Techy Stuff Help!

[Quirkafleeg]

Would like help for some decent headphones for a budget. Any help please.

 

[The Bear]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0170MD2RI/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I bought these for £10 after reading up on budget in-ear headphones and have been very pleased with them. They get very good reviews and the bass on them is very impressive. They look good as well and come with a nice soft pouch to keep them in.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

I'd like to stay away from buds Bear. Any normal headphones.

 

[Tredman]

I got these:

Sony MDR-ZX220BT Bluetooth NFC Headphones - Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LD5GO32/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_99CxBbC577BE4

theyre good, but personally I prefer earphones so don't use them that much.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Any Sony I ever had were always good

 

[Alan]

What exactly is you spending limit?

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I've just switched my broadband from Virgin to Sky which means my hub has to go on the bottom floor (we have 3 floors and the living room is on the 2nd floor) but with Virgin we could have the hub by the TV.

It's not a major problem but can anyone recommend a good (fairly cheap) gadget to give an extra boost to the signal for the rest of the house?

 

[darlowolf64]

I've just switched my broadband from Virgin to Sky which means my hub has to go on the bottom floor (we have 3 floors and the living room is on the 2nd floor) but with Virgin we could have the hub by the TV.

It's not a major problem but can anyone recommend a good (fairly cheap) gadget to give an extra boost to the signal for the rest of the house?

I used a Belkin range extender when I had Sky... Not overly expensive and does the job

 

[AndyWolves]

I've just switched my broadband from Virgin to Sky which means my hub has to go on the bottom floor (we have 3 floors and the living room is on the 2nd floor) but with Virgin we could have the hub by the TV.

It's not a major problem but can anyone recommend a good (fairly cheap) gadget to give an extra boost to the signal for the rest of the house?

I swear by the ones that plug into the mains, really neat and tidy and you can put the wireless plug wherever there is a plug socket

 

[machin05]

I swear by the ones that plug into the mains, really neat and tidy and you can put the wireless plug wherever there is a plug socket

This. Powerlink, they're called.

One plugs into the mains by your router and connects to it via an ethernet cable (provided). Other one (with the WiFi extender built-in) plugs into any other mains socket in your house, so wherever you need a strong signal. You can then pair it to your WiFi and it will pull the settings from your router and you're done.

 

[darlowolf64]

This. Powerlink, they're called.

One plugs into the mains by your router and connects to it via an ethernet cable (provided). Other one (with the WiFi extender built-in) plugs into any other mains socket in your house, so wherever you need a strong signal. You can then pair it to your WiFi and it will pull the settings from your router and you're done.

The Belkin one is the same...Plugs into the mains

 

[machin05]

The Belkin one is the same...Plugs into the mains

Didn't realise they did one too. Good stuff.

 

[Johnny75]

Can recommend the powerlink. I use them at work and don't see any drop in signal from the end of the warehouse to the offices upstairs.

 

[The Bear]

I use Powerlink for wired connection on all my devices too.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Cheers guys. I'll take a look later.

 

[Boozad]

Just make sure all three floors are on the same ring main or they won't work.

 

[Tredman]

Powrlines were always crap for me, i ended up running a cat6 cable out from the router through the wall and up and back in upstairs. Can get a full kit on eBay with crimps and everything for £20. Then use a second WiFi router upstairs for extended signal (you can set it up as a slave to the main with same name etc).

 

[Boozad]

I think this is the problem I have. The master socket is in an upstairs bedroom and I wanted an Ethernet over mains link to the TV downstairs but I can't get it to work. I can only assume they're on different circuits. Any idea how to check this? Is it as simple as seeing which fuses turn off which sockets in the fuse box?

Basically yeah, sounds like you've got more than one ring main in which case they won't work. They should be labelled up as 'Sockets' or 'Ring Main' (they may be numbered 1 & 2 or whatever), flick each one off one by one and see what turn off, you'll know which floor is on which ring main then.

 

[Boozad]

No worries mate.

 

[wanderer89]

I'm currently using some TP-Link homeplugs but the signal is dire, downloads are so slow. Router is downstairs and PC is upstairs. Not sure I'd get permission from the landlord to drill through the ceiling to run a LAN cable so looks like I'll have to get a 20m cable and run it through the house.