Recent content by MRL

Do I or don't I upgrade ELK M1G firmware? I have Boot 3.1.15 and Firmware 4.3.12. Things are running OK but I plan to add new stuff, etc. Any issues with the upgrade?

Decided to leave the family room HTPC as is and build a new as quiet as possible primary desktop PC for my office. Equipment under consideration so far: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz 4MB L2 cache Intel DP965LT motherboard Intel BOXDP965LTCK Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel...

The family room has 2 ceiling fixtures each with a single 60 watt bulb. Only 1 bulb blew taking the switch with it. This the fourth HomePro ZDW100W/ZRW100W switch to die when a bulb blows.

HomePro ZDW100W

I am now down to 4 HomePro ZWave switches from an original 8 as every time a bulb blows out it takes the switch with it. A 60-watt bulb in my family room ceiling light blew and the switch (a dimmer) went with it. These HomePro ZWave switches go back to last summer so I assume thery are no...

Objective: Build a HTPC with no moving parts - no fans, no HDD spinning. I have 1TB+ of HDD storage on my home gigabit network. I am looking to build a HTPC with no moving parts. Newegg.com has an 8GB solid state IDE disk for about $390. My current HTPC has a nVidia 6800 GT graphics card...

Very disappointed. I have the Pronto TSU-3000 and was hoping for similar functionality. I have problems with my Comcast cable box / PVR. I need to control multiple devices depending on the activity. No way to do what I want to do on this device. Functionality way too limited. What were they...

Well the GeoVision GV-650 DVR card is on its way back. I could not get the GeoVision web server to work correctly. I called GeoVision tech support but the tech could not resolve the problem and had to push the problem up the tech ladder. Never heard back. My emails to GeoVison went unanswered...

Mine also coming tomorrow. Got an email from Philips with FedEx tracking number.

The Panasonic power supply is model PQLV202W. The plug that connects to the camera has a central wire. I have contacted several cable distributors with no luck.

Typical non-support from a vendor. I cannot get a camera image from the GeoVision web server (login and connect are successful) using Internet Explorer on an AMD64 XP Pro SP2 plain vanilla PC. Sent email on Monday - no response. Called on Monday (not an 800 number). Tech had to bump problem up...

Went to Philips Store to check on my RC9800i order. Error An unexpected error has occured. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but an unexpected error has occurred. Please, go back and try again. If you have received this error repeatedly please close your browser and try again. I assume...

I just purchased the Panasonic BB-HCM331A network camera. Great camera - except in low light. My problem - the DC 12-volt power supply has about a 30' cord. I need to mount the camera about 75' from a power source. I purchased a 100' power extension cable. Guess what - the Panasonic has a...

I called GeoVision tech support about not being able to view the camera via the GeoVision web server and Internet Explorer web browser from my AMD64 system when the browser interface to the GeoVision web server works fine from a P4 PC and from my Pentium laptop. The tech had me try a different...

The fixed infrared camera with 23 LEDs operates in complete darkness. Last night the Panasonic had a completely black image, the infrared camera was seeing 50+ feet into the woods. I could easily make out detail in the back yard. The high cost of the Panasonic is obviously due to the...