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18th May 2015, 11:13 pm | #1 |
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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? Thanks B Last edited by Bazz4CQJ; 18th May 2015 at 11:22 pm. |
19th May 2015, 12:09 am | #2 |
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Re: VS660 / UT66 /WV050 Video Sender
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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19th May 2015, 12:23 am | #3 |
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Re: VS660 / UT66 /WV050 Video Sender
Of course . On to Plan B...
Thanks B |
19th May 2015, 1:01 am | #4 |
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Re: VS660 / UT66 /WV050 Video Sender
I just knew that I should hold on to at least one analogue TV
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19th May 2015, 1:45 am | #5 |
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Re: VS660 / UT66 /WV050 Video Sender
Hi
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 Regards John |
19th May 2015, 1:04 pm | #6 |
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Re: VS660 / UT66 /WV050 Video Sender
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. .
B |
19th May 2015, 2:36 pm | #7 |
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Re: VS660 / UT66 /WV050 Video Sender
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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