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<blockquote data-quote="VidarParry" data-source="post: 496135" data-attributes="member: 47030">Hi all,A new twist to the same thread.With some help from Naich on another thread, I have my main TV Server/MP Client PC running happily on its own (MP1.0.2 on XP SP3). I’ve configured an MP Client (MP1.0.2 on XP SP3) on an Asus EEE Box B206 with an HDMI connection to a 23” BENQ G2412HD Monitor. LAN connection is over an 802n network with a connection speed of about 130MB.The MP Client runs fine with both SD and (surprisingly!) HD TV and videos. I have three main issues now:1. The display running anything under MP is 'grainy'. It's OK in native windows mode. 2. I'm interested in how people with the same configuration reliably wakeup the TV server when the remote client starts, and allows the TV server to go into standby when the remote client turns off (assuming there's nothing else happening on the server such as recording or local MP client active). I'm trying to get the NAS software working, but it only works first time it's turned off and on.3. My BENQ G2412HD Monitor doesn't shut down when the B206 is put into standby. I've set all the options in MP, but as far as I can tell from other posts, HDMI doesn't support this function. I think the monitor itself eventually shuts down after 20 or 30 mins, but that's not much help to me (I'm the one who gets kicked out of bed to turn the monitor off!!).4. The reverse seems to occur as well - if the monitor is turned off, turning on the B206 doesn't wake up the monitor.Hopefully I'm not cluttering or hijacking this thread (Moderators - feel free to reorganise!!).Cheers...Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VidarParry, post: 496135, member: 47030"] Hi all, A new twist to the same thread. With some help from Naich on another thread, I have my main TV Server/MP Client PC running happily on its own (MP1.0.2 on XP SP3). I’ve configured an MP Client (MP1.0.2 on XP SP3) on an Asus EEE Box B206 with an HDMI connection to a 23” BENQ G2412HD Monitor. LAN connection is over an 802n network with a connection speed of about 130MB. The MP Client runs fine with both SD and (surprisingly!) HD TV and videos. I have three main issues now: 1. The display running anything under MP is 'grainy'. It's OK in native windows mode. 2. I'm interested in how people with the same configuration reliably wakeup the TV server when the remote client starts, and allows the TV server to go into standby when the remote client turns off (assuming there's nothing else happening on the server such as recording or local MP client active). I'm trying to get the NAS software working, but it only works first time it's turned off and on. 3. My BENQ G2412HD Monitor doesn't shut down when the B206 is put into standby. I've set all the options in MP, but as far as I can tell from other posts, HDMI doesn't support this function. I think the monitor itself eventually shuts down after 20 or 30 mins, but that's not much help to me (I'm the one who gets kicked out of bed to turn the monitor off!!). 4. The reverse seems to occur as well - if the monitor is turned off, turning on the B206 doesn't wake up the monitor. Hopefully I'm not cluttering or hijacking this thread (Moderators - feel free to reorganise!!). Cheers ...Steve [/QUOTE]

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