Digital Envisions

The allure of home theatre is powerful and the final result potential bliss. How hard is it able to be in these leading edge technology days to save the trouble, the time, the money and just bolt it all together yourself. After all , the iPhone age has made connecting all things electronic a breeze. I thought the selling spiel and decided not to talk to my local electrician to lend a professional hand. It commenced off pleasantly. Enviably large flat screen TV? Check. Forceful speakers and receiver that would have the neighbours moaning till early hours? Check. Enough cabling to wire up a tiny power station? Check.

With all my new kit in hand, all that was left to do was truly put it all together. OK, I admit that I am no tech guru, genius or pro electrician, but I am rather good when it comes to absorbing and following instructions. Equipped with a heap of instruction manuals and a fresh brew I got to work.

To make a long story down in size, I failed totally. What took place between beginning on this mission and ultimately giving up is a touch of a blur, but here goes.

The first issue was all that language! Somewhere between routing, anamorphic and network, I developed a little bit of a brain freeze. Not to mention the confirmed fact that I could’ve played Scrabble with all the undecipherable acronyms like ADSL, THX and DHCP. Phew!

When I wrapped my head around a couple of these foreign terms (yes I admit that I had to employ the search and Google more than a couple of times), it was onto making all the different parts come together in one single working, congenial system. Well, my dreams of home theatre system glory were in tatters once again when I realized how horrid the varied components can be when you cannot get to first base even with the tech lingo. It’s as if the factory purposefully made it very confused, I think only for their own perverse entertainment. In short the television is off doing its own thing, while the CD and disc player is going in the opposite direction, and in the meantime the satellite receiver is nowhere to be found. Each wants to be in charge of the different functions, but the more that you try and shed light on your options, the further you spin into a deep, dark hole of a system overload.

As I sat there trapped by loose wires, random elements and 1 or 2 remote controls, I realised that installing a home run theatre system isn't really a DIY kind of job. I only wish That I had come to that conclusion earlier. Irrespective of how much I tell myself I am in a position to do things on my own, this is one case where I had to confess failure and called on the provider to get me someone to help me out of this deep technical hole I had dug myself into. Help was then mercifully at hand. After hours of trying, a handful of not-so-nice words, and one or two cups of coffee I came to one straightforward conclusion: Some things truly are better left to the professionals.

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