DETAILS details details!

[wossname]

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...oductId=112893

Why can't people be more specific when describing products???

Is this item a Radio or Infra-red wireless device?

If its infra-red then it's absolutely no use to me because of my furniture layout, if its radio then party on. The customer-service telephone droid is incapable of autonomous thought and says he doesn't know. He would have to open one of the packages from the warehouse to find out. I can't be arsed traipsing down to argos to go and have a look on the off-chance that it's radio.

I class this droid and persons like him in the User category (Userus intellectus minimus, Mac users also included) and they are in my opinion, not worthy to draw oxygen out of my atmosphere. Customer service is a misnomer.





Does anyone have one of these gadgets and is it line-of-sight (IR) or radio?

I'm losing faith in human nature.

[BodwadUK]

Well its wireless of course

[wossname]

*moves Bodwad into aforementioned category*

No you......canine, there are 2 kinds of wireless, radio OR infra-red, neither of which use wires hence the term wireless!

[sarcasm=85%]
Since my mahogany coffee table does not permit even the wondrous infra-red spectrum to pass freely through it, I figured that would be a wise feature to avoid in any purchase of a wireless device suited to the living room.[/sarcasm]

[si_the_geek]

lol.. do yourself a favour and avoid shops like that if you have specific questions.


try looking on sites that specialise in this sort of thing (the only one I can think of & see from work is www.SpecialReserve.co.uk , and they dont seem to have one)

[si_the_geek]

Amazon.co.uk have at least one RF version

[Electroman]

Yea I googled it and they seem to all be Radio . For Example:
http://store.knbelectronics.com/g8090.html
http://products.consumerguide.com/cp...x.cfm/id/25342
http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ss_...ontroller.html - I don't even see any IR ones on this listing my kelkoo .

Thing is it doesn't even tell you the make so you can't specificly look for it. My guess would be its radio though, A console controller working on Infa-red would not be very good even without coffee table .

[si_the_geek]

true, especially if you play games like some people I've known - waving the controller around the same way they move the sticks!

[BodwadUK]

Sit on the table then it wont be in the way. Or move it

Put the IR reciever on the table.

Burn the table and charge argos for the damage.


Your rich just buy it and flog it to mendhak if it doesnt work, he is stupid enough to buy it if you call it a cotton tissue

[wossname]

Originally posted by BodwadUK
Sit on the table then it wont be in the way. Or move it

Put the IR reciever on the table.

Burn the table and charge argos for the damage.


Your rich just buy it and flog it to mendhak if it doesnt work, he is stupid enough to buy it if you call it a cotton tissue

Move it? Hadn't thought of that, but even so it weighs more than me (if you can believe that!) But I am rich though, I can afford to go to Argos

My buddy has an old IR one from a few years back only the range is about 3 feet and the receiver has a 2 metre lead on it!
Stretches the "wireless" definition somewhat!

Anyway I have just purchased said wireless gizmo and it is indeed radio (2.4GHz) but it is bound to break within a month judging by its build quality! Even so it'll save me £££ in broken pint glasses (knocked off the now-infamous coffee table by an overzealous gaming spasm).

[BodwadUK]

Everything breaks after two months these days. I am beggining to sound old.


But it has got really bad in the past few years

[JPicasso]

Just buy a longer cord!

[wossname]

The cord was the problem, my dog kept yanking it out of the front of the machine during the beat the clock level at the end of Halo.

That's one of the many reasons that dogs are rubbish.

[BodwadUK]

Say hi to him for me oh and tell him

woof woof grrrrrrrrrr woof wruff grrr whine


and mind you backside especially when you havent got any underpants on!!!

[vbNeo]

Originally posted by wossname
*moves Bodwad into aforementioned category*

No you......canine, there are 2 kinds of wireless, radio OR infra-red, neither of which use wires hence the term wireless!

ehm, what about BlueTooth ?

[BodwadUK]

Bluetooth is a protocol in radio waves

[wossname]

Oh by the way ButtWadUK, my dog is female. Maybe you want I should hook you up eh? Reasonable prices, all needs catered for senor. She's pretty dirty, needs a good bath if you ask me. That costs extra though.

*Goes into business as a dog pimp*

[BodwadUK]

What type of bed has she got? Is it a plastic, bean bag or fabric?

[JPicasso]

Originally posted by wossname
The cord was the problem, my dog kept yanking it out of the front of the machine during the beat the clock level at the end of Halo.

That's one of the many reasons that dogs are rubbish.

yeah, I had a cat once, who would claw my leg to hell every time I hit him with a turtle shell in mario cart.
I finally had to just tell the cat that if they weren't going to play nice, he wouldn't be allowed to play at all.

You'll just have to do the same with your dog.
Even if you beat his high score.

[wossname]

Originally posted by BodwadUK
What type of bed has she got? Is it a plastic, bean bag or fabric?

She sleeps anywhere (bit of a slut) mostly on the leather sofa and in her wicker dog basket which has some old smelly towels in it and a fresh downy blanket. Plus anything else she can drag into it from outside (leaves, frisbees, tennis balls, frogs!).

Here's a tip, she'll do ANYTHING for an applecore. Although she always spits the pips out on the floor (typical female).

[BodwadUK]

What sort of dog is it then?

Wicker rubs a bit and you jab your eye out if your not carefull