OK so not necessarily AV-related, but I will be able to utilise it to take some new and improved shots of the systems! After a full 24 hours of researching I decided to buy the Nikon D90 Digital SLR, complete with 18mm-105mm VR lens. I have a few friends who have this camera, so they swore me off Canon (which I was dead-set on getting). So I should have this early next week. Here’s a close up:-
This week I finally added my Philips RFX6000 RF Extender. This would free me up from having to point at my IR-RF blaster situated under the TV in the Living Room, and essentially allow me to control any device in the Home Theatre, from anywhere in the house. So first (before ripping out my previous IR solution) I tested the unit just by sitting it on the couch facing the HT equipment. Adjust the settings on the Pronto configuration, and presto, worked perfectly. So I remove all the IR gear and install the RFX6000 behind the cabinet, utilising the IR emitters that came with it. Lo and behold, it DIDNT work. Move it a few inches – kinda works. The manual does state they can be prone to interference from power cables etc etc so I can only deduce it was interference.
So after an hour of banging my head and wondering where to put the extender so it would work, but wouldnt be seen, I realised that I had installed a 25mm conduit in the back wall behind the couch during the build. So I settled on the RF extender hidden under the couch effectively blasting the IR on the equipment face on. So no cables visible and works perfectly.
“Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!” by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (2008).
