RE: (ukha_d) Re: (ukha_d) Wireless speakers - Nasty or what?

[peter.white@xxxxxxx]

You didn't see the email I posted last Friday then, which is probably just
=
as
well, because....

First impressions were good, however after a weekend of using them, the
following has been observed:

1. You have to 'tune' the speakers into the RF xmitter.  This is
fine,=
however
when the speakers are powered off, they 'forget' the tuning setting, which
=
means
my plan of using appliance modules to control them is a non-starter.

2. If you have a mobile phone in the house, you might as well put it on
sil=
ent,
because the speakers give you more than enough warning of an incoming
call!=

3. The RF xmitter goes into standby after 5 mins of no sound.  This
is=
an OK
feature, but it means that you have to put a 2 sec delay in anything
that's=
spoken, otherwise you'll lose the first part of the speech.  Another
f=
eature is
the CB-radio style crackle every time it goes into standby.

4. The range (quoted as a max of 100M) is, as per usual, about a 10th of
th=
e
quoted figure once walls and ceilings are accounted for.

On the up side, the sound quality is reasonably good, and for regular
music=
of
the cordless variety they're OK - you get a lot for =A330.  For HA
TTS=
they're not
good though, unless you happen to have no mobile phones, live in a house
wi=
th no
walls and don't mind having them switched on constantly (at least the wall
=
warts
will heat the room a bit).

Back to plan B, the Veronica FM xmitter and lots of cheap radios.....



-----Original Message-----
From: MIME:ukha@xxxxxxx at INTERNET
Sent: 29 April 2002 22:54
To: White, Peter; ukha_d@xxxxxxx at Internet
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: (ukha_d) Wireless speakers - Nasty or what?



Peter,

have the speakers arrived yet? If so how are they?

Andy

--- In ukha_d@y..., peter.white@b... wrote:
> I've just bought a couple of pairs of Ross speakers from
> www.withorwithoutwires.com for about =A335 per pair (free p&p
over=
=A350).  If the
> reviews on the site are anything to be believed, they apparently
sound OK, but
> I'm only going to use them for TTS announcements around the house,
which they
> should be fine for.  They should arrive this week sometime, so
I'=
ll
let you know
> how they are...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIME:ukha@b... at INTERNET
> Sent: 22 April 2002 11:42
> To: White, Peter; ukha_d@y... at Internet
> Subject: [ukha_d] Wireless speakers - Nasty or what?
>
>
> Folks,
>
> This has probably been thrashed about before but are wirless
speakers (for
> things like voice announcements) of any real practical use? What
sort of
> distances can you get (through walls etc) do they use the same 2.4
ghz band?
>
> are they worth considering? Although I'd love to have a cabled
solution SWMBO
> has said a definate NO to drilling any holes in the walls...
regardless.
>
> Ta
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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