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What is this thing that Virgin Media sent me, and what do I do with it?

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  • M4RKM
    M4RKM Posts: 5,132 Forumite
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    wearside wrote: »
    What the flux is a Flux capacitor?:confused:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_capacitor#Flux_capacitor
    :D
  • DCFC79
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    Its a transducer transponder for the doctors tardis, hes been looking for 1 for ages
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    DCFC79 wrote: »
    Its a transducer transponder for the doctors tardis, hes been looking for 1 for ages
    No!!!! Have you not seen Back to The Future? :eek:
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Wish it was a flux capacitor! No tiny holes like a microphone and yes it's got a phono jack. Haven't had time yet today to phone VM, will do so shortly and update you all. Glad that it wasn't just me being silly anyway!

    hs
    ...nothing to see here...
  • Nilrem
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    I think it's something that plugs into one of the older boxes (IIRC some of them had a connection for an external IR receiver of some kind).
  • DCFC79
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    Wish it was a flux capacitor! No tiny holes like a microphone and yes it's got a phono jack. Haven't had time yet today to phone VM, will do so shortly and update you all. Glad that it wasn't just me being silly anyway!

    hs

    i honestly dont know what it could be
  • Thanks everybody. Well I've just spoken to a nice VM bloke called Mike who seemed a bit baffled as to why they'd sent me an infrared dongle for the Virgin freeview box that I don't own (apparently it means you can hide the box) instead of a wireless router. Router now hopefully on its way. Will update the thread if anything else peculiar arrives instead.

    If anybody could use it, PM me a UK address and it's yours.

    Thanks for your interest,

    hs
    ...nothing to see here...
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,649 Forumite
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    Thanks everybody. Well I've just spoken to a nice VM bloke called Mike who seemed a bit baffled as to why they'd sent me an infrared dongle for the Virgin freeview box that I don't own (apparently it means you can hide the box) instead of a wireless router. Router now hopefully on its way. Will update the thread if anything else peculiar arrives instead.

    If anybody could use it, PM me a UK address and it's yours.

    Thanks for your interest,

    hs

    yes looking at it now it does look like an infra red dongle
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