Re: Putting a telly where an aerial feed won't go
- From: "Chas Gill" <Chas.Gill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 22:35:21 -0000
"Chas Gill" <Chas.Gill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:33:01 -0000, "Chas Gill"
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My daughter wants a second TV in her kitchen, which is about as far away
and
as awkward as it gets when it comes to running a coax feed from the
current
aerial entry point (via some sort of amplifier/splitter). All of this is
made slightly more complex because she has a masthead amp with all the
accompanying hardware behind her current TV (not - unfortunately - in or
routed via the loft). Ideally, some sort of wire-less means of providing
the second feed in the kitchen would be perfect. Is there any serious
kit
out there that can do this acceptably and at a reasonable cost? all help
and advice gratefully received, thanks.
Chas
Down the outside wall in some form of trunking?
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Cheers
Peter
Ahh! - but that would mean running the cable out of the lounge, up the
rear wall, over the roof and down the front of the house. And then there
is the issue of an already-marginal DTV performance being degraded by
trying to split it into two feeds. Trying to avoid all of that if at all
possible (I'm a tad over 60 and don't install TV aerials for a
living...................). The most likely suggestions so far involve
proprietary A/V wireless send/receive kits that seem to be available for
around the £50 - £60 mark. Thanks for all of those that suggested this
solution. I'm going to give that a go and I'll let you all know how I get
on.
Cheers,
Chas
Oh, well - that didn't work! I bought a Philips wireless AV system (60
quid) and it work great IN THE SAME ROOM but seemed incapable of sending a
signal through 2 cinderblock walls - the result was a shaky picture with a
lot of interference - and turning everything in the house off still didn't
stop it - for all the world like a 2 stroke running in the front garden.....
Anyway, all those suggestions about slinging a cable over the roof from back
to front got me surveying - and I found a redundant cable TV feed exactly
where I need a cable to be (from and to). OK, it's chopped off at both
ends, but nothing a bit of careful extending couldn't fix. So, the big
question is could I use this to extend the aerial signal (through some sort
of splitter) to a second digibox in the kitchen? Will it be up to the job?
I'm happy to conduct a few experiments to find out, but might I be wasting
my time?
Again, all advice and recommendations as to how to effectively splice in a
bit more cable and what sort of splitter I should use gratefully received.
Cheers
Chas
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