Re: Putting a telly where an aerial feed won't go
- From: "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:26:55 -0000
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Chas Gill <Chas.Gill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:33:01 -0000, "Chas Gill"
<Chas.Gill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
Rather than a splitter, you need an aerial amplifier (booster) - with one
input and 2 outputs - such as http://tinyurl.com/2csjse
That way, you'll get a decent signal level going to *both* digiboxes.
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Cheers,
Roger
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