clipper Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 I need an AV sender with two recievers and two IR pickups-one for stb/video and one for a DVD. Walls are masonite and furtherest TV with reciever is 30 meters away.
ton Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 check ebay..I would go for a 5.8 model as the 2.4 ones suffer from a lot of interferance these work ok for me 5.8GHz AV Sender & IR Remote Video Transmitter AVS5811
GorGor Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 check ebay..I would go for a 5.8 model as the 2.4 ones suffer from a lot of interferance these work ok for me 5.8GHz AV Sender & IR Remote Video Transmitter AVS5811 Yes, definitely get a 5.8GHz. My 2.4 GHz is interfering with everything incl cordless phone & WiFi network!!
swordfish805 Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 I reckon their all garbage. The 2.4gig kit suffers from or causes interference with your cordless phone, wifi router and god only knows what else while the 5.8gig stuff has a range of about 3cm. Cheapest and best solution is a cable
ton Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 I reckon their all garbage. The 2.4gig kit suffers from or causes interference with your cordless phone, wifi router and god only knows what else while the 5.8gig stuff has a range of about 3cm.Cheapest and best solution is a cable The 5.8 i bought of ebay works great its 20 meters from my fox IQ cristal clear...Jay car are now selling them and you can always return stuff to them
swordfish805 Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Jay car are now selling them and you can always return stuff to them yes - the fact you can return stuff is very fortunate, I had to return several varieties of these devices to jaycar, DSE and others. The stuff to remember is that they are using radio frequency which is shared specturm. According to advice I was given, all sorts of devices use this spectrum including such odd things as garage door remote controls, CCTV security cameras etc. You can't control what is in use nearby (unless you own the land for a half a kilometre in every direction). Also, something might change nearby (eg a neighbour installs a wlan or a bush is trimmed allowing a nearby competing signal into your house). You can find your rf device works fine one day but not the next. The problem with these rf based AV senders is they are probably the device which is most sensitive to interference. If interference disrupts your wfi router you probably notice the speed of your connection drops - but it keeps working. The effect on an AV sender is more severe. Anyway - if you have one and it works, great. If it keeps working for years, fantastic. I wholeheartedly agree with ton's advice that the best approach is to obtain one and try it out - and, yes, ensure you buy from somewhere that will take a return on questions asked.
lukeo2 Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Bought a $150 unit from Jaycar four (maybe five?) years ago. Not experienced any problems so far, transmits throught four plasterboard walls including a bathroom,never had interference from/to any cordless devices.
alanh Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 All, A reminder that all these devices are for standard definition composite (PAL) signals with mono or stereo sound. AlanH
stahc Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 All,A reminder that all these devices are for standard definition composite (PAL) signals with mono or stereo sound. AlanH thank you raymond
Riv39 Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Chats, bought a 2.4GHz one from DSE about 14mths ago for $99, we use it from the SD box in the games room (through a gyprock wall and a book case full of VHS tapes) to a 51cm LCD in the kitchen and it works fine provided you don't use the microwave oven. I do note a bit of sibilance with it though particularly on ABC.
stahc Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Chats, bought a 2.4GHz one from DSE about 14mths ago for $99, we use it from the SD box in the games room (through a gyprock wall and a book case full of VHS tapes) to a 51cm LCD in the kitchen and it works fine provided you don't use the microwave oven.I do note a bit of sibilance with it though particularly on ABC. roughly about the same time i bought mine from jaycar.............sending either fox or fta from high def box to 17" lcd in sunroom off the kitchen passing through gyprock wall/window. the only interference we get is from the microwave or strangely when the blinds are open & the signal must bounce back from the glass. was just having a dig at someone who thinks we are stupid
Thistleblower Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 I need an AV sender with two recievers and two IR pickups-one for stb/video and one for a DVD. Walls are masonite and furtherest TV with reciever is 30 meters away. Hi. My first post. Wireless senders used to be okay before everyone got 2.4 cordless phones. Same problem's happened with 5.8 with wireless internet. Forced me to go cable. You can get reasonable baluns for SD transmissions using CAT5 cable at runs up to 100m. Worked for me.
atlas01 Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 We have both 2.4 and 5.8ghz av senders, and both are pretty average at best. Interference from almost anything makes watching quite a painful process - and the units are barely 10m away through plaster walls. I'm guessing nearby houses utilise a lot of electrical devices being a very-inner suburb. Replacing the sender with an extended HDMI run which should be swoit. EZYHD sells 15m hdmi cables for $143 which is cheaper than most 5.8ghz units.
Thistleblower Posted September 16, 2009 Posted September 16, 2009 IDT has a range of HD over LAN cable solutions. They're not cheap but, then, neither is HD! http://www.idt.com.au/Obonok/ProductOverview.pdf For SD over LAN (60m) I got one of these and paired it with a wireless IR sender: http://www.audiovisualdevices.com.au/viewp...oductid=MF075SV Lindy sells a similar unit. My wife is microwaving food while talking on our cordless phone. There's a wild storm outside. And I have near perfect replication of our primary AV source. Cheers.
DR.ZOIDBERG Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 I have a 2.4 AV Sender and @ my parents house it works not bad at all from downstairs to upstairs but in my house its S**T and its only 10m or so. What is another good way to watch Austar from my main TV room to my bedroom without getting another box
Guest john-andrew Posted November 15, 2009 Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Bought a $150 unit from Jaycar four (maybe five?) years ago.Not experienced any problems so far, transmits throught four plasterboard walls including a bathroom,never had interference from/to any cordless devices. You're lucky and this really depends where the senders and receivers are located in the home? It got to be far away from AP's and it also got to be far away from wireless devices such as cordless phones. I have someone here who is using 5.8 GHz cordless phone without a problem even though computer wireless is all over the house. Good luck people. I have a 2.4 AV Sender and @ my parents house it works not bad at all from downstairs to upstairs but in my house its S**T and its only 10m or so. What is another good way to watch Austar from my main TV room to my bedroom without getting another box The only thing you can do is to use cable. I used to have 2.4 AV sender as this before wireless came along and now given away to a friend. It used to go upstairs and it used to go to the next room on second receiver without a problem. I now use a coax for the TV here nearby. The length of 10m is similar here and I used to have an AV cable the same length coming here as well. This was s-video and stereo to the computer's video card from a TV receiver. Anyway good luck. Edited November 15, 2009 by john-andrew
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