[access-uk] Re: The Netjem IPlayer
- From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:58:51 -0000
Hi Andy:
the netgem doesn't have a dial up keypad the dial-up and other network
settings, like all the units settings are done through the on-screen
menu system which unfortunately isn't speech enabled so requires sighted
assistance. I assume it's configurable but by default the netgem simply
automaticly accesses the internet when ever you perform a task which
requires it for example if you have a phone line connected between the
netgem and a wallpoint and you type 900 in to the remote control to
access channel 900 then you will hear the box perform a dial-up connect
much like listening to a pc perform a dial-up conection. if you aren't
connected to the phone line you'll simply hear the modem click, a short
pause then click off again as it finds no connection.
I haven't researched the dial-up settings and costs in any detail as
like others I simply connect the box every few months to check for
software updates but my guess is that it is an 0845 number so the money
will be going to your telephone service provider. if you do have access
to a free dial-up number with your broadband service provider, many
provide a no or low cost dial up connection for the rare occasion on
which asdl connections go down, then i expect you can set up the netgem
to use this number instead.
Adrian Higginbotham
Accessibility and inclusion adviser
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Internal extension #2287
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ
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From: Andy Collins [mailto:Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 January 2006 12:12
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Netjem IPlayer
Adrian - this is very helpful, and as you say, was missing from the info
I was receiving.
Does this mean that the IPlayer has a phone keypad to dial up the Netjem
ISP? How would I be billed for the penny a minute charges; Netjem won't
want BT getting the dosh :]
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Adrian Higginbotham
<mailto:adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:55 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Netjem IPlayer
Andy - what I think hasn't been made clear is that while you can
use your own internet service to connect the i-player to the web
providing you have the necessary sockets and cables you don't have to do
this. it comes with default dial-up settings pre configured so you can
download software upgreades and access channel 900 for todays audio
described program listing at a cost of one penny per minute. actually
unplugging the telephone cable when you have finished is a good idea as
particularly when accessing channel 900 it isn't clear how to disconnect
from the netgem isp.
Adrian Higginbotham
Accessibility and inclusion adviser
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Internal extension #2287
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ
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From: Andy Collins [mailto:Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 January 2006 18:25
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Netjem IPlayer
Andrew - how would I do this then, given that my 'router'
doesn't have any additional USB ports?
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Hodgson <mailto:andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 5:27 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Netjem IPlayer
Hi,
This is not possible - you need to download the items
directly onto the IPlayer.
Andrew.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins
Sent: 08 January 2006 17:12
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Netjem IPlayer
Andrew - You wrote that you just connect it to the phone
socket to do the upgrades - I don't have any wireless connectivity here,
would it be possible to download whatever I need for the IPlayer on to
my PC from the internet, then upload it to the IPlayer?
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Hodgson
<mailto:andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 4:15 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Netjem IPlayer
Hi,
You would need to have a phone extension. The
Iplayer does not have an Ethernet socket - just a phone socket and a USB
socket for connecting it to a wireless card or other accessories. If
you had a router you could do it wirelessly if you had a wireless router
and USB card in the Iplayer, I don't use this however as I just connect
it to a phone socket every few months to do the upgrades on it etc.
Andrew.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins
Sent: 08 January 2006 15:33
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] The Netjem IPlayer
Hi all -
I understand that the IPlayer is blind friendly,
and can receive the Audiodescription service, and has an Ethernet
connection for upgrades, and programme guides etc.
Unfortunately, I don't have a phone socket in
the same room as my TV, and My PC is also in another room!
I don't think my PC has an Ethernet socket, but
not sure, as I don't know what these sockets look like, and although I'm
on ADSL, my router doesn't seem to be a router in the conventional
sense, it only has one USB connection for the PC, and no other
inputs/outputs.
Does anybody know how I might go about
occasionally connecting the IPlayer to the internet given my
circumstances?
Regards
Andy
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