Updated February 10, 2017 Turn off your Dynex television and VCR. You’ll want the devices you are connecting powered off before making any connections. Plug in the RCA cable into your VCR’s video and audio output jacks. Plug the yellow piece of the RCA cable into the round jack labeled “Video Out.” Then plug the red and white pieces of the RCA jack into the jacks labeled “Audio Out.” Connect the opposite ends of the RCA cable into the Dynex TV’s composite cable input jacks....

Sharp AQUOS TVs are extremely thin, and while this can make them the center of a home entertainment system, it also creates a problem – it is extremely hard to squeeze high-quality speakers into the very thin case. As such, the best way to enjoy your Sharp AQUOS TV is to connect it to external speakers that have much higher fidelity. Because the television lacks an amplifier, connect it to speakers that have their own amplifier....

If you access the Internet via a wireless connection in your home, you have a DSL or cable Internet line coming into the house with a wireless router connected to it. If you want to switch from wireless to the landline you can do so without much effort by connecting your computer to the DSL or cable modem your wireless router uses to access the Internet.

Once you have the IP of someone’s computer or of a website, you can find information about what company is running the website, or where it is based. Finding out the email address of the website can be a bit more difficult, especially if the IP address is the only thing you have to go on. However, with a little investigative work, or the aid of some programs, you can convert an IP address to an email address....

Fortran was the world’s first procedural programming language, and it brought with it a whole host of improvements to the art and science of programming. It made it easier than ever before to translate mathematical ideas into machine language. However, since its release in 1957, many other language have come to the fore, and it has remained in use only for limited purposes. Visual Basic is a programming language that is pervasive on Microsoft’s operating system and programs, so integrating Visual Basic code is often much easier than integrating Fortran code....

The IMA file is an archive file format, much like a ZIP file. IMA files are easily converted into a CD image file, such as an ISO, using free software known as freeware. It is often free because it is either open-source or the developer finished the final version and is not planning on developing it any further. Writer Bio

Want to make your videos into DVDs to watch on your TV from your Mac? Don’t be stuck in front of your computer when it’s TV time. Converting MPEG video to DVD on a Mac is an easy way to make your videos portable. The MPEG, Moving Picture Experts Group, format is common for video and digital cameras, but cannot be burned directly to DVD. Warnings Writer Bio

Google Docs is a free online service provided by Google Inc. that allows you to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings and more online. Once created, you can download these documents in a variety of file formats – including PDF – that are compatible with popular software programs, and either save them in the original format or convert them to a Google Docs format.

While iTunes was designed for syncing media to an iPod, some Windows users find the program’s response and synchronization time to be too slow or feel it causes other open PC applications to become sluggish. A variety of companies offer free iPod managers, which allow you to sync your favorite media files to the device without using iTunes. To complete the process, use a third-party program such as SharePod, CopyTrans or PodTrans....

Updated September 15, 2017 Open up Microsoft Word. Click on the “Office Button” located in the upper left corner of the screen. Open up a new document. Scroll down to the bottom of the “New Document” box. Select “More Categories,” and click on the “Banners” list of options. Choose the “Happy Birthday” banner design. Select the “Download” or “Create” button located in the bottom right corner. Select the “Page Layout” tab to change the page size....

Nested Web pages present content from one website in the main body of another; in effect, it’s a page within a page. Use a nested Web page when you need to present information from another page to your site’s visitors but you don’t want them to leave your website in order to do this. Create a nested page with the HTML code iframe tag in your usual text editor or Web design software....

Adobe Illustrator is a graphic design and illustration application that’s considered the industry standard by many design professionals. The Adobe Illustrator program is shipped with several filters which, when applied to a drawing, add effects to and manipulate the drawing in various ways. One such filter is the “Inverse Colors” filter. When you use this filter on a color or black and white image, you get the inverse, or negative, of the image....

Blog is short for “weblog.” Yahoo allows you to create free blogs and you don’t have to know anything about web design. It’s a website that is updated regularly and is often used as a sort of online diary. Many blogs have a particular focus such as politics, crafting or being a single mom. But still other blogs are a great way to keep in touch with friends and family by writing about your life....

Creating flash cards on your computer can help you, a friend or your child when studying for an exam. Flash card memorization is a popular studying technique, and there are several free services that allow you to create, share and to use flashcards online or to print them out. In order to create flash cards on your computer, you’ll need to register for an account and use a flash card-creator website, download and install flash card creator software, or create your own template in your word processor....

The free Rip3D application “IES Generator” creates Illuminating Engineering Society, or IES, files. These files are typically distributed by manufacturers of lighting materials to display how light from their products is distributed in real life. However, you might need to incorporate an IES file into your own design that does not yet exist. Using the IES Generator, it is possible to design your own IES file, which can then be used in your IES-compatible program....

As much thought as you put into sorting and ordering your Spotify playlists, you’ll inevitably find that some songs simply don’t transition well to any others in the list. But if you’ve fallen in love with the streaming music service and have signed up for a subscription, you don’t have to suffer dramatic changes in the vibe of your playlists. Spotify’s crossfade feature enables you to blend you to overlap the tunes in your playlist by up to twelve seconds and as little as one....

The iPad’s on-screen keyboard is a powerful tool for publishing and text entry. It includes a multitude of advanced features, including the capability to reconfigure itself depending on your needs. With just the tap of a button, it’s possible to change the characters from English to Chinese, swap to a numbered keyboard and even display myriad emoticons for sending humorous messages to friends. However, too many configurations can become confusing when swapping between the various settings....

With the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program, you can transform dull-looking data in a workbook by turning it into a chart or graph. After you’ve created the chart in your workbook, Excel embeds the chart in the document. Remove an embedded Excel chart by erasing the chart object or by deleting the chart sheet that contains the workbook data used to create the chart. Tips Writer Bio

All modern web browsers store a comprehensive list of visited websites by default. Known as a browsing history, this list tracks the dates and times you visit a page, in addition to the title and address of the page. Once you know where to look, deleting this historical information from your Apple computer is a quick process, whether you use the Safari, Firefox, Opera or Camino Web browser. Tips Writer Bio

With the digital cable conversion of 2009, TV antennas have become a necessity to those without cable and thus become more costly and complicated. The most effective design of TV antenna is called the DB4 antenna. These antennas have a retail cost of around $40 but can also easily be made with common household objects and a little elbow grease. Writer Bio