TECHNOLOGY

Is there a pairing button on Echo Dot? Put your Echo Button into pairing mode: Press and hold your Echo Button until it glows orange (about 10 seconds). Why is my Alexa not pairing? Make sure that your Bluetooth device is fully charged and close to your Echo device when pairing. If you’ve previously paired your Bluetooth device, remove...

In some cases, the subwoofers will also have high-level outputs. If that’s the case with your sub, you can run just one pair of wires from the amp/receiver to the subwoofer (high-level inputs), and then run the wires from your subwoofer’s high-level outputs to your front left and front right speakers. Can I use both high and low...

SNR is best over 30, (the higher the better, might work well with as low as 25 at times). Anything less than 25 will cause dropped connections, packet loss, slow transfers, etc. How do I fix my upstream SNR? To improve the upstream SNR margin on a DSL line, you’d either have to get the modem to transmit using more...

This is a collection of video test patterns organized by source resolution and native frame rate. The resolution indicated in the pattern’s title identifies the title’s source resolution, and therefore, the stream set’s maximum encoded resolution. How do I test my Netflix surround? PSA: You can test to make sure your 5.1 audio is working using the Netflix app. If...

If the wireless network does not allow the Android devices access to all these servers and their responses, the Internet connection is marked as “limited” or “No Internet” connection. The root cause can be: WLAN does not connect to the Internet at all. The firewall does not permit HTTP requests to these servers. What does limited connectability mean?...

5 tips to get rid of stripes on your TV screen.  Tip 1: perform a soft reset. Turn off the TV, unplug the connector from the socket, and wait 2 minutes. Tip 2: check the video cables. Tip 3: switch between sources. Tip 4: update the software. Tip 5: reset your TV to factory settings. Why does my...

A speaker selector is a device that splits the audio signal coming from your receiver or amplifier and sends that same audio signal to two or more sets of speakers. A speaker selector is usually a passive device that uses the amplification power from your receiver or power amplifier to power connected speaker pairs. What is the best speaker...

It should work fine on your 360 as well. As long as you have the sound covered (which it sounds like you do), you will be good to go with that adapter. Why is my HDMI to VGA converter not working? HDMI to VGA Will Not Work If Adapter Isn’t Getting Power For this conversion, the adapter needs energy....

How expensive is a 1660? $219 Name MSRP Price 3DMark Time Spy Graphics Score Value for Money NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Notebook) N/A 5576 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Notebook) N/A 5540 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 $219 5418 NVIDIA GTX TITAN X $999 5377 Is a 1660 Super still good? Is GTX 1660 future proof? No graphics card...

You Can Upgrade Anything, At a Cost You can upgrade any prebuilt desktop PC if you are willing to throw enough money at it. You can swap the case, buy new fans, put a different hard drive in, swap the PSU, buy more RAM, swap out the CPU, or even replace the entire motherboard. Can you upgrade prebuilt...