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Hi, i am not an expert in this field but doesn’t the Magic Eye only transmit command signals back to the Humax box? on my set up I have two coax cables connected by an amplifier with bypass to 2 TVs in different rooms.The main TV is connected locally via HDMI and the picture via HDMI never fails to be fine. When the Triax fails to modulate the scart signal from the Humax box correctly then the signal degenerates/fails to both remotely connected TVS but both the Magic Eyes still transmit command signals to the Humax box. It is just the received modulated signal that becomes intermittent i.e. white noise and snow then perfect picture and sound. Apart from the Triax the other cabling etc. worked fine with two different Sky boxes for several years.I still blame the Triax unit but will report back when i have more experience with the Labgear DigiLink MRX700.
JohnRD – 28 seconds ago »
Hi, i am not an expert in this field but doesn’t the Magic Eye only transmit command signals back to the Humax box? on my set up I have two coax cables connected by an amplifier with bypass to 2 TVs in different rooms.The main TV is connected locally via HDMI and the picture via HDMI never fails to be fine. When the Triax fails to modulate the scart signal from the Humax box correctly then the signal degenerates/fails to both remotely connected TVS but both the Magic Eyes still transmit command signals to the Humax box. It is just the received modulated signal that becomes intermittent i.e. white noise and snow then perfect picture and sound. Apart from the Triax the other cabling etc. worked fine with two different Sky boxes for several years.I still blame the Triax unit but will report back when i have more experience with the Labgear DigiLink MRX700.
Correct but it also has to pass through any UHF channels it receives to the TV (including the one created by the triax modulator). If it continues to work it must be receiving power therefore the coax cable from rf2 out must be intact, any break would stop DC power transfer. This leaves the connection from the eye to the TV or an internal intermittent connection inside the eye as a possible cause of the loss of channels. If Tallen had an aerial connected and still could watch Freeview then the Tri-Link modulstor would be the most likely issue. He hasn’t so no way of knowing other than removing the eye (as already suggested). Just moving the eye could have reconnected it.
Thanks.In my case I do have an aerial connected and the Freeview signal to both remote TVs never fails, it is only the modulated signal via the Triax that becomes intermittent. But please don’t let me distract you.
Back again with the same problem, having replaced/remade the F connections. I did look at the Amazon review page as suggested by JohnRD and the problems I have are identical; i.e. the intermittent signal clears up after a few minutes and because I am usually fiddling about with the connections during that time I am mislead into thinking I have actually done anything. I’m inclined to the view that the modulator is the problem and I’ve looked at the Labgear MRX 700 which JohnRD has. Any more news on this? I can’t work out if it includes the ‘magic eye’. Would it work with the Triax one?
Appears to work with any Magic Eye (aka Skylink) make in much the same way as the trilink unit. They all do the same job. It also has the three rf connections (I assume 1 in and two out).
http://www.labgear.co.uk/ebrochure/files/assets/basic-html/page25.html
The Labgear MRX 700 does not come complete with a “Magic Eye” but I use two old ones on my set up from my days with SKY and I guess the Triax one will work with the Labgear unit.Incidentally I used the Triax IR emitters with the Labgear MRX 700 ( I didn’t use the Labgear ones as it took me a while to find the “sweet spot” for the IR receiver on the Humax box and a Yamaha Amp that I also control remotely) and have no problems. The Labgear MRX 700 is still working fine but it is only about two weeks since I fitted it.It was a simple swap from Triax to Labgear it is just the location of the F connectors that differs. The power supplies are different ( voltage and connector type) so you have to swap these.
Just fitted the MRX700 and it seems fine, working OK, as you expected, with the Triax magic eye. The only significant external difference seems to be the power input which, on the MRX, is a conventional plug whereas the Triax is via an F connection. Reviews on Amazon about the Triax are ‘mixed’ and it may well be, as one reviewer suggested, that quality control is an issue. I must have been doubly unlucky in that case since the replacement one I bought gave the same symptoms after a couple of weeks! My thanks to you and Graham for advice and support.
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