Digital change over-Wireless Video sender.

We are scheduled in the SW to have analogue TV turned off shortly. I already
have a Digital TV (terrestrial and sky connection). As it is not possible in
my old house to run hidden aerial cables to other rooms I was wondering if a
wireless video sender could be used to old portable TVs that do not have a
scart connections? or would I have to buy TVs with scart sockets to use
such a system? Are these video senders any good? Any help appreciated.

Peter

Peter wrote:
We are scheduled in the SW to have analogue TV turned off shortly. I already
have a Digital TV (terrestrial and sky connection). As it is not possible in
my old house to run hidden aerial cables to other rooms I was wondering if a
wireless video sender could be used to old portable TVs that do not have a
scart connections? or would I have to buy TVs with scart sockets to use
such a system? Are these video senders any good? Any help appreciated.

A video sender still requires a Scart or video input connection to the
TV. The frequencies used for the 'wireless sending' are not in the UHF
TV band. However if you don't already have an aerial cable connected to
your portable TVs, how are you using them at present ? Set top aerial I
presume ?

Remember that after analogue switch over in each area digital TV signals
will be considerably more powerful, so if you are getting watchable
results now with the set top aerial, this *might* be OK for digital.
However you will still need either a Freeview box with a modulator , or
a Freeview box and an external modulator. CPC do both:-

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/mo...cpc/509466.xml

http://cpc.farnell.com/labgear/mod11...tor/dp/AV13328

(I use the modulator in my house, to distribute video sources to the
bedroom TVs, it's very good)

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Peter wrote:

We are scheduled in the SW to have analogue TV turned off shortly. I
already have a Digital TV (terrestrial and sky connection). As it is
not possible in my old house to run hidden aerial cables to other
rooms I was wondering if a wireless video sender could be used to old
portable TVs that do not have a scart connections? or would I have to
buy TVs with scart sockets to use such a system? Are these video
senders any good? Any help appreciated.
Peter

Can you explain a bit more about exactly what you want to achieve? How do
these portable TVs currently get their signal? What inputs *do* they have?

Video senders usually send just a composite video signal plus analog sound -
so can't be connected to a set's aerial input. Most need a SCART connector,
although some have RCA/Phono connectors instead or as well. Having said
that, if your portables don't have SCART connectors, they're unlikely to
have phono sockets.

Either way, they need to be fed from a digital tuner (Freeview STB, Sky box,
etc.) somewhere - and may be constrained to watch the same channel as other
set(s) connected to the same box.

Assuming that you're near enough to a transmitter to get a decent analog
signal using a portable set's built-in aerial, you *may* be able to use a
dedicated Freeview STB with each set, driven off a portable aerial. The STB
would need an RF output to connect to your TV's aerial socket (which only a
few have!) and this wouldn't get you Sky on the portables.
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We are scheduled in the SW to have analogue TV turned off shortly. I
already
have a Digital TV (terrestrial and sky connection). As it is not possible
in my old house to run hidden aerial cables to other rooms I was wondering
if a wireless video sender could be used to old portable TVs that do not
have a scart connections? or would I have to buy TVs with scart sockets
to use such a system? Are these video senders any good? Any help
appreciated.

Peter

Wireless video senders, at least the LEGAL ones, are two part affairs,
and the receiver unit connects to the TV with audio/video connections,
if not SCART then separate sockets eg Phono sockets would be needed
on the TV.
By any chance, does this TV have a VHS machine connected to it?
This will certainly have A/V inputs and can be effectively as an a/v to
RF converter.

These senders can often be unsatisfactory due to interference. Try
to run cables if you can.

--
Graham.

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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Peter wrote:

We are scheduled in the SW to have analogue TV turned off shortly. I
already have a Digital TV (terrestrial and sky connection). As it is
not possible in my old house to run hidden aerial cables to other
rooms I was wondering if a wireless video sender could be used to old
portable TVs that do not have a scart connections? or would I have to
buy TVs with scart sockets to use such a system? Are these video
senders any good? Any help appreciated.
Peter

Wait until analogue is switched off, then buy a telly with DTT built in and
try it on an idoor aerial. If it works fine, buy some more tellys. If not,
think again.

Bill

Peter wrote:
We are scheduled in the SW to have analogue TV turned off shortly. I already
have a Digital TV (terrestrial and sky connection). As it is not possible in
my old house to run hidden aerial cables to other rooms I was wondering if a
wireless video sender could be used to old portable TVs that do not have a
scart connections? or would I have to buy TVs with scart sockets to use
such a system? Are these video senders any good? Any help appreciated.

Peter


If you do go the video-sender route try one of the newer 5.8ghz ones.
I've just got one and it is far superior to the older type. No
interference at all from my broadband wifi or microwave cooker, unlike
the original which was plagued with it.

Bob

In article , Dhropta
Guli wrote:
Peter wrote:
We are scheduled in the SW to have analogue TV turned off shortly. I
already have a Digital TV (terrestrial and sky connection). As it is
not possible in my old house to run hidden aerial cables to other
rooms I was wondering if a wireless video sender could be used to old
portable TVs that do not have a scart connections? or would I have to
buy TVs with scart sockets to use such a system? Are these video
senders any good? Any help appreciated.

Peter


If you do go the video-sender route try one of the newer 5.8ghz ones.
I've just got one and it is far superior to the older type. No
interference at all from my broadband wifi or microwave cooker, unlike
the original which was plagued with it.

but it will have reduced penetration though walls due to the higher
frequency used.

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Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11

"charles" wrote in message
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In article , Dhropta
Guli wrote:
Peter wrote:
We are scheduled in the SW to have analogue TV turned off shortly. I
already have a Digital TV (terrestrial and sky connection). As it is
not possible in my old house to run hidden aerial cables to other
rooms I was wondering if a wireless video sender could be used to old
portable TVs that do not have a scart connections? or would I have to
buy TVs with scart sockets to use such a system? Are these video
senders any good? Any help appreciated.

Peter


If you do go the video-sender route try one of the newer 5.8ghz ones.
I've just got one and it is far superior to the older type. No
interference at all from my broadband wifi or microwave cooker, unlike
the original which was plagued with it.

but it will have reduced penetration though walls due to the higher
frequency used.

--
From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11

Thanks for the replies. The TVs have set top aerials (analogue reception not
too
good). Looking at the back they have two jack plug sockets marked Audio
(white) and Video (yellow). Cabling is really a nightmare with lathe and
plaster walls and ceilings.

Peter

Peter wrote:

Thanks for the replies. The TVs have set top aerials (analogue reception not
too
good). Looking at the back they have two jack plug sockets marked Audio
(white) and Video (yellow). Cabling is really a nightmare with lathe and
plaster walls and ceilings.

The good news is that'll you'll be able to plug a Video sender receiver into
them using an appropriate Scart to jack adaptor.

The bad news is that it sounds like Freeview reception using a Freeview box
local to the TV, will be a non starter unless you run in a proper aerial feed
for it.


--
Mark
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www.paras.org.uk

Mark Carver wrote:
Peter wrote:

Thanks for the replies. The TVs have set top aerials (analogue
reception not too
good). Looking at the back they have two jack plug sockets marked Audio
(white) and Video (yellow). Cabling is really a nightmare with lathe and
plaster walls and ceilings.

The good news is that'll you'll be able to plug a Video sender receiver
into them using an appropriate Scart to jack adaptor.

The bad news is that it sounds like Freeview reception using a Freeview
box local to the TV, will be a non starter unless you run in a proper
aerial feed for it.


With only yellow and white inputs it looks like the tv is a mono set.
No problem, the video sender will work fine but maybe you should
consider upgrading the tv so you can get the weather forecast in full
glorious nicam stereo sound!