Recent content by Andrew Sleight

What about any budget model programable remotes with learning ability. Something around $50 to $100. Anyone have any feedback on the RadioShack Kameleon All-for-One remote control?

I have a very simple HT setup which I have installed over the last few days. Now I am getting greif from the Domestic Goddess on how to simply control it all and not have to use all the different controllers. The new receiver is a Pioneer 712 and has the ability to control other devices. The...

Thanks - all clear now.

Chuck (and all) thanks for all the good input, I just went to the local cable/parts supplier and he made me a 10 meter RCA-RCA cable with RJ6 COAX. Total cost about US$20 so it was quite cheap. I saw the s-video to RCA converters like on your picture there but an earlier post said that...

Wife has overruled buying any more equipment :frowning: So I have to make the cable, local suppliers don't have any long pre-made cables. Also the only connectors I can find will only fit over RJ59 cable not RJ6. Will this be OK over about 10 meters? Thanks

Hi, I set up my new HT last night and as I unpacked all the packaging realised that I had no cable to connect my sub to the receiver :frowning: As an interim measure (because i *had* to get it working last night and watch a movie) I used a composit video RCA-RCA cable (this is thicker...

Yeah but if I buy a new VCR it will work, but I still need a composit video connection to the projector if I want to plug in a PS2 or XBOX etc. So I think a composit connection from the receiver to the projector is worthwhile. Any comments on the type of cable needed to make this?

Thanks for clearing that up, guess I need at least one more cable :frowning: As the cable length is about 10 meters the cost of pre-made cables is expensive, is this the sort of cable I can make myself? If so what type of COAX should I use and is it the same for both component and...

Forgive me for posting this twice but I think I stuck it in the wrong forum the first time:b Newbie alert! Help me please, I have a complete new system and I am trying to get it set up. I have ONLY a S-Video cable from my receiver to my projector. I have both S-Video (DVD) and...

Thank you - installation starts tonight!

Hook up the turntable through the phono amp to your PC sound card, capture the songs you want and burn them to CD/DVD. You can put your whole record collection onto one DVD. Or better still copy them all to the DVD and then return the turntable and phono amp to the store for a credit...

Great. So I have the center mounted a foot from the ceiling and the fronts mounted at head hight either side of the screen, the rears mounted high about a foot from the ceiling and just behind the sitting position and the sub on the right hand side. Last questions I promise:) Q1. As...

Many thanks. Can the centre be mounted high and point down rather than be low and point up? Also if the rears are behind should they face each other or face the screen?

Can anyone comment or suggest improvements to my speaker placement? I have not installed my system other than the projector so far. It all arrives tonight! I have a tricky speaker placement. Cathedral ceilings with exposed wooden beams. The ceiling is 9' on the right speaker placement and...

Thanks Phil, very useful guide.