Which digisender is best

Incidentally, I purchased an additional Sky remote control for the master bedroom. DigiSender Available Here. Click here to search eBay for great value matched on this item.

The DigiSender allows you to choose between 1 to 4 different channels for Video transmission. This is useful where your neighbours may be using DigiSender and you want to avoid a conflict. Or like me you are concerned it may interfere with other wireless equipment using the same frequency.

You select the channel you require on both the transmitter and receiver via 4 dip switches located on the rear of the units. I choose channel 4 to avoid any potential conflict with my wireless LAN see details later in the review. Power to the units is provided via a 9 volt supply, simply switch on and the display on the front of the transmitter and receiver displays the transmission channel you have selected.

So you there you have it, installation was very straightforward and the instruction manual was simple to follow. So, how does it perform? What I can say based on my usage of the DigiSender to date is that I have been very impressed with the performance of the system.

According to the instructions the units have an effective range of M free air space and 25M in-building. I have tested various distances between the transmitter and receiver pair from about 5 metres to 20 metres. The quality is as good as watching on a directly fed TV.

The remote control forwarding works flawlessly with my Pace Sky Digibox. Not much else to say, it works as advertised. Adding a second remote TV to the system should also be straight forward. AEI claim there is no limit to the number of additional receivers you could add, making it easy to expand the system. As you can imagine, I thought I might hit problems with the devices all using that same part of the radio spectrum. In addition to the DigiSender I have two other 2. The digital cordless phones are part of the Phillips Onis range and are designed to use slight offsets of the 2.

I can configure the residential gateway to use one of four channels, in a similar fashion to the DigiSender. I decided to set the gateway to channel 1 and the DigiSender to channel 4. My logic being that this would provide the biggest gap in frequency usage between the two systems. So the moment of truth, did it work? As the ultimate test I had Sky running remotely upstairs whilst I was using the wireless ePod in same room whilst making a phone call.

To my initial surprise it all worked with no device interfering with any other! Clearly all the devices are using offsets within the basic 2. The only picture interference I noticed was when I had the receiving TV about 2 metres from the wireless gateway.

I also have several X10 wireless switch units such as the HR10 and the SS13 about the house which use the Mhz frequency. The DigiSender Infrared repeater also uses the Mhz band, I have yet to experience any clashes. What's new New posts Latest activity. Search forums. Members Current visitors. Log in. Install the app. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.

You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Thread starter marck Start date Oct 30, What are peoples experience with them? It is only for an office and tv is 14inch Sony, so picture quality is not vitaly important. Which ones are best and where is cheapest place to get them from. Cheers Marck. This is something that I will be looking into also.

Argos has a few available, the advantage being that if the one you buy does not work with your set-up, you can return it for a full refund. Crivens Guest. Yeah, I got one from Argos. Worked great, and the knowledge that you can take it back with no quibbles is great. If you have a wireless network though, check everything all works. I stopped using mine and got multiroom instead because my new 54g wireless router caused problems with the video sender.

I have a few wireless devices in the house, but is a bit annoying when they don't work together and they aren't that cheap. I dont have any wireless networks so I should be ok. Which one did you get from Argos as there are a couple of different models? I have been looking at the Phillips VL It was a philips make. It's in the loft, so I don't know the model.

Oh, and it's a bit cheaper now too. Top quality picture when you get it right BTW. Yeah, it was pretty easy to install. You just have to muck around a little with the channels you have a choice of 4 and the IR sensors to get it working properly.

I had the IR working half the time, but the picture top quality. I thought it was just the box and was going to send it back my old video sender was rubbish picture, but great IR when another channel worked perfectly for IR. Would still be using it if it wasn't for the interference with wireless. Have just set it up and it works a treat Being able to use the remote control with it is an added bonus.