sky box and changes the channel.

Is the red light on the TV link magic eye?

Connect the TV link ‘magic eye’ directly to the back of the digibox on RF2 with no coax in the way. Does the red LED come on? If yes then the connectors on the cable probably aren’t on OK. I had this problem when I did mine!

What do you need to know about Sky TV link?

What is a Sky TV Link? Sometimes known as a “Sky Magic Eye”, these can be used to change channels on your Sky, Sky+ or Sky+HD box from another room. To use a TV Link, you need to have an aerial cable running from your Sky box to a second TV. The Sky TV Link is a dongle that plugs into a second TV set and has an infrared receiver.

Why is there no red light on my TV link?

Try to isolate where the ‘fault’ lies. Connect the TV link ‘magic eye’ directly to the back of the digibox on RF2 with no coax in the way. Does the red LED come on? If yes then the connectors on the cable probably aren’t on OK.

Can you use a sky magic eye on a second TV?

Sometimes known as a “Sky Magic Eye”, these can be used to change channels on your Sky, Sky+ or Sky+HD box from another room. To use a TV Link, you need to have an aerial cable running from your Sky box to a second TV. The Sky TV Link is a dongle that plugs into a second TV set and has an infrared receiver.