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My rather eventful, but also mostly good Friday and why: (a thread)
OK. So I mentioned the other day that I was getting a new TV for my bedroom & it was coming today between 7-10am. Getting this very thing set up is kinda what& #39;s taken up a good chunk of my day, LOL!
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OK. So I mentioned the other day that I was getting a new TV for my bedroom & it was coming today between 7-10am. Getting this very thing set up is kinda what& #39;s taken up a good chunk of my day, LOL!
It came today at around 8am & I was thankfully up and dressed by this point, even though I was still a bit tired from not having such a great day yesterday from having to deal with my mum yelling at me/feeling lonely. But the events of today more than made up for that. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">
My mum& #39;s boyfriend helped with getting the TV up to my bedroom, but me and my mum basically did the setting up, which consisted of plugging in my Blu-ray player & Nintendo Switch & connecting the TV to the Internet. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">
Much to my annoyance,my mum was putting the Wi-Fi passcode in way too slowly for my liking & intially the TV wouldn& #39;t connect to our Wi-Fi. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen"> Thankfully, upon me inputting it again (at a much quicker rate) it did work, but it was frustrating that it didn& #39;t connect first time. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😑" title="Ausdrucksloses Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Ausdrucksloses Gesicht">
Upon getting the TV set up, the next thing I did was turn on the subtitles (I always like to have them on when I watch the TV) & checked the TV for updates to see if had any needing to be installed. It didn& #39;t, so at this point, the software on it is fully up to date. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">
Aside from the minor gripe with connecting the TV to the Wi-Fi, setting it up went OK. But we soon ran into another problem, we couldn& #39;t get my Panasonic sound bar to work with the new TV. I don& #39;t know why, as we were able to plug it in, but upon doing so, there was no sound. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen">
I have no idea why this was the case, as this soundbar worked perfectly fine with my old TV. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen"> At first, I wondered if it was linked to the remote control with this soundbar having a flat battery, so I decided I& #39;d get a new battery for it upon going out with my carer today. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">
This soundbar also had Bluetooth, but we couldn& #39;t get that to work either, much to my annoyance. So we just left the sound output as coming from the TV speaker at this point, as I didn& #39;t exactly want a TV with no sound coming through upon turning it on. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">
I hadn& #39;t done anything I wanted to do with my TV as there were still some apps I wanted to install + I had to sign in for some of the ones I had accounts for in order to use them, but as I knew at this point that my carer would be coming soon, I decided to do this stuff later. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">
Some of you may have seen from my earlier tweets, but me and my mum did Popmaster at around the half 10 mark & then half an hour later, my carer turned up. She had a chat with my mum/me for a bit & then my mum ordered me to look for the instruction manual for my old TV. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">
The reason for this was because my mum had put my old TV on FB for any of her friends to take away & one of her friends happened to be interested in it & was coming to take it later. Thankfully finding it wasn& #39;t too hard to find, as it was in a folder with many other manuals. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">
After that, me and my carer tidied up my bedroom some more & then we went out for a bit. My initial plan had been to visit B&M (in order to get a replacement battery for my Panasonic soundbar) & also to have McDonald& #39;s for lunch,both of which are at a retail park not far from me.
Unfortunately, this plan didn& #39;t quite work out, as there& #39;s a lot of road works getting done around this area & they went right into the pavement too, much to me & my carers& #39; annoyance. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen"> As a result, there was no easy access to this retail park. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht">
Instead, we took a bus to the town centre & still did what we had planned originally, just elsewhere. We both enjoyed our lunch at McDonalds & I really needed it at this point, seeing as I hadn& #39;t really had anything to eat by this point (it was nearly 1pm!) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😱" title="Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen">
Once we were both fed and watered, we then went to Poundland to look for a replacement battery for this Panasonic soundbar that I couldn& #39;t get to work with my new TV. This was a pain in the neck, seeing as it takes an annoying button cell one, which is the sort of battery I hate.
Thankfully I& #39;d taken a photo of inside the instruction manual for this appliance so I knew what type of button cell battery it took, but I couldn& #39;t just buy the one type I wanted,you could only get a multipack with lots of different ones. One reason why I hate these batteries. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😑" title="Ausdrucksloses Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Ausdrucksloses Gesicht">
Of course, I did buy it as I knew these spares for other types may come in handy at somepoint. I wasn& #39;t really in the mood to go shopping anywhere else though, so we just walked it back home, which seemed like the wise thing to do upon getting a bus to the town centre. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">
For the last hour or so, me and my carer sat up in my bedroom & I then decided to use this time to install any apps onto my TV I hadn& #39;t yet done so yet, namely Apple Music & Disney Plus. I also had a look at the app store upon finally finding it,which I struggled to do initially.
Next, I had to do A LOT of signing in for various apps I knew I& #39;d use. Those being for Apple TV/Music, Disney Plus, ITV Hub, BBC iPlayer, YT & Prime Video to name some. Thankfully this was mostly quite easy, as I could use my phone to scan a code to do so for most of these apps.
Once I& #39;d done a good chunk of app setting up, we then had another brief chat with my mum for the last half hour (my carer usually leaves at 4pm on a Friday.) At the same time my carer left though, my mum was also going out, in order to get a new printer for the living room. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">
At this point I was glad to finally have some time to myself,which I used to message the person I was meant to see in Edinburgh tomorrow on FB. This took a while,due to having quite a bit to say & I& #39;d only just managed to finish it off before my mum was back with the new printer.
Like with my new TV, my mum& #39;s boyfriend also helped her set it up, so she wasn& #39;t too stressed this time, thank goodness. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht"> Unfortunately, upon replacing the battery for my Panasonic soundbar remote, I still couldn& #39;t get it to work with my new TV. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen">
I informed my mum this & upon doing so she said we& #39;d see about getting a Samsung soundbar that matches my TV (it& #39;s also Samsung) So we had a look at Argos & we found one that was £200, had a built in subwoofer & lots of 5 star reviews,which we decided to pick up tonight. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">
The stock was showing as limited on the website, but we found that we could pick it up at the Glasgow Fort branch (which was open until 10pm) - which is exactly what we did after having steak pie, chips and veg for dinner, LOL! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😃" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up">
Due to my mum still being fatigued from being stressed with the issues regarding her old printer she had yesterday, her boyfriend drove us both to Glasgow Fort - in order to pick up not only this soundbar, but also an HDMI cable in order to connect it to the TV at Argos. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">
The reason for buying an HDMI cable is because there wasn& #39;t one included in the box with this sound bar. But as it wasn& #39;t too expensive,that wasn& #39;t really much of an issue. And because we& #39;d ordered both things before arriving at Argos,we were only really there to pick them up. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😃" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund">
I think the journey there and back took around half an hour each way, but considering how little time we were waiting to pick up these items, that helped a lot. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht"> It was nice to get out too, even though it was basically pitch black outside by the time we were heading home again.
Upon getting back home, my mum& #39;s boyfriend helped set up my new Samsung soundbar & I& #39;m glad to say connecting this one was not only fairly easy, but it& #39;s also working with my new TV perfectly & sounds great. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😃" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up">
I have no idea why my old Panasonic soundbar didn& #39;t seem to work with my new TV,but oh well. At least I have a new one that& #39;s working fine now. I& #39;m also glad to say that the remote control for this new soundbar doesn& #39;t take button cell batteries either (instead it takes 2 AAA& #39;s.)
After having a fully set up new TV, I watched some YouTube videos on it & then also took some photos of my latest addition to my bedroom, which I& #39;ll share separately from this thread fairly soon. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😃" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up"> I& #39;ll be using it a good bit this weekend, that& #39;s for sure. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😃" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up">
So yeah. That& #39;s basically been my pretty busy, but also mostly good Friday for you. I know I& #39;ve said a lot here, but I basically wanted to cover almost everything that& #39;s happened in not exactly a nutshell, LOL! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😃" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen"> Oh & in case you& #39;re wondering,my new TV has a 43 inch screen. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Leicht lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht lächelndes Gesicht">
