Other - Electronics - February 2007

It annoys me! My kids have battery operated toys, almost all using mutiples of 1.5V. Oh good - I have AAs and Cs! Oh wait - it needs AAAs....

Why not make the battery compartments all the same size, probably AAA so they fit smaller toys?? What is the reason for having the same voltage in different sized batteries?? Sales only?

2007-02-12 22:32:22 · 2 answers · asked by Jokin' Jo 3

I would like to display the applied voltage directly on anode or cathode disply ranging upto 25 V.

2007-02-12 22:24:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-12 21:43:48 · 2 answers · asked by terminator_3000 1

If i connect the audio from an hd box to my TV (i have dvi only no hdmi) using a dvi audio cable will the sound quality be hd?

2007-02-12 21:40:26 · 2 answers · asked by terminator_3000 1

No body belives me when i explain, can anyone please put this to rest?

2007-02-12 21:30:51 · 13 answers · asked by Jfin22 1

what's better?

2007-02-12 20:38:45 · 1 answers · asked by howie 2

i download torrents but some are rar files and i cant play them..

2007-02-12 20:11:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a windows 98 hewellet packer but I have lost my rebootable disc to refomat it back to factory. It is lagging so bad. I have defrag it , cleaned it. took out most of the spyware. I just dont no what else I can do. I dont have money for a new one. Please if anyone knows how I can get the disc please helppppppppppppp .

2007-02-12 18:06:33 · 2 answers · asked by babycakes3557 3

Such as if I made a learning tool for children, pressing a button while, for instance, a picture of an apple is matched to the word "Apple", a green light turns on. If the picture was matched to say, the word "Dog", a red light turns on.

But it has to be in the form of an electronic chipset. The lights need not be the said green/red.

It would be nice if you know the proper name of the set and possibly a weblink.

If you can't find it, providing a possible alternative will also get you best answer.

2007-02-12 17:48:10 · 4 answers · asked by Kiver29 1

I'm looking for something both affordable as well as reliable.

I keep hearing good things about TomTom 710 and GARMIN C-340.

does anyone have one of these units or know which is better?

2007-02-12 17:39:26 · 2 answers · asked by Talamascaa 4

A tech came out and said I had to tell my landlord. I do live in an apartment, but I have the wire maintenance plan. I do have an HD box, but the HD doesn't look as clear as it should. The cable is frayed slightly and I did a self install kit. I know what I'm doing, so should the RG-59 be replaced with RG-6? And will charter do it?

2007-02-12 17:19:36 · 1 answers · asked by Raymond M 1

I need it for a gift

2007-02-12 17:14:18 · 3 answers · asked by kamille_elle 2

2007-02-12 16:54:47 · 2 answers · asked by jAy 1

IE: record, cd, cassette tape, a-track, mp3, etc
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2007-02-12 15:44:23 · 1 answers · asked by symonnex 1

Can you tape over sound from a dvd to a cassette? I have the special edition of H.G. Wells War of the worlds dvd. It has the original 1938 radio broadcast on it and i would love to get on a cassette if i could could. I just am wonder if there is any way to do this.

2007-02-12 15:10:19 · 5 answers · asked by Stormhaley of Steelers 4

im buying a bunch of dvd's on amazon.com REALLY cheap, and i cant think of anymore...any suggestions?

2007-02-12 14:32:41 · 4 answers · asked by Erin P 2

He worked for his college radio station, and he collects old radios and stuff. I'm thinking of getting a nice shortwave radio. How is that?

2007-02-12 13:56:12 · 4 answers · asked by tinyboy21 1

2007-02-12 12:50:53 · 1 answers · asked by hank.d. 1

my pocket watch is broken i think,,,,when the hour hand turns,,,,,it keeps going backwards,,,,,,ive had it for a long time and i thought the batteries were dieing so i put a new one in but it still wont work!!!!!!

2007-02-12 11:52:59 · 1 answers · asked by Eric M-H 2

2007-02-12 10:40:06 · 1 answers · asked by jose 1

I have a new tv that has a usb, is it possible to play my ipod videos thru the tv?

2007-02-12 10:26:25 · 3 answers · asked by Lyric 1

We have a DSC alarm, that has an electric transformer that plugs into the wall. When it is plugged in -- it emit an low-volume oscillating hum -- that is fairly disturbing.

Any idea how I can eliminate it without keeping it unplugged?

Thanks

2007-02-12 09:25:16 · 3 answers · asked by Sasi 2

We just bought an HDTV. We wanted to upgrade to an HD package with dish network. We thought we only signed a one year contract with them a year and a half ago. They wanted $300.00 for the equipment to upgrade!! Concast had a better plan and it would only cost us 100.00. We already have comcast hooked up and we LOVE it! However dish network told us we are loked in for another 6 months. They are telling us we have to pay $200.00 to end our contract. Is there any way to get out without paying? Our service was always good. The customer service always sucked though. Please help.

2007-02-12 08:58:57 · 3 answers · asked by Cheyenne 4

what's required to make this digital radio process successful?

2007-02-12 08:06:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, our toaster. It used to have a potentiometer (knob) on the side you turned it to a number, pressed the lever to lower the bread and it cooked fine. Now it has an LCD display with separate + and – buttons. Every time you turn it on you have to select ‘Toast’ (not defrost or re-heat) and press + a couple of times to get to the required heat setting. Surely this is going backwards? It uses electricity if it’s left on, doesn’t remember the temperature if you turn it off and the buttons will probably wear out before anything. It’s the same for other things as well: microwaves, phones, Hi-Fi’s, DVD players, TV’s, Cars…

Does anyone else feel sometimes we are cramming so much technology into things that it makes objects harder to use or we are sacrificing quality for convenience and so going backwards?


Bit of a rant I know! Any views would be helpful.

2007-02-12 07:58:51 · 6 answers · asked by randombushmonkey 3

whats the best way to get good reception?
the ariel that came with is useless,
any sugestions for better reception?

2007-02-12 06:01:47 · 1 answers · asked by qwerty 3

can i buy some kind of adapter? and where

2007-02-12 05:44:55 · 5 answers · asked by ♥missbittch620♥ 3

i still see a picture. it's as if someone just pushed pause. does this mean that the dvd player is no longer any good? i have done the "canned air" cleaning. the dvd's are clean and not scratched. the dvd player does this on brand new dvd's as well as rented dvd's. has this happened to anyone else? what did you do to fix the problem?

2007-02-12 05:40:44 · 6 answers · asked by technicallyimpaired 1

i just got hd tv hooked up to my 37 inch lcd. the picture is beautiful. but here is my problem. i am paying 5 bucks a month just for sportscenter and half the time sportscenter looks like it glitzing. it freezes up and little blocks appear then it just stops working all together. this doesnt happen all the time though. is it a problem that i should call my cable company about or is it something else. thank you

2007-02-12 05:21:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

have a video cassette of my daughters baby days & half way through somebody has taped cartoons over it !!!!!
Is there anything i can do, is there companys that can rescue the footage or is it lost forever?

2007-02-12 04:39:14 · 6 answers · asked by K W 3