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Google Chromecast now available in Ireland via Amazon - see mod note post #1

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    #572
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Has anyone managed to set up a chromecast with an eircom efibre zyxel f1000 modem?
    My phone reads that the chromecast is there but can't connect to it via my wireless.


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    #573
    Fresh Pots
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭Fresh Pots


    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    Has anyone managed to set up a chromecast with an eircom efibre zyxel f1000 modem?
    My phone reads that the chromecast is there but can't connect to it via my wireless.

    Is your router broadcasting on a channel between 1-10? Chromecast can't see any above that.


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    #574
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    my chromecast sees channel 13 just fine...


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    #575
    Fresh Pots
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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    my chromecast sees channel 13 just fine...
    Must have fixed it in an update so but that was the case a while back.


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    #576
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Fresh Pots wrote: »
    Is your router broadcasting on a channel between 1-10? Chromecast can't see any above that.

    Thanks for replying. Yes my modem only has channels 1-10. I've tried all sorts of things at this stage so I'd be very grateful for any advice.


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    #577
    ThisRegard
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    You say your phone reads it's there, but how does it do it if not over WiFi?


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    #578
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    the chromecast broadcasts its own wifi when it can't connect to a wifi network, so you can set it up and stuff


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    #579
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Ah, get what's happening now, as you say it can connect directly but not via the network.

    Might be worth the lad trying a laptop or computer?

    I occasionally get a similar problem and a power cycle of both the chromecast and phone seems to resolve it, but my laptop always sees it no probs, even the one on a different BSSID which any of my android devices can't do.


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    #580
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    the chromecast broadcasts its own wifi when it can't connect to a wifi network, so you can set it up and stuff

    So do you mean I can set it up and use it even if it won't connect to my wifi network? Can I log on to it's own wifi via my phone or laptop and set it up to use apps that work with chromecast and bypass my own wifi altogether?


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    #581
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    no, it needs to go onto your wifi to go online

    it only broadcasts its own wifi because it needs to be told the password and stuff for your wifi


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    #582
    garbeth
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭garbeth


    Can you post the steps you are doing when trying to connect and where it fails.

    Not using your router butay be able to help if I know what your doing


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    #583
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Sure.

    I'm basically only getting as far as it not connecting.

    On the phone:
    I launch the app
    It reads that the chromecast is there,tells me it's found it, it displays a number on the screen of the tv and on the phone and asks me if both are they same, I click yes, then it says "connecting to chromecast",asks for a password for my wifi and comes back with the response that it "cannot connect to your wifi. Make sure you are close to the chromecast and not using a vpn".

    Neither of those points are an issue for me though.


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    #584
    garbeth
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭garbeth


    Your missing a step after launching the app and before trying to connect you need to do this

    On your phone hoot wifi settings and connect to the chromecast

    then go back to the app and try to connect


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    #585
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    The chromecast app will disconnect you from your home WiFi and connect to the chromecast to complete setup, before reconnecting to your WiFi automatically so there should be no need to do that manually. That step is happening for Whimsical because he's connected to it when he gives it his WiFi settings.

    Whimsical, you don't have your router locked down by Mac address or a limited amount of available IP addresses ?


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    #586
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    The chromecast app will disconnect you from your home WiFi and connect to the chromecast to complete setup, before reconnecting to your WiFi automatically so there should be no need to do that manually. That step is happening for Whimsical because he's connected to it when he gives it his WiFi settings.

    Whimsical, you don't have your router locked down by Mac address or a limited amount of available IP addresses ?

    I don't think so. I have "Mac restrict" disabled on the router.There are only two devices using the router to date so I doubt it'd be restricted to two, although with eircom there's no telling!
    If I could get the mac address of the chromecast maybe I could add it manually to the router but it seems it's impossible to get it until it has connected.


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    #587
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,433 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    Is it possible to watch youtube live streams on CC?

    It wasn't working for me last night when I was trying it.
    I had the vid playing from the Youtube app on my mobile then tried to cast to Chromecast. It played for around 30 seconds, all the time the buffering circle overlayed in the foreground. Then it would time out on the mobile and stop playing on the CC.

    I tried to cast it from Chrome then, rather than the Youtube app, to see if that would work. It appeared to be attempting to load the video, then just showed the Chrome logo on the screen, going nowhere.

    In a final attempt to see if it was just a CC issue, I tried to send it from the YT app on phone to the YT app on my LG smart blu-ray player. On this it just started to buffer against a black background, no video showed at all.

    In case it matters, it was ubisoft's live E3 event I was trying to watch!


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    #588
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    yt livestream casted from the android youtube app worked just fine for me there now
    played it for a couple of minutes


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    #589
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,433 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    yt livestream casted from the android youtube app worked just fine for me there now
    played it for a couple of minutes

    Cool, thanks for checking for me :)

    It was probably another issue at play then that stopped it working for me.

    I remember trying to watch a live stream a few months back and getting an error message that live content was not allowed. Thinking about that though, it might have been the PS3 that gave me that message.


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    #590
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    e3 streams never work for anybody on any device :)


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    #591
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,433 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    e3 streams never work for anybody on any device :)

    Haha, there was a time when that was true alright, but I managed to get 1080p to stream on the youtube app for the whole hour on my handset. I don't think it even buffered once :)


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    #592
    A Neurotic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,779 ✭✭✭A Neurotic


    Has anyone else had trouble with casting Netflix from Chrome browser?

    My chromecast works perfectly from my phone, and I can cast music and YouTube etc. from my laptop browser, but the cast icon just isn't there anymore in Netflix.

    Any ideas?


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    #593
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Try removing and re-adding the plugin ?


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    #594
    Mantel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭Mantel


    Just finished reading through the thread and went to argos to see if I could get one and they have nothing listed for Chromecast now! :( Are there any other stores selling them in Ireland?


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    #595
    The Ayatolla
    Registered Users Posts: 4,086 ✭✭✭The Ayatolla


    Mantel wrote: »
    Just finished reading through the thread and went to argos to see if I could get one and they have nothing listed for Chromecast now! :( Are there any other stores selling them in Ireland?

    Try Amazon.co.uk.

    Free delivery


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    #596
    mcw92
    Registered Users Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭mcw92


    Mantel wrote: »
    Just finished reading through the thread and went to argos to see if I could get one and they have nothing listed for Chromecast now! :( Are there any other stores selling them in Ireland?

    They were taken down from the Argos site two weeks ago.
    Alot of stores still have stock though, you just need to take the catalogue number, 249/3897, to a till/kiosk.


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    #597
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,654 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Mantel wrote: »
    Just finished reading through the thread and went to argos to see if I could get one and they have nothing listed for Chromecast now! :( Are there any other stores selling them in Ireland?

    Tesco had them yesterday, in Clonmel


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    #598
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Just to say I sorted my Eircom router and Chromecast incompatibility problem. The router just doesn't broadcast a strong enough wireless signal. I got a range extender and while it does nothing for my speed my chromecast connects when I use it.
    So no changing settings or messing, all that was needed was better wifi.
    I should say my phone and laptop worked in the same area the chromecast won't work in without the extender. It must require a good strong signal.

    EDIT :Actually I might be wrong about this, it might be that the chromecast is connecting to the extenders wifi and bypassing the buggy eircom modem.


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    #599
    WeleaseWoderick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭WeleaseWoderick


    Has anyone had any issues with their Chromecast overheating?

    I got a present of one at the weekend and I am delighted with it everything I can cast to it so far.

    The only issue I've had though was that after about an hour's usage, the device turned off automatically. When I went to check it, it was extremely hot to touch.

    This was with powering the device through my TV's USB with the cable that came with the device.


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    #600
    droidman123
    Registered Users Posts: 5,431 ✭✭✭droidman123


    WeleaseWoderick wrote: »
    Has anyone had any issues with their Chromecast overheating?

    I got a present of one at the weekend and I am delighted with it everything I can cast to it so far.

    The only issue I've had though was that after about an hour's usage, the device turned off automatically. When I went to check it, it was extremely hot to touch.

    This was with powering the device through my TV's USB with the cable that came with the device.

    I have mine about 4 weeks and never noticed if it overheated,i,m not saying it didnt,i just never checked.i will be checking it later.i am using usb to power it too.


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    #601
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    No overheating problems with mine, (well not that I know of, neither have ever turned themselves off) both plugged into usb on telly.


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