Cable to wireless conversion system for in-home video distribution

摘要

A system is provided for distributing video signals by wireless transmission to a remote TV. The system includes a base transmitter, a remote receiver and a handheld remote control. The base transmitter has a TV tuner for selecting a channel from a cable TV signal, an input switch for selecting one of a plurality of video sources including the TV tuner, and a video transmitter and antenna for transmitting the selected video signal via a wireless broadcast. The remote receiver has a remote video antenna and video receiver for receiving the video signal broadcast by the base transmitter and passing the video signal to the remote TV. The remote receiver also has an IR receiver and a remote control transmitter and antenna for receiving IR control signals from the handheld remote control and broadcasting the control signals to the base transmitter for controlling the input switch and the TV tuner.