Finally got off my
@$$ and troubleshooted why my 2nd set of amplified speakers were not working. Past couple of years in my home office/computer room, I have only had the front 5 speakers (4 satellite speakers and 1 subwoofer) out of my 10 speaker system, working. I have a bad back, so I have been procrastinating/avoiding this endeavor as long as possible, as I knew after completion, well let's just say, I was going to be hurting...
Turned out when I switched to my laptop for my main computer usage, I left the back set connected to the main desktop. While my desktop was specifically designed to handle multiple monitors, microphones, TVs, etc. hookups, my laptop is not as '
High-tech grade'. Luckily my place is like a small Radio Shack, (worked there off and on from ages 14-20 years, while doing odd jobs on the side & bought a crapload of their inventory many years later when they went out of business w/90% off sales)
A couple 1/8" male audio stereo splitters, two male 2 male 1/8 stereo cables, one male 1/8" stereo to female 1/8" cable,& one 1/8" stereo coupler and I had everything connect but when I put something with Audio on like Youtube, nothing.
So, looking at the Subwoofer where all the speakers plug in to, I did not see a power button, so good old Google led me to the manual. Darn thing has a tiny slide switch on the back of one of the 4 speaker systems.
Round 2
One speaker still wasn't working and a glance at the subwoofer showed me the culprit: it might have been helpful if it was plugged in. The 4 satellite speakers and subwoofer in the back greatly have enhanced the Music Audio, and Surround sound for an amazing movie experience. My neighbors are going to hate me for the dual subwoofer setup, and yes I know a person cannot tell the difference between left or right with the sub frequency, but you can tell the physical pressure from the sub pumping base wave and air at your body. Anyway, this way when one subwoofer speaker pushes my chair on rollers one direction, the other subwoofer will negate that, so I shall remain in place. Haha
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Put together a 2nd AeroGarden [Hydroponic garden] and those 7 pods today have germinated.
1st AeroGarden has 12 plants, some as tall as 5 inches high already , while this one only has 7 planted, 2 Basil and 5 different hot pepper plants. SALSA Incoming...that & Pesto
Added a 3rd LED light fixture for my open floor home layout, illuminating more of my kitchen, pantry, & living room by doing so. This was done by attaching an extension cable to my mop pole with duct tape and feeding the cable behind my metal multi-tier rack so that the cable would be out of the way and not visible. This extension cable plugs into a AC on/off receiver module. When I press one of my transmitters, 6 LED lights turn on throughout my living room and pantry area, also shedding light to my kitchen, bedroom, bathroom & stairwell.
You may notice the 3 small bulb lighting fixture on the ceiling. My entire home is equipped with LED lightbulbs and if I turned on every light and AeroGarden on at same time it is still 20 watts less an hour than running those 40 watt * 3, low light emitting bulbs. Cant find where to get a LED version
My 3 ceiling fans are also on remote control, and my computer and Echo dot setup allows me to control electronics like my computer, TV, and with a voice command I can play music or TV streaming movie in any room of my home just by speaking.
But with all this High Tech setups, I decided to add to my "Prep" this week Over the air Broadcasting stations to my living room TV. Opened up the Obama era free $40 digital TV converter box, plugged it in and nothing. Tried a couple of antennas and still no luck so I got my Digital TV amplifier out and after an hour of moving around my living room fiddling with the Gains, station position, and metal antennas, I got 13 TV stations out it.
Since I have so many AV hookups, I have a ABCD AV switch allowing 4 sources or 4 outputs. So used last vacant spot to put my surveillance camera feed to this setup, which the camera is at the front bay window displaying the whole courtyard.
Called up 2 tool companies for warranty claims on my tools, a cordless screwdriver & a heavy duty staple gun, both went through without a hitch, and both are being shipped for free.
