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slatermethuen
28-06-2009, 16:46
Play.com (http://www.thedvdforums.com/affiliatelink.php?localaffiliateid=340&url=http://www.play.com/Product.aspx?r=PCSH&title=5180776&PRODUCT_TITLE=One-For-All-SV1740-USB-Wireless-Digital-Audio-Sender).

£39 @ Amazon.

* Send PC audio like MP3 wirelessly to your audio system
* Digital transmission with FEC error correction ensures high sound quality
* Minimal disturbance by using 2.4GHz signal & 8 selectable channels
* Easy Installation
* USB 2.0
* MP3/WMA/WAV and others
* Plug & play

Looks like a poor man's squeezebox. I'll be using it together with the iPhone remote control app for iTunes.
splobber
28-06-2009, 18:12
I was toying with the notion of getting a squeezebox, so for the price I will give this a whirl. If it is cack I will just offload it.
Flyte
28-06-2009, 18:25
Ive been looking at this since seeing it last nite and have been really tempted, been looking for some way to play loads of albums off my PC and NAS drive, but I cant see if this can still work from a NAS only (the squeezebox site says that can).

But, for £20 cant go too far wrong!
no_parlez
28-06-2009, 18:30
Gone for one as well

for anyone else considering you can find a copy of the manual here, not that it gives a great deal of info

http://www.oneforall-int.com/download/manual/Manual_LR_SV1740_17T.pdf
thrakkie
28-06-2009, 18:58
Cheers Op. I'll give it a bash for the price.:thumbs:
w_n_s
28-06-2009, 21:17
so what can this do that an FM audio sender can't do?
slatermethuen
28-06-2009, 21:40
so what can this do that an FM audio sender can't do?

Better sound quality, I'd hope.
Fatbloke
29-06-2009, 05:30
Gone for one. Was thinking only yesterday how I could listen to upstairs PC downstairs! Hope it doesn't clash with my WiFi/Existing digisender...
Dishy
29-06-2009, 08:31
Gone for one as well - tried to persuade the wife yesterday that we needed a Sonus multi-room system, she said no so I'll try this instead for now!
Chivalry
29-06-2009, 08:39
Cheers :) had a pop at this!
sideshowbob
29-06-2009, 09:00
The important thing to note is that it's just a dumb sender / receiver. You have to select and play the source material on the laptop / PC ... so if you want to change whatever you're listening to, you'd have to go to the the laptop / PC (wherever it is) and do it. It's nothing like a squeezebox or any of those streaming boxes.
slatermethuen
29-06-2009, 09:35
I have a PC server permanently switched on so I'll be running iTunes together with the remote control application for the iPhone. This should allow me to control most things. if necessary, I can always remote desktop to the PC via the iPhone.
mbuckhurst
29-06-2009, 10:36
I have a PC server permanently switched on so I'll be running iTunes together with the remote control application for the iPhone. This should allow me to control most things. if necessary, I can always remote desktop to the PC via the iPhone.

That is, until you discover that these 2.4GHz video/audio senders mess up wifi which generally use the same frequency, so there's a good chance you'll have a poor or non-existent wifi network.

mike
Dishy
02-07-2009, 09:42
Got mine this morning and so will give a try tonight. The reciever is surprisingly small and you can change the channel using a button on the USB transmitter. Should pug in nicely into my new Easyinternet cafe USB hub I got recently via the bargain forums - damn the forums for making me buy stuff!
Fatbloke
02-07-2009, 11:18
Do both or just the receiver need mains power?
callwing
02-07-2009, 11:18
ours has arrived and we've found no interference with our wireless network at all using the default setting. Up and running in a couple of minutes - my husband's thrilled to bits with it (he's a technophobe and was chuffed that it was so easy).
callwing
02-07-2009, 11:21
Do both or just the receiver need mains power?

just the box bit that connects to your audio system. The other bit is just like a usb memory stick (a little larger maybe) plugged into your PC's usb port and needs no mains power other than what it gets via usb.
Fatbloke
02-07-2009, 11:41
Ta! apparently mine's arrived at home too! :clap:
splodger
02-07-2009, 17:23
Anyone able to comment on the sound quality?

Currently using a (long!) phono lead to connect the lappy to my amp - not exactly sonic heaven...
sideshowbob
02-07-2009, 17:41
Surely a direct cable will better wireless for quality??
splodger
02-07-2009, 17:47
It's a 10m cable, and tbh the laptop's audio output is a little noisy, with a little residual background hum. The onboard soundcard isn't exactly audiophile level... Not really terrible, just enough to be unsatisfying.

I think the frequency response is a bit skank due to the length of cable, and just wondered if the direct digital conversion at the receiver end was any better.
splobber
02-07-2009, 18:13
I received mine yesterday and have just set it up and the AQ is surprisingly good. No impact on my wireless network, MP3's are crystal clear and internet radio sounds good too.
Fatbloke
02-07-2009, 21:53
Some of the channels certainly hit my WiFi. iPhone signal dropped from three to one. Luckily, those channels also had bad sound too. Once I got a solid sound, the wifi was unaffected.
As Splobber says, sound is pretty good.
Fatbloke
02-07-2009, 22:09
Actually, only bad thing about it is that with Vista (at least) you cant have this device AND the main sound device playing at the same time.
I normally output sound through the optical SPDIF. I have to disable that device to get the sound out through the sender (which appears as a USB SPDIF device) :(
Dishy
03-07-2009, 00:22
Mine worked straight of the the box with no faffing about. Sound quality is good as well.
KingEglon
03-07-2009, 06:40
Mineworked fine staight from thebox and no interferance with my wi-fi
Fatbloke
03-07-2009, 08:15
Anyone found a way of getting two outputs playing at the same time on Vista?
no_parlez
04-07-2009, 06:51
Mine worked straight of the the box with no faffing about. Sound quality is good as well.

Same here, was very surprised how easy it was
mixmanx
08-07-2009, 09:56
Mine was delivered this morning, also very impressed with how simple it is. Just plugged it in and it worked. Sounds fine too.
planetbass
29-07-2009, 11:45
Actually, only bad thing about it is that with Vista (at least) you cant have this device AND the main sound device playing at the same time.
:(

Hiya 'fatbloke'. I got my SV1740 today. Sound is not as good/warm as my LineX USB FM transmitter but it hasn't got the annoying whine that unit has.

If you use Winamp and install the multiple outputs plugin, you can have sound going to the wireless audio and to your laptop (in my case) speakers.
You can get the plugin here: http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/147344

Have fun!
Fatbloke
29-07-2009, 15:17
Ah, shame - I'm not a winamp user :|

Anyone know of a standalone app that can do this?
driver8
07-08-2009, 08:42
Play.com (http://www.thedvdforums.com/affiliatelink.php?localaffiliateid=340&url=http://www.play.com/Product.aspx?r=PCSH&title=5180776&PRODUCT_TITLE=One-For-All-SV1740-USB-Wireless-Digital-Audio-Sender). £39 @ Amazon.
* Send PC audio like MP3 wirelessly to your audio system
* Digital transmission with FEC error correction ensures high sound quality
* Minimal disturbance by using 2.4GHz signal & 8 selectable channels
* Easy Installation
* USB 2.0
* MP3/WMA/WAV and others
* Plug & play
Looks like a poor man's squeezebox. I'll be using it together with the iPhone remote control app for iTunes.I see this is still available. So how is everyone getting on with theirs ?

Is the wireless stable, or does it drop out ? Interference with wifi ? Do you kep needing to change channels ?
How's the sound quality - as good as FM radio, but not as good a an audio-out lead ? Does it 'lock on' to the frequency OK ?
Any easy way on XP to output only the music feed and not the system sounds ? (This is easy on vista, iirc).