Re: FW: cheap wired AV link required

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just another question from me too :-)

Does their cable box use "conventional" IR, or does it used IrDA?
You
might need to include for one of these it's IrDA:
http://www.letsautomate.com/11220.cfm?

Cheers,

Tim.

On 10/12/06, Paul Gordon <paul@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh, and to offer the first answer to my own question, I've already
looked=
at the Keene CAT5BLASTER QC and this partially fits the bill (no IR return=
AFAICS), plus for =A390, I'd rather try to cajole them into stretching jus=
t that little bit further for proper KAT5 boxes...
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> Paul G.
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> From: Paul Gordon
> Sent: 12 October 2006 13:06
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: cheap wired AV link required
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> I know the "proper" answer to this question is
"KAT5", but....
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> My parents currently have a wireless video sender to get their cable
TV s=
ignal from the cable box at one end of the living room, over to a 2nd TV
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the opposite end of the living room, and for numerous reasons this is way =
less than satisfactory. I'd like to change it for a wired link of some
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. Since it is just for a 2nd TV, *and* because my parents just don't
"get i=
t" when it comes to AV quality, I know they won't consider it
worthwhile sp=
ringing for KAT5, so I'm wondering if there are any (admittedly inferior)
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udget versions available? - I'm sure I recall seeing mentions in here
befor=
e for various KAT5-a-like systems, which just use passive unbalanced
signal=
s... - even this is likely to be better than the quality currently being
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livered by the wireless link!
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> The distance between the two points is about 6 metres, although a
cable w=
ould have to go "up & over" and so would need to cover more
like 12 metres,=
the cable box delivers composite video & audio for sure, - not sure
about =
anything better than that until I get a chance to pull it out & have a
look=
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> I'm looking for a simple, cheap composite AV link with IR return, -
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ugh the IR return could be delivered by a separate system if necessary. I
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uess CAT5 media would be preferable, as it will be simpler to cable with,
b=
ut it's not essential (I could conceivably just run a 15m SCART cable!) -
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ut I already laid a CAT5 cable to one of the 2 positions, so half the work
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is already done...
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> TIA
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> Paul G.
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