How To Format Nokia N95 8GB Phone Mass Memory

Formatting your Nokia N95 8GB mass memory will remove all the current data that is stored onto it, such as applications, games, music, videos or photos. You may want to perform the format if your phone memory is full and you want to get rid of everything that stored onto the mass memory in one go or you are selling your mobile phone to somebody. It is essential that your follow the correct procedure when you are formatting your Nokia N95 mass memory....

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How To Make Your Scalextric Car Go Faster

A scalextric slot car works by using the metal track lines that are grooved into the plastic track pieces to gain power. When you place the car onto the track, the two braid brushes underneath the car connect with the metal track lines, creating an complete electrical circuit. So when you press the trigger on your controller, it will send voltage down the track lines that will be transferred over to the cars motor. Racing your friends on a scalextric...

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How To Make Your Portable Speakers Louder

Portable speakers are a great optional accessory to use with your music player to share your music with others and gain better sound quality. Portable speakers work by the music player sending an input signal into the portable speakers. This signal is then send to an internal amplifier that is powered by batteries that amplifies the output signal sent to the speakers, making the speakers sound louder and powerful. If you have some portable speakers...

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How To Fix & Prevent a Projector From Overheating That Turns Off

A projector is a device that is used to project a picture onto a wall or a plain white sheet. You will see projectors used in gaming and home cinema because they have the ability to provide a large picture in high definitions resolutions. If you have been using your projector frequently, overtime dust will gather up inside the device and onto the cooling filter. The trapped dust will then cause the air flow inside the projector to become suffocated...

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How To Change & Replace Soldering Iron Tip

The heating element inside a soldering iron heats up the metal tip so it can melt solder wire. Overtime, the tip can become damaged from extensive soldering and will become brittle or melt during the process. If this happens the solder will not stick onto the iron and you can't solder things properly. So you will need to replace the current broken tip on your soldering iron with a brand new replacement tip to fix this problem. You also might want...

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How To Fix a Broken Soldering Iron Thats Not Heating Up

A soldering iron is a tool that is used to heat up soldering wire to solder electrical connections together. A soldering iron is plugged into the mains, it then operates by heating up the element inside the metal tip and it can reach temperatures of up to 260 C or more depending on how many watts it is. If you your soldering iron is not working and the metal tip is not melting solder wire, its probably the fuse inside the plug that is burnt out....

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How To Change Langauge Setting On TomTom XL GPS To English

The TomTom can be set to be read in many different types of language, so all cultures can have the ability to use the gps device without having difficulty reading what the text says onscreen. If you have bought a TomTom satellite navigation device from a different part of the world or have bought it second hand from a non UK citizen, the language setting is probably been changed into a foreign language and is not set to read in English. You also...

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How To Change TomTom Sat Nav Startup Image Splash Screen

Every time your power on your TomTom sat nav, a splash screen with an image will appear for a few seconds and will shortly disappear afterwards. The manufacturer TomTom has set the splash screen image on multiple satellite navigation devices to have TomTom logo branding on them as default from the factory. Some people may find that the default startup image looks boring or uncool, so TomTom have made an option that allows you to change it to a customized...

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How To Change TomTom Sat Nav Car Icon Symbol

The TomTom sat nav uses a car symbol to represent you as a driver on the map. This helps you see what position you are on the roads while driving. Usually from the factory default settings, the car symbol is a plain and simple blue arrow. If you find that symbol looks boring, you can customize it and change it to a car or a motorcycle. If the existing symbols that are pre-installed onto your TomTom sat nav and not to your liking, you can always download...

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How To Connect Nokia N8 To TV Without Using HDMI Output Cable

If you have a Nokia N8 smartphone and you want to share your photos & videos together with your family on your television, you will need to connect it to your TV. This process works by the smartphone sending a video output signal through the cable and into your television. Most modern televisions that are manufactured today support HD resolutions that the Nokia N8 can output. But if you still have an old CTR telly in your living room, you can...

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How To Transfer PSP Game Saves onto Another PSP Memory Stick Without Using a Computer

When you want to save the progress you have made in a PSP game, the console with create a game save file into the 'SAVEDATA' folder, onto the inserted memory stick. So next time when you want to play the same game, you can load the game save and it will resume the progress you have made earlier on. If you have made some remarkable progress in games and have put in some serious hours playing them, you might want make a back up of your valuable game...

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How To Properly Clean a TomTom Screen Without Scratching It

The TomTom GPS sat nav requires the use of your fingers to navigate through the different system menus. Overtime, the TomTom touchscreen will become dirty, it will have greasy finger prints and smudges on it. This will not affect its performance in anyway, but when using your TomTom in direct sunlight, it can cause difficulty to see what the screen is actually displaying. Also if you are selling your TomTom, cleaning the screen will make it look...

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Can You Play & Watch DVDs On a Orginal Old Xbox Console?

The Xbox was Microsoft's first generation gaming console and was released in 2001 for North America and in 2002 for both Japan and Europe regions. The games that are created for use with the Xbox console are burned onto dual layer DVD discs. So technically, the Xbox disc drive does have the ability to read any discs that are DVD based. Which is why the Xbox console has DVD playback integrated into the system, so you can use it to DVD watch movies...

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How To Factory Reset a Nintendo 3DS/XL System To Factory Settings

What Does a Factory Reset do?If you own a Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming console and you want to sell it on to a shop, you probably wanting to restore the system to factory settings. Resetting your Nintendo 3DS console will revert all of the settings and changes you made to the system back to factory default. It will also clear all data on the Nintendo 3DS that is stored onto the internal memory. Resetting the Nintendo 3DS console cannot be undone...

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How To Make PS1 Controller Work On a PS2 Games Console

So Does the PS1 controller work on a PS2 console?The PS1 gamepad controller has the same button and analog stick layout as a PS2 dualshock 2 gamepad controller. If you put them side by side, they look almost identical to each other, the only difference would the PS2 controller is a black color. The PS1 controller has the same controller port and pinout as a PS2 controller, so technically if you plug it into the controller port on your PS2 console...

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Can the PlayStation PSP Vita Play & Watch YouTube Videos?

The PSP vita is todays most popular portable handheld gaming console that allows you to play your games on the move. The PSP vita also includes an internet browser integrated into its operating system that allows you to browse the internet, just like you would using a desktop computer. Thanks to the large 5 inch OLED multitouch display, the PSP vita has great potential to watch videos in superb high definition quality. So you have probably already...

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How To Open PS2 Fat Disc Tray Without Power Manually

The original version of the PS2 console uses a disc tray mechanism to load games into the disc drive, similar to how a DVD player works. The fat PlayStation 2 consoles requires power to eject and remove a game from the disc tray. This is because it has a eject button that is connected to a motor that ejects the disc tray out and for that motor do work, power is required. If you have a newer PS2 slimline console, you can manually remove the game disc...

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How To Turn On a ATX Computer Power Supply Without Motherboard

A computer power supply unit convents mains AC voltages to DC voltages to provide power to internal hardware found inside a computer. A computer power supply unit looks like a square metal box and is usually found mounted at the top, inside a computer case. Computer power supply units come in different watts, the more watts they are rated at, the more amps it can provide to internal components found inside your PC. This also means more consumption...

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How To Burn In JVC HA-FX1X Xtreme Xplosive In Ear Canal Headphones

Overview of the JVC HA-FX1X Xtreme Xplosive In Ear Canal HeadphonesThe JVC HA-FX1X Xtreme Xplosive is a great budget basshead in ear canal headphones that produce tremendous amounts of subwoofer bass, thanks to the 10mm large neodymium drivers and the deep bass ports. The JVC HA-FX1X can be bought around £20 in most shops these days and clearly outperform many other iem headphones in a similar price range in terms of bass. These headphones have a...

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How To Connect PS2 EyeToy Camera To PS3 Console Using USB

Along with the PS2 console, in October 2003 Sony released the EyeToy Camera for use with particular EyeToy compatible games such as EyeToy Play, EyeToy Groove, The Sims 2 and SingStar. The EyeToy uses just one connection to make it functional with the PS2 console, which is through USB. Once the USB connector is plugged into a USB port found on the front of your PS2 console, it will power on and will automatically link the EyeToy Camera to your PS2....

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How To Remove a Stuck Car Cigarette Lighter Thats Jammed In Socket

A car cigarette lighter is used to light a cigarette. The cigarette lighter works by pushing the button in, when the metal elements found at the bottom are heated up, the lighter will pop out of the cigarette lighter socket. You can then pull it out and use the end of cigarette lighter to light up your cigarette. If you push down the button on your cigarette lighter in your car and it doesn't pop out after a couple of minutes, then it is likely to...

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How To Fix a Car Cigarette Lighter That Keeps Blowing a Fuse

A cigarette lighter in a socket is handy to have available in your car, especially if you're a smoker you don't have a lighter and you want to light your cigarette. Also you can remove the cigarette lighter from the socket and use it as a 12v power outlet to charge your mobile phone or sat nav. If the cigarette lighter socket in your car doesn't work, you probably already have replaced its blown out fuse with a new fuse of the same amps. If you notice...

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How To Find Out & Check My PSP Firmware Software Version

The PSP console runs on a software operating system, which runs on a particular official firmware version out of the box. Every so often, the developers at Sony will release newer firmware versions that you can download for free on their website and install onto your PSP console. Newer firmware versions always include performance improvements and newly added features, which previous firmware versions don't include. So to ensure that your PSP console...

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How To Format Your PSP Memory Stick On a Computer (PC)

Applying a reformat to your psp memory stick will permanently erase all of the data that is currently stored onto its storage capacity. You may want to format your psp memory stick if you want to optimize its performance and remove corrupted data that you manually can't delete off it. There are many different methods available to format your psp memory stick, but the most ideal would be to format it using a computer. This is because it gives you...

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How To Connect & Setup Chatpad To Xbox 360 Controller

Microsoft has released the official chatpad, a keyboard attachment that you connect directly onto the Xbox 360 controller. With using a chatpad, you no longer need to use the buttons found on the Xbox 360 controller, you use the keys on the chatpad to type. This product has many great online reviews simply because it makes text input quicker and easier when messaging friends on Xbox live and redeeming Microsoft points codes from scratchcards. The...

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How To Fix Smoke/Fire Alarm Detector Beeping Chirping Problem

A fire alarm is mounted in various locations in your house and they have the responsibility to monitor the environment 24/7. If there is actually a fire taking place, the sensor will pick up the smoke and will alert you with siren sound. This will make you aware that there is a fire and you can immediately take action.If you installed a smoke alarm in your house and the siren keeps making either a constant beeping or chirping sound every 30 seconds,...

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How To Fix Pioneer Headunit RCA Preout Buzzing Noise Problem

Overview of this particular problem If you own a Pioneer headunit and you experience buzzing static interference sounds in your car audio system, from the speakers or subwoofer, which is connected to your amplifier, then you need to do something about it. If you are using good quality RCA cables, with good amount of shielding on them and the 12 volt power and RCA leads are running down separate sides of the car, it is probably not engine noise or...

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How To Stop & Prevent Headphones Leaking Sound

If you have a pair of Dr Dre Beats headphones to listen to music in public places and you have the volume level cranked up all the way on your mp3 player, they will leak sound out into the surroundings. This can become annoying for other people around you because they can hear your music blasting out loud and may find it disturbing. To get around this, you would usually have no choice but to lower the volume levels on your mp3 player.But, if you...

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How To Make Your Car Exhaust Backfire In Forza 4

Backfire happens when unburnt fuel gets ignited by the hot temperature trapped inside is car exhaust system. Backfire from a car exhaust looks and sounds cool and because Forza Motorsport 4 is a truly based racing simulator, you can hear pops/bangs and see flames backfire from the aftermarket racing exhaust fitted to the cars in the game. Also fitting a racing exhaust modification will also make your car sound more louder and raspy. When you accelerate around 5000-6000 rpm and let go of the gas, the car exhaust will backfire flames like crazy!...

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Xbox 360 System Link-How Many Players Per Console?

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