[OT] Dick Smith G7659 Set Top Box help needed

[John Smith]

Damien Smith wrote:

If you'd done a bit of research you would have have realised that a
twin-tuner digital PVR is what you really wanted rather than some
cheap DSE job.

If you'd have lived my life you would have realised that a cheap DSE job
is all I can afford to buy. If you're so well off, send some my way...
otherwise shut up with your "holier than thou" attitude.

 

[Phil Allison]

"John Smith"

I have no RCA sockets available on my TV. So yes, I do know what I am
doing, thank you very much. I can only view via the TV's RF input,
which is where the antenna would NORMALLY go if I weren't using a VCR.

The problem is this: I have MANY devices connected, and it's a bitch
getting them to all play nice. My TV has to support: VCR, STB, Xbox,
and DVD player -- and doesn't have 4 dedicated slots to do so. So
it's a big juggling act with no room to spare.

** So you have a modulator for the Xbox and DVD player - with an RCA
switch box ???

You sure are coy about your set up ??




................ Phil

 

[John Smith]

Phil Allison wrote:

** So you have a modulator for the Xbox and DVD player - with an RCA
switch box ???

No modulator involved.

You sure are coy about your set up ??

I can't be arsed to type out a detailed description, especially since
the whole original problem has been solved... sorry.

 

[Mr. T]

"John Smith" <no@spam.thank.you.very.much> wrote in message
news:41e0cb6a@dnews.tpgi.com.au...

I have no RCA sockets available on my TV. So yes, I do know what I am
doing, thank you very much.

Are you SURE?
Then why did you write :

"Nope, the setup is simple:
External antenna -> TV/Aerial In (STB).
TV Out (STB) -> TV RCA in (via switcher box)."

Note "TV RCA in", that you don't have any of?
So would it be RF or composite video if you had one

MrT.

 

[Phil Allison]

"John Smith"

Phil Allison wrote:

" I have no RCA sockets available on my TV. So yes, I do know what I am
doing, thank you very much. I can only view via the TV's RF input,
which is where the antenna would NORMALLY go if I weren't using a VCR. "

** So you have a modulator for the Xbox and DVD player - with an RCA
switch box ???

No modulator involved.

** DVD players DO NOT HAVE RF OUTPUTS !!!!

So you must be feeding it and the Xbox in via the VCR - right ??




.............. Phil

 

[Phil Allison]

"John Smith"

Phil Allison wrote:

" I have no RCA sockets available on my TV. So yes, I do know what I am
doing, thank you very much. I can only view via the TV's RF input,
which is where the antenna would NORMALLY go if I weren't using a VCR. "

** So you have a modulator for the Xbox and DVD player - with an RCA
switch box ???

No modulator involved.

** DVD players DO NOT HAVE RF OUTPUTS !!!!

So you must be feeding it and the Xbox in via the VCR - right ??




.............. Phil

 

[John Smith]

Mr. T wrote:

I have no RCA sockets available on my TV. So yes, I do know what I
am doing, thank you very much.

Are you SURE?

Yes. I said "available", not "present".

 

[John Smith]

Phil Allison wrote:

** DVD players DO NOT HAVE RF OUTPUTS !!!!

I didn't say that I was using a DVD player with a modulator or RF output.

So you must be feeding it and the Xbox in via the VCR - right ??

Look, it's all too confusing to explain. I've got too many devices and
too little sockets, and too many cables to muck around with. It'd take
too long to explain my current setup -- or do you want me to? If so,
give me a day or two to type it all up -- it'll take a while.

 

[Kath]

John Smith wrote:

Phil Allison wrote:

** DVD players DO NOT HAVE RF OUTPUTS !!!!

I didn't say that I was using a DVD player with a modulator or RF
output.
So you must be feeding it and the Xbox in via the VCR - right ??

Look, it's all too confusing to explain. I've got too many devices
and too little sockets, and too many cables to muck around with. It'd take
too long to explain my current setup -- or do you want me
to? If so, give me a day or two to type it all up -- it'll take a
while.

I know the feeling... when I had a TV, two VCRs and a Foxtel unit all
connected the way I wanted them, I had to draw a diagram so I'd have any
chance of reproducing it if I unplugged things or moved


--
Katharine
The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

 

[Samual]

On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:15:03 +1100, "John Smith"
<no@spam.thank.you.very.much> wrote:

Damien Smith wrote:

If you'd done a bit of research you would have have realised that a
twin-tuner digital PVR is what you really wanted rather than some
cheap DSE job.

If you'd have lived my life you would have realised that a cheap DSE job
is all I can afford to buy. If you're so well off, send some my way...
otherwise shut up with your "holier than thou" attitude.

Get a job, another job, give up smoking, drinking or gambling. eat at
home rather then fast food.

One of the above must give you enough to buy it.

Sam

 

[Kwyjibo]

Samual <no@spam.net> said

On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:15:03 +1100, "John Smith"
no@spam.thank.you.very.much> wrote:

Damien Smith wrote:

If you'd done a bit of research you would have have realised that a
twin-tuner digital PVR is what you really wanted rather than some
cheap DSE job.

If you'd have lived my life you would have realised that a cheap DSE job
is all I can afford to buy. If you're so well off, send some my way...
otherwise shut up with your "holier than thou" attitude.

Get a job, another job, give up smoking, drinking or gambling. eat at
home rather then fast food.

He might as well be dead.


--

Kwyj.

(Remove your panties to reply by email)

 

[Mr. T]

"John Smith" <no@spam.thank.you.very.much> wrote in message
news:41e0e22a@dnews.tpgi.com.au...

I have no RCA sockets available on my TV. So yes, I do know what I
am doing, thank you very much.

Are you SURE?

Yes. I said "available", not "present".

You mean one is available and being used for the switch box which the STB is
connected to as per :

"Nope, the setup is simple:
External antenna -> TV/Aerial In (STB).
TV Out (STB) -> TV RCA in (via switcher box)."

and you also said :

No modulator involved.

I'm glad it's working for you, but it would be easier for you to get advice
in future if you didn't contradict yourself.

MrT.

 

[Mr. T]

"Samual" <no@spam.net> wrote in message
news:41e12890$0$41250$892e7fe2@authen.puce.readfreenews.net...

Get a job, another job, give up smoking, drinking or gambling. eat at
home rather then fast food.

One of the above must give you enough to buy it.

Maybe he doesn't need one that desperately, have you considered that
possibility?
And maybe he doesn't smoke, drink, gamble or eat out already. You could
probably add give up the car to that list

MrT.

 

[Mr. T]

"Kwyjibo" <Kwyjibo@YourPantiesozdebate.com> wrote in message
news:Xns95DAA518B62Fssss@130.133.1.4...

Get a job, another job, give up smoking, drinking or gambling. eat at
home rather then fast food.

He might as well be dead.

I wouldn't go THAT far
(None of those things are important to me anyway.)

MrT.

 

[Samual]

Get a job, another job, give up smoking, drinking or gambling. eat at
home rather then fast food.

One of the above must give you enough to buy it.

Maybe he doesn't need one that desperately, have you considered that
possibility?

Strangely .....No.

And maybe he doesn't smoke, drink, gamble or eat out already. You could
probably add give up the car to that list

Now you are being silly........


Sam

 

[o{O}o]

........................there is a development community that has just
released a way to upload weeks worth of EPG data from the net.

Most of the EPG data doesn't correspond to when the program
actually starts and finishes so it is quite unreliable when considering
timer recording. To be safe you would have to start the recording
a half or full hour before the advertised starting time and extend it
to get the finish to make sure you get the whole show.
This is most evident on the 3 commercial channels, 7, 9 and 10.

I will lose my cynicism of EPG info when our STB's or DVD recorders
can somehow be sent a record / end record signal by a development
community that can monitor the TV stations.
(to start / stop record to cut out tv ads for us would be nice too )

 

[Kath]

o{O}o wrote:

........................there is a development community that has
just released a way to upload weeks worth of EPG data from the net.

Most of the EPG data doesn't correspond to when the program
actually starts and finishes so it is quite unreliable when
considering timer recording. To be safe you would have to start the
recording
a half or full hour before the advertised starting time and extend it
to get the finish to make sure you get the whole show.
This is most evident on the 3 commercial channels, 7, 9 and 10.

I will lose my cynicism of EPG info when our STB's or DVD recorders
can somehow be sent a record / end record signal by a development
community that can monitor the TV stations.
(to start / stop record to cut out tv ads for us would be nice too )

Can you easily adjust the start and stop times of EPG data the way you can
with a VCR?

Otherwise I suppose a lot of the time you'd have to tell it to automatically
tape the program that comes after you want.

I'd guess you'd need to program each show manually rather than just telling
it to tape eg 'all Star Trek shows".

--
Katharine
In many Guinness records, it is acceptable to call something "continuous"
if it is done with a 15 minute break every eight hours.

 

[Caliban]

o{O}o wrote:

........................there is a development community that has just
released a way to upload weeks worth of EPG data from the net.


Most of the EPG data doesn't correspond to when the program
actually starts and finishes so it is quite unreliable when considering
timer recording. To be safe you would have to start the recording
a half or full hour before the advertised starting time and extend it
to get the finish to make sure you get the whole show.
This is most evident on the 3 commercial channels, 7, 9 and 10.

I will lose my cynicism of EPG info when our STB's or DVD recorders
can somehow be sent a record / end record signal by a development
community that can monitor the TV stations.
(to start / stop record to cut out tv ads for us would be nice too )

This is not a problem with the Toppy, there are two solutions:

1) Hit record twice on the EPG event you want and it opens the recording
event editor letting you manually pad out the timer.

or

2) Hit record once on each EPG event you want and then run a TAP
(Topfield application - a program written by the development community)
called "Timer Extend" that pads out all your timers (start and finish
times) by amounts you have previously specified - excepting those
already treated.

I pad all my timers by 10min before scheduled start and 10min after
scheduled finish times and after a year have only had one problem (the
4400 started 20 min late due to that Aussie Idol crap).

 

[Rod Speed]

o{O}o <nomail@smratchat.net.au> wrote in message
news:crt7h5$spf$1@news-02.connect.com.au...

........................there is a development community that has just
released a way to upload weeks worth of EPG data from the net.

Most of the EPG data doesn't correspond to when the program
actually starts and finishes so it is quite unreliable when considering
timer recording. To be safe you would have to start the recording
a half or full hour before the advertised starting time and extend it
to get the finish to make sure you get the whole show.

Complete and utter pig ignorant drivel.

This is most evident on the 3 commercial channels, 7, 9 and 10.

Only in your pathetic little drug crazed fantasyland.

I will lose my cynicism of EPG info when our STB's or DVD
recorders can somehow be sent a record / end record signal
by a development community that can monitor the TV stations.

You have always been, and always will be, completely
and utterly irrelevant. Your 'cynicism' in spades, child.

(to start / stop record to cut out tv ads for us would be nice too )

Gone blind yet child ?

 

[Caliban]

Kath wrote:

Can you easily adjust the start and stop times of EPG data the way you can
with a VCR?

Yep, it can even be automated, see my reply above.