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Re: Streaming media players - new one and HELP!


  • Subject: Re: Streaming media players - new one and HELP!
  • From: "noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:07:07 -0000

hahaha demon spawn!! legend!

Right! sounds easy!....ish! hehe, pics and any pointers be great as
i'd love to do that! how hard was it fitting all the bits in!?

have u got webspace to host pics? if not could you email them over to me

Thats a definite must do mod for me! would also make me buy one of
those IR to X10 interfaces so my harmony could turn the xbox on and
off! cheers

Noel

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Sullivan, Glenn" <gsullivan@d...>
wrote:
>
> I took an X10 Universal Module, took the bits out of the case, and
hard
> wired it into the Xbox in momentary mode on the power switch.
>
> I took pictures... I'll dig them up.
>
> Take power (and X10 signal) directly from the power supply inputs and
> attach the outputs in parallel with the original power button.
>
> Now with an x10 command I can pulse the power button and turn the Xbox
> on or off, and the demon spawn can still use the front panel button.
>
> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
> David Clark Company Inc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Gareth Cook
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 6:36 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] Streaming media players - new one and HELP!
>
> Or like me, plug the xbox power switch into a comfort output, and map
a
> cbus button on the DLT to toggle the power :-)
>
> the xbox lives in node0...
>
> G.
>
>  Gareth Cook
>  Tools and Process Architect
>  IBM SWG Sales - Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
>  Office: +44 (0)1784 445166 - Mobile: +44 (0)7980 445166  AIM Chat :
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>  email: g@xxxxxxx
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>
> ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 07/12/2005 11:35 -----
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> Discussion
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> > Have an xbox, but don't really fancy using the xbox controllers
for
> media
> > playback.
> > I do have an xbox remote somewhere I think (unopened) but that
was
> > never supported properly by XBMC last time I checked (about a
year ago
> granted).
>
> Really? It's worked fine for me for ages. You can't turn the xbox on
> from the remote unless you buy/make a module to let you do that
though.
>
> Dave
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