Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter WMA11B - Digital multimedia receiver

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Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter WMA11B - Digital multimedia receiver

Manufacturer: Linksys
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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ASIN: B0009M0RN4

Product Description

The Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter lets you bring the digital music and pictures stored on your computer to your Home Entertainment Center, without running cables through the house. Using a wireless connection, the Media Adapter displays your digital photographs on the TV for the whole family to enjoy. And your digital music collection is finally freed from those little computer speakers and can play in full glory through your stereo system. The Wireless-B Media Adapter sits by your home stereo and television and connects to them using standard consumer electronics cables. Then it connects to your home network by Wireless-B (802.11b) wireless networking, or if you prefer, it can be connected via standard 10/100 Ethernet cabling. Using the included remote control and the user-friendly menus on your TV, you can browse through the digital pictures on your computer by folder, filename, or thumbnail. You can view pictures one at a time, or watch an automatically created slideshow of all the pictures in a given folder. The Media Adapter supports four popular picture formats: JPG, GIF, TIF and BMP. Use the remote control's Zoom button to get a close-up of the details in your pictures. You can also use the remote to browse your MP3 or WMA formatted music collection by title, artist, genre, folder, or playlist. Choose the music you want, and let the Wireless-B Media Adapter play it through your stereo system. You can even let music play in the background while you browse your pictures. Let the Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter bring your digital media out into the living room for the whole family to enjoy.

Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter WMA11B - Digital multimedia receiver

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Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter WMA11B - Digital multimedia receiver

ProductGroup: CE
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Linksys WMA11B Wireless Digital Media Adapter

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Little wonder
Would be a five star if Linksys hadn't abandoned it
Good while it lasted
Does not work with Windows XP Media Center Edition
good performance, bad user software

Linksys WMA11B Wireless Digital Media Adapter

Manufacturer: Linksys
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Connects your Home Entertainment Center to a Wireless-B (802.11b) network
Supports MP3 and WMA digital music files
Browse your digital pictures on your television (JPG, GIF, TIF, and BMP)
Select songs and pictures from on-screen menus with the easy-to-use remote control
Includes Media Adapter, remote, RCA and S-video cables

ASIN: B00009PUM0

Product Description

Linksys WMA11B Wireless-B Media Adapter - Technology advances have allowed us to store countless pictures & audio files on our computer. But getting that off of the computer to share with others can be difficult. Thankfully Linksys has created a the perfect solution with it's Wireless Media Adapter. With it you can enjoy your pictures & music right on your television & home stereo - without wires! The Media Adapter sits near your A/V equipment and connects to your TV & stereo via normal audio & video inputs. Then with 802.11b wireless technology & a convenient on-screen menu, you can browse & play your files from your computer while relaxing in your living room! Plays MP3 or WMA music by title, artist, genre, folder, or playlist Play music in the background while viewing photos

Amazon.com Product Description

The Linksys Wireless-B media adapter lets you bring the digital pictures and music stored on your computer to your home entertainment center, without running cables through the house. Using a wireless connection, the media adapter displays your digital photographs on the TV for the whole family to enjoy. And your digital music collection is finally freed from those little computer speakers and can play in full glory through your stereo system.

The Wireless-B media adapter sits by your home stereo and television and connects to them using standard consumer electronics cables. Then it connects to your home network by Wireless-B (802.11b) wireless networking or, if you prefer, it can be connected via standard 10/100 Ethernet cabling. Using the included remote c ontrol and the user-friendly menus on your TV, you can browse through the digital pictures on your computer by folder, filename, or thumbnail. You can view pictures one at a time, or watch an automatically created slideshow of all the pictures in a given folder. The media adapter supports five popular picture formats: JPG, GIF, TIF, and BMP. Use the remote control's Zoom button to get a close-up of the details in your pictures. You can also use the remote to browse your MP3- or WMA-formatted music collection by title, artist, genre, folder, or playlist. Choose the music you want, and let the Wireless-B media adapter play it through your stereo system. You can even let music play in the background while you browse your pictures.

Power and Simplicity

Connects your home entertainment center to a Wireless-B (802.11b) network
Listen to your MP3 and WMA digital music collection through your stereo syst em
Browse your digital pictures on your television (JPG, GIF, TIF, and BMP)
Select songs and pictures from on-screen menus with the easy-to-use remote c ontrol
Supports popular audio formats (MP3 and WMA), image formats (JPG, GIF, TIF, a nd BMP), and playlist formats (M3U and ASX)
S-video output for best video quality
RCA connectors for left and right stereo audio output and composite video ou tput
Easy TV setup and convenient Setup Wizard for configuration
User-friendly utility runs on your PC to manage music and picture folders
Wireless security with up to 128-bit WEP encryption
Compatibility with 802.11b (2.4 GHz) standard
Up to 11 Mbps, high-speed wireless data transfer rate
RJ-45, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet connection

See a comparison diagram of the different wireless technologies.

Wireless networks are rapidly becoming more popular and coming down in price. Since they don't require cables, you can use the devices anywhere in an office or home, even out on the patio. There's no need to roll out an Ethernet network cable to each room of a house; you can network anywhere--without wires. Outside the home, wireless networking is available in hotspots at coffee shops, businesses, airports--great when you're on the road and need to get some work done. For convenience, wireless networking is the answer.

Which Wireless Standard Is Right for Me?
Now that you've decided to create a wireless network, the next step is to figure out which wireless standard to use.

Basically, a standard is a set of specifications for a device. All devices that follow a specific standard share operating characteristics, such as the radio frequency used and maximum data transfer speed.

For wireless networking, there are three standards to choose from at this time:

802.11b

802.11a

802.11g

To learn about the differences between the standards and select the right one for your network, click here for an easy-to-understand chart.

Customer Reviews:

Little wonder.......2006-12-15

Having done interent radio for several years I have, as you might imagine, quite the collection of music on my drives. In fact, 99% of the music I listen to is off of those drives. I have very little in the way of CDs anymore which poses a problem: My computer is upstairs and my home theater system is downstairs. How do I get the two of them together without running a long cord down the stairs or through the walls?

Answer: this little baby.

Now, for perfection of service I would have only given this thing 4 stars but the price is more than right which bumps it up for me. You won't get high-fi perfection out of this thing if your MP3s/WMAs arent high quality. This thing won't improve your files but the difference between a quality home theater/stereo system and your dinky computer sound system is phenomenal.

Installation was pretty much a breeze. Don't know why some folks had problems. All you need is a bit of knowlege about your system/router setup and the rest is a cake walk. Configure via direct connection on your system, unplug it and take it to the stereo, plug it into your inputs, give it a second to connect and go. Easy as pie.

If I'm not mistaken, when you're in play mode this thing reads a second or two ahead. When I let it run on it's own I had no drop-outs or stuttering at all even while watching photos and large graphics at the same time. Don't know why some folks complain of this. It was only when I had it go to a specific song while another was already playing did it stutter slightly. By doing this I wasn't giving it time to read ahead and it had to start streaming 'cold'. Not that big of a deal for me anyway - I'm not one to sit in front of the stereo and micro-manage my selections all the time. Sound quality was very good and coupled with my home theater system the sound is dynamic and responsive.

Over-all I'm very happy with my purchase and even happier with the fact that I didn't go with the more expensive systems. For my needs this unit is perfect.

One word of caution: You -=WILL=- need a Linksys wireless router if you want to use this thing in wireless mode. It doesn't come with one. You can connect directly via ethernet port but as far as I'm concerned that defeats the purpose of this unit. You could use the s-video out on your graphics card and run a cable from your sound card if that's all you really want. The price along with the fact that I already had the wireless router were the deciding factors for me.

Final judgement: Good piece of kit for the price.

LJ

Would be a five star if Linksys hadn't abandoned it.......2006-07-27

(first - a note to SP2 users: there is a patch on the Linksys site that allows you to use it with SP2 and it works fine - look for it in the support pages)

I've had this product for over a year and I love the spartan, pragmatic, cheap approach. It is very simple and straightforward: plays music from your Wi-Fi network on your TV. That's it. Nothing more.

The biggest problem is that this product was clearly abandoned by Linksys and there was never any firmware or PC software update. And many of the design flaws could have been solved easily with a little bit of software development. I am talking about the fact that it does not play music from network files or the fact that the client software cannot be installed in more than one PC or the complicated setup, things like this, not major design decisions. I am OK with the major limitations.

Plus, Linksys does a HORRIBLE JOB in communicating with customers. The SP2 patch is hidden in the support pages, the size limit for the pictures is 1.7 Mb but you won't find this information anywhere on the linksys website.

And not only is the product orphan but there is no direct successor. I would definitely buy a wireless G version, with video/DIVX support. Instead you have to cough up 200 bucks for the D-Link equivalent or for some oher product with speakers (that I don't need) or a LCD remote control.

Good while it lasted.......2006-06-06

Short and sweet review... incidently, just like the life of my WMA11B media adapter. It worked fine for about 3 months, then steadily begin failing to respond to the remote. Changed the batteries repeatedly, to no avail. Now it won't even turn on with the power button. Time to RMA.

While it worked, it worked fine. If you go in with the expectation that this will only play songs through your home stereo, you won't be disappointed. If you're expecting any type of bell or whistle, this product isn't for you.

Does not work with Windows XP Media Center Edition.......2006-03-28

I was told by their online support it is my tough luck that the packaging doesnt say it won't work with Windows XP Media Center because it was printed before the release of Media Center. I asked for a refund and they refused.

good performance, bad user software.......2006-01-05

I've had this device a couple of months now, it works just as expected. The software is very very limited. The menu is too simple and no visualizations during playback. The quality of sound is Ok.
I really would like to have at least the same menus in the PC to control the device from my PC, not only to add folders but to control it. I have the unit just for music and don't want to have it conected to my TV just to program the music for my party...

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Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter WMA11B - Digital multimedia receiver

Manufacturer: Linksys
ProductGroup: CE

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Product Description

The Kinetronics Digital Screen Protectors (DSP), an easy-to-use, self-adhering vinyl protector for LCD screens. DSP are optically clear, cut glare and protect the LCD screen from accidental scratching. Six different widths of DSP are in each package to accommodate all major brands of digital cameras with 1", 1.5", 1.6", 1.8", 2" and 2.5" LCD screens. In addition, they will also fit many types of camcorders; camera telephones and hand held GPS units. DSP are made from a naturally adhering vinyl, so there is no residue or contamination from fingerprints during installation. Unique trim lines on the backing make application easy, sizing accurate, and cutting simple. Cleaning wipes are included to clean the LCD screen before installation.

Customer Reviews:

It Sticks and Protects But !!!.......2004-05-28

I will keep it simple and direct. This product is easy to install
and sticks well without adhesive. The problem with this product as
with similar products, is that where the protector, which is clear, comes in contact with the LCD you lose clarity. No matter how you clean the LCD the result is the same. I have a Canon Powershot S50 that I'm trying to protect without that film appearing at the contact point. I don't know if I'm allowed to suggest another product but I have ordered a product that has a small frame around the protector so that the protector doesn't touch the LCD screen. (...)

Average customer rating:

Good but not Perfect

A very good KVM switch

* BUY IT

It worked for me

Works great but not with wireless KB and mouse

Iogear GCS84B MiniView SE 4-Port Desktop KVM Switch

Manufacturer: IOGEAR
ProductGroup: CE
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Customer Reviews:

Good but not Perfect.......2007-02-06

Everyone's raving about this KVM, and compared to a lot of the cheap, home-use KVMs out there, the IOGear BCS84B is definitely very nice. It's a solid piece of equipment, switching from one machine to another is very fast and simple, and the 4 cables are nice indeed.

However, I do have a few issues with this device. First of all, placing the keyboard and mouse inputs on the front of the device was an idiosyncratic decision to say the least. Computer users long ago learned to route all cables under and around things. For me, this front mounting of keyboard and mouse connections means I've got cables coming out from behind my desk and hanging along the side in an ugly and annoying way.

The larger issue I'm having, however, is getting the KVM to work with the new Dell Desktop I bought. The new desktop does not have PS/2 connections, but this is no problem because I've got some adapters that work just fine, so long as I plug the keyboard and mouse directly into the desktop. However, if I do run the keyboard and mouse into the KVM and then run the KVM cable through the adapters and then into the Dell, Windows doesn't recognize the devices!

This is a major limitation as many new desktop computers no longer have PS/2 connections.

A very good KVM switch.......2007-01-04

This is the first KVM that I have used and it has performed flawlessly.

* BUY IT.......2006-11-05

Tired of being lied to about operating systems that can "multitask"? Get this and get some serious work done. Put up to four computer boxes next to your current KeyVidMouse setup. Put this 4-port KVM switch + a 4-port router and a hi-speed Internet connection and you are cookin'! It's so simple and effective it almost brings tears to my eyes.

You could take a few of these babies and a load of computers and make a nice server farm, all before breakfast!

Seriously, I love this thing, it only costs $100, and it doesn't need it's own power, it looks good, blah blah blah.

It worked for me.......2006-10-31

I usually only read reviews but never write any myself, but this time, I thought it would be necessary to let people know what my experience was with this product since there seems to be a lot of problems that people experience regardless of what brand or model of KVM switch they pick. Well for me, this nice looking, surprisingly compact KVM switcher worked just fine. I only have two CPUs connected to it right now, but I was worried before I bought this thing that I might have some trouble getting it to work because I need it to work with one standard PC and one server. Well it works just fine and I have it hooked up to one standard PC running Windows XP and it is also running fine with my server which is running Windows Storage Server 2003. Relief.

Works great but not with wireless KB and mouse.......2006-08-18

No problems with corded KB and mouse attached. Tried using wireless and it initially works but then freezes requiring the whole thing to be reset. I like that the unit comes with cables. Switching between computers is as simple as tapping the Ctrl key twice. It's great.

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Monster Cable CBC3 (Competition Battery Clamp Negative Clamp

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Monster Performance Car 400 Series Battery Terminal with PowerQuip Connection and Digital Voltage Power Meter CBC4 Positive Terminal w/ LED Voltage (MPC P400 LVCBC4+)

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Monster Performance Car 400 Series Battery Terminal with PowerQuip Connection and Digital Voltage Power Meter CBC4 Positive Terminal w/ LED Voltage (MPC P400 LVCBC4+)

Manufacturer: Monster Cable
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Patented PowerQuip connection for 360 of surface area contact for maximum power transfer.
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Manufacturer: Monster Cable
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Monster Performance Car 400 Series Battery Terminal with PowerQuip Connection and Digital Voltage Power Meter CBC3 Negative Terminal (MPC P400 CBC3-)

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Monster Performance Car 400 Series Battery Terminal with PowerQuip Connection and Digital Voltage Power Meter CBC3 Negative Terminal (MPC P400 CBC3-)

Manufacturer: Monster Cable
ProductGroup: CE
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Patented PowerQuip connection for 360 of surface area contact for maximum power transfer.
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