JBL Xtreme Not Charging, How to Fix

Most JBL Bluetooth speakers, including the Xtreme, offer portable operation via an internal battery. And when that battery goes dead, you can recharge them via an AC or car adapter. To facilitate recharging this speaker, the Xtreme comes with a 19 volt AC power adapter. Sometimes though, you may notice that the JBL Xtreme is … Continue reading JBL Xtreme Not Charging, How to Fix



JBL Charge 3 Not Charging, How to Fix

Most JBL Bluetooth speakers, including the Charge 3, offer off-grid operation via an internal battery. And when that portable power goes dead, you can recharge it via an AC or car adapter. To facilitate recharging this speaker, you can use a USB 2 charger with the speaker, that delivers 5 volts at 2.3 amps. Sometimes … Continue reading JBL Charge 3 Not Charging, How to Fix



JBL Flip 2 Specs, Specifications for this Speaker

Here, we list the complete JBL Flip 2 speaker specs.  E.g. These cover its size, weight, battery charge time, and play time per recharge.  They also give its frequency response, and audio power output. The specifications further show that the JBL Flip 2 sounds pretty good. Indeed, this speaker plays loud enough for most small … Continue reading JBL Flip 2 Specs, Specifications for this Speaker



How to Reset Amazon Smart Plug

You may need to reset an Amazon Smart Plug to restore correct operation should it stop answering Alexa commands coming from either your Echo smart speaker or the Alexa app. Or, perhaps you want to change the WiFi network and / or password to which this smart plug connects.  In either case a reset will … Continue reading How to Reset Amazon Smart Plug



How to Pair JBL Charge 3 Speaker

This post shows how to pair a JBL Charge 3 speaker with common Bluetooth source devices like phones and tablets. In this demo, we show how to do this on an iPad Air tablet. How to Pair JBL Charge 3, Step by Step With your JBL Charge 3 powered off (power button is dark), run … Continue reading How to Pair JBL Charge 3 Speaker



How to Set Sleep Timer on Amazon Alexa Echo Gen 1

The original (first) Amazon Alexa Generation One Echo smart speakers now provide a sleep timer function.  This you can set and cancel with your voice! So gere, we show using voice commands, how to set sleep timer on the Amazon Alexa Echo Gen 1 smart speaker. Firstly, the Alexa sleep timer works by asking Alexa … Continue reading How to Set Sleep Timer on Amazon Alexa Echo Gen 1



Blue LED Christmas Lights Decorating Outdoors

Blue LED Christmas lights offer perhaps the most vivid blue hues you can get in a highly efficient, low heat holiday light set as the pictures below show. Much more vibrant than incandescent blue Christmas lights, and cheaper to operate as well.  Since blue is our favorite color, we’ve decorated the house with blue light … Continue reading Blue LED Christmas Lights Decorating Outdoors



JBL Flip 4 Picture Gallery for this Portable Speaker

Here, we include our JBL Flip 4 portable Bluetooth speaker picture gallery.  These are shots we took while unboxing, setting up, charging, and using this portable Bluetooth speaker. JBL Flip 4 Portable Bluetooth Speaker Picture Gallery The JBL Flip 4 Portable Speaker Box Packaging         Unpacking JBL Flip 4 Portable Speaker   … Continue reading JBL Flip 4 Picture Gallery for this Portable Speaker



Honeywell Thermostat Picture Gallery

We’ve owned several Honeywell thermostats over the past decade, and have written much about them.  Thus in this album, we’ve gathered all the shots we’ve taken into this Honeywell thermostat picture gallery, of the models we’ve tested. Enjoy. Picture Gallery of the Honeywell RLV310A Thermostat Firstly, this is one of Honeywell’s line voltage t-stats, for … Continue reading Honeywell Thermostat Picture Gallery



Logitech Squeezebox Boom AC Adapter Specs

We describe here the US version of the AC wall adapter for the Logitech Squeezebox Boom internet radio. It has removable but non retractable AC prongs and a six-foot long cord.  Plus, its larger size and weightier feel hints of a “heavy duty” class of power supply. The square shape has thin width that fits … Continue reading Logitech Squeezebox Boom AC Adapter Specs