Fri, 07/31/2009 - 4:33pm
Getting cable into another room
Is there a wireless way to get cable in a room that currently doesn't have it? I have a cable connection in my LR, but I want to add one to the bedroom where the kids play the X-Box. I hate to cut a hole in the wall.
There is no wirleess way to do this. Even cutting a hole in the wall to run a wire creates a problem. First, you have to put a splitter on the line and a) where the cable is terminated may impact how long that wire then has to be and b) it requires that the signal coming into your apartment is strong enough to support two separate connections.
The other problem is that it is illegal (theft of service) and cable companies do monitor the draw on the line. This is also why the signal may not be strong enough - cable companies may only push enough signal to your line to accommodate however many cable boxes you currently pay for. This is due, in part, to thwart such thefts of service.
Check Aitech Wireless cable. There are no theft of service issues I've ever heard of for splitting cable. Most companies will suggest that you do it.
dgeedgee, does the Aitech thing work with a DVR? My situation is that the signal in the cable coming into our apartment & buried in the walls leading to the living room (where the DVR is) has apparently degraded causing the DVR to act strangely, stopping in the middle of playback. I would rather not open up the walls to lay new cable or run the cable on top of the walls. So is this a solution--would it wirelessly feed info to our DVR somehow, and if it could, would it be reliable?
Hi Culchur,
I definitely don't know if the AITech would do that. I really wonder about the cables in the walls being the problem. Unless someone drove a nail or something into the cable it's pretty unusual for it to go bad. Have you had it tested? It's far more likely that the connectors on the ends of the cable in the wall are bad. If I was in your situation and it was possible I would buy or borrow a cable long enough to bypass the installed cable (string it along the floor) and test to see if it corrected the problem. That would confirm that the installed cable is the issue.
If you do run cable wires about especially from outside your apartment be sure to caulk using a sealant to keep insects from entering.