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sending more than one source over cat5

  • 09-02-2014 7:43pm
    #1
    proponent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    my apologies if this has been asked already. I want to get rid of all the various boxes and crap under my TV and place them all in a remote location. Our home is wired for cat5 and coax and the little banana plug things throughout.

    what is the best way to get video from a few different sources to the TV. is it possible to send hdmi over cat 5 from a few different sources? (cable TV box and WD media hub)

    how do the remote control signals get to each? is there a single clever sort of hub that could manage all this?


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  • #2
    jpb14
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 322 ✭✭jpb14


    proponent wrote: »
    Hi all,
    my apologies if this has been asked already. I want to get rid of all the various boxes and crap under my TV and place them all in a remote location. Our home is wired for cat5 and coax and the little banana plug things throughout.

    what is the best way to get video from a few different sources to the TV. is it possible to send hdmi over cat 5 from a few different sources? (cable TV box and WD media hub)

    how do the remote control signals get to each? is there a single clever sort of hub that could manage all this?
    Yes it is possible.You must have 2 x Cat5e cables run to each location.You then make them off on RJ45 glass plugs and use some RJ45-HDMI Baluns to convert the 2 x Cat5e cables into a HDMI signal.
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1080P-HDMI-to-CAT5-Cat6-RJ45-Extender-Balun-Repeater-Up-to-100-Feet-30m-/261348300235#ht_1342wt_1362


  • #3
    gutteruu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭gutteruu


    I'm assuming you only have 1 cat5 cable. AFAIK jpb14 is correct you need 2 cables. You could use "homeplugs" which work well to give you a second cat5 if you don't want to run a second cable.

    Then install a 'source selector' box in your other room that you plug all your HDMI's into and use a 'remote control extender' so your remote controls will work from your main room.

    How many TV sources do you have?


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