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 WTS Astro bYond HDMI signal extension kit, HDMI extender with IR relay for 2nd TV

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colossians
post Jun 12 2012, 09:16 PM

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Just to add ... I got the set with 30m cables from ctrlaltdel88 about 1 - 2 months back. Took awhile to lay the cable myself because mine's an old house so I had to lay the cables in casing rather than conceal them from the back room where my byond decoder is to the living room (cable trunking length about 26 m). Works very nice with no loss of quality. The romote extender also works.

Just a small note for those who is new to terminating the cables. I borrowed a crimper and got some generic RJ45 connectors. Turned out to be a mess and wasted several connectors and still ended up with the signal was all scrambled because I didn't know how to terminate the 8 wires correctly to the connector.

So I took to the internet to learn more and then got some better AMP connectors (RM1.20 a piece), a wire stripper (this is cool, only RM4.50 a piece user posted image and a cable tester (you can get this for RM30 - 45 a set).

The AMP connectors made it easy to push the wires in easily and the wiring turns out to be straight-through connection. The cable tester will confirm when all the lights flicker in sequence from both ends. Since a newbie like me wired up all 26 m of the cables first before terminating them (not so smart move), the tester has a detachable unit which let me test both ends even if it was 26m apart, how nice rclxms.gif . Anyway, got all that DIYed and now me and family can watch byond from either one of the rooms , hah !

The tester
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Straight through wiring arrangement
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