Adding Album Cover Art or Images in iTunes
Scan or download album cover artwork from CDs that you rip into iTunes in a graphics format that iTunes understands and link those graphics to the songs and albums you play on iTunes. [more…]
Using Graffiti Letters and Numbers
If you have a Palm device, you need to learn how to write Graffiti — a special alphabet you use to input your information into your Palm. Graffiti isn't handwriting-recognition software that learns your [more…]
Modifying Songs in iTunes
Although iTunes was never meant to be a song editing application, it offers a simple control over the starting and stopping points for playing back a song. You can use this feature to cut out unwanted [more…]
How to Connect an HDTV to Your Sound System or Home Theater
Connecting your HDTV television, whether it's plasma or LCD, to your home theater or other sound system is easy with this DIY video. The step-by-step instructions show you which cables to connect to what [more…]
How to Set Up Your iPod
Setting up an iPod Shuffle or iPod Nano is easy; iTunes helps after you plug in your USB cable. This video shows you how to set up and listen to music on your Apple iPod. [more…]Load an Application onto Your BlackBerry
To load applications onto your BlackBerry, you need to work closely with your PC. On your PC, you use an application called BlackBerry Desktop Manager [more…]
How to Mount a Flat-Screen TV to the Wall
This video guides you through mounting your television to a wall, and demonstrates how to insert a wall mount that securely holds your LCD or plasma HDTV - no matter how big your screen. [more…]
How to Calibrate Your HDTV
Calibrating your HDTV gives you the best picture and sound on both LCD or plasma televisions. There's no need for a professional calibration; you can do it yourself by following the instructions in this [more…]Considering Surround-Sound for Your HDTV System
The profusion of surround-sound standards is a confusing area in the audio arena. Surround sound is multichannel audio designed to produce spatial audio cues [more…]
Setting Up iTunes for Windows
Before installing iTunes for Windows, make sure that you're logged on as a Windows Administrator user if you're using Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Quit all other applications before installing and disable [more…]
How to Position Home Theater Surround-Sound Speakers
Hooking up surround-sound speakers is step one to setting up a home theater. Knowing where to position your surround-sound speakers — subwoofers and tweeters, wireless or not — makes a huge difference [more…]Measuring Stuff with a Multimeter
A multimeter is an electronics testing device that, um, tests multiple things, including resistance, voltage, and current. Using certain multimeter models, you can test to be sure that components — such [more…]
Electronics Basics: Using a Breadboard
A breadboard is a rectangular plastic box filled with holes, which have contacts in which you can insert electronic components and wires. A breadboard is what you use to string together a temporary version [more…]
Soldering 101
Chances are you'll need to know how to solder sooner or later in your robot-building career. Soldering (perversely pronounced "soddering") involves a material called [more…]
Hooking Up Your Stereo to Your PC or Laptop
If you're turning a computer into a music machine, why not just do the obvious: Hook it up to the stereo? If you want to make audiotapes of your MP3s (or even streaming audio concerts) for your car's tape [more…]
Connecting your PC to Your HDTV
You can see video or pictures from your PC on your HDTV, or use your HDTV to search the Internet, by hooking up the correct cables to ports from computer to television. This video tutorial provides steps [more…]Buying a DTV Digital-to-Analog Converter Box
If you have an older TV — one manufactured before March 1, 2007 — in order to pick up over-the-air digital television (DTV) signals, you'll need to purchase and install a digital-to-analog converter box [more…]
How to Connect an Antenna or Cable to Your HDTV
You'll need to connect an antenna or cable to your HDTV before you can watch it. Both LCD or plasma HDTVs make hooking up cable or an antenna simple. This tutorial's instructions help. [more…]Why Are We Switching to Digital Television Signals?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided that, by June 12, 2009, all full-power TV stations must cease broadcasting on their current analog channels and switch completely over to digital [more…]
How to Connect a Game Console to an HDTV
Connecting your console to your HDTV is something any gamer can do. Whatever your console — Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation, Nintendo Wii — this video shows how to hook up so you can play on your HDTV [more…]HDMI Digital Video Home Theater Connections
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the latest and greatest digital audio/video cable connection and can give you great HDTV resolution. Besides HDTVs, [more…]
Switching from One BlackBerry to Another
So you just got a new BlackBerry and want to jump-start it with the programs and data you have on your older BlackBerry. Basically, you just back up your old BlackBerry and then load that backup to your [more…]
A Quick Tour of the iPhone
The Apple iPhone contains a telephone, an iPod, camera, a PDA, Internet access and much more. This video tour of the iPhone 3G shows you the various ports and buttons, as well. [more…]Turning Electricity On and Off
You've scrounged around your growing electronics bin and come up with wires to connect a circuit together and batteries to power the circuit. So how do you turn the power on and off? You use switches and [more…]
Choosing a Calendar View on Your BlackBerry
To open your BlackBerry Calendar, go to the Home screen, press the menu key, and then select Calendar. The first time you open Calendar, you'll likely see the Day view, which is a default setting, as shown [more…]
