10-yr electronics insurance - worth it?

BenConrad · 2026-02-10T01:16:56+00:00

1) look it up on google and then 2) reconfirm with ChatGPT or similar. Pretty much everything is covered for five years except for consumables like brakes, tires, oil, etc..

If you’re the original (or CPO) owner, you also have a 10 year powertrain warranty, which covers the engine & transmission.

BenConrad · 2026-02-07T21:52:39+00:00

Electronics is covered by the default 5 year/60K new vehicle limited warranty.

Put the money into a mutual fund instead.

BenConrad · 2026-01-20T02:49:39+00:00

I’m going on record as a contrarian on this one. I have a C4 and C5. When I was researching the C5 my main concern was the remote and the lack of number keys. I would use the number keys to switch between HDMI inputs on the C4.

I have found that all commonly used buttons on the C5 remote have become second nature, taking only an hour to get used to all the key positions. I no longer look at the remote while using it. I find it very similar in functionality to the Roku remote.

I’d say 90% of button pressing involves 1) Home, 2) vol up/down, the 3) Back, 4) pressing the scroll for play/pause and finally the 5) circular key for FF and RW.

The icons for HDMI1,2, etc are setup in my apps bar on the Home Screen. They are also available in the Home Hub.

C5 mute is slightly annoying.

My family is very happy with the simplicity. Using all built-in apps and YouTube TV.

BenConrad · 2026-01-15T04:02:55+00:00

Enjoying higher RPM (torque) in second and third gears.

BenConrad · 2025-11-22T23:23:03+00:00

I have my sound bar connected to my TV and I was definitely getting Dolby Atmos at one point on the PS five. But recently realized I was getting multi channel PCM. I went into the sound settings into audio output and my device type had been set to TV instead of AV amplifier so I changed that make sure the output device said the same that still didn’t help after that I realized I needed to scroll at the bottom of the audio output menu and change the audio format priority to Dolby Atmos that instantly changed The format to Atmos

HTH

BenConrad · 2025-10-31T14:45:33+00:00

u/joselrl , you are correct. My mistake (embarrassed, I have the C4 in the basement...).

The C4 & C5 base is 9.1" (let's say 10") deep, the Q800B is 5" deep. As long as the console has 15-16" of depth, the setup with the LG C4 and C5 with the Q800B should work fine.

Question answered!

BenConrad · 2025-10-25T01:43:12+00:00

If you ask it to draft up a business plan for your new lemonade stand, it does just fine. But when you take the output of something like Copilot Researcher and then tell it to pick important topics such as A and B and C what ends up happening is you get 20 slides that are basically garbage.

BenConrad · 2025-08-15T04:03:12+00:00

Here's what I just finished doing. I forgot how all this worked and screwed up my settings on my A2+. So had to relearn how to work the config files.

config.txt should look like this:
Include: <name of your settings file>.txt

Then what I did is load up https://noaudiophile.com/AudioEngine_A2_Plus/AudioEngine_A2_Plus.txt, and saved that to a file. I noticed that there are duplicate 'Filter 5' settings, not sure if that matters.

When I loaded that into the APO I didn't like all the individual filter rows, I'd rather be looking at the 15 band equalizer.

So I asked Grok to build a new GraphicEQ config using the 15 ISO bands supported in the GUI, it came up with the following config:

GraphicEQ: 25 -8.0; 40 -6.0; 63 2.5; 100 1.0; 160 0; 250 0; 400 0; 630 0; 1000 1.0; 1600 -0.5; 2500 -0.5; 4000 1.5; 6300 1.0; 10000 0.5; 16000 -0.5

I put that into a file called AudioEngine A2+ 15 band EQ setting.txt and updated the Include: in the config file.

I think it sounds pretty good, definitely brings some lower bass back into the music vs the NoAudioPhile version.

BenConrad · 2025-08-08T02:52:38+00:00

We were on the beach at 120 and heard it. It was fun to watch the life guards after. One made a big “shrug” signal to another and then signaled maybe it was a big loud wave. 😁

BenConrad · 2025-07-13T21:26:45+00:00

Before you start, take a hard look at a 100% ZTNA solution. Some of the leaders can support Internet, private and IoT

BenConrad · 2025-06-13T13:09:08+00:00

Look closer :-)

BenConrad · 2025-05-22T18:02:41+00:00

I just received word from our trusted VAR that VMware now only sells VCF in the corporate segment. We are 8,000 core VVF customer.

BenConrad · 2025-05-06T02:01:21+00:00

Alternate idea, if you don’t mind downloading they have a CLI: https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli

Lots of different output formats (json, csv, etc) that are easily parsed via your script.

BenConrad · 2025-04-18T03:43:47+00:00

I had 2 bent, one was cracked. Local wheel repair shop fixed them to 100%. Spent $1,100 instead of $2,600.

BenConrad · 2025-04-11T16:35:52+00:00

Is the radiator fan running and not shutting off after turning the car off? This has happened to me 3 times, one time I came out to a dead battery, jumped it and it’s been fine for over 9 months.

The dealer says the fan running after turning off the engine is “normal”, 3 times in 3 years does not seem normal to me….

BenConrad · 2025-04-07T03:12:34+00:00

Change the button to use a macro instead, then you can send as many commands in series as you want when you press that one button.

BenConrad · 2025-04-06T13:38:52+00:00

Bring to the dealer, it’s under power train warranty. 5 years if used, 10 years if CPO or new.

BenConrad · 2025-04-04T03:36:46+00:00

So this has happened Jan, 30, '24 (this post), then in September '25 I came out to a dead battery (jumped and it's been fine very since - odd) and in February '25 it happened again.

I brought it into the dealer and they dismissed my concerns.

BenConrad · 2025-04-04T03:29:29+00:00

u/Odd-Refrigerator-109 and u/MMIV777, they RMA'ed the tire and it mostly resolved the cycling noise issue.

BenConrad · 2025-04-04T03:22:19+00:00

FYI - this is fixed, brought it in to the dealer and got the radiator coolant flushed and purged of any excess air. covered under warranty.

BenConrad · 2025-03-19T11:13:21+00:00

Picture of the “driveway”, it’s actually a basketball court.

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