far as I know, none of these boxes support the relevant protocol. If they do, the box would have a RF outlet on it labelled "9V DC 75mA" or similar.

Service numbers and service person's name might be found on a service persons headstone, death notice in newspaper or on the reverse side of the 1914-1915 Star. A soldier enlisted 17 August 1914 and was at Gallipoli in the NZ Army Medical Corps and his service number was 3/133A. The Army sometimes doubled up on service numbers, so instead of giving out new ones they added the A.

There are a limited number of Las Vegas style casinos in NZ. One is located in Auckland as part of the Sky Tower complex, while others are located in Christchurch and Dunedin.

New Zealand is not a creditor nation, has cancelled any debts we were owed, and has contributed generously to the HIPC Trust Fund. But beyond that, the New Zealand Government has assigned a low priority to debt cancellation, has not used our vote or voice to advance a more fundamental solution to the issue, and has opposed any extension of the current HIPC initiative or any reduction in the conditionality of debt relief.

All our controllers work with all UK supplied Sky, Sky+ and Sky HD boxes. They also all support the FOXTEL iQ PVR.

The Sky HD Box made by Thompson uses DVB-S2 modulation and MPEG-4/H.264 AVC compression codec with videogarde encryption. 1080i/25 and 720p/50 will be the supported display standards. It has video output via a single HDMI socket and analogue component video. The component video will allow HD output which is not copy protected, so the older non HD Ready HDTVs sets should be able to view HD video.

The Sky controller internet control application can be password protected to prevent unauthorised use. The Sky controller works great in combination with MCE. A plugin is provided to add Sky controller support to MCE. You still need to have the MCE IR emitters connected to your PC (otherwise MCE will not call the Sky controller software), but you can bundle them away in a cupboard. What PVR software will it work with? MCE, mythtv, snapstream beyondtv, meedio, GB-PVR are all known to work.

The shortcut to the Control Panel is now located in the main section of the Start menu. Go to Start > Control Panel to open the Control Panel. There are two ways to view the Control Panel. The default view in Windows XP is the Category View as shown in the picture below. This view groups together common control options under a categorical heading and hides the other options. The second view is the Classic View which allows you to see all the options in the Control Panel.

Providing the amplifier supports 'IR backchannel', 'IR passthrough' or 'magic eyes' you won't have a problem. The amplifiers made by tvlink are highly recommended.

The controller connects to the port labelled 'RF 2' or 'RF out 2'. This port usually also has a label reading '9V DC 75mA'. Unfortunately none of our controllers will work with any of these boxes. The UK cable companies supply boxes that can only be controlled by infra-red.

No. Like other Freeview PVRs, the TF5800 can only record from the built in tuners. It cannot record a signal from the SCART socket onto the hard disk. The same is true of the satellite models from Topfield. And while the satellite models will be able to record from your existing dish, you cannot use them to record channels that rely on a Sky viewing card, since the necessary CAM is not available. If you want to record from Sky One, you need a Sky+ box, or a PVR from your cable TV company.

All Sky Box Office movies are protected by a copy protection system. The system that is built into the digibox is called Macrovision.

The markers are no longer made so the only way you can find one "NiB" would be to find a retailer that still has it in stock. At this point (late 2006) there are many left out there, however they will disappear very quickly since they are much cheaper than the NXT models. (Their price was decreased several months ago to the current price of $550 in anticipation of the NXT).

We have been touring Ireland since the early 1990's, while the New Zealand tours were new in 2001. We're very excited about this "other land-down-under," a good complement to our other tours. And new in 2003 were our "Best of the Northwest" Garden Tours. Be sure and check out our complete itineraries on line.

Airfares can change at any time, so statements of approximate costs must be taken as only a very rough guideline. You can look for prices in the $800 to $1000US in the NZ winter (june-august), $1600-$2000 in the winter..jan-feb, and in-between these amounts in the spring and summer. Remember to book as early as you can, since there are a limited number of the least expensive seats, and they sell first. Intra-NZ fares are in the $100-$200 range for the most part. We at newzealandtourist.

There are many different ways: personal job search programmes, 'cold calling/door knocking' on prospective employers, mail outs, work wanted advertisements and asking the people around you. However, in all fairness we have to say that it is very difficult, even for local people. People not already present in New Zealand have an even lesser chance. You'll understand that no employer is likely to hire a person they don't know; unless he/she has exceptional qualities and is desperately wanted.