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Any HDMI Gurus?

Other than connecting up HMDI devices 1:1 etc, I've never explored the details of how it works etc- it simply wasn't so...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by no.sp
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by no.sp

Hinges

Looking for a particular type of hinge, but frustrated because I don't know the proper name. For a lifting flap, but th...
28 comments posted 7yrs
posted by News
28 comments posted 7yrs posted by News

Outlook 97 issue

My outbox is completely empty, but when I click send/receive, or it does an automatic one, it complains that it is unab...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Where would I ask?

... about video editing software? I'm new to it, and results searching the google-duck are beyond hopeless. Yahoo is sa...
34 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tabbypurr
34 comments posted 7yrs posted by tabbypurr

batteries

anybody heard the expression the battery charges from "the bottom to the top" or from the "top to the bottom" ? .....
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Brake fluid in power steering?

My 2002 Renault Scenic has on the power steering cap "use DOT 4 brake fluid" so I did, then realised it was not the bra...
48 comments posted 7yrs
posted by CFKinsey
48 comments posted 7yrs posted by CFKinsey

Bastards

Van done over again. This time is the hand tools inc drill bits that are gone. Just spent £600 and still only seem to ha...
77 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
77 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

TomTom problem

My TomTom has lost its postcode file. General advice is to find a replacement file and copy it into the root directory....
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by newsgroups
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by newsgroups

Boiler Issue

I have an 8 year old Worcester Greenstar Heatslave 18/25 oil-fired boiler which has been misbehaving lately. Whereas pr...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by iqbalali898
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by iqbalali898

Drill charger diagnostics

I have an old B&D cordless drill; the batteries don't charge. Either the batteries or the charger are faulty. I've open...
37 comments posted 7yrs
posted by real-not-anti-spam-address
37 comments posted 7yrs posted by real-not-anti-spam-address

Shower Valve

since living in the current house we have had a Mira 415 Pressure Balancing shower. It works fine - no temp fluctuation...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Somewhere
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by Somewhere

Mortise lock question

I needed to replace the mortise lock on a wooden patio door, so I bought another ERA brand one online hoping it'd fit w...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by stainburn
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by stainburn

Freezer door left open alarm

Working fine. This one - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TM803-Fridge-Refrigerator-Freezer-Digital-Alarm-Thermometer-Tempera...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt