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Tech Questions on Audio Sending and TV Cables!
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Posted by: Aerotec

Hi folks, looking for some help solving the following queries...

HiFi Question

I am looking to play the Hifi in the lounge but also in the Kitchen and want to set it up wirelessly. I am not looking to a true WiFi solution as it is CDs I want to play and not MP3s. Would a Video Sender be good enough if I just use the audio side of it? Also is there any lag in the transmission as I want the sound to appear to be "piped" round the house.

TV Question

I have just bought a Tosh 36ZP38B TV. Wanted a Plasma but still pricey for what I would want! It offers Component Video In at the back but my DVD Player just has SCART or S-Video out. Is it wortj getting a SCART to YUV Converter from Maplins to let me then use the component in or would it only really show a difference if the DVD out was Component also? I am just doing SCART to SCART as there is no S-Video at the rear of the TV?! Maybe I should just get a S-Video to SCART cable? Suggestions?

Cheers all! Rich

Posted by: doogie

HiFi Question

Yes, No.

(But be warned that you might get interference from Wi-Fi and that you will require an amp in the kitchen or active speakers)

TV Question

The best quality you will get until you get a DVD player with component out, is RGB via a fully wired SCART cable.

Posted by: Aerotec

Thanks Dougie,

I have an amp/speaker set ready to use.

Re the fully wired RGB Scart lead is this just a scart to scart or do I need a lead that is scart to component (the 3 phono leads)?

Thanks

Posted by: doogie

Nah, SCART - SCART - just make sure it's fully connected - some of the cheaper ones aren't as far as I've heard.

Posted by: guydewdney

1) it is possible - but the sound q is poor esp if you have wifi in the house..

2) the easiest way is to put the amp next to the source and run long speaker cables - and use an IR transmitter / repeater to control it

3) unless its a manual control amp - in which case it gets complex - or use loooooong phono leads to an amp in the kitchen.

4) unless you want to upgrade - in whcih case you are looking at spending a bit of dough - and getting a multi-room setup - there are quite a few solutions at keene.co.uk or lektropacks.co.uk iirc.

5) scart - scart - you gain nothing by converting to component unless absolutely necessary...

Posted by: doogie

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Originally posted by guydewdney

3) unless its a manual control amp - in which case it gets complex - or use loooooong phono leads to an amp in the kitchen.

Or use www.kat5.tv over cat5 cable

Posted by: Aerotec

Hmmm... I really don't want to have to use cables if possible. Are there no other wirelsee options apart from ones that connect you to the PC?

Shame there isn't a stand alone 802.11b wirelesss sender to get best sound quality!

Posted by: doogie

Aerotec - as I said in my first reply, there's nothing to stop you using a 2.4GHz wireless video & audio sender (I'm pretty sure I've seen audio only ones but generally around the same price so you may as well get the video too incase you want it at a future point), which means you're not connected to a PC.

Posted by: Aerotec

Sure, it is just the comments on it interfering with a WiFi network that may cause probs. Still, at Ł25 I may as well get one and try it out! Thanks for the help!

Posted by: iankb

If correctly setup, you should get little or no interference between Wi-Fi and a video sender. You should get no noticeable effect on the the Wi-Fi network, any interference only being apparent on the video sender. To minimise interference, set the Wi-Fi network to channel 13 with infrastructure mode and no SSID broadcasting, and set the video to the lowest of the four channels.

At one time, it was stated that the 2.4GHz band was not licensed for audio-only use, just for video/audio use. However, since this band is not really controlled, I can't quite see the logic.

Posted by: Sneals2000

WRT to RGB vs Component. There really should be very little quality difference between a DVD player feeding a TV RGB and a DVD player feeding a TV component, everything else being equal (and ignoring progressive scan issues)

At the end of the day many TVs convert their component inputs to RGB before sending them to the CRT drives - so all you are doing is moving the component->RGB conversion from the DVD player to the TV if you are feeding via a component link.

The difference between RGB and component analogue links should be difficult to see (unless there are other nastinesses in play) - much less than the difference between S-video and RGB, and hugely less than the difference between RGB and composite.