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I have a Humax HDR Fox T2 connected to a TV via HDMI. As the Humax sits out-of-sight in a media cupboard, I use an OmniLink relay to control it via remote. Soooo…
Question: can I connect a second tv (in a separate room) to the Humax box and have two tellies using the one Humax HDR?
PS: I’m really useless with TV Tech, so please reply in plain English.
Hope someone can advise. Thanks
Hi welcome to the Forum. The answer to your question is yes it’s possible.
There are lots of ways to do this, need a few basic questions answering.
Is the second TV a High Definition one, if it is do you want HD channels to be in HD.
Is it possible to run any of the following cables from where your Humax is, and how long roughly such a cable would be.
A second HDMI cable .
An ordinary coax cable (there might already be a suitable coax depending on how the aerial is routed to the second TV)
Two lengths of the very thin network cable (cat5).
If you don’t want to run wires and you are happy with only SD pictures (You can watch the HD channels but not in HD) then the simplest solution is a pair of video senders. The one by the TV plugs into the HDR scart socket, the one by the second TV also connects by scart and the signals are sent wirelessly. These have a built in remote control extender but can be plagued by interference from other devices. There are two types, the more expensive ones use a higher frequency band and are said to have less interference problems.
Hi Graham. Wow. First ever forum post and such a quick response. Thank you.
A few more details for you…
>The second TV is HD and yes I would like to have HD channels in HD
>It is possible to run a cable from the media cabinet (it may have to go externally for part of the way. The overall distance is approximately 5m
>I have CAT5E already wired in the house, but the socket is in the wrong place in the room where the second telly will go
>The coax from the aerial comes into a splitter box in the media cupboard and I guess it is then run to the coax socket in the room
>My preference is for a wired solution
Correction to above
> the overall length is about 10-12m
Reds – 22 minutes ago »
Correction to above
> the overall length is about 10-12m
10-12M should be fine for HDMI. What you need is a hdmi splitter.
This one is known to work with SKY-HD so no guarantees for the Humax box.
If you want to control the pvr from the second TV this might be worth a punt
(Again never used it myself)http://www.hdcable.co.uk/ir-over-hdmi-magic-eye-kit.html?CAWELAID=859246629
Thanks for the information Graham. Mucho appreciado! I will give it all a a try and see how we go.
Is it possible to set up two separate televisions in two separate rooms wirelessly Graham? Thank you.
gibbo1975 – 1 minute ago »
Is it possible to set up two separate televisions in two separate rooms wirelessly Graham? Thank you.
HD wireless senders do exist, but the range is limited.
Best to use network cable
I use the above.
No experience of this more expensive option.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/HDTV-Anywhere-extender-coverage-loopthrough-Black/dp/B00P9EN1VW
These posts were from 2012 and 2018 and I wondered if there is any update – my requirement is exactly the same.
We’re shortly to be moving and I want to take the opportunity to link a second HD TV and operate my HDR-FOX T2 from this one too.
A couple of the original links posted above no longer work.
Simplest (cheapest?!) solution please, and explained to a numpty.
Thanks
You could use one of these, they may be a bit expensive, but work well.
https://www.oneforall.co.uk/accessories/wireless-av-senders/sv-1760-wireless-hdmi-sender
A pair of cat7 HDMI extenders like these. You need a cat6 cable long enough to connect the two baluns together. You may have to set the Humax box to output stereo to get audio on the remote TV.
They have a built in HDMI splitter and infra red remote return.
many thanks Graham and Brian. Even I may be able work these out.
pud – 31 mins ago »
many thanks Graham and Brian. Even I may be able work these out.
You are welcome. This works fine for just two TV’s. If you have an existing Sky-Link setup there are ways to use this for most all TV’s on the system. It will however be a lot more expensive. You can even use a Freeview-HD pvr at a remote location to record the distributed single box output.
I use this system but I have a AVR with 3 zone output so I can switch different sources to the remote TV to what is being watched in zone 1. Keeps the better half happy in the Kitchen
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