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Logitech’s Harmony series of universal remote controls enable users to control multiple electronic devices and offer advanced functionality. Tech-savvy consumers value their ability to combine timers and preprogrammed key sequences to perform complicated operations at the press of a single button. There are times when it’s more convenient to reset a Harmony to its factory defaults than to reprogram it though. You might have replaced your A/V components, for example, bought a used Harmony with someone else’s programming or your remote may be malfunctioning....

Netgear routers are essentially little electronic gizmos designed to take the Internet signal coming from your cable modem and allow multiple computers to connect either through a wired or wireless connection. The routers are not plug-and-play devices, however; you cannot just hook them up to the cable modem and expect them to work. Instead, you will have to configure your router through your computer’s Web browser before it will function properly....

The Hi-Fi MH2001 is a wireless headphone set that connects to any device with RCA audio outputs, including televisions. Although the headphones do not connect directly to a TV, they come with a wireless transmitter that connects to the output connection, allowing you to listen to the TV without disturbing those around you. Writer Bio

MATLAB (Matrix Laboratory) is a computing environment often used in academic research. It is a powerful tool for performing all kinds of mathematical analyses and manipulations of matrices. A digital picture is represented in a computer as a matrix, with various matrix elements specifying different properties of each pixel in the picture. Since a digital picture is stored as a matrix, you can open it with MATLAB to analyze and manipulate the picture as a matrix of numbers....

Editing text that comes either from your scanner, mobile phone, camera, or from your handwriting is now much easier to do. Converting text from a scanned image or from a JPEG file can be done from a “Microsoft Office” tool. However, if you don’t have “Microsoft Office,” or need more complex conversion tools, then you will need one of the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software programs available. Some programs are free or have some free services....

Adobe Systems’ Acrobat program family allows you to design, create and edit portable document format files (PDFs) that can be read across many types of personal computers without requiring operating system-specific tweaking or formatting. PDF files are useful when you want to ensure that the information you present maintains a fixed layout. You can also use the Acrobat Professional or Standard versions or an online conversion utility to easily convert PDF files into JPEG ("....

Microsoft Word files are commonly saved as “.doc” documents (some Word versions save the document as “.docx”). Although many different programs have the capability of opening a .doc (or .docx) file, there are some programs that cannot run the specific file. If you want to use your .doc (.docx) file with a postscript-editing software you need to convert the file. A postscript file notation is “.eps,” however there are a few different ....

PAL and NTSC are the two global broadcasting formats. PAL is used primarily in Europe and Africa; while NTSC is used in North America and Asia. The two formats are not interchangeable and media encoded in one format will not function on players or electronics for the other format. There are ways to convert media from one format to another using the video playback software VLC. Converting from PAL to NTSC using VLC is simple and should take about 10 minutes to complete....

If you are using QuarkXpress to work with a book manuscript you may need to get your QuarkXpress QXP file into PDF format. Converting a QXP file to a PDF is actually pretty simple and it can even be done right in QuarkXpress. If you have QuarkXpress on your computer you will not need to buy Adobe Acrobat to make the PDF from your QXP document. In fact, QuarkXpress has a built-in way for you to make a production-ready PDF....

Video TS file folders contain many of the features that make viewing DVDs special, like chapter cue files and subtitles. But when Video TS files are ripped from DVDs, most media players will play only one file at a time and won’t play the DVD as whole. But by packaging your Video TS files into an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) image file, you can play your ripped DVD files with all of the extras you’d find on a physical DVD....

Although they maintain high quality in audio files, WAV files cannot be transferred or read by CDs. To burn them onto a CD, you must first convert them into a file easily read by a CD. MP3 files are likely considered the most popular file format for CDs. Although they do not hold as much data or keep the quality as high as a WAV file, MP3 files allow for easy conversion from the WAV format....

Prime rib tastes delicious when slow roasted. Using an indoor rotisserie grill enhances the meat’s flavor because it constantly rotates, keeping the meat’s juices inside. Making a prime rib roast using a Farberware indoor grill doesn’t require expert cooking skills or special assembly requirements. The indoor smokeless grill makes it possible to present deliciously slow-roasted prime rib at your next special meal.

Motion graphics artists work in Adobe After Effects to produce elements of commercials and music videos, main-title sequences for film and television, and animated or rotoscoped artwork or footage. Along with After Effects itself, the motion graphics workflow often implements drawings, logos and imagery created in other Adobe applications, including Adobe Illustrator. To migrate Illustrator vector artwork successfully through the clipboard to After Effects, set your preferences and make your selections with your target in mind....

Photoshop CC 2014 is an ideal tool for designing professional images for your website, including banners. When designing your first banner, keep the design simple so the graphic isn’t overloaded with too much visual information. If your business has company colors and a company font, you can certainly use those in your banner. Writer Bio

A VBE file is a standard visual basic (VBS) file that has been encrypted. This will prevent unauthorized users from accessing the source code information in the file, keeping your intellectual property safe from hackers and data thieves. This can be accomplished using the Script Encoder software from Microsoft, which is a free download to supplement your Visual Basic program. Writer Bio

An email footer, also known as an email signature, can be set to appear at the end of every email you write. This can save time, personalize your emails, or provide recipients with information. Popular uses for the email signature are to add a closing, business contact information, or a quote. Adding a signature to your emails is simple and only takes a few minutes to do. In Gmail, click the gear icon and then click “Mail Settings” in the drop-down menu....

The term “NAS” is short for “network-attached storage.” It is a type of storage drive that is specifically designed to be shared over a wired or wireless network. Just because a drive is on the network doesn’t mean that you can’t use the native Windows “Disk Defragmenter” tool to defragment it. You just have to do so from the computer to which the network-attached storage drive is physically connected. Tips Writer Bio

Some printer manufacturers place an ink cartridge chip in the printer. These chips interact with the printer software on the computer, helping to monitor the printer’s use of ink. The software then calculates how much ink is left, which is displayed in the ink level gauge on the computer or sometimes the printer’s display screen. If you have purchased refilled ink cartridges, they will not work in the printer until the ink cartridge chip or ink monitor is disabled....

Right-click on your desktop and then select “New” and “Folder” from the list of options. Type “Popart” (without the quotation marks) as the name of the folder and then press “Enter.” Right-click the photo or image that you want to use in the pop art and select “Copy” from the list of options. Right-click anywhere inside the “Popart” folder and select “Paste.” This allows you to work with the copied photo or image and preserves the original so that if you want to re-use it again you have a backup....

When you get a call on your cellphone, it will play a sound, also known as a ringtone. If you don’t like the default ringtones that came with your phone, you can obtain new ones made from segments of your favorite songs. Download new ringtones to your computer from Apple’s iTunes Store using the free iTunes application. You can then transfer the ringtones from the computer to your phone. If you have an iPhone, you can download ringtones directly from iTunes or you can copy them from your computer....