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by Jamie84
Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:46 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: NLC - Sky / Freeview signal around house
Replies: 12
Views: 1685

Re: NLC - Sky / Freeview signal around house

That looks cool Jamie. Is there a limit on how far you can run HDMI cable? (I'd need ~35m) You shouldnt really be running hdmi over 10m , what you need to use in that case is CAt5/6 Cable with hdmi Baluns. Baluns were around £50 a pair last time I checked ,the baluns go at each end of the run and a...
by Jamie84
Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: NLC - Sky / Freeview signal around house
Replies: 12
Views: 1685

Re: NLC - Sky / Freeview signal around house

Have decent knowledge of this stuff as I have done this type of work in my own and others houses . My set up is as follows , Found this to be the most cost effective. I have one sky hd box and one sky plus using multiroom ie one extra room . I have everything going back to a central location , a cup...
by Jamie84
Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:09 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Vauxhall DuelFuel NLC
Replies: 2
Views: 874

Re: Vauxhall DuelFuel NLC

Thanks . Undecided which to go for , 2 in edinburgh are well cheap one is diesel one is duelfuel. Heard nothing but rave reviews about duel fuel online but still seems to good to be true for me . Its an original vauxhall systm , wouldnt touch anything else . Would always go diesel in this situation ...
by Jamie84
Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:40 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Vauxhall DuelFuel NLC
Replies: 2
Views: 874

Vauxhall DuelFuel NLC

Anyone have any advice on Duelfuel Vans ie Petrol and LPG? My run around packed in last month with diesel pump failure so now looking for an astravan . Budget 2k so looking at high milage . Seen a few , one in particluar is decent but has the 1.6 DuelFuel Engine which I have absolutly no clue about ...
by Jamie84
Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:32 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Do you own an "Elise?"
Replies: 18
Views: 2290

Re: Do you own an "Elise?"

sold mines while back now , should really change my avatar but cant be arsed , like to hang around for the wealthof knowledge and to keep up to date with Lotus happenings as I'll hopfully have one again someday .
by Jamie84
Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?
Replies: 80
Views: 13138

Re: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?

Connections a good un , anyone recommend a programme for streaming stuff from laptop , samsung share programme is a bit pants . Need something plain , simple which woukd be ideal for mp3 , ie playlists etc .

Can I stream from WIndows media player ?
by Jamie84
Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:05 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?
Replies: 80
Views: 13138

Re: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?

Sorted ! done both ends again and realised my mistake , My router accepts rf45 and rj12 , id been trying to force 8 cores into a 6 pin rf12 ! , changed both ends to rj45 , cores slid in no problem at all , thanks for the advice hopefully connection works now :D
by Jamie84
Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:28 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?
Replies: 80
Views: 13138

Re: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?

Thanks for the help guys , good advice graeme ! I have a few options to try today , I have a manufatured ethernet cable I could try if I bring the router downstairs it , if it works with that then my cable is down . Before that I'll try plugging the lappy in as you mentioned andy . I knew the cable ...
by Jamie84
Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?
Replies: 80
Views: 13138

Re: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?

Didnt pay to much attention to wire order , but knew the pairs had to be together , with the clip facing me from left to right I had White/orange - Orange - White/Green - Green - White/Blue - Blue - White/brown - brown , assumming pin 1 is white/orange ? I'll have a google to be sure ! So only the p...
by Jamie84
Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:58 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?
Replies: 80
Views: 13138

Re: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?

Any tips on terminating ?think there could be good chance my ends are down , hard to get each core straight and in each slot !
by Jamie84
Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:55 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?
Replies: 80
Views: 13138

Re: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?

Too late Andy thanks anyway , picked up a small kit complete with crimping tool and RJ45 and RJ12 connectors for £15, quite a task getting the cat 5 into the connectors!! , got there in the end although getting gateway problems with the dnla connection so maybe my termination wasnt so good , sorry f...
by Jamie84
Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:39 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?
Replies: 80
Views: 13138

Re: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?

Sounds interesting , for now Id only be looking to stream Mp3 from laptop to screen so DNLA Should do the job right ? Although not somthing Id be interested in at the moment definatly something Id consider later , not watching enough 1080 material from laptop . On a side note , looking for advice on...
by Jamie84
Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?
Replies: 80
Views: 13138

Re: Just ordered my popcorn hour, anyone want to touch me ?

Always been a little confused with the whole "streaming" thing but finally getting around to setting it up over the next few days as I just got my new onky reciever for xmas 8) So...My plans are to use my laptop to stream media to my DNLA compatible LCD TV , which is then obviously through my amp. I...
by Jamie84
Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:15 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Focus Diesel advice please.
Replies: 6
Views: 1432

Re: Focus Diesel advice please.

http://www.mcalisterfuelinjection.co.uk ... ct_us.html

Had a brief chat with guy from here , and he said all may not be lost , pump could be repairable . Anyone any experiance in this type of repair.
by Jamie84
Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:06 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Focus Diesel advice please.
Replies: 6
Views: 1432

Re: Focus Diesel advice please.

http://www.dieselpumprepairs.com/#/test ... 4533125393

Worth a bash ? seems such a waste to scrap this old work horse :(