TV in a room with No Ariel or sky Connection

lisa26_2

Hi My dad is currently in hospital and when he gets out it would make life easier if he could have a TV in his bedroom (which is downstairs). Unfortunately there are no connections in that room and an indoor ariel is no good down there, even with the big outdoor ariel we end up getting the pros in to set it up as its such a poor signal!!! Anyway, they do have sky multiroom so have 2 sky boxes. Is there anyway to get the sky to transmit to a TV in his bedroom? Being able to change channel from there would be even better if its possible! I've done a bit of googling but can only find systems that require you to run coax cable from the one TV to the other which isn't practicle as it would have to go across places he'd need to walk when he's feeling up to moving about and he would 100% definately trip over it!!!

I'll be very grateful to anyone who can help but I'm fairly sure its a long shot!!

HappyMJ

lisa26 wrote: »

Hi My dad is currently in hospital and when he gets out it would make life easier if he could have a TV in his bedroom (which is downstairs). Unfortunately there are no connections in that room and an indoor ariel is no good down there, even with the big outdoor ariel we end up getting the pros in to set it up as its such a poor signal!!! Anyway, they do have sky multiroom so have 2 sky boxes. Is there anyway to get the sky to transmit to a TV in his bedroom? Being able to change channel from there would be even better if its possible! I've done a bit of googling but can only find systems that require you to run coax cable from the one TV to the other which isn't practicle as it would have to go across places he'd need to walk when he's feeling up to moving about and he would 100% definately trip over it!!!

I'll be very grateful to anyone who can help but I'm fairly sure its a long shot!!

http://www.ariel.co.uk/Default.aspx Available at most supermarkets. Speak to Sky they will install another multiroom box for a fee.

debitcardmayhem

You can get wireless video senders, but I have not tried them for years. However co-ax is a better option, can you not run the cable outside (ie through the walls) and use cable clips on to the skirting board?

Edited: If you use co-ax then Magic Eye works ok with Sky.

lisa26_2

HappyMJ wrote: »

http://www.ariel.co.uk/Default.aspx Available at most supermarkets. Speak to Sky they will install another multiroom box for a fee.

Oh how hilarious thanks so much!! Sky will also charge an extra £10 for another multiroom box and also £199 to buy it as they've already had the '1 free multiroom box per customer'.

Andrew1472

Is this the sort of thing you had in mind. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5347926/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/c_2/2%7C14419512%7CTelevision+accessories%7C14419521/c_3/3%7Ccat_14419521%7CVideo+senders%7C14419542.htm
It's 2 units, a transmitter and a receiver.
Plug the transmitter into the scart socket of your Sky box, the receiver into the TV scart socket in the bedroom, switch everything on and apart from a bit of tweaking, job done.
We used a similar one for several months and it sent TV pictures successfully to the kitchen or bedroom. Using the remote was no problem, but it did suffer from interference from the microwave and from people walking through its signal path. As long as you can put up with that, it will do the job.

esuhl

If he has a PC and a wireless network, he could always watch TV via tvcatchup.com...

JasX

My experience any low cost video sender has resulted in very poor quality reception, even with a clear line of sight between the units.

I'd suggest your best bet would be to buy a cheap length of cable either pipe in the video feed from one of the sky boxes (possibly with magic eye). Or extend one of the satellite feeds (will need better quality cable -copper braid on copper foil ideally and an appropriate set of F-connectors) and move the box.

Budget:
£2-4 for the connectors.
£10 + or - for the cable

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JasX wrote: »

My experience any low cost video sender has resulted in very poor quality reception, even with a clear line of sight between the units.

I'd suggest your best bet would be to buy a cheap length of cable either pipe in the video feed from one of the sky boxes (possibly with magic eye). Or extend one of the satellite feeds (will need better quality cable -copper braid on copper foil ideally and an appropriate set of F-connectors) and move the box.

Budget:
£2-4 for the connectors.
£10 + or - for the cable

And i've found a wireless video sender to be a great solution. I've had one for 4 years sending sky from my lounge to my bedroom. Reception is usually good and doesn't seem to get effected by other wireless signals unless they are right next to the box. It can be a lot down to where you position the wires and power cables from other devices.

GlynD

Lisa26. If your dad already has Sky Multiroom then it's only a question of moving the second box to his bedroom. If you ask a reputable aeriel installer I'm sure you'll get a pleasant enough quote. It's just a matter of rerouting or replacing the cable which goes to the second box. One thing you need to be aware of though is that the two boxes need to be connected to a telephone line to comply with the Sky multiroom contract. If there is no telephone socket near to where you want to put the TV you can always get a wireless transceiver set which will allow you to bring the telephone line to his bedroom without wiring.

esuhl

JasX wrote: »

My experience any low cost video sender has resulted in very poor quality reception, even with a clear line of sight between the units.

Yeah - they seem to use the same frequency as wireless networks. My router caused interference on the TV (horizontal lines and a loud pop every second) and the video sender interfered with the router, causing it to crash and restore itself to default settings (i.e. wireless network enabled, default password, no encryption - thanks, NetGear you muppets!).

Andrew1472

esuhl wrote: »

Yeah - they seem to use the same frequency as wireless networks. My router caused interference on the TV (horizontal lines and a loud pop every second) and the video sender interfered with the router, causing it to crash and restore itself to default settings (i.e. wireless network enabled, default password, no encryption - thanks, NetGear you muppets!).

Now you mention it, I'm pretty sure you're right. 2.4 Ghz I think.
The house we used one in didn't have a router so it wasn't an issue.
The more expensive ones operate at around 5Ghz so may be better, but they are so expensive that re-routing a Sky cable from the LNB would make more sense.