Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-02-04 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi folks, Just a quick update. While bell has sent the wrong equipment twice now..still waiting for my landlord 's third request, he is allowing me to borrow the unit for a hard work related deadline. Everything connected perfectly, to my set, i have the box along with a DVD player and a

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-23 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi Scott, Your guess about the Apple TV box is incorrect. Bell does not insure any of their boxes, satellite or cable, can work with adaptive technology, or access available items like descriptive video, One does not require a specific technology for audio description so to speak, just the

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-23 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 14:55, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Nothing, but you suggested I would not need 4k..bell accessibility > disagrees with you, even if it does not work. No, I said you wouldn't need a box capable of outputting 4k video resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels), like the VIP5662 is, since

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-23 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Nothing, but you suggested I would not need 4k..bell accessibility disagrees with you, even if it does not work. Likewise in your first post you hinted that bell should insure, as a subscriber, that the service could be used. That is also untrue in reality. Kare On Tue, 23 Jan 2024,

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-23 Thread David Ing daviding.isss--- via talk
Karen, I'm sorry that I can't provide you with the equipment.  I can provide you with information, because I have this hardware in my house. In the livingroom, I have a VIP2262 HD PVR that works with the Bell slimline remote.  Beside that is the

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 05:17:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > hi all, > Layered times, leaving me reading more than commenting. > My landlord wishes to provide, but cannot seem to successfully secure from > bell, the box below. > > it's a basic bell cable box vip2502 >

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-23 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 22:07, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Bell accessibility requires you use the apple TV 4k I'm sorry but I'm confused. What does that have to do with the VIP2502 box that you're looking for? -- Scott --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
And Scott? Bell accessibility requires you use the apple TV 4k..that it is not accessible for many populations living with disabilities is unimportant, they just give it to you for free. Kare --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 21:17, Karen Lewellen wrote: > What bell's site states, and what can be provided, specifically from an > access ability standpoint, are more than two different things The VIP2262 has all the same connections as the VIP2502, including component and composite video and

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Can we please focus on my specific question? Which is if anyone has the box for which I provided the direct link? What bell's site states, and what can be provided, specifically from an access ability standpoint, are more than two different things...and I really need to get back fully to

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
oh, this box has suitable connectors for all my television audio and video equipment. Meaning I would not draw audio from this box so to speak. Indeed voip type phone services are an issue, but as other things connect to this box, that is safe for me, it ought to be fine. On Mon, 22

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 18:57, Karen Lewellen wrote: > bell has provided the wrong equipment twice now. According to Bell's web site, the receiver that is currently used for Fibe TV is the VIP2262 (presumably with the optional wireless interface). They also use the VIP5662 for 4K resolution TV

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
As shared, My landlord does subscribe, has requested the correct equipment twice, but bell has provided the wrong equipment twice now. Its why I am trying to help him..he has never even seen an Ethernet cable. On Mon, 22 Jan 2024, Scott Allen via talk wrote: If you subscribe to Bell's Fibe

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 18:25, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > I thought digital telephone signals were a big problem for you so I > wondered if digital TV would be a similar problem. If she were to go with "Over the Air" TV, that would be all digital, too (up to the point it's converted to

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
I thought digital telephone signals were a big problem for you so I wondered if digital TV would be a similar problem. | From: Karen Lewellen via talk | | Not sure I follow while digital would be a problem for me question though? --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Scott Allen via talk
If you subscribe to Bell's Fibe TV service, they should provide, or tell you how to obtain, the equipment necessary to use the service. -- Scott --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
em for you? | From: Karen Lewellen via talk | To: talk@gtalug.org | Cc: Karen Lewellen | Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:17:04 -0500 (EST) | Subject: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item? | | hi all, | Layered times, leaving me reading more than commenting. | My landlord wishes to provide, but c

Re: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
en | Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:17:04 -0500 (EST) | Subject: [GTALUG] anyone have this bell item? | | hi all, | Layered times, leaving me reading more than commenting. | My landlord wishes to provide, but cannot seem to successfully secure from | bell, the box below. | | it's a basic bell cable b

[GTALUG] anyone have this bell item?

2024-01-22 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
hi all, Layered times, leaving me reading more than commenting. My landlord wishes to provide, but cannot seem to successfully secure from bell, the box below. it's a basic bell cable box vip2502 https://www.bellmts.ca/support/tv/fibe-tv/installation-and-setup/arris-vip2502-reference-guide