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Allgemeines [ General ] / How can I use a Fujitsu Siemens Activy 300?

« on: August 16, 2005, 17:51:25 »

MLD is the name of this distribution (MiniLinuxDistribution).

NOW I understand!
Thank you for clarifying this.

- I my head the short name for this distribution was MDVBL (or perhaps MDL could be understood too) (MiniDVBLinux) - that is the reason why I'm didn't understand completely - sorry!  :rolleyes:  

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Allgemeines [ General ] / How can I use a Fujitsu Siemens Activy 300?

« on: August 15, 2005, 17:26:23 »

the Hauppauge 150 with the Activy 300 will work in the Activy (I think so)

- Sounds great!

but not with the MLD. The reason is, that I have not bild the analogtv-Addon vor the MLD, and also no other MLD developer.

- This is the part that I (sadly still) don't understand.
The reason is probably that i don't know what MLD means.. What is MLD?

Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Christian - Denmark

 

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Allgemeines [ General ] / How can I use a Fujitsu Siemens Activy 300?

« on: August 14, 2005, 23:39:30 »

No, not all Problems with the Actity 300 are solve. E.g. at the moment the powerbutton at the remote control dont work (I hope this answer is correkt).

At the moment you can only use digital TV carts for the MLD.

Thanks you for the answer!

Ok, the powerbutton seems like a minor/small problem. Do you remeber any more/other details that is not solved (but still gives problems with WinXP)?
- Important things like the hardware mpeg decoder, scart-tvout and so on works fine, I pressume?

I'm afraid I don't understand this line: :unsure:
"At the moment you can only use digital TV carts for the MLD. "
- Does it mean, that I cannot buy and use e.g. a Hauppauge 150 with the Activy 300?

Mit Freundlice grüsssen
Christian,
Dänemark

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Allgemeines [ General ] / How can I use a Fujitsu Siemens Activy 300?

« on: August 13, 2005, 19:10:32 »

Anyone? Please? Bitte?  

Perhabs I just have to have a bit more patience. But I really hope, that some of you could help me out.

Thanks a lot in advance! (Vielen Dank im Vorhande )

Sincerely,
Christian from Denmark

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Allgemeines [ General ] / How can I use a Fujitsu Siemens Activy 300?

« on: August 13, 2005, 12:15:44 »

Hi!
I am thinking about buying a cheap  Activy 300 - but have a lot of doubts about what the machine can do - and what it can't be used for. (It comes with this standard/default hardware: Celeren 800 Mhz, 256 MB RAM, DVD-drive, Intel 810 chipset, 40 GB HD, 2 remote controls and 1 wireless keyboard.)

I am happy to see that this website exist! - but sadly I do not use my german enough - so I cannot understand much of it. I therefore hope that you could be helpfull in english - thanks a lot! (Perhaps some of the answers can be be edited and used for an english FAQ? (I will gladly do that. )

This is my questions:
(There are a lot, but even if you can only answer a few I will be very thankful! )

1) I am told that it is a quiet ?, small and nice looking PC. I have read that the machine is originally supposed to be some type of TV-device - but I guess it is only for digital broadcast of some sort (e.g. digital satelite) - and not "as it is" usable with a normal antenna / cable-tv signal? (I do not have digital TV/satelite).

2) Is it correct that the "build-in" software (Win98-based) is unusable/ rather bad?  

3) I would probably like to install Win XP Media Center edition (MCE):
- Is the deafult/standard hardware even strong/powerfull enough to RUN WinXP / WinXP MCE?? Also the newest version (WinMCE 2005)?
- If not: What do I need to upgrade? (Is 256 MB extra RAM enough?)
- Can I still use the scart-cable to  connect the Activity 300 to my TV (easily)?
- If not: Can I then connect the machine to the TV in some other way (in other words: is there an alternative tv-out built-in, e.g. S-video/SVHS?)
- Which functions should I expect to be unusable under WinXP MCE (in other words: what hardware does not work under Win XP?) :computertod (I've read in this forum, that the remote control with keyboard DO work. )
- Even if some speciel hardware might not work with WinXP MCE: Is the hardware powerfull/strong enough to be used as a media center PC? (In other words: Will it be able to play DVDs, Xvid/DivX and so on even without special hardware support?)

4) I want to be able to record normal TV (from my normal antenna cable) on the PC! :applaus
- Can I insert a tv-card (PVR) like Hauppauge PVR150 into the machine and record tv-programmes?
- Will recording work with Win XP MCE on the Activity 300? With the build-in sotware? MiniDVBLinux? Or os some else needed?

5) Does the Linux-distribuation presented here (MiniDVBLinux) solve "all" problems with the Actity 300? (Also as asked above: And make it possible to record from normal antenna signal / cable?) Or is some other solution worth considering when I want to use it as a media center PC with recording - e.g. something called "mythTV"?

6) Any warnings, tips or other helpfull advice in creating the "perfect" Media Center PC recording device for the living room with an Activity 300 is very welcome!    :unsure: