Yup, it's been a bz past few days...week even!
For a start, a mini "tsunami" swept through Lot 10 during end of last week. A Thursday (291009) it was. Thank God it's of much lower intensity & lasted only a day...a good sign that the situation was improving for inmates of Lot 10. A few minor "casualties" were eventually cleared...for good! Me slept well...thanks for help by one APO! A miraculous creation of the medical world w/o which me would have spent a long sleepless night.
Since the mini "tsunami" subsided with ease, last Sat's COD was normal & happy times slowly crept back into inmates of Lot 10. As usual, lunch & dinner were out. Cine Nite was "Where Got Ghosts?" by Jack Neo. Good true-to-living ppl kind of movie. 3 stories in 1.
That was followed the next day (Sun 011109), a day of "brainstorming". Project? How to improve the video quality of the new "toilet". Yup, that of our latest LCD TV.
The video feed, as it was originally, was via a co-axial RF feed from the Astro satellite module. However, on the LCD TV, the imperfections of the display were pretty obvious. The only alternative available appeared to be an upgrade to an AV feed ie via separate video & audio cables (AV).
Various cables that me had were found to be of insufficient length. The best option was to remove an existing network cable feed & use it as an AV cable. A Cat6 UTP network cable. Long enough. In fact it was found to be too long...after installation...haha!
Pics above illustrate how the cable was fed from within our room to the external face of Lot 10 and back into the lounge area of our ground floor. Yup, it's the blue cable.Then the question of how to make another AV connection. As it was, there were already 2 such links. Wouldn't a third link affect the signal strength?
Final solution? Me bought an AV splitter cum booster unit by Maspro...with 4 outputs. Here it is...
Works fine. Cost? RM90. Me had to think positively. Long term investment. Easy connections. No hassle setup.
**NB. Entry is incomplete. Will update ASAP. Me gotta go...sincere apologies.
Update @9:43pm :
It is deeply regretted that this entry has to remain as is, for now, at this point in time. Sad news...my bro-in-law passed away this afternoon @ abt 3pm...very peacefully...in Penang. Me just back short while ago.
Wake is for 3 days with the funeral on Weds. May you Rest in Peace, Ah Ko....
ps. My entry in this Blog will be resumed soon after that...
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