Review Details

ARIES Home Wireless HD Video Digital Transmitter & Receiver

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Product Review (submitted on October 27, 2015):

My parents come to stay with me every couple of months and

love to watch TV. I put a TV in their bedroom and wanted to

set up a cable box however was told I would need to pay an

additional $10/month plus whatever other charges to hire a new

set top box. Seeing as we don't really watch cable unless my

folks are in town I was reluctant to pay the additional costs

so decided to try out this as it would be a more long term

solution.

I received the box and the instructions are pretty basic

although the set up itself is pretty basic too. The box

contains an HDMI cable, 2 units (both clearly labelled as

Transmitter and Receiver), power adapters and an infrared

transmitter. The set up is fairly easy - just plus whatever

you want to transmit into the transmitter and plug in the

receiver at your receiving end. The lights on both boxes will

indicate when the wireless connection has been established and

you will automatically start receiving a picture. Easy as pie!

So what are my reservations? Using the IR transmitter is a

pain to set up. On my cable box it is not very clear where the

IR receiver is so it took my wife and I about 20 minutes of

shouting across the apartment to get it in the right position.

Once you do have it working you are able to control your unit

from the receiver unit which is a great bonus!

The range is not as fantastic as promised. My apartment isn't

huge so it is not a problem however in my parents' house it

is. My father was so happy with the way it worked he made me

buy another unit and set up at theirs when I was home visiting

them. I set one transmitter up in their living room and the

receiver in their bedroom. The distance is no more than about

15ft directly upwards (their bedroom is above their living

room) and the signal is just about OK. If you stand too close

to either of the Nyrius boxes then the signal will cut out. I

understand that there will be interference from other units

such as cordless phones and WiFi although as much as I tried

to compensate for this it has not been overly successful.

Another gripe is that this is great for transmitting from one

room to another but you can't split the signal. For this you

need to buy an additional splitter which works although adds

to the mass of electronic devices I do have.

I do wish it were possible to have multiple receivers and one

transmitter so that the signal could be shared all over the

house although I think this is wishful thinking. Perhaps one

day.

Overall this is a good device although a little fiddly. If you

do have problems their support is below par although with a

little bit of patience you should be able to get everything

working.
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