Does anyone test this device how long distant we can go away from the desktop? I was wondering if 150 feet RF range can be true.
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I haven't gone 150 feet, but I have gone around 90. It works fine and is responsive. My church uses to control videos and presentations on our screens. I will be at the church tomorrow and see if it works from more than 150 feet and update this.
1340565
I have tested to only about 85'. The transmitter uses radio frequencies that can penetrate walls, and therefore does not require direct line of sight. That said, an open environment with direct line of sight WILL provide the best performance. Signal strength is significantly affected by the batteries' state of charge. Anything more than occasional use of the phenomenal laser pointer will deplete the batteries to the extent that I would not trust the presenter to work at the advertised distance. As long as you can keep fresh batteries in the device, avoid using the laser pointer, and can avoid obstructions then you may likely get 150' distances.
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I have tested to only about 85'. The transmitter uses radio frequencies that can penetrate walls, and therefore does not require direct line of sight. That said, an open environment with direct line of sight WILL provide the best performance. Signal strength is significantly affected by the batteries' state of charge. Anything more than occasional use of the phenomenal laser pointer will deplete the batteries to the extent that I would not trust the presenter to work at the advertised distance. As long as you can keep fresh batteries in the device, avoid using the laser pointer, and can avoid obstructions then you may likely get 150' distances. I have tested to only about 85'. The transmitter uses radio frequencies that can penetrate walls, and therefore does not require direct line of sight. That said, an open environment with direct line of sight WILL provide the best performance. Signal strength is significantly affected by the batteries' state of charge. Anything more than occasional use of the phenomenal laser pointer will deplete the batteries to the extent that I would not trust the presenter to work at the advertised distance. As long as you can keep fresh batteries in the device, avoid using the laser pointer, and can... » Read More I have tested to only about 85'. The transmitter uses radio frequencies that can penetrate walls, and therefore does not require direct line of sight. That said, an open environment with direct line of sight WILL provide the best performance. Signal strength is significantly affected by the batteries' state of charge. Anything more than occasional use of the phenomenal laser pointer will deplete the batteries to the extent that I would not trust the presenter to work at the advertised distance. As long as you can keep fresh batteries in the device, avoid using the laser pointer, and can avoid obstructions then you may likely get 150' distances. « Show Less
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I'm not sure what the range is. I am using mine in my living room. I went down the hall 3 rooms away and it still worked.
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I have mine in a home office, up high on top of a bookshelf (about 6 ft). I get plenty of signal through 2 or 3 walls all the way at the other end of the house, and also outside in the driveway and the backyard. Easily 100 feet away in the house, more than that outside - once again through multiple walls. Important to note that these are wooden / wallboard walls with no metal studs.
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Mine is about 25 feet away and is completely reliable. The manufacturer claims it works up to 150 feet.
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It will not work over 3 meters, no matter how I tried. Basically, it is just a wireless display limited to desktop area. Only useful when you have a device without any display output ports and you need to connect to an external screen.
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This is not a Bluetooth connection. RF distance is determined by the transmitters output. The assigned frequency would be determined by the FCC and that frequency would have a range. So only the manufacture could tell you what the max distance could be. I know that many RF devices around the home will reach up to 200' or more. Plus there are boosters available. I know with some brands of trailer Tire Pressure Spenser systems some require a booster to send signal from the wheel to the display on the dash.
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I am using mine approximately 60 feet from device to device and seeing little degradation. How far are your devices from each other? I think I read a comment where you can go much more than this. One possible issue you may have that I faced was that my house was wired with a splitter behind the wall running to two different coax outlets. You can not have a splitter in the infrastructure.
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A standard 2.4 Ghz RF device has a range of 10 meters or about 33ft. This range can be affected by electrical interference or line of site loss, but those are issues you can account for during setup. To be comfortable I'd suggest being no more than 25' from the USB receiver.
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Just tried the distance and mine seems to work quite well at 20+ feet. Mind you USB receiver is in the front clear view.
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I have not tested it from exactly 15ft away, due to the fact that I don't have the option. But i have tested the key board and mouse from about 10ft away through 2 walls and a solid wood
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Hi Joseph,The range is better then 5' maybe 15 or so but if there is motion in the room between or behind the sending device it breaks the signal.
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if you are going to talk radio to radio ? then you have to consider a few things . like terrain of the land , the weather . from inside to outside a building , alot of thing effect the signal you transmit. i'm not saying you can't , but highly unlikely , and it depends on whether you use the uhf or vhf portion of radio , that will determine range too . i have been a HAM radio operator for 20 years and i understand what effects "RF' signal paths ,but 15 to 20 miles under perfect conditions ? maybe . best answer i can give you , hope this helps .
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I was able to get a signal to my desktop computer out in the garage, which is detached from my house. the wireless router was probably 75 feet from the garage and through a few walls. signal was medium, not great not terrible. if you can get one of the antennas outside, it would greatly improve the chance of a good signal. no promises. Good luck.
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I use it for that exact same reason. It works fine for me from about 20 feet away from the computer. I have the computer in my bedroom and the signal passes through one wall just fine. It was spotty at first but after installing the supplied "pairing software" it works like a charm.
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I'm using one that is 12.5 inches long. I can hit a 440 repeater 20 miles away from inside my house. I can also hit a 2 meter repeater 15 miles away. Although the reports are not full quieting, when I go outside the signal reports improve dramatically.
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Have mine hooked up about 15 feet away from my phones with no problem. Haven't experimented with any further distance.
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I have the repeater located two rooms and ~40 feet from my router, on the second floor of our house. I can pull in a strong signal from the repeater, from about the same distance (40'). We are mostly using it when we are on the floor below or out back on our deck. I haven't tried it from further away, but imagine I could get some level of signal from about twice the distance if there are not a lot of walls in the way.