Setting up the Sky magic eye is actually reasonably straightforward.
- it is available directly from Sky here, although I actually managed to get it for the same price from PC World.
- slightly annoyingly the newest Sky+ HD boxes don't actually have an RF Out port, and so it is necessary to get an IO link adapter to plug in to the IO socket on the new boxes which convert to an RF output. Best place to get these does appear to be directly from Sky - 10 pounds, and available here.
- ignore all of the nonsense in the instructions about having to strip coaxial cables and use the supplied cable caps - that's only if running cables a long way in between rooms - definitely got some more coaxial cables knocking about in boxes of assorted cables.
- if struggling, 'tvtradedave' has some helpful videos, such as this one, on Youtube.
- key thing is to make sure that 'RF Outlet Power Supply' is turned on in the settings on the Sky box. To get to this, need to go into the installer menus on the box - press services, then select system setup, then press 0, 1, select to get there, then go to RF Outlets.
- check the channel number for the RF output (because once the coaxial is plugged via the magic eye connector to the aerial input on the TV, that will be the channel number to tune the TV to).
- however, important point to note - it seems like the Magic Eye can just be used as a way of getting the remote signal in to the Sky box, irrespective of whether the picture is coming in to the TV from the AV input (scart in the current setup) or coaxial aerial via Magic Eye. Very useful to know should the TV get changed to an HD one - can keep the Magic Eye setup (and the possibility of hiding the Sky box and all of the wires out of sight) without losing HD quality.