Thread: HDMI over CAT6

Very cool idea I was ignorant of. Thanks for posting it.

FWIW, I have two HDMI cables feeding two 2nd HD TVs from a 622 & 722. One is 25' the other 30' and both have been trouble free. Anyway, I used single pole light switches for wall plates. Just took a small file & opened 'em up a tiny bit. They look fine and I'm fussy. The end of the cable is vertical as opposed to horizontal but they look like the were made for 'em and they were something like 49 cents @ piece.

Good luck with your install.

Ed

Originally Posted by llzel

Bebop, I thought of just installing a long HDMI but I didn't want to have the cable hanging out of the wall. I can get the CAT6 cable free and I can crimp the RJ45 jacks on and install the cable, so I'm only out the $18 for the plates and 2 short HDMI cables.
I'm curious to see how it'll work.

Good deal. Let us know how it works!

One major advantage of the CAT6 over the HDMI cable, is that he HDMI cable can be VERY thick. I installed the 75' HDMI cable and it has a bend radius measured in feet rather than inches it's a stiff HEAVY cable.

I also used the monoprice HDMI port-savers.

That being said... it does the job wonderfully well and has no problem sening 1080p to the TV.

Originally Posted by llzel

Bebop, I thought of just installing a long HDMI but I didn't want to have the cable hanging out of the wall. I can get the CAT6 cable free and I can crimp the RJ45 jacks on and install the cable, so I'm only out the $18 for the plates and 2 short HDMI cables.
I'm curious to see how it'll work.

There are HDMI wallplates as well if you don't want a cable hanging out of the wall.

I installed the CAT6 cables (A lot harder then I thought running in the attic) cut in LV wall bracket (In plaster wall!) mounted CAT6 to HDMI plate, wall mounted TV and presto, HD TV. UHF remote works great.

Originally Posted by llzel

I installed the CAT6 cables (A lot harder then I thought running in the attic) cut in LV wall bracket (In plaster wall!) mounted CAT6 to HDMI plate, wall mounted TV and presto, HD TV. UHF remote works great.

Thanks for the update--glad it worked out for ya. I might've done that if I had known about it before I ran my HDMI cables. Someone else will benefit from your experience, I'm sure.

Ed

Sorry no where near as technical as you guys so paid someone to do my install. Have HD on TV1 and SD on TV2 and TV3 (though they are HD capable). My problem is the signal is terrible on TV 2 and 3 and the installer is saying it is because he is splitting the signal over coaxial and says I need a booster and all will be well. True?

I had this problem on a 625 and later on a 722, and I finally gave up and leased two 612's from Dish to feed all 3 of my HDTVs. Some people have success with the RF output of these receivers. One thing I doubt is that it's a signal strength issue (requiring an amp or "booster"). These receivers have a very powerful RF output designed for whole-house distribution, and they even come with attenuators to cut down on that hot signal.

You need a device called a signal combiner that takes the output of the RF sat rec and combines it with the the RF from cable. To do this it dips the freq from the cable system and inputs the channel from the sat rec on that one channel. They used to be companies that had these boxes for sale for fairly cheap. Now I'm not sure if these are around anymore. They looks like there some still out there for some channels here's link to one on ebay for ch 4.
Channel 4 Signal Combiner SC-4 TV Satellite Security - eBay (item 370286245794 end time Nov-12-09 17:24:33 PST)