AndyK;480686 Wrote: > > As far as I know, the Touch is supplied with a infrared remote, so that > it will work with a Harmony, is this correct?. > If so, will I then be able to control a receiver via a harmony that > controls the touch? > Yes and yes.
> > Regarding audio streaming maxing out the network, I guess the guy > experiencing this was also using it heavily for downloading etc to cause > stuttering in the sound and slow response on the controller. At the > moment I have a 11b device on my network and with that on, I assume the > network will have trouble coping with the traffic (although I have > ordered a 2200bg mini PCI card for my GFs old thinkpad - dirt cheap at > the moment. > Even with that out of the way, I still feel more secure with wired > connection for the audio traffic and also the price for the controller > alone is very high compared to buying a controller+receiver set so its > hard to "justify" not getting the receiver also. > So put the SBR in the bedroom as an extra zone. FLAC is a pretty insignificant amount of traffic for a decent wireless network to carry, and the Touch has a pretty big buffer. > > When using the Touch to control the receiver, will it then also pull an > audio stream from the network because it assumes it's connected to an > amplifier, or is it possible to configure it in such a way that it will > ONLY function as a control device? > Think of the Touch as a player and controller in one box. Just because the controller's doing something doesn't mean the player is - they're entirely seperate. So if nothing has told the player to start playing, it won't :) -- radish 'HELP ME RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH!' (HTTP://WWW.ADAMREEVE.COM/24IN24/) http://www.last.fm/user/polymeric ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70801 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
