Let me start by stating quite clearly that I don't know the first thing about electrikery, however on the subject of TVs on board, I found by expeiment that my 15" LCD TV produced an excellent picture but no sound when plugged into the boat's 12V (give or take a vole or two) circuit. However when connected to its transformer (as supplied with the mains plug) and the mains plug connected to the inverter (ex Maplins ~£30) both sound and picture are excellent. The purists amongst you will no doubt be sucking their teeth at the inefficiency of the system. But it works, so that'll do for me. Getting way, way, way off topic, I have a small telephone problem at home that someone may have thoughts (or similar experience/solution) to offer: I recently moved house and am having probs. with my broadband connection. I can only get a stable link (DSL light on modem not flashing intermittently) when I connect into the 'test' socket on the BT master socket. Even if I connect to the external socket (on the bottom detachable half of the BT box) it won't work. The internal system to the other 'phone outlets around the house (there are three of them) are connected (hard wired) to the connectors on the back of the master socket's detachable panel and all work OK with telephone handsets. I haven't connected more than two handsets so I am not exceeding the magic 4 REMs (whatever they may be). I disconnected the wiring to the house circuit from the back of the detachable half of the master socket and obtained a not very stable broadband connection. I have checked continuity on all the wires around the house and all seem OK. Finally the previous owners of the house used dial-up internet access from the last socket on the 'daisy-chain' with no problems. Just to confuse the issue, I am quite a long way from the exchange as well if this is relevent......... ............................... Has anyone any suggestions, or do I re-wire the the whole system. The Master socket is upstairs in a bedroom (the telephone wire comes into the house from a pole and the master socket is as close as it could be to the point the line enters the house, this is not a suitable position to locate my PC, and I can only use the 'phone attached to the splitter for the PC connection when the latter is in use. Arthur Naylor nb NowaresidentofClayworthontheChesterfieldCanal
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