Google Home Equalizer Settings

The Google Home suite of smart speakers, including the first, original Google Home assistant speaker, now offer bass and treble eq controls.  These you can adjust on a per speaker device basis via today’s Google Home app. This post demos the Google Home equalizer settings.  It shows how you can use them to adjust the … Continue reading Google Home Equalizer Settings

Google Home Mini Power Cord Specs

The power cord that ships with the Google Home Mini smart speaker is a typical medium-current USB supply.  We cover specs and details for this cord here.  But if you’re not able to find an original replacement power cord, any medium and high power USB power supply with a micro USB jack works too. The … Continue reading Google Home Mini Power Cord Specs

Google Home Mini Pictures

We’ve snapped many pictures of the Google Home Mini smart speaker, its accessories, and the original packaging, for the various posts we’re writing about this voice activated speaker.  So we’ve put these photos together here in one place, for quick and easy viewing and perusing.  Enjoy. Google Home Mini Speaker Packaging Pictures Firstly, here are … Continue reading Google Home Mini Pictures

Factory Reset Chromecast Audio

Here, we give instructions to factory reset the Chromecast Audio streaming receiver.  First, a factory reset restores this device to factory default settings.   Plus, doing this fixes strange errors you might see from the unit.  It also erases any WiFi network info stored on the Chromecast Audio. And finally, it ensures that this streamer will … Continue reading Factory Reset Chromecast Audio

Thermostat Says Heat On But No Heat

You might see your thermostat that says that the heat is on, but no heat comes out. This can happen for many reasons. A broken thermostat, wrong wiring, flipped circuit breakers, cruddy filters, blown fuses, or a defective HVAC system could cause this. So here, we describe some of these causes, and then offer repair … Continue reading Thermostat Says Heat On But No Heat

Thermostat Says Heat On But Furnace Not Running

You might see your thermostat that says that the heat is on, and yet you furnace is not running. This can happen for many reasons. A broken thermostat, incorrect wiring, tripped circuit breakers, dirty filters, blown fuses, or a broken HVAC system could cause this. Here, we describe some of these causes, and then offer … Continue reading Thermostat Says Heat On But Furnace Not Running

Turn Off Audio Description on Disney Plus

The Disney Plus streaming service came online in 2019. So through this offering, you can watch many movies and shows in the Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, National Geographic, or Marvel collections. Plus, for the blind and vision impaired viewers, many of these shows have an audio description track. Thus when you play this track, you … Continue reading Turn Off Audio Description on Disney Plus

Advantages of Convection Oven

A convection oven, as found in the typical home kitchen, is a gas or electrically heated oven.  But it’s not a microwave, although SOME microwave ovens feature a convection heating setting. These ovens offer many high points over conventional models.   So in this post, we list some of these advantages of the convection oven. We … Continue reading Advantages of Convection Oven

Benefits of Convection Oven

A convection oven, as found in the typical home kitchen, is a gas or electrically heated oven.  But it’s not a microwave, although SOME microwave ovens feature a convection heating setting. These ovens offer many benefits over conventional models.   So in this post, we list some of these benefits of the convection oven. We find … Continue reading Benefits of Convection Oven