What video sender?

JoyPad

Hi,

I've been using this video sender for years, and it's still working well, but the channels are now insufficient. We have a wireless network in the house, a DECT phone, and setting the channels is a pain. I have finally found a combination where everything works, until I turned on the microwave and found it interfering with the video sender. And not annoying, but completely unwatchable. And not just my oven, my neighbour's as well.

If it was only mine, I'd have no problem with it, as we don't use it that much. However, my neighbours seem to only eat out of the microwave, and every night, they won't let me watch my favourite TV show, as they heat up their meals, or whatever they do. You can even count how many they are at the dinner, by the times the oven comes on and off.

My wife's favourite soap is at around the time they sit for lunch. A total mess.

You could ask why aren't we watching the shows at the source, but that's a whole other story. The source is in the bedroom upstairs: a satellite receiver, placed there for installation convenience. Can't move it down, in the living room, too messy to put a cable in.


My question is: is there any other video sender I could buy? Something with more channel choices? Something that works in a different frequency band?


Thanks,
JP

byte

I think you'll probably experience the same issues regardless of what make of video sender you go for.

Ulsterman 1690

DECT phone shouldnt really affect the videosender (European DECT uses the 1900 MHz band its only in North America that they use the 2450 MHz band)

Videosenders usually have four channels (A B C and D) Broadband routers have between 11 and 14 (depending on model)

Try putting the videosender and broadband on opposite ends of the band (e.g try putting the videosender on "D" and the broadband on "1" failing that try the videosender on "A" and the broadband on the highest available channel.

In theory the microwave ovens should be in the middle of the band but really they could be anywhere. Broadband signals are usually not as badly affected as videosender signals by microwave ovens (although of course theyre not completly immune)

Youll be lucky though if you succeed in completly removing the interference but hopefully you can get it down to a tolerable level

JoyPad

Thanks for the replies. From what I received so far, it looks like I shouldn't buy another sender, just try and reconfigure everything inside the house, and see if I can improve things.

The A/V senver is currently set at one end of the spectrum (setting A or D, don't remember which). I will try an experiment tonight: turn off the wireless router, then look for a setting that doesn't get interference from the oven. Since I don't have access to the negihbour's microwave, I'll try with my own.

If I can find such a setting, I will then turn on the wireless router, and flip the channel to find one where it works without ruining the A/V reception.

However, I haven't done this so far because of another reason: my laptop can actually detect, with various signal strength, no less than 4 routers in the living room, and as much as 6 in the bedroom upstairs. Thanks to eircom who are giving them out like candy.
Worth a shot though.

Regards,
JP