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Old 17-09-2008, 09:07
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Hi bit of help needed, were thinking of getting a av sender to run it into another room. We have virgin Media and i dont think our tv is digital, its not HD or flatscreen so i think its anologue. The AV sender were looking at is the 2727 from Maplins which is down to £24.99 at the minute. What I would like to know is if it will in fact turn over using the remote provided with the AV sender as i have read for this product that it wont turn over VM so therefore we would have to keep going into the other room to change the channel over on the VM v+ box instead, however some people on this forum have said that they were able to turn it over.
So what im asking is if you can use the remote to turn it over does that really mean yu can watch say e4 in one room and itv1 in the other or do you always have to watch the same channel and the remote really is for turning up the volunme etc.

Thanks in advance.
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Old 17-09-2008, 09:24
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Regardless of whether the remote works over the video sender or not the one thing you will not be able to do is watch two different channels at the same time.

The Virgin media box may have two SCART sockets on it, one to feed the TV next to it and one to feed the Video sender. But it cannot feed two different channels to the two SCARTs. Both SCART sockets get exactly the same feed.

If you want to watch different cable TV channels on the two TVs then you need two independent cable boxes.
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:47
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Thanks for replying, i see what you mean now. So what does the remote control allow you to do? Just volume?
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Old 17-09-2008, 15:03
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The Video sender does not have a remote control. What it does have is a remote control extender. This is a little dongle you point at the infra red sensor on the front of whatever it is you have the video sender transmitter attached to. In this instance your Virgin media box.

You then take the Virgin media remote to the receive end and point it at the receiver. The receiver picks up the signals fires them off back to the transmitter which in turn feeds them to the dongle sitting in front of the Virgin media box.

So you get full remote control of the Virgin Media box from the remote end.

Oh and with my pedant hat on for a moment. Maplins was a fictional holiday camp invented for a popular TV comedy show many years ago. The high street retailer of electrical and electronic goods is Maplin (no s)
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Old 17-09-2008, 15:14
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Thanks for point out my error

So you can use this dongle to change the v+ box from the other room without the v+box in?
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Old 17-09-2008, 15:48
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can i ask while we're on the subject... is there a problem having one of these 2.4ghz senders in the same room as an always-on wireless broadband router/modem?

would love an AV sender, but don't want to spend the money on one if there is going to be a conflict with the signals.

thank you!
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Old 17-09-2008, 17:02
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So you can use this dongle to change the v+ box from the other room without the v+box in?
If it works. Not all remote controls are compatible with all video senders. Only way to find out is to try it.
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Old 17-09-2008, 17:11
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can i ask while we're on the subject... is there a problem having one of these 2.4ghz senders in the same room as an always-on wireless broadband router/modem?

would love an AV sender, but don't want to spend the money on one if there is going to be a conflict with the signals.

thank you!
There are only a limited number of channels in the 2.4GHz band. So if your neighbours also have wireless routers or their own video senders turned on you may struggle to find a completely free channel.

But if you live in splendid isolation with no other wireless networks/video senders within range then you should be OK.

You can get a very rough idea if your laptop can display the available networks and signal strength. If you get lots of networks pop up and they all have a couple of bars signal strength then things may get a little crowded.
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Old 18-09-2008, 09:23
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There are only a limited number of channels in the 2.4GHz band. So if your neighbours also have wireless routers or their own video senders turned on you may struggle to find a completely free channel.

But if you live in splendid isolation with no other wireless networks/video senders within range then you should be OK.

You can get a very rough idea if your laptop can display the available networks and signal strength. If you get lots of networks pop up and they all have a couple of bars signal strength then things may get a little crowded.
thanks chrisjr
i decided to buy one to giv it a go, but i'm getting this problem, any ideas:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=769580
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Old 18-09-2008, 15:38
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The only device I can find on the Maplin site is this...

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=44469

If that is what you have then check a few things out.

First and most obvious. Make sure you've got Transmit and Receive boxes in the right locations! Transmit at the Sky box or whatever and Receive at the remote TV (sounds obvious but anyone can have a blonde moment )

These devices appear to come with a 3.5mm jack to SCART lead. So make sure you are using the correct lead at each end. The SCART has separate connections for Audio/Video output and Audio/Video input. If you get them the wrong way round you'll be connecting the Transmitter inputs to the Sky inputs and Receiver output to the TV output. Which won't work (inputs always connect to outputs - or vice versa).

Also check what video format you have the Sky box (or whatever the transmitter is connected to) set to. If it is set to RGB then you might not get any pictures. Similarly if the TV at the other end is set to RGB it may not see the receiver output. You need to set both ends to Composite (may be called CVBS, PAL or just plain Video).

However setting the wrong video mode should not affect audio. So if audio is silent then I suspect either the devices or the jack to SCART leads are in the wrong places.

Or it could be a total lack of signal. Or they could be just plain broke. Best wy to test them is to hook up the receiver to a telly next to the transmitter. That way you won't get any problems with the signal getting lost in the walls and floors. Plus you can more easily swap leads/boxes around to make sure you've got them the right way round.
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