Re: Whole House Audio Touchscreen Setup on a Budget

[Sean <thunderchilduk@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have no idea how long the sonos remote battery lasts. Mine lives on
the dock most of the time and it does a good job of putting its self
to sleep when I leave it down. I have never went to use it and found
it out of charge.

Sean

On Jan 3, 2008 9:55 PM, Ho Yin Ng <architect.hoyin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> But my SWMBO is a Mac freak.
>
> As long as I can get everything setup so it is easy for her to use and
she
> doesn't have to see the nuts and bolts it would be fine.
>
> Does the Sonos remote have a long battery life? But a touch screen
ipod
> looks so much cooler!
>
> Ho Yin
>
> On 03/01/2008, Sean <thunderchilduk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >   Hmmm tbh I know that when I looked at getting airport/mac swmbo
> > approval was very low.
> >
> > The Sonos does what it says on the tin with no tweaking or
fiddling,
> > it just works (sounds like another product I know).
> >
> > I can't think of anything that sonos can do, that a home computer
> > setup with custom made scripts couldn't replicate.
> >
> > But I know know what one my wife would choose ;)
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > On Jan 2, 2008 12:43 PM, Ho Yin Ng
<architect.hoyin@xxxxxxx<architect.hoyin%40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> > > Thanks Mark
> > >
> > > It looks good and coupled with EyeTV I might go for this
over Sonos.
> > >
> > > Different zones don't bother me as my place is too small.
> > >
> > > Can anyone think of something that the Sonos would offer me
that this
> > setup
> > > would not?
> > >
> > > Ho Yin
> > >
> > > On 01/01/2008, Mark McCall
<lists@xxxxxxx<lists%40automatedhome.co.uk>>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Submission by Noel Andrews - I love the idea of Sonos
but for me the
> > > > price
> > > > is prohibitive. Being almost entirely a Mac household
I've used an
> > airport
> > > > express for a few months now and with the release of
the Ipod touch
> > and
> > > > the
> > > > discovery of Remote Buddy seeds of a solution were
planted. Read on to
> > > > find
> > > > out how I put these items together to create my own
budget priced
> > whole
> > > > house audio solution...
> > > >
> > > > http://tinyurl.com/2y7bpf
> > > >
> > > > M.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
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to
> > build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe
trying
> > to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is
winning.
> >
> > - Unknown
> >
> >
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