Reminds me of a friend who worked as a TV engineer in the 90s - very capable man as an electronics engineer - he dines out on the stories of home repair visits, whilst admitting 90% of them required him to simply turn the TV on at the wall as the befuddled user had forgotten to check in their panic!
:) Great it's all sorted, Gillian. I always always try the least expense and most simple fix.... last, or too late! AP On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 2:40:13 PM UTC+1, Gillian Snoxall wrote: > > You’re right, Stephen. I was even to the point of finding out what a new > Magic Mouse would cost! > > Gilly > > > On 25 Apr 2020, at 12:54, 'Stephen Watson' via Sussex Mac User Group < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > One time, after having no problems, I plugged the headphones into my iPod > touch and heard absolutely nothing. I assumed the worst, then, either a > search online or a query on here suggested checking for fluff in the jack > socket. After rummaging with a cocktail stick (I think) I found a large > lump of fluff and ... headphones were working perfectly again. > > We had to reset our new router/wireless the other day after which I tried > to use our Airport Express in the lounge to play music via Airplay through > the stereo. Silence. I thought “Oh dear, resetting the router has totally > confused it. I’m going to have to reset the AE, connect it with Ethernet to > the router, then set it up all over again”. Grim. Then, just when I was > about to take it upstairs to do all that I noticed that the audio cable, > which should run from the hifi to the AE, was actually plugged into the > back of the monitor in the lounge! I reconnected and it all worked fine! > What a plonker... > > It’s so easy to overlook the simple things and assume the worst (and more > expensive). > > Stephen > > You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/b7bea2dd-319f-405c-9ad3-da23bad74a74%40googlegroups.com.
