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Originally Posted by mzemina But since I am in USA, I doubt they will ship and can't even find a way to order it since the entire site (did find the english manual Schmidti pointed out) is in German. |
Why not drop Atric an email, I found them very helpful:
info@atric.de. They got back to me very quickly with postage rates and order details (in English!).
Payment was by direct transfer to their bank account - no PayPal or credit card facilities available. However delivery was very quick and the package is very small (approx A5 size bubble wrap envelope).
I opted for the fully assembled board for EUR 19.50. Note that there are 3 different versions - the only difference though is the serial cable supplied (2 internal header types and one external serial port type). All other necessary wires were supplied.
Although I purchased the external serial port version, in the end I did not connect the serial port at all as I have an MCE remote - although pin 5 has to be connected to ground, which I just connected directly to the metal case. However, if you use WinLIRC or similar, it works as a remote receiver too.
BTW I don't speak German either - Google Translate is your friend! You may have to supply the particular frame URL for it to work properly.
Hope this helps, let me know how you get on. It's been working perfectly now for nearly a week. Great when you arrive home from work, slump into the couch and then realise you forgot to switch the HTPC on!!
Deco.