RE: Re: New House - Flood Wired - Am I right to be scared ?

["Howard Wright" <howard@xxxxxxx>]

AS Jon says it is simple to set up. I have plugged the cAT5 cable into my
dLink Wireless router- loaded the software onto the PC and then just copied
all my CDs onto the PC, plugged the scart cable in and away you go. You the
directories up - which can be across the network and way you go. It works
with Jpgs too and MPEG although I haven't tried this yet.



Howard



-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Whiten [mailto:jon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 January 2004 17:19
To: ukha_d@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: New House - Flood Wired - Am I right to be scared
?



1st impressions are:

It's a doddle to set up.  Looks as if the PC component(s) load as
services which beats the Rio/Dell offering.

Screen area is a little "shrunk" as there is a border all round.

Speed of response is a little slow.  There is a noticeable delay
between pressing a button and the corresponding action.  However, this may
be due to the unit indexing and I need to verify this tonight.

Sound and picture are fine and it is much easier to control than the
Rio/Dell.

I was going to do this stuff with the Choccollect Xbox but never got round
to it - Anybody want a cheap Xbox?


Regards

Jon Whiten
http://www.whiten.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: Mal Lansell [mailto:mlansell@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:13 PM
To: ukha_d@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: New House - Flood Wired - Am I right to be scared
?

Can you give us a report on the MVP?  There are a few people here who want
to know how good it is (and I haven't got round to setting mine up yet!)

Mal



----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Wright" <howard@fastmail.fm>
To: <ukha_d@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:03 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: New House - Flood Wired - Am I right to be scared ?


> Hi there
>
> I moved into a 1970's house in September and have flood wired mnost of
> it over the last few months. I have used Cat5 and have installed an
> IPhomenet hub. The system is great - so flexible. The ability to plug
> in Computers, TV's, Audio etc. wherever and whenever is just so cool.
>
> My latest toy is a Haupage Media MVP which allows me to store all my
> CD's on the server in the office and route them through the IpHomenet
> hub and listen to them in any room that has a TV - or in the lounge
> via the Home Cinema system.
>
> I would certainly recommend anyone who is looking to renovate should
> strongly consider the flood wiring as the cost is minimal (not
> counting the Hub which was around #700)
>
> Also anyone moving into a new house can get the flood wiring done very
> cheaply. My last house was new and a when I purchased it the first fix
> electrics were just going in. I gave the electrician fifty quid and he
> put all the cabling in for.
>
> Howard
> --- In ukha_d@yahoogroups.com, "Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)"
> <haweste@a...> wrote:
> > Gareth,
> >
> > Cool ! A new house for Christmas :-)
> >
> > This is what my house is like, downstairs at least. It is
possible
> to bury cables in the wall - it's just a bit messy ;-) I even managed
> to keep the coving and dado rails intact while doing it too. Good
> access under the floor upstairs makes things much easier too, as would
> an SDS drill with a "skirting board" chasing tool -
basically a chisel
> with a kinked shaft that reaches behind obstructions to chisel out
> waste. Screwfix do them. I managed to get by with a 400mm long drill
> and "waggling it up" behind the coving until I'd made enough
of a mess
> to accommodate the trunking :-/
> >
> > I used a wall chaser to cut two channels into the wall about 25mm
> apart, and about 30mm deep. A small club hammer and a couple of cold
> chisels / bolsters removed the "middle". I fixed 25x16mm
trunking into
> the slot and then plastered over the top. With some better sanding
> down on my part, the chases would be totally invisible.
> >
> > There are some pictures of my cabling in the Yahoo photos area -
> I'll have a look for any more that are relevant. You're
> Windsor/Ascot/Slough way IIRC ? I'm near Farnham, Surrey. You're
> welcome to pop over and have we'll have a poke about here if it would
> help.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tim H.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gareth Cook Sent: 29 December 2003 12:10
> > >
> > > Yes, we moved on the 23rd December and have starting
planning on
> > > how im going to automate this house. 2nd step after the
garage
> > > door is to figure out how to flood wire this beasty. I am a
little
> > > scared !
> > > Dont want to
> > > touch the nice expensive cornice thats there and it's all
solid
> > > breeze block - no plasterboard.
> > >
> > > Methinks I should have a flood wire party for you all to
come and
> > > have some fun !
> > >
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > G.
> >
> > +
>
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