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I have cable tv connected to one room and would like to also view it
in another. Would this be acheived simply by buying a cable and connecting from the tv in one room to the tv in another? If so what is the description of the cable i would need to give the bloke at the electrical shop for him to know what i am after. Also, would the cable simply plug into the back of both tv's (there are video recorders connected to both tv's in case this complicates things). As you may guess i'm the sort of person who needs help to plug something in every time i buy a household electrical item. |
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"Steve Barnes" wrote in message
om... I have cable tv connected to one room and would like to also view it in another. Would this be acheived simply by buying a cable and connecting from the tv in one room to the tv in another? If so what is the description of the cable i would need to give the bloke at the electrical shop for him to know what i am after. Also, would the cable simply plug into the back of both tv's (there are video recorders connected to both tv's in case this complicates things). As you may guess i'm the sort of person who needs help to plug something in every time i buy a household electrical item. Do you want to watch the same program in both rooms, or different channels? Al |
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"Steve Barnes" wrote in message om... I have cable tv connected to one room and would like to also view it in another. Would this be acheived simply by buying a cable and connecting from the tv in one room to the tv in another? If so what is the description of the cable i would need to give the bloke at the electrical shop for him to know what i am after. Also, would the cable simply plug into the back of both tv's (there are video recorders connected to both tv's in case this complicates things). As you may guess i'm the sort of person who needs help to plug something in every time i buy a household electrical item. You really need two receiver boxes if you wish to watch separate channels on each TV. One receiver box can only supplies one TV channel at a time. --- www.basecuritysystems.no-ip.com Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 27/10/03 |
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"BigWallop" wrote in message ...
"Steve Barnes" wrote in message om... I have cable tv connected to one room and would like to also view it in another. Would this be acheived simply by buying a cable and connecting from the tv in one room to the tv in another? If so what is the description of the cable i would need to give the bloke at the electrical shop for him to know what i am after. Also, would the cable simply plug into the back of both tv's (there are video recorders connected to both tv's in case this complicates things). As you may guess i'm the sort of person who needs help to plug something in every time i buy a household electrical item. You really need two receiver boxes if you wish to watch separate channels on each TV. One receiver box can only supplies one TV channel at a time. --- www.basecuritysystems.no-ip.com Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 27/10/03 I realise i would need to watch the same channel in the second room and even need to change the cable channel from the first room. This doesn't matter to me, i just want to 'connect' the two tv's so that i can view cable tv in both rooms. |
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Steve Barnes wrote: I realise i would need to watch the same channel in the second room and even need to change the cable channel from the first room. This doesn't matter to me, i just want to 'connect' the two tv's so that i can view cable tv in both rooms. A suitable scart cable will allow this, but since you've already got VCRs etc I doubt you'll have spare outputs. So you'll need one of the multiple scart boxes available from Maplin etc. A long scart cable might be a problem, though. But you could make one if you can solder. You only need to use one video co-ax and two for the audio - you don't need to wire up all the pins. -- *The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach * Dave Plowman London SW 12 RIP Acorn |
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"Steve Barnes" wrote in message I realise i would need to watch the same channel in the second room and even need to change the cable channel from the first room. This doesn't matter to me, i just want to 'connect' the two tv's so that i can view cable tv in both rooms. To watch the same channel and not remotely remote control (?) the box all you need is standard TV aerial COAX. Cheap and easy to get, maybe you're already running some from your aerial to both TVs, just put it in the "in" on your cable box and out the "out" to your second (or both) TVs. Not the bee's knees in picture quality, and no good for Dolby Digital sound but generally perfectly adequate for a second TV. cheers Daniel |
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