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Vodafone prepaid simcard UK mobile number buy or buy online

I live in Holland and I am trying to find a way of getting a Vodafone prepaid simcard with an UK mobile phone number. I already got an unlocked phone and Vodafone Netherlands states that I have to go...

jadyn

NTSC DVD in UK

I've seen an offer online for a Beauty & The Beast DVD that is said to be "region-free" and in NTSC format. http://www.hotdvdmovi...platinum-edition.html I live in the UK and have a...

smithp24

12v AC Adaptor Power supply

I need a 12v AC to AC 4200ma Power supply to make a fancy new xmas tree work but can't find one anywhere. 1) Does anyone know where I can buy one? 2) Would a 12v AC to AC 3000ma Power supply have any...

Sonyme

Loss of sound in Media Player

My O.S. is Vista home premium and presumably running Windows Media Player 11. I now have no sound on this. Other applications that have sound are running fine, so presumably there is no problem with...

BigDogsWang

Burning CDs to play on my Arcam CD73

Hi. I have a number of Sony CD-Rs which people have burned albums onto for me, and they play perfectly in my Arcam CD73 player. However, when I burn them myself using Windows Media Player, they do not...

isnibs

Does a quad LNB reduce the signal strength or quality?

I recently replaced my LNB with a cheap quad one but now my signal quality is reduced to about 50%. The signal strength is about 80%. Is this normal or do I need to buy a better quality LNB.My dish is...

codswallop

WAV format

I have been using Audacity to convert my old cassette tapes onto the hard drive.These have been saved in the WAV format,The intention was to burn to CD using Nero but as far as I can tell it doesn't...

denis567

New Mobile

I have just got a new Nokia 6303. I have not had one of these camera phones before. I notice it has a mapping facility and a radio. If I use these two features, do I have to pay and if so is it...

in a mo

Blank Disc's will not record HELP please

I bought recently Blank CD-R s I have tried to record on to them ,all my music and spoken word is from a reliable source ,also part of my personal collection . The disc's are MAXELL CR-R XL 1180 80...

Sonak

W705 Sony Ericsson and Texting

Hi all, I have this W705 mobile but when ever I write a text message, I don't have a lot of characters left to continue writing. Its a very short text message & I've checked with the message...

Hard@it

Sonic mouse repellants

I have two of these and they appear ok. Does anybody know how to check if they are working ok, Obviously if there are no mice then they must be alright, however I would still like to know....

Nottm_George

dvd players

Can anybody tell me if I use the same DVD disc for recording in my machine will it affect the picture/sound synchronisation as I noticed the last few weeks that the talking and mouths don't correspond

fbg40

USB Flash drives

Afternoon !! Got a coupleof flash drives (Daneelec 4Gb and a maxell 1Gb) that when I put them into the USB port on my PC (XP Home), the PC doesn't always "seem to know they are there"....

Rickpad

Guitar accompaniment tracks.

Hi all, Does anyone out there know what the best way to play an electric guitar along to records is, and on what equipment to do it with. I've seen videos on U-tube where everybody seems to be playing...

moonraker558

FLV-DVD

Can anyone suggest a free program that will allow me to put some FLV files onto DVD as my nero or windows media wont reconise these files, or should i try mp4 versions instead and which would be the...

eileenjune

Remote control problem

Our old surround sound seems to be on the same wavelength as our new tv ! when we up/down volume the tv changes channels and scrambles the settings! Apart from setting volume up close to box and not...

anotheoldgit

DVD+RW Disc won't play

Having recorded on a DVD+RW disc, why is it it will only play on the equipment it was recorded on? Do they need to be finalised?...

Shadow_Demon

Help With Transistors... NPN-PNP

I recently built, toasted and rebuilt an amplifier. First of all it was the large high-power transistors on the board that blew, I replaced the large ones (with an ever so slightly higher grade ones,...

albaqwerty

posting a link, help please.

I have seen posters directing others to a question/thread on AB, you know, where it comes up "technical jargon /question 803405 in red and underlined. How is that done please?! (you can tell I'm...

buzzyb

rechargable batteries

Morning all, A very simple questions: I have a Panasonic rechargable phones for my land line. The phone is about 3 years old. I need to replace the batteries, can I use any MiMh AAA 750 mAh batteries...

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