Looking at the NAIS-300 manual it says it has a RS232 output/input. If the adapter you bought is a USB to TTL adapter, I'm afraid it won't work. You'll need a USB to RS232 adapter like Dougie said. It has a DB9 male connector, so you will need a DB9 female connector to solder wires on to connect to ...

This http://www.msldigital.com/collections/all-products may be more than you want, but there is no soldering involved and it also gives you an ir sensor !

I use this www.msldigital.com IR power switch. You can program the on/off function for any remote and when shutting down it will do a proper shutdown on the Pi

The ApplePi-Baker is an OSX application. It will transfer the image file to your microsd card. I use it to for all my singe board computers.

I use an app called ApplePi-Baker! It's quite easy to use. Just use google and you'll find it

If your not seeing video, but have sound you may have to buy codecs . I had the same problem and this solved for me. There should be a link on the main Raspberry Pi page.

I'm in Cornwall Ontario

Hey Mikronauts I was hoping somebody would get some pcb's going . I would like 2 if you do decide to go ahead with the order. I'm also based in Canada.

If your in windows, use SD Formatter 4.0( google is your friend ). Makes it real easy to get your cards back to a windows format.