trying to help a neighbor. they have speakers in the ceiling and walls.  they have a control4 system and everything was working supposedly.  They got a new 80" TV and put it up themselves. now they don't have audio through the external speakers.

I know computers. Not much of audio... or at least not on this level.

They have the FIOS cable box feed an Integra audio / video receiver.  The video comes through to tv. No audio through external speakers.

If you run the HDMI right to the TV, you get audio through TV speakers. (so a problem with integra receiver it seems).

I moved the speakers to a Denon audio / video receiver and got audio through the external speakers. so that's good, but switching between cable box / dvd player is a bit of a chore, at least with this dial selector on the denon.

Is theere a simple way to get the external speakers working with the TV and the input devices?!

I need a code to program the dish control to  my pixel tv please

Hello all,

My mother in law wants to watch a particular web based TV station but it doesn't work very well over their rather inept Samsung Smart TV. I think the TV's computer is simply not powerful enough to decode and play the H.264 stream (it constantly shows a refresh icon in the center of the video); it plays perfectly on a computer or iPhone.

The other problem with the Samsung Smart TV is that it is very "complicated" to wait about 2 minutes, press "smart hub", use the navigation buttons to find the Internet browser, then move the cursor to the bookmarked URL (that I set up), then finally navigate the web sight to start the TV streaming.

What I am looking for is a TV Box that I can pre-configure to minimize the effort required for my mother in law to watch her TV streaming.

Important features:

• Minimalistic controller.
• Decent built-in web browser with capable web video decoding.
• Built-in WiFi.
• USB memory stick interface.

One candidate is the Minix Neo U1 + A2 Lite Air Mouse.

Any other suggestions?

Thank you

Can someone tell me if the HDMI port on a Windows computer sends/receives a signal or does it send only?  I am trying to get the Roku to show up on my computer screen (like it does on my TV) but haven't been successful? Thanks

I have the following
- 2009 Nission Cube with the factory stereo (.8" AUX in)
- Bluetooth to .8" converter
- IPhone with 16 Gb RAM, 5Gb data plan,  Plex Media Server client,
- Home-based Plex media server running Centos with 500 Gb  Music.
- Windows 10 Virtual Machine on Server running  Itunes with all media loaded in library.

Currently, I stream all my music from my home server to my iphone while on the road.
I use the bluetooth / .08" adaptor to get the music from the phone to the stereo.

Downsides
- Sucks my data plan
- Plex interface doesn't lend itself to voice control.

I've considered ITunes match, downside is it still sucks my data plan.

I like the idea of a car computer. I'm an IT engineer and have lots of old laptops, etc.

Goal is to have 500 Gb of media local to my car and some sort of voice activated control to select it.

I'm willing to invest in hardware and software.

- A car receivers that have a USB external storage and some sort of  IOS interface
- Running MAC OS on a laptop with itunes /all media and some sort of hook into itunes on the iphone with audio coming out of either the Ios laptop or the phone?

My daughter has a cochlear implant and hearing aid with a necklace/microphone that pair via bluetooth. Her portable DVD player does not have bluetooth (nor does our home DVD player). Is there a way I can make her DVD player bluetooth compatible, so she can have the sound go directly to her cochlear implant/hearing aid? I have seen the Bluetooth Adapters, but they don't say whether they would work with a portable DVD player. Thank you in advance for your help.

I was wondering if someone here knows if it's possible to play the contents of a directory on a USB on a Sony Bravia TV. So far I've only been able to play one video file at a time.

I've searched around and the best I could find was someone recommending an external video player but I was wondering if the functionality was available in the TV itself.

If it is possible, my next question would be if you can also play all files in a loop.

Thanks in advance.

Am trying to hook up a vcr to my home stereo. Running rca cables from the vcr to my sony receiver (STR-DG810). My LGTV (65UH770) is connected to my receiver via HDMI cable. I can get audio through my system but no video. Are there any special settings required either on the receiver or the tv? (The vcr is connected to the dvd outlets on the receiver and the receiver is set to DVD).

Hello,

I have a Samsung-UF6470 Smart Tv.
I downloaded Samsung Smart View so as to watch films from my computer.

However most of the times the subtitles cannot be seen (9 times out of 10).

-the subtitle name is exactly as the film name (except the extension of course)
-I tried to drag and drop both the film and the subtitle file
-I also tried to give the whole folder in which the film and the subtitle files are

What can I do? Is there an alternative software which handles the subtitles well?

Thank you.

Black friday shopping!  Walmart and Staples has the 3600 on sale.  But there's a 3700.  higher number, I think is better?

But wikipedia says 3700 is only b/n/g (2.4GHz) and came out in October 2016.  the 3600 came out in april 2016 but has 2.4 / 5GHz.

trying to see the differences beyond that.  Can you help?

thanks

Is there  a Overhead Projector that has the ability to adjust the screen size without moving the projector.   I understand it is the len that controls this but cannot find a projector with this adjustable len capabilities.

We have a projector mounted in at the ceiling 18' from wall,   it is used at this point for full size screen 7'X12' image for  a simulator software program.

We need to use this same room for  Meeting/conference/presentations also  the projector needs to adjust the projection screen size to approx.   5'x5'  image.

HI, I bought a Panasonic Viera a few years ago. I have the recommended Panasonic wireless adaptor, and I have a good DSL connection, 20MB.

It's a  VIERA TC-L47E50 47-Inch 1080p 60Hz Full HD IPS LED-LCD TV. The adapter is a Panasonic LAN Adaptor N52Z028. My network is Telmex, and my Netflix is a Mexican account, as I'm in Mexico.

Problem 1: It won't play Youtube videos. The simply won't buffer.

Problem 2.: It loses connection to Netflix about 50% of the time. Some days I can watch Netflix for a few hours, other days it reloads the program once or twice, then says, "Sorry, we can't connct you to Netflix". Some days it just won't connect at all.

When it won't connect, sometimes it says it can't connect to the router, sometimes it says it can't connect to the Viera Server. I can always watch on my laptop, but I don't want to. That's why I bought a smart TV.

Do you have any recommendations to improve performance of this TV? Thanks.

Has anyone ever come across a HDMI switcher that also switches Audio Optical TOSLINK

Ideally 4 HDMI + 4 Optical Audio inputs ....  to one HDMI +  one Optical Audio Output (Remote controlled)