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I could never get my WD MyCloud NAS to work with our DirecTV setup. We've now moved and we have Dish with Hopper DVR. My WD MyCloud supposedly will act as a media server for multiple formats. While playing around with the Hopper, it can connect directly to my PCs MS Media Center. Now the...

I misnamed the connection. I used high quality composite cables. Today I double checked the connections to make sure the Pr/Pb/Y cables on the DVD were connected to the correct posts on the TV. No go. The picture is B/W whether a disc is in or I just use the Panny's menu. The sound is thru the...

My daughter & her fiance gave us their Westinghouse LD4655VX television. I connected our Panasonic DVDCV51 player to it using the RGB video9 & optical audio connection. Unfortunately, when I play a disc, I get serious buzz on the audio the the video is B/W only. Where would my connections be...

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I've check the internet, other forums, friends, and stores and I keep getting different recommendations. We have a bilevel (raised ranch) house. Our family room is approximately 12' X 15' in the lower level. The front 15' wall has one 34" window. The junction of the 12' side wall and rear wall...

I wish I could remember the URL but several years ago a guy did a scientific and technical comparison of the several speaker cables available at the time. If memory serves, 14 gauge lamp cord worked just as well as Monster cables. The fidelity difference, while detectable by machine, was...

Make sure the lamp wire you get is at least 18 gauge. That's fairly heavy for home use. Most extension cord use 24 gauge I believe. I used 16 gauge electric wire on my first stereo thirty years ago. My daughter is now the proud owner of the 90 watt beast and she's using the same wires. Just...

Okay, I admit it. I'm gretting old and forgetful. I had to tear down my AV setup so we could move the furniture out of the room for new carpeting. Well, when I went to reconnect everything, I forgot how to connect my Kenwood VR-509 receiver so I could run the audio through it. The set up is...

Since the FCC rolled over for the industry and pushed back the DTV mandate to February, 2009, I'm in a bit of a quandary. I currently have a Kenwood HTB-505 connected to a Toshiba 32" tube and a Panasonic CV-51 DVD player, with DirecTV. (I bought the Kenwood and the Panny based on...