Recent content by davejberry

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    Which Audio Cable ? Connecting PC to Panasonic Viera

    Your problem probably arises because you cannot select hdmi video and analogue sound input at the same time. If your tv has a standard analogue 'pc' input for video, look to see if there is a corresponding sound input next to it. Use a standard analogue monitor cable and a suitable analogue...
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    Which Audio Cable ? Connecting PC to Panasonic Viera

    Your problem probably arises because you cannot select hdmi video and analogue sound input at the same time. If your tv has a standard analogue 'pc' input for video, look to see if there is a corresponding sound input next to it. Use a standard analogue monitor cable and a suitable analogue...
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    Forget WHF ‘Star’ ratings. I give you: ‘Wife’ ratings!

    Is all I can say Major is thankyou... for brightening what has been a very dismal week so far. Keep 'em coming, a bit of well placed humour is always welcome. :clap:
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    Rega Brio-R - leave on 24/7 or turn off at night?

    Turn it off and do the planet a favour.
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    HiFi Expensive in the Rip off UK

    I wish Spain had similar prices to the UK. Everything HIFI is at least 20% more expensive here. It's cheaper (when possible) to buy from Amazon and take their exchange rate hit and pay for delivery than to buy locally. So many UK distributors seem unwilling to open up to selling into Europe. In...
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    Home plugs speed query...

    They use a 10/100 Mbps ethernet interface to talk to your individual hardware (pc, router, ps3 etc) but can talk to each other at up to 500Mbps. Unless you are using many home plugs on a very busy network, I think you can easily get away with units running at 200 Mbps or less.
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    the end of Philips TVs..

    who cares, didn't rate either!
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    Where to start?

    Here’s what I did:- 1 - Bought a copy of dBpoweramp to do all the ripping. It’s not expensive and I’ve found it to be easy to use and very flexible. 2 - Ripped all my CDs to FLAC (a lossless format). I added a new hard-drive to my PC where I store all my music and told dBpoweramp where the...
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    Cancel Christmas! The positioning of the Christmas Tree compromises my set-up

    Like my darling) wife always says this time of year... * Christmas and the Kids were around a long time before your surround sound" I too am counting the days!
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    Samsung Ad

    +1; and the survey thingy, after numerous clicks to ignore it I gave up and started filling it in. It's really annoying when the bloomin thing locks up at 84% and you have to close the browser to get out of it.
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    Where is Channel 5

    I can answer my own question. Astra 2F has a tighter spot beam so I now can't receive some channels without a dish upgrade grrrr!!! It seems that many of the other terrestrial channels will follow in the next few months.
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    Where is Channel 5

    Ok experts, my channel 5 boquet has disappeared. I have sky+ SD and yesterday all I got on channel 5, 5* and 5 usa was the 'no satellite signal' message. I know there was a planned move yesterday but forced reset and retunes have not solved the problem. Both my sky+ and my old SD box show the...
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    What is the weakest link?

    How could anyone define an improvement in percentage terms? Any 'improvement' you envisage can surely only be defined as a difference in overall sound e.g. sounding warmer or more clinical, because of more treble, more bass, a wider sounstage, clearer vocals etc. IMO, you must first define...
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    RCD tripping

    Dry the tacima thoroughly (leave it in an airing cuoboard for a few days) and check for any signs of moisture before plugging it back in. As for your wiring:- It is common for sockets to be placed behind some appliances although a better installation would have fused spur switches above...
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    Ikea Expedit as racking for a turntable?

    surely, if you like the sound, other opinions don't really matter. I also use expedit to house my hifi and don't think it has changed the sound from when it was all housed in a very heavy glass rack I bought from a dealer. If your TT is stable and doesn't pick up vibration from the speakers etc...