Gotta love tech

[thewayne]

My A/V system is sorta blowed up. I'm not sure if the satellite receiver/DVR is toast, or what, and I'm not confident that I'll have everything working in time for Dr. Who/Class on Saturday. Theoretically it'll be available to download on-demand after it airs, but no guarantees.

Not a happy camper. I'm getting very confusing symptoms: DVR isn't working right, DVD/Bluray player isn't working right, Apple TV is giving video but doesn't seem to be giving audio, stereo receiver which is providing HDMI switching between everything is playing audio via Bluetooth from my phone just fine. Everything seemed perfect Tuesday night, though I can't recall when I last watched a DVD, it's probably been a month or so.

So I'm not sure WTF is going on, aside from something appears massively borked. On top of that, I'm pushing a class deadline to complete making a video and have to go out and get three cavities taken care of this afternoon, so I don't really have time to muck with this.

*sigh* Such fun. On top of that, I'm having a power problem with my laptop. Either multiple power supplies going bad, or the MagSafe adapter on my MacBook Pro needs to be replaced.

In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, if it's not one thing, it's another.

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[thewayne]

Technically it's not easy for a power surge to damage my system. The internet connection is fiber to the house, all of the equipment is on UPS, but it is satellite so there is copper coming inside from the outdoors. It is possible that it's my receiver, tomorrow I need to do port swapping to see if I can directly connect devices to my TV to ascertain anything. I can also possibly hook up my old DVD player to my TV or receiver as it is not HDMI, that might give me more info. But it is all kind of space-restricted, which is more than a bit of a PITB.

I'm not sure what to hope for! As it happens, I have a spare in-the-box satellite receiver/DVR that they shipped me when I had a problem while simultaneously sending a repair person, so I can theoretically replace it myself tomorrow. But that's only if I can get reliable video and audio in to my receiver or TV to know that the TV or receiver is working properly.

Not much fun.