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OK, I finally got a chance to pick up a DB25 serial cable. I plugged it into both the Rotel and amp (Carver 806x) and got nothing out. Is there a setting I need to turn on or a switch in either unit? I have the manual for the Rotel, but not the amp. The 5.1 setting on the processor seems to...

I have a Rotel 965 processor and I am not getting any signal to my right front cable. I have swapped the cables for my front speaker, and the problem stays with the right front channel on th processor, not with either the RCA cable to the amp, the amp channel or the speaker itself.   Both...

I have a Linksys wireless media bridge (WMLS11B) that is having trouble staying connected to my wireless network. When I try to play music, the display shows no server exists. I am using the MusicMatch software that came with the bridge. I am wondering if the problem is with my bridge, or if it...

I haven't played my PS2 much over the past year and a half or so, and now it has extremely slow load times. When I turn on the unit, it will take 5 minutes or so to load up to the main game screen, and each time I make a selection, it is another several minutes to get to the next menu. It does...

Thanks for all the feedback and input. Now let's see if my wife will let me give it a go!

Has anyone tried putting their sub inside a sofa? I have an old sleeper sofa that I was considering removing the fold up bed and putting a sub box in instead. The bed is not at all comfortable, and most of the HT sub boxes discussed in this forum are coffin sized anyway. This seems like it...

I don't think the program needs to be Musicmatch, it just needs to be a music server. Does anyone know of a good, stable music server program that I could try?

I have a Linksys music bridge that I use to stream MP3 music into my living room. The problem is that it frequently crashes. I reboot of my computer usually fixes it, so that leads me to think it is the software causing the problem. I am using the music match software (free version) that came...

The DVD burner is +/-. I seem to recall that one format was better for music and video, and the other for data and backups. Not sure which was which, or if that was just someone spouting something off the top of their head as a fact.

I just bought my wife an HP laptop for Christmas. I braved the nightmare of Best Buy the day after THanksgiving, and got a good deal. Now I am trying to get it set up before I wrap it up. I would like to get rid of all the crap that comes pre-installed, all the trial software and ads for things...

I have looked at tew Hauppauge cards before. What are the differences in tew 150 and 250 cards? Do they have different performance, or just some different accessories?

I have been running BTV in my HTPC for 2 years now, and I have had an occasional stutter in audio mostly, occasionally in video as well. I am using an AIW video card, and I have a gig of RAM in the system. I know from this and the snapstream forums that the AIW card with its software encoding is...

I am running BTV 4.0 and at times the audio will stutter when I am replaying recorder shows. I believe this may be due to my harddrive being fragmented. I have tried the installed windows defragmenter, as well as the defragmenter in System Mechanic 6. The map in both defragmenters appear to show...

I knew you guys could come through for me. The "ipconfig /renew" command worked for me. Thanks a bunch Dave.

I put in a spare network card that I have, and got no IP address (with the driver that XP used,) but when I loaded the driver that came with the card, I got an address, but not a good one (it was not in the 192.168.1.x series that the rest of the network is.) I switched to the integrated network...

1. The computer I am having trouble with is on a wired connection. THe only reference to MAC filtering I saw in my router (Linksys WRT54G) was "wireless MAC filtering" and that was off. 2. I tried the repair function/ router powerdown without luck. The device manager says the network card...

I am reloading Windows XP pro on my Father-in-law’s computer. The OS is installed, but I cannot get the computer on my network. I have set the network settings, the workgroup is correct, and the computer is named. Yet when I plug into the router, I cannot access the internet, nor can I see my...

How would I change the CODEC or adjust the video soap?

When I record shows at the highest quality setting (~3GB/hour,) the quality is still pretty grainy. I notice this mostly while watching sporting events, but it is present in all my recordings. I am using an ATI AIW video card for the video capture. Would a hardware encoding card, such as a...

Sometimes I surprise myself. I had to list each computer in the safe zone on the other's fire wall. Thanks for your help.

I have the folder I want to access marked as shared on my HTPC, but I still cannot see it from my desktop machine. Do I need to edit any sort of network administrator files to allow myself access?

I just set up a network at home. I am trying to network my HTPC and my desktop. I performed the network setup on my desktop, and made a setup disk. I used this setup disk to do the setup on my HTPC. Now I can see my HTPC in "view workgroup computers" but when I try to access the HTPC through...

I like the Squeezebox and Roku products. I will have to see if the wife will pick one up for Father's Day.

Thanks for the input. I don't have an iPod, so I will probably look at the products that Gou mentioned. I definately want to be able to access the music library, as my computer is in my office in the basement, and the stereo is upstairs, or in the backyard.

I was looking at the Linksys wireless music system. I would like to be able to play my MP3s through my stereo using my wireless network. This product from Linksys (http://www.linksys.com/products/prod...id=38&prid=631) would do what I want, but are there other products that would do this as...

I picked up a new hard drive this afternoon. I put the new drive in as a master, and the old drive as a slave. After I installed XP on the new drive, I was able to see my old drive and pull all my dat off of it. Thanks for all your input.

When I turn on the computer, it goes through the BIOS portion, then when it would normally go boot Windows (XP with service pack one) it resets and begins the boot process over again. No message of any kind. In the second computer, the hard drive was the master. It was the only hard drive...

I just rebuilt my computer, new motherboard and CPU. When I brought the computer back up, windows won't start. I put the hard drive into another computer, and the same result. I am going to buy another hard drive and get the computer running, but is there any way to recover my data off the...

I would like to be able to watch the shows I record on my HTPC, using beyond TV, on my bedroom TV. I am looking at Beyond TV link, and I am wondering what is the minimum specs for a system that will run Beyond TV link. I was thinking of burning DVDs of my shows and watching them from my DVD...

I have been using Beyond TV on my HTPC, and it has really changed the way I watch TV. Now I can watch on my own schedule, without Tivo's monthly expense. I recently installed a DVD burner in my system, and I am looking at using DVD"s to archive some programs, but I have some questions...