How to Install a Home Theater Receiver In addition to providing power to the speakers, receivers handle all video source switching, audio decoding, video processing, and connectivity features. The exact steps for setting up an AV receiver depend on the brand and model, but the overall process is basically the same. How to Set Up a Home Theater Receiver How to Connect Source Components to a Home Theater Receiver Source components can include Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray players, cable/satellite boxes, game consoles, and media streamers....

How to Get Steam Deck to Run Windows The Steam Deck comes with a modified version of Arch Linux called SteamOS, but the hardware is essentially just a handheld PC, so you are free to replace the existing OS with Windows or install Windows on an SD card or USB drive. If you choose to replace SteamOS with Windows, you can switch back with Valve’s SteamOS recovery image. If you install Windows on a USB drive or SD card, you can switch between the operating systems freely each time you boot up your Steam Deck....

The method you use to listen to Pandora in your car depends on the hardware you’re working with and whether you want to spend money. Depending on how your mobile data plan is structured, you may also have to take bandwidth and audio quality into consideration. What Is Pandora Radio? Pandora is an internet radio service that uses an algorithm to create custom stations that are personalized to your tastes....

How to Live Stream to Twitch From PC Learning how to go live on Twitch on PC is very simple, thanks to the official desktop app - Twitch Studio. How to stream on Twitch from a PC only requires the app and a PC to broadcast from, although optional extras such as a capture card for enhanced streaming, a microphone for talking to viewers, and a webcam can enhance your experience....

Is There a Way to Make Mechanical Keyboards Quieter? There are several ways to make a mechanical keyboard quieter, but they don’t all work in every situation. If you have clicky keys, for example, you can replace them with silent linear keys. If your keys are already designed to be quiet, then noise probably indicates a lack of lubrication, worn-out o-rings, or the switches themselves may be wearing out. Here are the ways you can make a mechanical keyboard quieter:...

Can I Overclock My Laptop? Probably not. Apple’s line of notebook computers does not support overclocking and hasn’t for many years. Most modern consumer PCs also prevent overclocking. The BIOS is locked, meaning users can’t change the settings to control the processor’s operation. How will you know if a laptop can overclock? Most laptops with this feature advertise it. Try visiting the manufacturer’s website or review the laptop’s manual. Alternatively, you can follow the steps below to see if they work....

How to Reboot a Computer To safely restart a Windows computer, open the Start menu and choose the Restart option. Below are detailed directions if you need them. How to Reboot a Windows 11, 10, or 8 Computer The “normal” way to reboot a computer running Windows 11/10/8 is through the Start menu: Using the Power User Menu This second method is a little faster and doesn’t require the full Start menu:...

Why Someone Sends a Fake Friend Request You may receive fake Facebook friend requests for any number of reasons — some harmless, some malicious. Types of people who send fake or malicious friend requests include: Scammers: Scammers create fake Facebook profiles and request to be your friend to gain access to personal information that you restrict to “friends only.” This information may include your contact information for spamming or other personal information that might be useful in setting you up for a phishing attack....

Stream and Mirror With Apple AirPlay AirPlay is a technology developed by Apple that allows iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) to stream media and mirror their displays on an Apple TV. An Apple TV is a small device that connects to a TV set using an HDMI cable. It essentially turns a regular TV into a smart TV, with apps for streaming services, video games, and iTunes music. Here’s how to set it up:...

Don’t Look for RSS Feeds in Google News If you previously used Google News RSS feeds dating back to 2016 or earlier, you probably realized that things have changed a lot since then. In 2017, Google announced that it would be deprecating old RSS feed subscription URLs by December 1st, 2017. Instructions for obtaining the new RSS feeds were given in the Google Product Forums, but those instructions no longer appear to work since RSS options are nowhere to be found within Google News pages....

If you jump off of a high ledge and go directly down to the ground, you will take fall damage due to the velocity at which you are traveling. If you glide slightly downwards, you will gain speed and be able to travel longer distances. When you are gliding and heading upward, you will stall and begin to fall, losing your distance and height. You are not able to jump and directly begin flying upwards....

Thankfully, there are a variety of ways to keep children safe while playing Roblox by using the Roblox Parental Controls to manage who they can talk to, what kind of content they can play, and to make sure that they’re not exposed to any inappropriate games on Roblox. How to Manage Roblox for Kids The Roblox video game may be available on iOS, Android, Windows, and Xbox but all of these versions use the same account system which can be managed by logging into the official Roblox website....

Why You Want to Use Display Scaling The Windows 10 display scaling system adjusts the size of text, icons, and navigation elements to make a computer easier for people to see and use. You can adjust the display scaling for your Windows 10 device, as well as for any external displays. For example, an adjustment to display scaling can transform a display from one with small text that is difficult to read into a screen that is easier to see....

Cable TV / Network Apps Let’s start with the easiest way to watch TV on the iPad: Apps. Not only do most of the major providers like Spectrum, Fios, Xfinity, and DirectTV offer apps for the iPad that will allow you to stream channels to your iPad, most of the actual channels offer apps. This includes the major broadcast channels like ABC or NBC and cable channels like SyFy or FX....

How to Wear a Fitbit Tracker for Daily Activities There are several types of Fitbit trackers, including the Charge, Inspire, Versa, and Ionic lines, and the key to getting the most from these fitness trackers is to wear them. All the time if possible. And even more important, you need to wear them correctly so the device will accurately track your movements and other stats like heart rate. What you’re doing could determine how you should wear your device....

Google recently announced that it would demonetize YouTube channels that primarily target young people or market themselves as “made for kids” if the content they upload is of poor quality. It’s one of several media companies trying to improve content for kids. The move comes as parents and educators express growing alarm about the effects of social media on children. “Our kids need better content,” parenting psychologist Dan Peters told Lifewire in an email interview....

Facebook and Instagram users now have two new options. They can remove the likes display from their own posts, so nobody can see how many they have received. And they can also disable likes entirely, so the user cannot see them on any posts at all. But will this make any difference at all? If likes are like crack to validation-seeking teens and adults, then what use is self-regulation? Surely there must be something in it for Facebook, itself?...

How the Internet Differs From the Web The internet is a massive hardware network. The internet’s most extensive collection of readable content is called the World Wide Web, a collection of several billion pages and images that are joined by hyperlinks. Other content on the internet includes email, instant messaging, streaming video, peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing, and downloading. The internet, or net, is a term that refers to the interconnection of computer networks....

Only Apple makes iPhones, so it has extremely tight control over how the software and hardware work together. On the other hand, Google offers Android software to many phone makers, including Samsung, HTC, and Motorola. Because of that, Android phones vary in size, weight, features, and quality. Premium-priced Android phones are about as good as the iPhone, but cheaper Androids are more prone to problems. Of course, iPhones can have hardware issues, too, but they’re overall higher quality....

What Is a JAVA File? A file with the JAVA file extension (or less commonly, the .JAV suffix) is a Java source code file written in the Java programming language. It’s a plain text file format that’s completely readable in a text editor and essential to the entire process of building Java applications. A JAVA file is used by a Java compiler to create a Java class files (.CLASS), which is usually a binary file and not human-readable....