Introduction: Poor Mans Slingbox
Easy way to listen to your sports team when overseas
Step 1: Set TV / Radio to Correct Station
You might adjust the volume to normal.
Step 2: Connect Headphone Out on Radio/tv to Microphone in on PC.
You can sometimes nick this cable from the one that connects the two external PC speakers
Step 3: Make Skype Auto Answer
You will find this setting in Tools/Options/Advanced
Step 4: Skype Yourself From Another Skype Name
When you Skype the home PC the auto answer will enable you to listen to whatever you left you TV/Radio tuned to.
Step 5: Remote Control From Long Distance
Shout down the mic from the distant PC and get someone near the home PC to change the channel.
Step 6: It Works
I am listening to BBC Open commentary in the PRC. HA HA HA to you and your Great Firewall.
8 Comments
13 years ago on Introduction
hey man plz upload pics
14 years ago on Step 3
Then what and you go into advanced?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
Tools/options/calls/show advanced "automaticallyanswer incoming calls". Your version of skype maybe different.
13 years ago on Step 5
This is the funniest step, you'll only be shouting at yourself because the SPEAKERS ARE HOOKED UP TO THE MIC :-p
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
No it works, you are at a pc at a distance talking via skpe to the pc next to the TV/radio. The speakers on the pc near the Tv /radio still work.
14 years ago on Introduction
Pictures please?
15 years ago on Introduction
Nice.
16 years ago
That's clever. This is a good way to listen to my Yankee games in PA :)