Sony Ericsson’s line of Bluetooth headsets are designed to keep you listening to audio from a wide variety of devices without requiring that you be tethered to the device by a wire. Like all Bluetooth devices, the Sony Ericsson headset must first go through a pairing process with the device you want to connect it to. This process establishes the connection and ensures that the owner of each device approves of the pairing....
Tuning your Cobra CB, or any other CB, will increase the accuracy with which it delivers and receives signals. A correctly tuned CB radio will have clear reception and the most powerful possible output to other CB radios. The tuning process works with any type of antenna, but a regular steel whip antenna is easiest. Warnings Writer Bio
There are exactly two ways to pick up digital channels on your television set: You can use a digital antenna, available at most major electronics retailers, or you can sign up for a digital cable television service. While the digital antenna comes with a simple one-time fee, it also comes with a limited number of channel selections. Digital cable comes with a monthly fee but offers dozens (and in some cases hundreds) of digital stations....
Google Maps’ Satellite feature offers a fascinating photographic overhead view of addresses and street locations around the world. Depending on the location, you may be able to see a great deal of detail and get a very close-up view. However, unlike with many of Google Maps’ other features, you can’t print satellite images from within Google Maps. As a workaround, copy the image to your computer’s clipboard, and then create a new image in a graphics program that allows printing....
Polaroid, known for its camera equipment, also makes other electronic equipment, including a line of LCD televisions that can be connected to the entertainment system in your home. These LCD televisions come with a remote that not only controls the television, but can also be programmed to operate most of the devices you may have connected to it. Control your entire system with one remote by entering in programming codes for each device....
RCA’s universal remote control is preprogrammed with code 000 for the “TV” button, the “VCR” button and the “Cable” button. The “AUX” button is programmed with code 037, which is for VCRs. First check to see if the preprogrammed codes work with the devices you have. If not, you can either program the remote with known codes from a list or perform a code search. Writer Bio
Touchscreen monitors allow users to perform certain functions by simply pressing the screen. You can program touchscreen monitors once the software for the monitors has been installed on the computer. The software is necessary for the computer to interpret what to do when a user touches the screen. Installing the software for your touchscreen monitor is done once the monitor has been connected to the computer.
Some emergency scanners are able to use trunk scanning technology. Trunk scanning allows you to not only listen to normal emergency broadcasts, but to also listen in to special channels that are opened during large-scale events to allow emergency personnel to communicate with each other. By programming trunked frequencies into your emergency scanner, you can stay informed about major events, even potential disaster, in your community. Writer Bio
Google makes installing themes in the Chrome browser easy enough for the novice computer user. All you have to do is go to the Web Store, select the themes section and choose the theme you want to install. However, there are a myriad of custom themes for Chrome that aren’t offered by the Google Web Store, and getting them applied to your browser takes a few extra steps that may not be intuitive to all users....
Updated February 10, 2017 Find the CD drive opening on your laptop. Typically this is located on the right side of your laptop near the back. Press down the button on the center of the drive door. The CD drive will open. Pull out the drive until it cannot be pulled any farther. Insert the CD into the CD drive. Press down firmly on the CD until it snaps into place, then push the drive back into the computer....
A Sandisk SD card is a removable storage device used to transfer data between computers, cellular phones, digital cameras and a variety of other devices. Putting music on a SanDisk SD Card requires you to physically connect the card to your computer using an SD card reader. After the card is connected to your computer, you can view and edit the card’s files and transfer music using the drag-and-drop method....
You can retrieve contacts, rescue deleted text messages and organize your phone’s memory with a SIM card reader. Most activity on your cell phone is stored on your Subscriber Identity Module, or SIM, card. Every phone has a SIM card because it stores the subscriber key that identifies the mobile user. Once you buy a SIM card reader, you can simply slip your SIM card into the device and plug it into your computer....
When a system error happens to a mySql database, or when a table simple receives a large amount of incorrectly formatted data, the table indexes may become corrupt. The mySql system will inform a user that the table needs to be repaired when a CHECK TABLE command is run on the table. The command to verify the table needs repairing looks like this: CHECK TABLE tablename FOR UPGRADE. If the mySql system responds with “Table upgrade required,” then the table needs the indexes rebuilt....
Windows XP is an operating system that was developed and came preinstalled on computer systems sold since 2001. The operating system was also sold online and at retail stores as a upgrade or as a full version. Computers from various manufactures such as Dell and HP included a recovery disk that could be used to reinstall the operating system. However, these disks can get lost or damaged and as a result may not be available to use to run a repair....
Although having a home or mobile phone allows you the convenience of keeping in touch with friends, family and business partners, the service comes with disadvantages. One of the disadvantages are harassing phone calls from people that you know or don’t know. You may seek help with these calls from several entities. For example, you mobile provider can provide various solutions to the problem. They may have you press a code to track the harassing calls after you receive them, among other solutions....
A Garmin Zumo is designed for rugged use that often comes with the territory when riding motorcycles. Despite its waterproof exterior, the device may take enough bumps and bruises that it could eventually lock up. If this occurs, you can have trouble powering off the device. Every Garmin, however, comes with a feature allowing you to manually restart it even if buttons do not respond. The unit also allows you to perform a master reset to reset the Zumo to factory settings....
Updated February 10, 2017 Navigate to xs4all.nl and attempt to use the master passwords contained therein (see Resources below). These are BIOS passwords built into the system that can be used by technicians and other service personnel when working on an otherwise locked computer. Contact Gateway and speak to a customer service representative about obtaining a master password for your particular model if none of the passwords in Step 1 work (see Resources below)....
Eclipse ESN CD players are car audio stereo systems equipped with the Eclipse Security Network. This network guarantees theft protection for the CD player and interface, as it requires a key CD be used anytime system power is reset. After purchasing and installing your Eclipse CD player, you select a key CD to be used to unlock and reset the system. If you need to reset the system, it can easily be done at home....
Resetting an iPod should only be done if you cannot restart, but sometimes an iPod Touch simply freezes and there’s no other way. To reset, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo. Be patient, because it will take at least 10 seconds to reset. Don’t perform a reset when your iPod Touch is connected to your computer; eject it before resetting....
Because the lamps that illuminate Panasonic rear-projection TVs have limited life spans, the lamp timer – which keeps track of the hours the bulb has been in use – is a handy feature that ensures you won’t be caught off guard in the middle of movie night or a big game. However, this feature is worthless if you replace the bulb without resetting the lamp timer. By following a few simple steps to restart the countdown, you won’t have to risk being shut down in the midst of your favorite program....
