Wireless TV signal Transmitter/receiver

LowOdour

For the winter, I want to move the TV close to the stove so that we can watch TV in the warmth! Netflix etc is fine. But I want to have access to the saorview channels also. There is a coaxial cable close by, for the life of me, I cannot find/match the terminating end of the cable in the closet.

So, to save myself a world of pain, i was thinking of buying a wireless tv transmitter/receiver for the few months the tv is moved.

So, has anyone used one before? Could any recommend a product or a retailer?

Johnboy1951

Why not post a pic of the terminating end you cannot match?

You would receive suggestions that no doubt would be much cheaper than buying a 'wireless tv transmitter/receiver'.

LowOdour

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Why not post a pic of the terminating end you cannot match?

You would receive suggestions that no doubt would be much cheaper than buying a 'wireless tv transmitter/receiver'.

I manage most of the network cables and some of the coax cable myself so its not that I couldn't do it. I plan to strip all the cables back in the future. Its just that everything is entwined and in a mess....and getting the time (and having the patience) to go through all that is not possible at the moment.

winston_1

LowOdour wrote: »

I manage most of the network cables and some of the coax cable myself so its not that I couldn't do it. I plan to strip all the cables back in the future. Its just that everything is entwined and in a mess....and getting the time (and having the patience) to go through all that is not possible at the moment.

There are no legal wireless TV transmitters that will do what you require. Such a device would interfere with your neighbours reception.

Johnboy1951

You say "Netflix etc is fine", so you have an ethernet connection available at the TV or is that done wirelessly?

It is possible to set up a small cheap device with a cheap tuner plugged in, at the aerial termination point, that would control the tuner, and have a second small device at the TV to display a selected TV channel. That kind of set up could probably be done for about €100 to €150.

You would need to do a bit of the set up work yourself so this might not suit.

Ger Roe

If using the existing coax is the easiest solution, how have you tried tracing it?

Simplest option would be to short the centre core and braid at the tv location end and then use a multimeter (with continuity 'beep') to connect between the centre core and braid of the other loose end(s). When you hear the 'beep' you have found the right end.

Lidl often sell multimeters for around a tenner, or easily available online.

I have used wireless transmitters in the past, they were cheap enough from the likes of Argos, but they were not very reliable and prone to interference from local wifi routers and microwave ovens. There are some newer models available (5.8Ghz), but some are as expensive as buying a new TV, or even more.

I would try hard on the cable route first.

LowOdour

Thanks to some feedback here, tackled the cables and with an old multimeter (and a hairpin!) was able to trace the cable handy enough! Going to cut back all the cables not used at the moment, so job done without any cost! Cheers folks