Patriot Box Office Wireless N USB Adapter PCBOWAU2-N

by Patriot

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 3.6 x 0.6 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B003WUX2X2
• Item model number: PCBOWAU2-N
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 19, 2010

Product Description

Patriot’s 802.11 b/g/n wireless USB Wi-Fi Adapter is the perfect solution to provide a fast, reliable connection to your home network. Designed to be used with Patriot’s Box Office media player as well as notebooks and desktop PC’s, the USB Wi-Fi adapter transmits using the WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) specification ensuring unsurpassed audio/video quality. Never worry about connection timeouts with the 23 dBm high-power output and built-in antenna, which is capable of transmitting 2x the gain and 2x the distance of many similar USB Wi-Fi adapters on the market. Equipped with 256-bit WPA/WEP and one touch WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) ensures that your home network will remain secure.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars easy to use and strong signal, October 27, 2010

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Yue Fang (Sunnyvale, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patriot Box Office Wireless N USB Adapter PCBOWAU2-N (Personal Computers)

Works smoothly with Patriot Box Office. Only complain is that it is a little too wide so it can only be inserted to the front USB, not the back one.
Strong signal. Always 5 bars. My PC at similar location can only get 3 or 4 bars

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great!, April 23, 2011

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Nathalie Wilson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patriot Box Office Wireless N USB Adapter PCBOWAU2-N (Personal Computers)

I booth this wireless adapter for my patriot multimedia drive, and it works amazing, i used to use the other (wireless g) and exist a difference (more signal and more speed for video streaming)

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect (just a little "hack" needed), May 2, 2011

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scifi-o-phile (Schaumburg, IL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Patriot Box Office Wireless N USB Adapter PCBOWAU2-N (Personal Computers)

This device works extremely well in my home. However, as other reviewers have noted, it doesn't fit into the back of the Patriot Box Office. A huge design flaw that the engineers should be ashamed of, but there is an incredibly easy fix that only takes a minute or two to pull off. It took me longer to explain it below than it did to actually do it.

Locate the USB plug on the back of the Box Office and attempt to place the wireless adapter in it. It will only go in so far before the black plastic casing of the adapter hits the black plastic casing of the Box Office. Mark this spot on the Box Office and set the adapter aside. Next, take a screwdriver and hold it over an open flame or hot electric burner for 30 seconds or so. Now, apply the hot end of the screwdriver to the Box Office where you marked it. The plastic will melt away. Be careful so not to burn yourself, push a little bit as you go and be careful cleaning the melted plastic off the screwdriver. Repeat as necessary to melt away a little channel for the adapter to slide into. Let the housing cool. The adapter should now slide right into the USB plug.