I live in a poor reception area - City Beach between Bold Park and the ocean - and need a booster on the very high aerial. It sends 22 v up to the antenna and boosts the signal. It works well with a TV but I am wondering if it would be dangerous (for the computer) to use it with EyeTV.
Has anyone done this before? Lloyd > > Hi, the reason to have your Mac Mini with EyeTV on a network is so that you > have the program guide for recording programs easily. You just click on the > program in the guide to set up the recording. If you are not on a network > (either ethernet or wireless) which has access to the internet, you won't be > able to use this feature, although as Daniel says, you don't need the internet > to access the TV signal. > > You do get a small arial with the Eyetv device, but unless you are very lucky, > you won't get much much of a signal without having it linked to your main > household outdoor arial. > > The program guide I use is IceTV, and you pay a yearly subscription for the > service. > > cheers, Susan. > On 17/06/2010, at 12:02 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> >> On 16/6/10 11:27 PM, "Curtis Peter" <pe...@augold.com.au> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi >>> So you have the mac mini set up with wireless adsl? Does this present any >>> problems with other people accessing your adsl through the wireless signal, >>> or >>> is the password protection sufficient? I presume the wireless access by the >>> mac mini would be constant? Is a download speed of 1.2 or 1.3 mbps suffient? >>> Excuse my lack of knowledge on the subject, but I am interested. >>> Regards >>> Peter >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> >> Hi Peter >> >> You don't actually need wireless at all for the eyeTV to work. It just runs >> off the normal aerial point. >> But yes, having it connected to the internet is good, as you can then update >> the software, OS updates, TV guide online and "normal" access to the >> internet as well as the other machines. >> But if you don't want it on the internet, it won't affect the way eyeTV will >> work. >> >> But yes, the Mac mini does hook up to the wireless internet. I use the >> current model 1TB Time Capsule. I have a Netgear DG834 ADSL modem, an 8 Port >> Gigabit Ethernet Router and at most times it runs 4-5 Mac's, 2 iPhones, an >> iPad, a wireless Epson TX810FW printer, Epson Colour Laser printer, a WD >> Ethernet MyWorld 1.5TB networked Hard Drive and most nights 2 other >> computers I'm either setting up for clients or "fixing". And I don't notice >> any loss in speed. It's all password protected and the SSD is not visible. >> (People can't see the wireless network without knowing the name). >> I think that's everything hooked up,...hehe. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Kind Regards >> Daniel >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
