I have to work in several rooms so the infared wouldn't work. I tried the recoton 900 mhz headphones, but they had an effective range of about 20 ft when seperated by walls. I've been looking for some way to jack up transmitter's power a little. I don't remember much about radio, but I figure amplifying a signal should be a pretty simple radio-sHack. Also, I've heard the term "repeater" being used by the hammers. I can only assume that it is a system of picking up and amplifying signals from time to time, but again I have no idea how to do this. Another possible solution would be a walkie talkie, but I don't know of any that transmit stereo. Yes, I know, most people reading this are thinking that I'm too picky about the stereo, but I like my mp3s. Mark Willis wrote: > If it'd work, I'd suggest something like the 900 MHz telephones > (Uniden, Tropez, etc. make these.) Though you may not get 2000 feet > through multiple buildings, you'd get that in clear air, roughly - I get > a decent clear dial tone at a surprising distance with mine (through an > apartment building, I could sit in the car & dial out easily.) You can > "fake" on-hook etc. fairly easily, connect it to you computer instead of > to the phone line, etc. There are headset versions (I think Fred Meyers > just had a sale for about the same $99 cost of the handset versions.) > > Stereo, on the other hand, just isn't built in there. Hmmm... There > may be something else in those high-frequency bands (or spread-spectrum, > perhaps?) that I just haven't seen. I'm not really current on that. > I'll tell you if I see anything. > > Is the area you're working in such that you could use Infrared > bouncing off the ceiling, perhaps? > > Mark Willis >> > Bill Nordstrom wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to this list. I would like to take a limited venture into > > wearable computing in that I am looking for a good way to create a > > wireless audio link to my work computer. I hope to experiment with > > developing a speech based PDA. Mostly I want to have my computer notify > > > > me of new email and local messages, appointment reminders, play selected > > > > mp3 lists, and respond to simple voice commands. > > > > I experimented with an ultra cheap, recoton wireless headphone system, > > but it broke up when seperated by 20 feet and a couple walls. I'm > > looking for a reliable, clear range of about 2000 ft and stereo > > transmission.Does anyone have suggestions on the best way to set this > > up? > > > > Thanks > > -- > > Bill Nordstrom > > University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center > > 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. > > Dallas, TX 75235-9039 > > W:214-648-9227 > > Fax: 214-648-8694 > > email
> > Cooltalk: 129.112.20.190 -- Bill Nordstrom University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75235-9039 W:214-648-9227 Fax: 214-648-8694 email
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