hambugerpete
Active member
Thread moaners, again 
Random Irritations
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They have stopped selling them it seems. Lumped everything into Sky Glass. Ah well.
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
I fancy one of those. I have the original Sonos Playbar. The wife hates it because it's so blooming big (900mm wide!)
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Highly recommend the beam 2
It’s around £300 now in Curry’s
But the Ray is also very good at half the price
hambugerpete
Active member
You could add a discrete sub possibly, bass isnt directional so can be hidden well away. It's certainly adds depthI have a sound box for the tv. Nice bit of kit, really helps give a solid sound in comparison to the tv speakers. I've had it for years, done us well (it's similar in size to an old style video recorder or a slightly bigger sky box. It's now starting to be inconsistent, not always kicking in when the tv turns on. I do a workaround but my wife can't be fagged with that and she is running out of patience with it. I fear it may be gone within days.
I've tried different connections, no difference. I have looked at alternatives and most seem to be bars which are long and noticeable. My wife wants minimal, not a bar. Weedy sound is coming my way
Beezerk
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Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
Change the tv then
My 65” Panasonic OLED has 8 speakers I think it is, and is so good the surround sound system sits redundant.
Changed it for the last World Cup so it's only a year old. I'll figure something out, it's just a shame that something that worked really well, was relatively small in comparison to most bars, has started to glitch.Change the tv then
My 65” Panasonic OLED has 8 speakers I think it is, and is so good the surround sound system sits redundant.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Was that bubbling away underneath
I’m still happy that we can use the parent child spots when we go shopping- even then some still manage to find ways to smack the cars
Was sat waiting in car last week some park next to me , opened his door to process to bang into my car , little dent , he just grumbled about parking to close to him
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Have you tried resetting the CEC settings or whatever they’re called?
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
Was that bubbling away underneath
I’m still happy that we can use the parent child spots when we go shopping- even then some still manage to find ways to smack the cars
Was sat waiting in car last week some park next to me , opened his door to process to bang into my car , little dent , he just grumbled about parking to close to him
Yep. It's a sad indication of a lack of respect for other people's property. I stress about parking facilities whenever I go somewhere. So I try to get David to take his car
Sid Rixon IV
Head Pro
The parent child bays are great. No need to take the trolley back. Just drive away!Was that bubbling away underneath
I’m still happy that we can use the parent child spots when we go shopping- even then some still manage to find ways to smack the cars
Was sat waiting in car last week some park next to me , opened his door to process to bang into my car , little dent , he just grumbled about parking to close to him
It isn't that. That, I looked it up on google
, is about controlling from one remote. The problem currently is the box not kicking in at all on occasions, leaving the tv quiet. It doesn't go back to the tv speakers, it just goes quiet.I had a play around last night. Annoyingly, I tried an optical cable connection and that worked perfectly. Unfortunately, the sky remote will not work with that so we would need 2 remotes, one purely for the volume
. Not good. I have moved the HDMI cable around, in case it was in the wrong hole in the tv. Also played around with the tv sound connection settings. That seemed to work last night and this morning but time will tell if that has fixed it. The box is 10-15 years old, it doesn't owe me anything. The tv without it sounds rubbish though so if I do have to get rid I will be getting a replacement in January. It can't be one of the long bars though, that would not pass 'the pretty test' in the living room
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
It is amazing how many times I see that and see a trolley just there in the middle of the parent child spaceThe parent child bays are great. No need to take the trolley back. Just drive away!
Sid Rixon IV
Head Pro
I just lost an hour of my life on the phone switching from BT to Sky.
Every time the (otherwise charming) guy took a personal detail he confirmed it by reading it back to me and continued to confirm each detail along with the previous detail. Tedious enough, but he confirmed everything using the NATO phonetic alphabet!!
All at breakneck speed.
If I wasnt making such a big saving I'd have treated him to my full vocabulary of expletives starting with Foxtrot... Uniform... Charlie...
Every time the (otherwise charming) guy took a personal detail he confirmed it by reading it back to me and continued to confirm each detail along with the previous detail. Tedious enough, but he confirmed everything using the NATO phonetic alphabet!!
All at breakneck speed.
If I wasnt making such a big saving I'd have treated him to my full vocabulary of expletives starting with Foxtrot... Uniform... Charlie...
upsidedown
Tour Winner
Was that Broadband and or TV . Our BT BB runs out end of Dec and considering going to Sky .I just lost an hour of my life on the phone switching from BT to Sky.
Every time the (otherwise charming) guy took a personal detail he confirmed it by reading it back to me and continued to confirm each detail along with the previous detail. Tedious enough, but he confirmed everything using the NATO phonetic alphabet!!
All at breakneck speed.
If I wasnt making such a big saving I'd have treated him to my full vocabulary of expletives starting with Foxtrot... Uniform... Charlie...
RichA
Well-known member
Have you looked at One For All programmable remote controls?It isn't that. That, I looked it up on google
I had a play around last night. Annoyingly, I tried an optical cable connection and that worked perfectly. Unfortunately, the sky remote will not work with that so we would need 2 remotes, one purely for the volume
They're a bit of a faff to set up the first time but after that everything is just so simple.
Sid Rixon IV
Head Pro
Both.
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
We have a busy road at the top of our street. There is a set of traffic lights which I need to use at least 4 times a day to cross it when taking the dogs out. One thing that really infuriates me is drivers who speed up when the lights are changing, often going through on red. This is a pretty common occurrence.
I had to nip up to the co-op this morning, which also entails using that crossing. On the way back, the lights went red, and I could see the car approaching wasn't going to stop. So I made an exaggerated movement to look as if I was about step out. Pretty infantile, but the look of panic on the driver's face as he slammed on his brakes, stopping about 10 yards after the crossing, was priceless. I know it was stupid, maybe even a bit dangerous, but it cheered me up no end.
I had to nip up to the co-op this morning, which also entails using that crossing. On the way back, the lights went red, and I could see the car approaching wasn't going to stop. So I made an exaggerated movement to look as if I was about step out. Pretty infantile, but the look of panic on the driver's face as he slammed on his brakes, stopping about 10 yards after the crossing, was priceless. I know it was stupid, maybe even a bit dangerous, but it cheered me up no end.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Yeah that annoys me as well. My little girl was watching an educational video yesterday where they were talking about traffic lights - they said 'green means go, yellow means slooow, and red means stops'. I thought, that's not what it means round here. Yellow seems to mean put your foot down and race through before it goes red.
