From: Jeff_Ferris@Dell.com - 2001-07-31 19:05:46
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For anyone interested, I just picked up a U.S. Robotics SoundLink from CompUSA (aka: the Kima by Akoo, www.akoo.com, as much as it sounds like a sneeze) for about a hundred bucks...Basically, it's a 900Mhz audio transmitter/receiver that will also broadcast sound to the 88.1 and 88.3 FM stereo frequencies within 10ft of the receiver, which can allegedly be up to 1000 ft from the transmitter, tho I'd recommend keeping it within about 50-100ft...I immediately hooked it up to Mr House, and plugged the receiver into the audio inputs on the back of the TV in the living room...I have a surround sound system, so the TV speakers are usually all the way off...but turned up up a bit, and now MisterHouse announcements (or indeed, any computer audio) comes through the heretofore unused TV speakers, without interrupting anything on the main home audio system. I've tried other wireless transmitters (like one called Matrix from Recoton/Jensen), and they all sucked. Way too much interference. Even the 2.4Ghz set from X10 had more interference (but, in their defense, I do have 802.11b and a 2.4Ghz spread-spectrum wireless phone constantly trying to stomp around in that frequency). As an added bonus, I tuned one of my FM receiver's stations to the 88.3FM broadcast channel, and now my system plays MP3's over the home stereo system without running any extra wires through the walls. With MisterHouse controlling WinAmp, it all works out pretty well. On the downside, I now require 17 plug outlets to connect everything around my TV. That's one daisy-chained surge strip too many, in my opinion. I'm afraid the wall is going to start pulsing around the outlet from all the power I'm trying to suck through the main outlet....I'm going to get home one day to a smoking crater where my entertainment system used to be, and that thought makes me sad. :) -Jeff |
From: David T. C. <David@ChewRiver.com> - 2001-08-03 11:52:42
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Wow... And I went to the trouble of putting a puter with 802.llb out in the garage... hooked up to sterio.. 60Gb of mp3s on server inside.. so that I could listen to music in the detached garage. When the 2.4 Ghz phone rings it wreaks all sorts of havoc with the RF network connection. 1000' huh... I could cut the grass with a walkman then and listen to mp3's.. And get announcements from the house. sounds cool --dtc -----Original Message----- From: mis...@li... [mailto:mis...@li...]On Behalf Of Jeff_Ferris@Dell.com Sent: 31-Jul-2001 15:04 To: mis...@li... Subject: [misterhouse-users] USRobotics Soundlink (aka: Kima by Akoo) For anyone interested, I just picked up a U.S. Robotics SoundLink from CompUSA (aka: the Kima by Akoo, www.akoo.com, as much as it sounds like a sneeze) for about a hundred bucks...Basically, it's a 900Mhz audio transmitter/receiver that will also broadcast sound to the 88.1 and 88.3 FM stereo frequencies within 10ft of the receiver, which can allegedly be up to 1000 ft from the transmitter, tho I'd recommend keeping it within about 50-100ft...I immediately hooked it up to Mr House, and plugged the receiver into the audio inputs on the back of the TV in the living room...I have a surround sound system, so the TV speakers are usually all the way off...but turned up up a bit, and now MisterHouse announcements (or indeed, any computer audio) comes through the heretofore unused TV speakers, without interrupting anything on the main home audio system. I've tried other wireless transmitters (like one called Matrix from Recoton/Jensen), and they all sucked. Way too much interference. Even the 2.4Ghz set from X10 had more interference (but, in their defense, I do have 802.11b and a 2.4Ghz spread-spectrum wireless phone constantly trying to stomp around in that frequency). As an added bonus, I tuned one of my FM receiver's stations to the 88.3FM broadcast channel, and now my system plays MP3's over the home stereo system without running any extra wires through the walls. With MisterHouse controlling WinAmp, it all works out pretty well. On the downside, I now require 17 plug outlets to connect everything around my TV. That's one daisy-chained surge strip too many, in my opinion. I'm afraid the wall is going to start pulsing around the outlet from all the power I'm trying to suck through the main outlet....I'm going to get home one day to a smoking crater where my entertainment system used to be, and that thought makes me sad. :) -Jeff ________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, go to: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 |