Hardware

Fix Samsung TV Turn On/Off With Screeching Sound Distorted Display

Top view controller board

My sister got a 46″ Samsung 120Hz TV LN46A630M1F-S that started to turn on/off when plugged in, shows distorted pictures when on, off then on with bright screen with screeching sound reminding me of the TV in the original movie “Poltergeist”. If these are your Samsung symptoms then there is an easy fix for it.

How To Set Up 1TB WD My Cloud

WD My Cloud and External USB

2015-12-26 Updated to the new firmware version v04.04.01-112, everything works very well. ***If the device comes with V3, make sure not to enable auto firmware update, V4 is very buggy – It doesn’t save and re-activate the change in sharing permission – it causes the wifi accessing randomly lost, the dashboard functions don’t do well.***

Arctic P253 BT Bluetooth Headphones

Artic BT Headphones

Bluetooth headphones these days are so inexpensive, the wired headphones keep being yanked, pulled and broken by the kids, I decided to try bluetooth headphones for them. I read the reviews on Amazon and bought 3 Artic P253BT for the kids and me (free shipping over $35). The headphones are amazing, for $15, they sound

Sabrent USB Hard Drive Dock For Samsung Smart TV

I’ve been using computer as home theater pc, now I use the Sabrient USB hard drive dock for my Samsung smart TV. I can load 600+ mp4 movies on a 2TB. Now I can save electricity and booting up time from PC.  

Play iPhone 5 or 6 On 30 Pins Dock Devices

Most of the iPhone devices docks out there are 30 pins connection. Since the newer iPhones and iPods use 8 pins lightning connectors, they can’t use these docks any more. Now, if any music players that have bluetooth, they can use these 30 pins docks thanks to the bluetooth adapters. The one that I’m using is iLive.