12v video distribution amp?

[Bill Kearney]

Anyone know of a source for a video/audio distribution amp? I need to drive
two televisions off the video/audio outputs from a single DVD player. Using
just y-splitters doesn't work, of course. There's the usual radioshaft
units but they're 110vac, not 12vdc.

 

[Larry]

Anyone know of a source for a video/audio distribution amp? I need to
drive two televisions off the video/audio outputs from a single DVD
player. Using just y-splitters doesn't work, of course. There's the
usual radioshaft units but they're 110vac, not 12vdc.

Why not run DVD into an RF modulator, then just coax cable in as many TVs
on Channel 3 or 4 as you want? Boat TV isn't exactly high def, is it?

I pulled my 99 cent unit I got in a thrift shop, a Gemini PH61159, but both
it and the one with 4 switchable inputs is 115VAC powered. The tiniest
inverter would power them efficiently, but you might want to hunt around
for a 12V-brick-powered unit, probably from RatShack. The two units here
have S-video and composite video/audio inputs. Search Google for:
12 VDC TV RF Modulator

They put out so much signal driving a 4-way VHF splitter to 4 TV wouldn't
degrade the signal at all.....about like the cable.

 

[Bill Kearney]

Why not run DVD into an RF modulator, then just coax cable in as many TVs

on Channel 3 or 4 as you want? Boat TV isn't exactly high def, is it?

Boat already has video/audio to existing TV and I have no desire to pull
coax to it. Adding another TV and I'd prefer to avoid using RF channels.
No sense having one TV get a/v and the other get RF only to hear the admiral
complain.

 

[Ed]

inverter???

OR....

many 110V ones are actually converted to 5V or 7.5 or if you are
lucky....12... DC to DC converters are available at RS.

 

[DAVE ALONZI]

Check out the Channel Plus modulator - these are provided with a 110VAC to
12VDC wall transformer for power.

I use one in my home theater to supply DVD and VCR to all tv sets in the
house. they are programmable for any open channel and support stereo and
infrared remote.

http://www.channelplus.com/product_detail.php?productId=99

Dave