Recent content by jagman653

I recently upgraded our Samsung TV and Dish set-top box. While my old Pioneer VSX-1021-Krecv/amp driving a Bose surround sound system, still works fine, the system is a couple decades old. One problem is I'd like to add a keyboard to make text entry easier... such as needed when doing a search...

I've discovered that there is a USB port behind the little removeable door on the front panel. Moreover, it does say it can be used to connect a keyboard. Unfortunately, after plugging in the Logitech dongle the keyboard still doesn't work. Any one here who can cast some light on this?

I bought a Logitech Media K400 Plus keyboard hoping to make it easier to enter text on my new Samsung 55" TV. I plugged the receiver dongle into the TV USB port and found it to work. That is, moving my fingertip over the keyboard screen moved the cursor over the text matrix on the TV allowing...

Is it possible to watch Detectorists with out ads?

Reed, I hooked up the AmazonBasics HDMA Extractor today but couldn't make it work. It's probably due the way my system is hooked up. The DVR and Blu-Ray player are connected to the Pioneer Rec/Amp via HDMI, then the HDMI connects to the TV. The instructions say the HDMI "source," e.g., Blu-Ray...

Thanks, Reed. Looks interesting. Might be worth a try.

Thanks, Wayne. By setup is based on HDMI to minimize cables. I am very reluctant to change that. Looking at the second option, we watch either things (a) recorded on the Dish set top box, or (b) streamed from sources accessible through the Samsung SmartHub. I would think that in case (a) the...

Wayne, I'll bet this would also work for my wireless headphones so I could use them while wife hears the speakers. Right?

Is it possible to direct the sound from my Pioneer VSX-1021-K receiver amplifier to my Bose AcoustiMass speaker system AND my Sennheiser wireless headset at the same time? My reason for doing this is my hearing is not as it good as it used to be and I do better with voices (movies, news...

Thanks, Brian. I have a LinkSys WRT 1900 AC router and a E31T2V1 modem Spectrum gave me. We have no streaming except when we are lucky enough to get an Amazon Prime movie to work through our TV. I'm going to install an Arris modem tomorrow. Will see if I can give the bluray high priority at router.

Well, tried the Roku Premier. Worked very poorly o it's going back to BestBuy. Guess I didn't read the specs so didn't know it was WIFi only. I gave up on WiFi in that location years ago because there's just too many strong competing signals. E.g., the neighbor house has a AT&T modem about 10...

No, it was mid morning. I'll try it again this evening.

BTW, I have a CAT5 cable pulled through the attic, total of about 70 feet. I've been told that should be adequate, but if Spectrum is reall pumping 450 Mbps, I sometimes wonder if I should have someone pull CAT6 through. I no longer go into the attic :-(

I just took my laptop to the entertainment center and ran speed tests. It's well over 100 Mbps wireless and 350-450 Mbps wired.

OK, I'll go get a Roku. I have the same problem when I try to stream with the TV, but it's several years old and might have equally poor firmware updating.