What kind of range does the Arc Wireless have? Can I use it when my laptop is 10 ft away? I'm hoping to use it while streaming movies on my TV
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I have taken mine into other rooms with no issue. Also tried on the first floor of my home. My computer is on the second flr. bedroom. It wasn't as good but did work.
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I can control my work laptop sitting two cubes away going through two partitions in the process.
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I checked mine works fine for 10 feet range. My test condition has no blockage between keyboard and receiver.
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Microsoft documentation suggests that "..with the 2.4-GHz Arc Wireless...freely roam around the room with a reliable wireless connection of up to 30 feet." with "reliable" being the operative word/
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I don't know the range of the keyboard, but my son is able to sit over 10 feet away and use the keyboard to type codes into his xbox
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I'm sorry, I am not sure of the range. I use the key board at work and have not tested the range.
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If this device will not provide high quality images from my laptop to my older (but wide screen) TV, what device would you recommend? I would like to play movies and stream video from my laptop through my TV. Thanks!!!
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I have somewhat the same set up as you David but I have two walls inbetween my router and BD390 as it sits about 53ft in distance in the lower living room. The w-ifi works good for us as I use the Netgear WNDR3700 model. Once in a great while as we load the HD portion of the Netflix on it will not download all "bars" but then as it begins to play it does stop to reconfigure
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500 ft is a stretch. Mine is currently about 50 ft from the router, and I'd imagine (speculating here) that it would work well until 100-300 feet with a clear line of sight. I'd suggest looking into a wifi repeater - a quick Google search provided some good resources.
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This is not a wireless device. This is a UltraAV to VGA adaptor (not to be confused with USB to VGA). This would take a UltraVA port on and computer/laptop and convert it to a VGA friendly adaptor (assuming your Operating system supports the adaptor). So short answer no, this will not do anything wireless by itself, and chances are will not work for any system your likely hoping to connect it to, as I'd bank your looking for USB (which USB also will not stream anything wirelessly unless it explicitely states its a wireless adaptor of some sort). If your looking to go wireless from one device to a TV, you may want to try something like "Cisco-Linksys WMA11B Wireless Digital Media Adapter" This is not a wireless device. This is a UltraAV to VGA adaptor (not to be confused with USB to VGA). This would take a UltraVA port on and computer/laptop and convert it to a VGA friendly adaptor (assuming your Operating system supports the adaptor). So short answer no, this will not do anything wireless by itself, and chances are will not work for any system your likely hoping to connect it to, as I'd bank your looking for USB (which USB also will not stream anything wirelessly unless it explicitely states its a wireless adaptor of some sort). If your looking to go wireless from one... » Read More This is not a wireless device. This is a UltraAV to VGA adaptor (not to be confused with USB to VGA). This would take a UltraVA port on and computer/laptop and convert it to a VGA friendly adaptor (assuming your Operating system supports the adaptor). So short answer no, this will not do anything wireless by itself, and chances are will not work for any system your likely hoping to connect it to, as I'd bank your looking for USB (which USB also will not stream anything wirelessly unless it explicitely states its a wireless adaptor of some sort). If your looking to go wireless from one device to a TV, you may want to try something like "Cisco-Linksys WMA11B Wireless Digital Media Adapter" « Show Less
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I think 40-50 yards might be pushing it for a decent signal. The website lists it for a large home, which I agree, it works great all through our house and outside the perimeter but it gets really weak as I'm pulling out of our short driveway. It's a great router, I highly recommend it but it might not fit your distance needs.
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Range on the Wi Fi is probably at best about 40 feet. I can pull out of garage at home and when I get into the street I will hear the Blackvue say " turning Wi Fi off" so it is only about 40 feet from your Wi Fi source.
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It has pretty good range. I have a large 1880-era brick house filled with plaster walls. I can get a signal 50 feet away outside on the porch or patio (with windows), and stream to a TV equally far away on another floor.
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I just tried for you it works fine. Its probably something to do with your devices arc is very poorly implemented it should work with any HDMI cable even ones made before arc was even a thing. Another thing most arc only supports 2 channel audio so if your serious about sound its not even an option.
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thanks Collin!let me see which cables and I'm on my way!Is there a way to do the same for the content on your PC?the computer is on one room and the speakers and a projector in another. how can I stream movies or anything from point A to point B wireless?
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Hello - I find using this device very sporadic .. meaning my wifi kicks out every single day.. if I am away from unit say 100 feet - I am NOT very happy at all with the performance - BUT I say this .. not knowing if it is in fact our main router - although I did have another much less expensive device that I used (Securifi Almond-Touchscreen Wireless Router extender) and that worked so well .. but it was not meant for the outdoors. I wish I had done a bit more investigating .. for the money spent .. I am not happy ..sorry ..
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Do you have a wireless router that you are able to use in that location? What I mean is is the signal strength strong from your wireless system in the garage area? Can you connect your laptop to your wireless router while sitting in your car in the garage? It's a very good camera but it would be limited in my opinion by the connectivity/signal strength of your wireless router. Hope this helps.
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Only works with AirPlay (built into my MacBook Pro and added by application to my Dell PC). Range = the range of your WIFI. I plug in my Soundfly in the garage, outside porch, etc. and it works perfectly. THIS IS NOT A BLUETOOTH DEVICE!
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I use it with a laptop 2+ rooms away, and also use it with tablets. No problems with reception. I live on the 4th floor and get wifi reception from the ground level (although it's only 2 bars)
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Tavis, I'm looking for a similar solution - how did you do it in the end? did you use the 2.4ghz to get that kind of distance?
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Not sure on the exact range. My router is at one end of the house and the Xbox is at the other end. Approx 1500 feet and I have no problems at all.
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250+ yards? That's tough and it might just make it. It's got the best range of the items I have tried (in a low price range). But remember wifi is a 2 way street, just cause an iphone 250 yards away can "hear" this AP doesn't mean than the same iphone can transmit that far. Laptops will work father away than small portable devices (iPod/tablets/etc). And it would have to be line of sight, not a single thing in the way, no walls or trees or anything. If so, it might make it.