Re: Sky Gnome

[Sean <thunderchilduk@xxxxxxxxx>]

SO it changes channel via the RS232?

do we know the codes and is there a pc app to do the same?

Sean

On 11/4/05, Joseph Heenan <joseph-l@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Gary Jenkins <gjenkins@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Has anyone got a sky gnome?
> > http://www1.sky.com/skygnome/
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> I've got one. They work reasonably well. There's obviously a limit to
> the audio quality from 3" speakers, but it does sounds ok. It
changes
> channel ok, and in a small 3 bed house it works reliably around the
> whole house.
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> > They are 69 pounds and you connect some base station box to your
> > sky box, then you can listen to the audio from your sky box from
> > anywhere with a reasonable wireless distance. (the idea is you
> > listen to the radio channels) it also allows you to change the
> > channel on the sky box remotely, so for the price of a sky room
to
> > room remote, I was thinking this might be a better deal as it
does
> > more... anyone got one yet & does it work reasonably well?
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> What's a 'sky room to room remote'? If it's a tvlink 'magic eye', a
> second remote and a RF cable all for use with a second TV, I'd go for
> that rather than the gnome - the gnome is 50 quid more and won't let
> you see the EPG and various other things!
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> Joseph
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> Joseph Heenan, Glasgow, UK http://www.heenan.me.uk/
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