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Free: Stereo speaker switching unit (four way) (Whitley Bay NE26) - This unit has one pair of speaker input terminals (stereo) and four sets of stereo output terminals. The switches will turn each set on and off as needed. Useful perhaps in a cafe where multiple sets of speakers may need to be controlled fo quiet zones, or for a home setup with wired speakers.
Photo of free Stereo speaker switching unit (four way) (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Stereo speaker switching unit (four way) (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: Hamax Discovery Bicycle Rear Child Seat Fixings (Whitley Bay NE26) - We sold the seat years ago, and recently came across these additional fittings we forgot to pass on. This is from a model perhaps 20 years old, and I have no idea of the same quick-release fittings are used, but here they are in case you have an older seat and they are useful.
Photo of free Hamax Discovery Bicycle Rear Child Seat Fixings (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Hamax Discovery Bicycle Rear Child Seat Fixings (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: Foolscap hanging folders (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Unused box of hanging folders, foolscap length, with set of crystal tabs for labelling. Fits most filing cabinets.
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Photo of free Foolscap hanging folders (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: BMW K1100LT motorcyle engine bits (Whitley Bay NE26) - Just a few new bits that may be useful for a service: * Set of spark plugs. * O-ring seals. * Engine bolts. * Gear peddle switch. The K1100LT is an old model, but they are still around, so these bits may be useful.
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Free: Citroen Xantia Hayes Manual (Whitley Bay NE26) - 1993 to 1998 (K to S reg) petrol and diesel
Photo of free Citroen Xantia Hayes Manual (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: Triumph Dolomite Haynes Manual (Whitley Bay NE26) - 1973 to 1981 1493cc * 1500 TC * Dolomite 1500 * 1500HL
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Free: Four-way NTL D505 DECT phones (Whitley Bay NE26) - One base unit and four extension cordless phones. One transformer is missing so treat it as three-way, or order a new transformer. Phones require AAA NiNH rechargeable batteries. These are NOT provided, but they are easily obtainable. The base unit will plug into an *analogue* BT phone socket. The old analogue master sockets are being phased out, but this will work with a Virgin cable analogue line, a Cisco VOIP phone adapter, or a multitude of other services and devices that still support the old BT phone line-type connection. Phone and charger units are colour coordinated, so they all get returned to their rightful place. The charger units will sit on a flat surface, or can be mounted on the wall.
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Free: Netgear USB 2.0 108 Mbps wireless adapter (Whitley Bay NE26) Expired - Still in original box. Useful for older laptops without WiFi or perhaps wiyh a broken WiFi.
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Free: Optimus 5" LCD TV (analogue) (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Ancient portable TV from Tandy (remember them?) It's analogue only, so no longer receives TV transmissions. However, it has a phono video input, and two audio inputs (stereo speakers built in). It takes six C-cells (the big ones), or an old camera battery, or a 9V 1.5A power supply (not included). If not using batteries, then the battery compartment comes off the back to make it a little smaller. Shown here playing a video from a Hause DVD player (region free). The DVD player has outputs for phone video, audio, digital stream, fibre optic etc. (see photos). Take the pair, or just take one item. Oh, the days when this stuff was cutting edge. Still could bring a joy and fun to someone though.
Photo of free Optimus 5" LCD TV (analogue) (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Optimus 5" LCD TV (analogue) (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Optimus 5" LCD TV (analogue) (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Optimus 5" LCD TV (analogue) (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Sony DAV-DZ111 DVD AV system, with 850W surround (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Plays DVDs of most types, but not Blueray. Includes remote and all cables. Speakers include one front, two stereo, two rear surround and a sub-woofer. The speakers are small and neat, and fit into corners of the room with their long colour-coded cables. The Sony site says it plays Kareoke disks too, and there is a microphone socket on the front, though I haven't tried that myself. Includes an am and fm radio built-in, which can be played without the need for the TV to be on. SCART and composite out, but no HDMI. SCART cable included. You can have two, or three if you want. I seem to have collected them over the years.
Photo of free Sony DAV-DZ111 DVD AV system, with 850W surround (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Sony DAV-DZ111 DVD AV system, with 850W surround (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Sony DAV-DZ111 DVD AV system, with 850W surround (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Philips HD Freeview box (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Lots of outputs: HDMI, SCART, audio L+R and digital (with 5.1 support I believe). Used, but in excelent condition and in original box.
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Photo of free Philips HD Freeview box (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Philips HD Freeview box (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Philips HD Freeview box (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Draytek Vigor 2600Plus ADSL modem (Whitley Bay NE26) Expired - ADSL MODEM with power supply (not pictured) 12ac. Mauals can be downloaded from the Draytek website
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Photo of free Draytek Vigor 2600Plus ADSL modem (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Draytek Vigor 2600Plus ADSL modem (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Box of A4 folder section dividers (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - All sorts - colours, plastic, card. A few have tabs filled in, but most have not been used. A thick pile, maybe 200, 500, not sure, but lots. If you only want a small handful, then come abd choose what you want.
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Free: HP Laserjet 1100 (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Please read carefully :-) This is an old laser printer, but still working. It has a 25-pin parallel port connnection (I have a USB converter if required). There are NO drivers fr this printer supplied by HP for Windows 10 and Windows 11. It uses PCL5e, and it looks like HP have withdrawn all their drivers for that too. It should be possible to run the printer from a PCL5e driver *if you already have this driver*. I have personally not been able to find this driver (it's all PCL 6 now, and that doesn't work with this printer). So if you have a Linux machine, a Windows 7 or XP machine, you may be in luck. Anyway, I just needed to make it clear, this is not plug-and-play. You will need some technical nouse to use it. But once working, it's a tiny little monochrome desktop laser printer, like nothing HP have created since.
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Free: Small plasma globe (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - See photos and video for colours. Powered by a small 12V ac adapter. (Okay, the animated GIF didn't remain animated, so no video. But it looks great to me, here!)
Photo of free Small plasma globe (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Small plasma globe (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Small plasma globe (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Three-bulb GU10 light fitting; boxed unused (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Ceiling mounted GU10 triple spotlights. Comes with 3x50W hallogen bulbs, but these days swapping them out for 3x5W LEDs would give you the same result without eating into the electic bills. All original screws, bolts and instructions in the box.
Photo of free Three-bulb GU10 light fitting; boxed unused (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Three-bulb GU10 light fitting; boxed unused (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Three-bulb GU10 light fitting; boxed unused (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Box of assorted CFL bulbs (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Unused, varity of shapes and sizes, bayonet filling, about 9 in the box.
Photo of free Box of assorted CFL bulbs (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: Ceramic dishes, twenty 9.5cm (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - All from "Taste the Difference" dishes of some sort - you know how they collect in the cupboards so easily. Make great crème brûlée dishes, or paint pots, or plant pot saucers. Each has an internal diameter of 95mm, and is about 2cm deep. Food grade, all identical, made from brown clay.
Photo of free Ceramic dishes, twenty 9.5cm (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: Toshiba Tecra A2 + 2xA4 Laptop (Whitley Bay NE26) Expired - Note: apologies for late replies. I have loads of requests, and am still working through cleaning up these laptops, and will get back to you in time. ------ Getting on for 20 years old, but still working. Battery obviously old too, so needs to be powered from the adapter to work. Windows XP installed, with MS Office. May still be useful (these old Tecras where built well). May be good for Linux. I've actually got a couple of these, and am working through wiping the accounts and data, but keeping the software and operating system on. I'll increase the availability as they are completed.
Photo of free Toshiba Tecra A2 + 2xA4 Laptop (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: Ventian blind, white 160cm x 189cm (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Ventian blind, white, with all fixings. Originally fitted for a large window with inset dimensions 189cm wide and 160cm drop. Blades are thick plastic, so the whole thing could probably be trimed down a little if you know what you are doing.
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Free: Blank CD-R and CD-RW disks (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Approx 60 disks, mostly CD-R (write-once). All in original packaging. Take the lot, or just take a packet or two.
Photo of free Blank CD-R and CD-RW disks (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Blank CD-R and CD-RW disks (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Blank CD-R and CD-RW disks (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Blank CD-R and CD-RW disks (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Blank DVD writable disks (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - About 50 in their original packaging.
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Photo of free Blank DVD writable disks (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Blank DVD writable disks (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Blank DVD writable disks (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Sony AM/FM HiFi unit tuner (Whitley Bay NE26) Expired - FM, LW, MW model ST-JX2L. Movable ferite rod for MW/LW. Connections for FM antenna. Some spots of rust on the top lid, but otherwise functional.
Photo of free Sony AM/FM HiFi unit tuner (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Sony AM/FM HiFi unit tuner (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Sony AM/FM HiFi unit tuner (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Sony AM/FM HiFi unit tuner (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Haus DVD player (Whitley Bay NE26) Expired - Full hi-fi width (42cm), with no region encoding. Model H-615L-S with built-in 5.1 surround decoding, but not with an amplifier built in. Remote control included. Plays DVD, CD, MP3, CD-R, CD-RW and VCD. Video outputs: SCART, composite (phono), S-Video, and a digital phono+optical output. [Almost] everything but HDMI basically, as it is a very early model before HDMI came out.
Photo of free Haus DVD player (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Haus DVD player (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Haus DVD player (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Red LED indoor/outdoor chain with flash patterns (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Eight selectable patterns. Brilliant red LEDs. 144 bulbs over approax 11m length, with an additional 5m of lead to the controller and transformer. Green cable. Approx 6.5W power (so tiny).
Photo of free Red LED indoor/outdoor chain with flash patterns (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: Classic black light tube (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Mounting points for wall, in any orientation. Approx 40cm tube. 15W 240V flourescent tube, with balast, starter etc.
Photo of free Classic black light tube (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Classic black light tube (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: Selection of light bulbs (Whitley Bay NE26) Expired - Includes incancdescent bulbs, mostly white, one green, one reflector, remaining omni-directional. From 40W to 500W. I expect these will may be needed for specialist use - film sets, whatever - and not the kind of thing you want burning through your electricy bills these days. Also halogens and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). No LEDs. All working.
Photo of free Selection of light bulbs (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Selection of light bulbs (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Selection of light bulbs (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Selection of light bulbs (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Computer bits for building (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Note: more bits will be added to another post. Take the lot, or just what you need. Ask if any items are not clear.
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Photo of free Computer bits for building (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Computer bits for building (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Computer bits for building (Whitley Bay NE26)
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Free: Digital TV (DVB) receivers for USB (Whitley Bay NE26) Gifted - Includes disks with Windows drivers. Found them fiddly to operate, but may be fun to play with.
Photo of free Digital TV (DVB) receivers for USB (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free Digital TV (DVB) receivers for USB (Whitley Bay NE26)
Free: CCD misc cameras (analogue PAL + USB) (Whitley Bay NE26) Expired - Silver camera has a single BNC/phono output. Obviously the CCD bit is digital, but the output is analogue PAL with a long cable to plug into a TV, monitor or video capture. Two USB web-cam - one desk mounted and one to fit to the top of a screen.
Photo of free CCD misc cameras (analogue PAL + USB) (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free CCD misc cameras (analogue PAL + USB) (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free CCD misc cameras (analogue PAL + USB) (Whitley Bay NE26)
Photo of free CCD misc cameras (analogue PAL + USB) (Whitley Bay NE26)
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