And that I am, he's given me excellent advice and service up until this
point so let me explain.
I bought a Rotel T14 Dab/FM/Internet Internet streamer back in February
this year, its a wonderful high quality piece of gear and I have no
problem with the equipment except for one annoyance, the T14 doesn't
have a LAN port so all connectivity to your network is done by Wi-Fi
though this in itself is absolutely nothing to complain about.
The T14's Wi-Fi connectivity is rock solid on either 2.4 or 5.0GHZ with
an array of 3 antennas on the back.
So one has to wonder why the designers of the T14 left out a LAN port?
W-Fi connectivity is fine as it goes (in particular very good Wi-Fi
connectivity)( but its a damn pain in the bum having those 3 antennas
standing proud on the back of your T14 when you're wanting to house the
device in a cabinet or shelf.
So I turned to the manual of the Rotel T14 to see if any other
connectivity solution was offered and I discovered that yes, their was
another way and that was using an adapter that plugs into the USB port
on the back of the T14.
Now apparently this USB port is labeled "Service", whatever that is
supposed to mean.
The manual then tells the user to "Consult Your Rotel Dealer" and that's
exactly what I did.
The dealer didn't have any idea what I was talking about but at least he
did contact the distributor of Rotel equipment out here asking for a
further explanation of this mysterious USB to Ethernet Port adapter.
The dealer got back to me telling me that he hoped to have stock of the
adapter within a week and the cost of the adapter could be anywhere from
$50 to $100, possibly that much? Well if it meant I could connect the
Rotel T14 to a fixed LAN port then I'd be happy.
Well all this was some time ago and I've not heard a dicky bird on the
subject from my friendly Rotel dealer so I decided to take matters into
my own hands and I'm not sure whether this will work but its worth a try.
I spotted some USB 3 to Ethernet port adapters on eBay at $15 each so I
bought four of those given the usefulness of the adapters themselves for
other applications in my home.
I'm awaiting the arrival of these adapters and then comes the business
of testing one with the Rotel T14 to see whether it will work, i'm
hoping it will and I won't need some sort of proprietary adapter from Rotel.
I'll let the list know how I get on.
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