The 0161 number has not been activated yet. However the new 0845 number of 0845 0800300 has 60 lines available and seems to be working perfectly and is never engaged.:up::up::up:
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I expect that might achieve the desired goal except that £59.99 seems rather pricey. No doubt part of that price would have to pay towards the cost of your commission earning referral link to the Maplin website.
Capable Networks (TCF's owners) skim referals now.I expect that might achieve the desired goal except that £59.99 seems rather pricey. No doubt part of that price would have to pay towards the cost of your commission earning referral link to the Maplin website.
I merely used Maplin as a source of UK compatible electronics as I am in the US. Of course you are free to source similar devices from other retailers.
Capable added code to divert all external links through some system that makes them money, rendering any referral link placed by a TCF member impotent (many members in the US section have been up in arms about this).
The links that I provided to Maplin are simply ones that were created by myself by going to http://maplin.co.uk & searching for the products themselves, no money to be made by myself, all my searching is free of charge for the benefit of TCF members.
As you said in your last paragraph that the technical expertise of some owners might preclude them from the networking of their TiVo units, the solution that I presented might be of more value to them.
I expect that there are cheaper alternatives to Maplin in the UK (them having taken Tandy's position in that marketplace), which should knock at least £10 off of the total price of that package.
The links that I provided to Maplin are simply ones that were created by myself by going to http://maplin.co.uk & searching for the products themselves, no money to be made by myself, all my searching is free of charge for the benefit of TCF members.
As you said in your last paragraph that the technical expertise of some owners might preclude them from the networking of their TiVo units, the solution that I presented might be of more value to them.
I expect that there are cheaper alternatives to Maplin in the UK (them having taken Tandy's position in that marketplace), which should knock at least £10 off of the total price of that package.
Maplin is now but a mere shadow of what it originally was. It used to be the best electronic components supplier for the hobbyist.
I first dealt with them in 1978 and when they first introduced customer numbers mine was less than 12000. A few years later I also had a trade account with them and my customer number was greater than 3 million.
I designed and marketed a product and all of the components initially came from Maplin and every year I got my free copy of the catalogue.
Then they started to turn into Tandy and became less and less capable of supplying components. A couple of years later I didnt get my free catalogue so I rang up to ask why..... "you didnt spend enough last year"
I pointed out that the primary reason for this was that they had turned into a toy shop for "big boys toys" and that I couldnt spend any money with them because they had discontinued almost all of the components that I used to buy from them.
I think in the last 10 years I have probably spent less in Maplin than I used to spent on a monthly basis
Getting back on topic...
Actually it is extremely easy to make something like that.....
you need....
1 telephone extension lead
1 12v relay
1 12v wall wart power supply
1 Plug in timer.
Here is the recipe.....
1. Cut the extension lead in half and wire to the relay contacts
2. Wire the 12v power supply to the coil of the relay
3. set the desired times on the plug in timer
4. plug timer into mains
5. plug PSU into timer
6 connect tivo via modified extension lead
The tivo would then only be connected to the phone line whenever the relay was operated.
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