It's a cap. Dummy.

-
I just got my first optical cable and I spent some time trying to connect my new TV to the receiver. After spending some time jamming the cables in, I was disappointed to hear mostly silence (with some static) when I tried to listen on the speakers. Thankfully, with the power of the internet, I was able to do some quick research and after watching a video, saw how one guy casually mentioned to remove the caps before use.

Those.. penis shaped heads? I thought that's how they were designed! How awkward!

*removes caps*

The signal came through loud and strong after that. Perhaps too strong. I noticed some distortion so I tried pressing the "Loudness" button on the receiver. That was a big mistake. The signal spiked from one bar to 8 and off the charts. In less than a second I could hear loud pops coming from the speakers and I quickly shut it down. After that.. nothing. The receiver stopped working. I thought I had blown a capacitor or something.

Fortunately, it was just overheating. Boy was it hot, I removed the DVD that was on top of it and will have them swap places from now on.

Still, TL;DR: remove the caps before use.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Staples out! (Again!)

-
I got my staples removed today. No more appointments until the followup next month. As such, once these bandages come off, I'm pretty much done, but will need to take it easy for the next month and a half so as not to damage myself. It should not be too hard, as long as I do not get wet, run, jump, lift, dance, get buried, stomped, etc. Other than that, I do feel better than I did last time. I need to stay active to continue improving. Mobility leads to mobility! Or was that motility? Either is good actually. I also started working today. Well, technically I started doing some work yesterday to catch up, but it does feel good to be productive..
Read more

Running out of drugs.

-
I am looking forward to having a full night's sleep. The pain medication regimen requires me to stagger my two medications such that they don't end up wearing off at the same time. As such, the most time I have in between notifications is four hours and possibly down to one. Even so, it takes a while to fall back asleep after being woken up by the alarm so I have been basically taking 2-3 hour naps throughout the day since Monday. It is allowing me to get some rest, but I am started to get pretty exhausted. One of my pills is running out so I will be getting 6 hour naps tomorrow, and hopefully I can wean myself off of everything this weekend and get back to a regular sleep (and eating) schedule. Then I can really start recovering my strength..
Read more

There was this outbreak..

-
So I have a low grade fever. I have been taking acetaminophen since I got home to deal with the pain so there was a good chance that I have had an actual fever for a few days now. I have noticed huge temperature swings with me feeling cold for an hour, then hot for an hour, etc. This while I was still popping pills. I did have a normal temperature when I got my dressings replaced a couple of days ago so maybe this is a relatively new phenomenon, but I was pretty sure I started feeling temperature swings before then. The chance that I picked something up from the hospital is actually kind of high. When I was coming to and the nurses were wheeling me into my recovery room, I overheard one of them saying that I could not go to that particular bed because the unit was on outbreak. I ended up getting my own room to recover which was nice, and helped with my rest. However, due to my nausea issues, I could not keep my mask on for long periods of time and I did spend a good chunk of time un...
Read more