AVS-5813 5.8Ghz A/V Wireless Receiver

I bought the AVS-5811 system (transmitter and receiver) about 8 months ago to replace a 2.4ghz product that we'd used for about 18 months prior to that. We didn't want to deal with installing a cable outlet for a TV in the kitchen, and a wireless transmitter seemed like a good idea. The 2.4ghz transmitter worked OK - but would get heavy static any time our cordless phones rang or we used the microwave. We were finally motivated to upgrade to a 5.8ghz version when our new wireless-N router caused constant static w/ the old model. So far, so good - no problems to date with the AVS-5811 at all. No interference from phones, microwave or wireless router and the picture from our Digital cable box to the LCD TV about 25 feet away in the kitchen is great. The only limitation is that you'd have to change channels using the actual cable box, so if you're not in range for your cable remote to work, you have to walk over to do it. Not a problem for us, since we've got line of site to the source cable box, but it could be a hassle for some people. I think there's some sort of remote extender device avail, but I haven't explored that. I definitely recommend the AVS-5811 for anyone who wants to view cable TV in a location without a convenient cable outlet, and I'm buying an extra receiver (AVS-5813) for use in another room.

I had a 2.4 Ghz wireless set but it has a lot of interferences from the microwave oven so I decided to buy this one.When we talk about microwave oven interference, this 5.8Ghz works well. Since we have a tv and a receiver in the kitchen, we can use the microwave oven and it doesn't interfere at all with the TV signal transmitted from the living room, but the bad side is that its signal is interfered by any moviment in either the rooms, even if we are not in the direct signal way. If we move our arms, hands, head the image gets interference and the sound gets noise. We are strongly considering moving back to the 2.4.

I have three of these units. We moved and Direct TV was going to charge me over $100 for an additional receiver plus the $5.00 per month rental fee for it. If the unit lasts for more than a year, it has paid for itself (I paid $64.81 for it in August and am waiting for it to drop again). Right now it is over-priced.It works on different levels of the house and I even took it out on the patio to watch the game. You will occasionally get interference on it when someone walks between the sender and receiver. You can usually move the receiver antenna a bit to clear this up.After reading some of the reviews, I would recommend purchasing a single sender and receiver unit first to see how it works in your house.

This item worked for about a month and a half okay. I learned early on that every once in a while I would have to turn all units off and on to apparently reset the system. While this was inconvenient, I didn't mind the hassle in return for the convenience of having Tivo in all rooms I wanted.Over the last week, however. Now I get clear picture for about 15 minutes til I get lines and a buzz in the sound. It is very annoying. So I repeatedly get up to turn on and off both the receiver and the transmitter. 15 minutes later I am doing ti again. For the last 3 days. Tonight the reset routine has stopped working and suddenly the remote feature has completly stopped working.This item isn't worth the cost at all. This should be sold at $20 a unit due to the fact that it only works for a little while, according to my experience and apparently many others if you read other reviews. I am sure that I would have just been better off buying separate DVR Tivo receivers for my rooms. It would have been at least more reliable. Oh well. No one is forcing companies to provide quality.Just another rip off.Stay away. don't bother. too much money for the hassle. Doesn't WORK!

The tough part is adjusting the receiver's antenna to get a clear picture. If you can do that, no problems. I had purchased this same set 3 years ago. When the receiver unit failed, I ordered two separate replacement receiver units, however, neither worked with the original transmitter so I wound up having to buy another complete set. Reliability and good craftsmanship are definitely not traits that I could attribute to this product.

I live in a new house in an area with no cable and no high speed lines, we don't even have cell coverage. The Satellite company wanted to drop fat black cables into each room from the roof. There are 2 units needed for this to work, a sender hooked to the satellite box and a receiver (even in a different room) hooked to a TV. You get the idea and no tacky cables for me. Hookup is easy, no complicated settings, there is some interference with microwave oven and other kitchen appliances but if they are located so the signal does not have to pass through the appliances you won't have a problem. My satellite installer copied down the name and model # for use in his own home.

Be aware the newer AVS-5811-13 come with ID switch on the back which has to match the receiver. I was shipped a transmitter instead of a receiver. Amazon Chat helped fix the situation very fast. My older RF-Link transmitters and receivers don't have ID switches on the back plus on newer models the side stubby antenna is gone. Some models don't have remoter extenders. I tried to see if the transmitter with ID switch model would work with my older non-ID switch models. It didn't! Also make sure you get the newer power supply as the older ones weren't strong enough. They were 9v-300ma and the newer ones are 9v-500ma. I bought 9v-1a power supply's and it really helped.