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Humax hdr 1000s wirelessly
Just helped a mate choose one of these however his router is in a different room to the satellite box so will have to go wireless . Which USB adaptor is recommended for this and are they readily available ?
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Have you thought about Home Plugs as another option?
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Have you thought about Home Plugs as another option?
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Not very technical have heard of them but never used them . Are they cheap and how many would I need and is setting them up easy ?
Plug the other in by your router and connect to a spare socket on the router. That's it.
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You need two, setting up couldn't be simpler. Plug one in by your hdr and connect it to the box lan port with supplied (usually) patch lead.
Plug the other in by your router and connect to a spare socket on the router. That's it. ![]() |
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Do the latest homeplugs now work OK when plugged into things like extension leads? ISTR that that was bugbear when they first surfaced. There were also issues as I recall if your house wiring had radial spurs rather than a ring main.
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Do the latest homeplugs now work OK when plugged into things like extension leads? ISTR that that was bugbear when they first surfaced. There were also issues as I recall if your house wiring had radial spurs rather than a ring main.
Clem They will work but more slowly if forced to signal through a consumer unit. Even with ring mains most properties have two, so it's entirely possible they will finish up connected to different rings. |
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Do the latest homeplugs now work OK when plugged into things like extension leads? ISTR that that was bugbear when they first surfaced. There were also issues as I recall if your house wiring had radial spurs rather than a ring main.
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Never had any problems with ring-to-ring, extension leads, coiled up extension leads, etc. The only failure was with a Homeplug inserted into one of a twin socket where the the other half has a surge protector feeding the PC and peripherals and another twin socket backing onto it through the wall feeding all my AV gear. I moved the Homeplug to a socket 8 feet away with a longer CAT5 cable and all was well. They won't go through the meter (although I suspect that they may well work through the new digital meters). Cheapest source that I've found is Solwise.
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Just helped a mate choose one of these however his router is in a different room to the satellite box so will have to go wireless . Which USB adaptor is recommended for this and are they readily available ?
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When I spoke to the Humax guy at IBC in September he said that you can purchase a Humax WiFi dongle (available on their website for £ 29 - lot cheaper than a Homeplug) but that reception wasn't restricted to their own dongle and therefore "in theory" any such dongle should work. They had tested loads of different brands but couldn't guarantee that every type would work. Why not give them a ring?
Homeplugs very reasonable here: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Netwo...k+Accessories/ |
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Or you can get something like a wireless adapter, along with a cheap router - and connect more than just the PVR up.
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Homeplugs
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Others would work as long as the box had the driver, so as long as it used the same chip they should (in theory) work!
Homeplugs very reasonable here: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Netwo...k+Accessories/ |
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