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American Fridge freezer Samsund H and G series help please
Hi we are thinking of buying one of the Samsung American fridge freezers, the reviews seem quite good, and I have struggled to find anywhere on the internet to compare the G series and H series. It looks like G series is the latest, which would seem logical. Ther reviews seem to suggest the G series is better but then this…
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Gas boiler safety check
I'm buying a property, and had a gas check carried out. I was not there for the check, the estate agent was there. The report has come back and one of the items has been ticked as a FAIL. This was in answer to the question: Is the Protective Equipotential bonding satisfactory? FAIL. What does this mean, and what needs to…
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Canon slr won't focus
Camera works in MF on lens but I don't know how to manually focus! Camera won't work on AF. if I leave the lens cap on it the flash light will flash really quickly with a tick tick tick sound and after you'll hear the camera try to focus. If I take the lens cap off it will try to focus but only on the closest setting on…
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LED Bulbs. Help!
Can anyone advise me which LED bulbs are best buys. I need 4 GU 10 ones for spotlights & 10 Candle shape ones for other lighting. Can anyone suggest the best place to buy them. I have been looking around the local stores and they seem very expensive for one bulb. :eek: Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm getting…
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Help need please rewiring burglar alarm
Hi I have just upgraded my Honeywell Optima burglar alarm panel, PIRS and Bell box. New system is Honeywell logic six panel and Honeywell IS-215T PIRS Utilizing existing 4 core wiring to door contacts and PIRS ( + red, - black, yellow & blue I have the following 7 cables 28 wires to connect to the panel 1 no entry / exit…
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Samsung Tab 2. 10.1. P5100 to TV?
Hi, I hope someone can help. I have googled but cannot find the answer and am confused. I have just discovered Netflix and would like to watch it on TV via my tablet, but cannot find a suitable HDMI cable. I learned I could do it via chromecast, but already have Plex set up via a Now box. I cant get Netflix on Plex. Is…
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Enabling USB 3 ports
I have a problem with the front USB 3 ports on my PC They are dead - I have checked that they are physically connected to the MoBo and have used the correct drivers from Medion - and they appear to be "live" in the device manager - all enabled (No red crosses on any of the USB ports) - but are dead as a dodo.... Any…
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Wired Burglar Alarm Upgrade Help Please
Hi I have just upgraded my Honeywell Optima burglar alarm panel, PIRS and Bell box. New system is Honeywell logic six panel and Honeywell IS-215T PIRS Utilizing existing 4 core wiring to door contacts and PIRS I have the following 1 no entry / exit door contact zone 1 1 no PIR in Garage zone 2 2 door contacts zone 3 3 PIRS…
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Anyone managed to get ITV player app working on android tablet?
Has anyone managed to get the ITV player app to work consistently on an android tablet? on mine it gets to the ad break and crashes then restarts from beginning. If you restart and try to fast forward to where it crashed, it takes you to the next ad break and replays the ads before taking you back to the start again. It…
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Help please
Hi, I've got an Asus notebook with Windows 8. On my old laptop if i was looking at an email with a link I could hover over it til I got the hand and the page would open however this doesn't happen with my new notebook/Windows 8 so I have to cut & paste it, which seems long winded. Don't know if I'm doing something wrong?…
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Screen shot using skype made easy.
If you have an ipad and if you use skype, you may wish to capture a screen shot. The word nightmare comes to mind, as oyu have to press the power button and home screen button at the same time which =when your holding the tablet, is no easy task. BUT, I've just discovered another way. Hold your iPad with one hand, enable…
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Wifi and other problems
Hope someone can help as I think I have multiple problems and don’t know where to start Dell Inspiron 5721 bought October 2013; Battery & motherboard replaced by Dell December 2013. Windows 8.1 Cisco Linksys WAG160N modem router bought January 2010. ISP Zen (Lite) We live at very edge of small market town, max download…
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Which movie files takes less space?
Im currently ripping VHS tapes to dvd. I am uploading some of the files onto youtube but when I have selected the clips I want a 20 minute clip can be over 1 gig. The file is mpeg2 I cannot save the file on my movie editor to anything else other than mpeg4. If I have a mpeg 2 at around 1 gig I suppose I can convert it to…
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Which Satellite Dish
Found a digital satellite receiver that I bought cheap at Lidls about a year ago. It's a SiverCrest SSR 576 A1. I thought I would try it to see if I could ditch Virgin Media. However I've no idea what satellite I would need to buy. Advice please.
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Argos - exempt from 30days!!!!
So i bought a headphone for £329. 1 week after, its broke. Cannot charge it enough without it turning on. It says on the receiot exempt from 30 days ?? Have i been scammed!? What will they do when i go into argos on tues (since bank holiday today) Thanks
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Own Domain Name & Email Forwarding
I'm toying with the idea of getting a Domain Name from 123-reg.co.uk . I only want it to create a personalised email address that is independent of any ISP. I don't know the first thing about all this, but they say they do mail hosting for an extra fee. What I'm not clear about is whether they will allow mail messages sent…
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Microsoft SQL Server - Can I Remove?
Control Panel reveals that I have a significant number of MS SQL Server programs installed, mostly 2012 (plus one 2005 and two 2008). O/S is Windows 8.1. Do I need these installed? Will it impact anything if they're uninstalled? I think that I may have installed it in preparation for a new job over 2 years ago - the…
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toolbar transparent
after doing several clean up's my tool bar has become transparent but i do not want it to look see through. Im using windows 8.1 and searched the internet but there seems to be lots of different solutions which are beyond me. Anyone know a simple process to make the tool bar bold rather than see through
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Wifi Internet connection
We like to take our laptop on holiday so we can check emails, watch TV now and again, check restaurant reviews, look for road routes etc etc. Most places we stay have wifi internet connections as do some coffee shops, hotels etc etc. For some connections a log in and password is required, others are just 'available' but…
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Converting video from YouTube
I've got a link that converts/downloads audio which I put onto my mp3 for the gym. Is it poss to do the same for video - which I will put onto a USB stick or Burn to a DVD. Purely for my own use, I want to use some of the Pilates demos in the privacy of my own lounge ! Thanks EM
