Battery driven wireless AV transmitter

[Jawa Ex Machina]

I've been trying to find one of these for a while now and it's starting to get to that point where I really need one fast.

I've got a regular 7 inch monitor with AV-in, and that's battery driven. We have a steadicam shot coming up and I really want to be able to see what's going on on the monitor but without a bunch of wires. It doesn't really even have to be AV, it can just be the video feed but without the audio.

Is there anything like this on the market?
There SHOULD be, right?

Even if it's DIY.

 

[Tom Wills]

Check out the Wireless AV transmitter on Monoprice.com. It's under $40, works reasonably well for the price (lots of dropouts indoors, but the picture is passable for a cheap wireless rig), and it will run off of 4 AA batteries (it has a 5.8v AC adapter, but with a connector from Radioshack and a 4-AA battery box it works well).

If you'd like some pictures or explanations I can try to get some tomorrow.

 

[Jawa Ex Machina]

Check out the Wireless AV transmitter on Monoprice.com. It's under $40, works reasonably well for the price (lots of dropouts indoors, but the picture is passable for a cheap wireless rig), and it will run off of 4 AA batteries (it has a 5.8v AC adapter, but with a connector from Radioshack and a 4-AA battery box it works well).

If you'd like some pictures or explanations I can try to get some tomorrow.

That sounds pretty sweet. Well, except for the dropouts, but if it's just for the monitor I guess it doesn't matter as long as it actually records all the right stuff on the memorycard.

Are these the ones you mean?
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p..._id=1011407&p_id=4725&seq=1&format=4#feedback

It doesn't say anything about batteries.

 

[Tom Wills]

As I said, you have to build a battery pack for each end (or if you can have AC on one end, that'll make it a little easier). For monitoring, you're not likely going to get a perfect signal unless you're line-of-sight, until you get to much more expensive digital transmitters (in the thousands of dollars range). However, a slightly better unit might get better signal. I bought this one because it was cheap and available.

 

[Eric Ferguson]

This shouldn't be that hard... all you need is any AV transmitter and any battery. Most of the 2.4ghz and 5.8ghz models run on 12v. So something like this

Together with something like this

And you'd be all set.