Re: [mythtv-users] USB IR receiver of choice

2006-01-06 Thread Nelson Tang
On 1/6/06, Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike wrote: Apparently I'm the rear end of a donkey. I had a family member order two serial IR receivers from irblaster.info for his new Myth boxes, but neither of the computers have serial ports. (Go figure, it isn't 1992 anymore.) I'd rather not

[mythtv-users] DirecTV D10-300 receiver + serial cable - SUCCESS

2005-10-31 Thread Nelson Tang
Hi everyone - Just wanted to report a success story to the list, in case others are in the same situation. I got a new D10-300 DirecTV receiver and tried to figure out if it can change channels via serial cable. Google searches turned up lots of messages saying it doesn't work, but it sounded

[mythtv-users] Re: (slightly OT) improving wireless connections

2005-10-28 Thread Nelson Tang
Thanks to everyone who replied about my question of increasing my wireless signal. Many of the suggestions mentioned buying a detachable antennas to increase the strength, but as Lee Koloszyc pointed out, the Sveasoft firmware on the Linksys lets you adjust the transmit strength above the factory

[mythtv-users] (slightly OT) improving wireless connections

2005-10-27 Thread Nelson Tang
Hello list members, I've been following the list for awhile, and hopefully this isn't too far OT for the list: I use to live in a two-story townhouse and had my Myth BE/FE downstairs, connected via 802.11g to a FE running on my desktop machine upstairs. My wireless signal was great, and I could