Re: Re: Total failure of my IR Extenders....

[<steve@xxxxxxx>]

Would that be a Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb, by any chance?

Now where did I learn that?
Any ideas?

steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Gareth Cook/STA/Lotus
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:56 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Total failure of my IR Extenders....



OK

In light of this, does anyone know where I can get a EMP bomb ?

That'll knock the fek'rs out - this is liking having an arm cutoff !

G.
Gareth Cook
Senior Engineering Specialist
EMEA ED, IBM SWG
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If these units are anything like the powermid ones I had mega
problems with them when the wife was hoovering... the light
(receiver) would flash constantly and no other signals would get
through....

I know it doesn't help much but It may just be something as simple as
that, hoover, lawnmower, one of those puky little mopeds...

Andy

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Gareth Cook/STA/Lotus" <gcook@l...>
wrote:
> Strange thing has happened.
>
> Set the video for F1 Sunday morning - all was OK. Came home about
4pm, try
> to start to watch - and my IR extender wont work !
>
> No, I have 2 x One4All IR Extender kits - been using the 1 unit for
over a
> year quite happily, and the new one for a few months. All works on
the
> same frequency.
>
> Now, you can see the red light on the receiver flashing (so it is
getting
> something) , and i've swapped all the units round to make sure one
of them
> wasn't faulty - all seems fine. But, when I stick a remote in the
cabinet
> to do it direct, it seems as though the IR extender maybe picking
up
> something else as tho there is interference (it's a RF transmission
> system) - if I hold down the Sky channel select, it's jitters.
>
> So, I think something has started broadcasting and is now knocking
out my
> IR system ! I'm buggered...
>
> I've no idea what frequency these things broadcast on - anyone got
any
> bright ideas ? I've asked the immediate neighbours - they reckon
they've
> got nothing.
>
> G.
>
>
>
>
> Gareth Cook
> Senior Engineering Specialist
> EMEA ED, IBM SWG
> Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
> Office:  +44 (0) 1784 445 166
> Mobile:  +44 (0) 7980 445 166
> Fax:      +44 (0) 1784 499 166
> Work: g@xxxxxxx
> Personal: g@xxxxxxx
> AIM Chat : TheBoyG



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