I want to wear one of these around my 3-bedroom house with receiver in a room on one side of house. Will reception be good enough to penetrate walls?
1604689
I would say if it's a huge, huge house maybe not. A couple bedrooms should be no problem. Example I shot a wedding in a church. I was in the main area about 200 ft away and he was in 2 rooms over. His mic came through perfectly
1604690
Absolutely. I've done this test specifically from one end of my house to the other which actually goes through several rooms and walls and reception was crystal clear. Total range I would say was about 40 feet.
1214342
If it is absolutely line of sight with no obstructions it may work. Signal attenuation and multipath reflections as a result of going through walls may prove to be a challenge if you are expecting a perfect picture.
1218953
I have one in my large barn w/ florescent lighting, and it works better than the radio that was in there. I don't see where insulation would interfere with reception.
744239
Depending on where you live, the orientation of your house, which direction the antenna will face and whether it's on an outside wall or not, then maybe yes and maybe no. You would have to try it first without mounting it to see your reception.
87619
I have two that are about 50 feet apart and on separate floors. They connect. You will get less reception the more walls you have to go through as well as how thick the walls are. There is no designated distance because of these variables.
1781800
I have found that location and direction is vital to reception. If you can find out what direction the tower is located and point it in that way you should get decent reception.
784070
I bought two units and placed them about 800 ft apart and have very good reception. They were purchased for a museum. I tried them out in nearly every room before I placed them. They are portable enough that one is carried about. No installation necessary.
447449
Work OK but have to be close to the window facing out, probably to catch the reception ?
2071660
The FM receiver is good, but reception is going to be more a function of your FM antenna. I have a large, omnidirectional "S" shaped antenna which, in the over-radio'd Charlotte NC market pulls in a station on almost every frequency -- even WNCW, the popular non-commercial station from western NC.
1668348
I live in a two bedroom apartment. It covers all the rooms in the apartment. Based off my past observation it got a good 100ft radius range without any medium interference.
2155035
I think it will depend entirely on your setup. For instance for me using Verizon, I have outside signal strength of - 98db for voice and - 101db for 3g. I have inside antennas mounted on living room ceiling 8ft up right in the middle of the room. My living room is about 400sqf. But usable coverage extends to an area roughly 1000sqf for me. But honestly I think if I mounted higher it would be more coverage. The signal from inside antenna roughly is cone shaped coming from it. So again the better your outside signal and the higher you mount inside antenna the more you would get. I think mine would probably cover 2500sqf if mounted upstairs in my house. But where I have in living room signal actually goes upstairs. And once I'm outside I have coverage anyways.
1164737
It depends on the ceiling construction, but the range is pretty good. I have two of these in an old plaster house and the receiver unit is completely above the plaster ceiling and they both work anywhere within the room, and anywhere in the adjacent room that is within line of site of the doorway. They do not reliably function through a plaster wall.
1483128
Yes. Make sure when you are adjusting the sender and receiver that you are not standing in the path of the signal, or you will create such interference and signal deterioration that you may think the device is not working. It will go through walls and ceilings, but not through people.
1924565
Not necessarily. Mine is on a wall. It all depends on where you get good signals.
294416
well, I do not use mine in such a location, but, I do work in just such a building. The radio i use there is of better quality like this one, but to get better reception we attached a single strand of bell wire to the antenna and ran it up past the ceiling tile and poked about two feet out through the hole the phone wire comes in and just let it hang outside. not a real good antenna, but signal was boosted enough to give us clear tuning. This radio would be a good choice to use in this way.
1452441
My sending unit is mounted on a pole approximately 400ft from my house. To get to the receiver the signal must pass through 4 walls. It works fine under those conditions.
2145471
Well, because its blocked by a wall, i'd think that you won't get very good connection, but its not the problem woth the device. It'll be same for all BT devices.