RE: RE:KAT5 Update....was Dumb question - PC Audio connection?

["Phillip Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Keith,

A question that came up yesterday was "Will your IR sender handle the
IRDA
format used by the Sky Digiboxes and such like?"

Phil

(P.S. Richard : The answer to your question is that everyone who wants a
set
of PCBs is going to be placed into the "Big Brother" house - no
cameras this
time though - and the place locked up until only 25 remain. I've already
bought in a stock of Chianti and fava beans. Ah yes ... the other
"other"
white meat!)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: richard.lockyer@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:richard.lockyer@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 February 2001 01:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: RE:KAT5 Update....was [ukha_d] Dumb question - PC Audio
> connection?
>
>
> If there are only 25 sets, how are these going to be rationed?
>
> Can I put my name down for a pair ;-)
>
> Richard
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., Keith Doxey <ukha.diyha@b...> wrote:
> > Hi Phil,
> >
> > Current status of KAT5 is this.....
> >
> > I have 50 professionally manufacured PCB's ready to build 25 sets
> of KAT5
> > AVS Links.
> >
> > The AVS is S-Video and Stereo Audio which can also be used for
> composite
> > video.
> >
> > I was initially going to release a Composite + Stereo + IR
version
> first,
> > but the cost would have been higher than the S-video version and
> several
> > people on this list already have distributed IR control using
> Nigel's
> > circuit and now that Ian has PCB's for the IR repeater I suspect
> more
> > people will build them.
> >
> > The reasons I decided to do the s-video version first are that
> > 1.     it can also be used as composite anyway.
> > 2.     DVD players output S-video so why use an inferior
composite
> link.
> > 3.     if distributing TV out from a PC, S-Video makes one hell
of
> a
> > difference.
> >
> > Building the boards has taken longer than expected due to the
> family having
> > the flu and me being away on a Java course all this week. I
should
> now have
> > more time to get them built.
> >
> > More details soon
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Phil Harris [SMTP:phillip.harris1@v...]
> > Sent:	09 February 2001 09:28
> > To:	ukha_d@y...
> > Subject:	RE: [ukha_d] Dumb question - PC Audio connection?
> >
> >
> > Thus speaks the electronics guru...
> >
> > ...thanks Keith.
> >
> > Keith, what's the state of play with the KAT5 project? I'm doing
an
> install
> > for a friend this weekend which your composite + stereo audio +
IR
> boards
> > would be *PERFECT* for and I've told him that you're working on
> them but I
> > was wondering if you had any plans as to when they were going to
be
> > available?
> >
> > Phil
>
>
>
>
>
>