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to ask how I stop my neighbour messing with my wireless speaker?

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MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 21/01/2018 20:25

My neighbour is a dick, a grade A dick. He has taken to now somehow talking to my wireless speaker (a KS Miami cheapy thing).
He just said
“My name dog, my name back door, my name silly cow”.

What I’m playing isn’t loud. I’m playing the sound from my broken iPad which plays at about half the normal rate (I prop the iPad on my drawers but can’t hear it at all and then play the speaker next to me at a low volume - about half iPhone max volume and never after 20:30) it in my bedroom.

How do I prevent him from using it? The device just seems to be a case of turning it on and then syncing your device with no codes or anything.
Our internet is secure but this is really bugging me.

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Doubletrouble99 · 21/01/2018 20:28

You said it yourself - it's a cheap thing!

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MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 21/01/2018 20:29

Well it was a gift so I’m not really moaning about that at all.
Is there no way to prevent him accessing it? In that case I’ll just keep it for holidays.

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MarieNostra · 21/01/2018 20:30

Why people do not plug earphones into their devices baffles me.

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user1471517900 · 21/01/2018 20:30

I'm confused. Is he sending you messages through your speaker about the fact your dog is wanting to come in?

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Blushlove · 21/01/2018 20:33

@MarieNostra you plug earphones in even when you're at home?

Sorry OP, not sure how you can fix it!

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Love51 · 21/01/2018 20:38

Why would someone use earphones in their own home? You want to listen to music in the room!

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MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 21/01/2018 20:40

Marie why should I plug my earplugs in to a device he can’t hear?
Even if he could (and I’m pretty sure he can’t) they are awful, loud bastards of neighbours.

He is the type of person who would see a device on Bluetooth and want to tinker with it rather than being annoyed by our noise and trying to teach me a lesson, IYSWIM?

He sent his voice. It was his whiney voice. Unless they’ve suddlenly put moaning Mancs in The Good Wife.

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MarieNostra · 21/01/2018 20:40

Blushlove.

Yes, they are remote headphones and I can use them for TV and other devices too. Never miss a trick on the tv if I need to go to the loo either mid program!

The headphones I have allow others to watch TV at their volume without headphones, but I prefer my own volume which is a little higher, and the clarity of sound/speech is amazing through them too.

But I am usually here on my own so I prefer being able to walk around, out to the garden, upstairs whatever, and do things while still tuned in!

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VivaLeBeaver · 21/01/2018 20:42

Go round and ask him if there’s a problem?

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Gingaaarghpussy · 21/01/2018 20:45

That happened to me once. But trough my digital radio. Some dude said ' turn your music off, you are keeping my baby awake'. Needless to say, I turned it off and never used it again.
Nowadays, I listen to music how I want, mostly with headphones when the pub next door is doing karaoke.

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MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 21/01/2018 20:45

Viva he is a violent sod, I wouldn’t dare.

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VivaLeBeaver · 21/01/2018 20:47

I can’t find a manual online but there’s a KS website with an enquiry form....maybe email them and ask?

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MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 21/01/2018 20:49

Thanks, I’m going to do that.
My manual seems to have no information about blocking other users so hopefully they will have some ideas.

Sick of him now. Time for Rightmove.
This won’t help my mental health issues one bit.

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MsHomeSlice · 21/01/2018 20:52

can you see if he has a wireless printer and send something long and tedious for it to print, in the dead of night

either in white print, so it doesn't show on the paper or white print on a black background so it uses all his ink. :o

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bluebells1 · 21/01/2018 21:00

So your neighbour is connecting into your wireless speaker. How? Did you let him in and allow him to pair his device? If so, can't you reset the paired devices?

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Oldraver · 21/01/2018 21:06

It's never occured to me but we have a bluetooth amplifier...I'm sure anyone within the vacinity could tune in. There is nothing on the amp to block users and it wasn't cheap

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MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 21/01/2018 21:07

Bluebells to pair that device all you seem to have to do is click “pair with this device” there were no further steps.

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Snowman123 · 21/01/2018 21:09

No idea about the technicalities, but if my neighbour was connecting to any of my devices I'd find a way to stop it!

I'm sure you value your privacy!

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echt · 21/01/2018 21:10

Is this even legal? He is intruding into your home.

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TickyTakky · 21/01/2018 21:11

bluebells
So your neighbour is connecting into your wireless speaker. How? Did you let him in and allow him to pair his device? If so, can't you reset the paired devices?

The neighbour can 'pair' the device from next door. The pairing code is '0000' and can't be changed.

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INeedNewShoes · 21/01/2018 21:13

Turn it off for a few days then change the name of it to Sky7823 or TalkTalk260942. It'll look like a new neighbour's wireless connection then and he might ignore it.

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BulletFox · 21/01/2018 21:15

Oh god, he sounds like a right pain. Some neighbours are horrid, sorry MakeMisogyny.

I'm not really up on all this as my main technology is my phone and I do have a dab/cd/bluetooth thing but haven't used it properly yet. I'd get a right fright if someone started speaking through it (luckily my neighbours are fine, I've been surprised at how quiet and well behaved the young ones are)

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MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 21/01/2018 21:17

This has set my anxiety off a treat.
I’m removing the speaker from my house tomorrow, it’s in the garage now.
Currently on Rightmove - I have some serious issues with privacy and I can’t think straight after this.

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bluebells1 · 21/01/2018 21:22

This is scary, OP. Stay safe and like you said, move away. No use messing with twats like your neighbour.

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PricillaQueenOfTheDesert · 21/01/2018 21:28

Are you sure it’s just your neighbour that’s just the grade A dick? You call him a “awful, loud bastard”

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