Gadget-y Follow Up

I received a couple of e-mails about my inability to turn on the television. And I have learned how to turn on the satellite, usually. It is just that sometimes I hit something wrong and disable the entire set up until GLH comes home. While fixing it he grumbles and says, "What did you do this time?"

Lest you think I am a total techno-idiot, I thought it important to show you exactly what it is involved.

Here is our Media Center:



Components include:

• Large Screen TV
• Home Media PC (with dvd player for European formats)
• Satellite Box
• Stereo Surround Sound (with 5 speakers placed around the living room)
• MacBook (with dvd player for US formats)

Note: the home media pc also communicates wirelessly with our two desktop PC's in order to access iTunes (music and videos), Electronic Photo Albums and Internet.

Here are the various instruments used to control the aforementioned components:

From left to right, the remote controls are:

• Television
• Master Remote (which cannot control everything because the manufacturers did not envision GLH's creation)
• Satellite Box
• Unknown (I have no idea what this remote control does. I imagine GLH knows.)
• Stereo Surround Sound
• MacBook (when watching US format dvd's)
• Wireless Keyboard for Home Media PC

I've asked GLH to type up step-by-step instructions (including graphics), but he just laughs at me and says "It's really not that hard!"

Would you be able to

turn on the television?

My head hurts now. I'm going to go lie down.