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Old 18th May 2015, 11:13 pm   #1
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Default VS660 / UT66 /WV050 Video Sender

This small UHF video sender is something I've had for ages and used to use it to bounce an analogue signal (Ch31) from the lounge TV to a TV in the kitchen which only had a set-top aerial and couldn't get sufficient signal strength for direct reception. I think there were quite a lot of these units around and that it may have come from Maplins.

I'm trying to figure out whether this unit can be used with a digital signal; my efforts to date have been unsuccessful even with the aerials of the sender and second TV just 2 feet apart. The sender takes separate audio and video from phono connectors on an adapter which is plugged in to a SCART socket on the main TV and I'm using a small 16" Polaroid digital TV with the same set top aerial used previously

Can anyone tell me if this should work, or whether I've lost the plot with this?

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Old 19th May 2015, 12:09 am   #2
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The audio and video signals you are getting from the scart socket on the TV are analogue. When you apply them to the video sender, you are creating an analogue transmission which you are then trying to receive on a digital TV, unfortunately, there is no way this is going to work.

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Old 19th May 2015, 12:23 am   #3
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Of course . On to Plan B...

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I just knew that I should hold on to at least one analogue TV
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Are you absolutely sure that your 'digital' TV does not also have analogue - I ask because in my experience a digital only set is a very rare animal indeed - many cable systems are hybrid analogue - digital - sometimes the analogue capability is 'hidden' in the menu system - if you were using SCART connector, which as mentioned is analogue, there is no benefit in returning to digital
Anyway just a thoughtbased on my own exerience

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Old 19th May 2015, 1:04 pm   #6
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You are absolutely correct John; the second digital set (a budget price 'Polaroid' TV) can be made to scan for both DTV and ATV signals and sees a good picture from the sender. .

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Are you absolutely sure that your 'digital' TV does not also have analogue - I ask because in my experience a digital only set is a very rare animal indeed
Not a TV set, but my Panasonic HDD / DVD recorder has only a digital tuner and cannot receive analogue transmissions. When bought (4 years ago; which makes it the longest-lasting one I've ever had) the packaging and instructions featured dire warnings of this fact, lest anyone try to use it in an area with poor or absent Freeview coverage.
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