{"id":114450,"date":"2018-12-06T04:55:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T09:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingston12.net\/?p=114450"},"modified":"2022-11-22T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T20:35:40","slug":"tech-talk-useful-hints-for-operating-new-high-tech-digital-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingston12.net\/2020\/2018\/12\/06\/tech-talk-useful-hints-for-operating-new-high-tech-digital-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk: Useful Hints for Operating New High Tech & Digital Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this age of rapid advancement in technology, acquiring a new piece of equipment sometimes requires a course in engineering or technology to understand how to make it work properly. Crutchfield \u2013 the online technology store has published a series of articles that can help guide decisions to purchase and operate many of the equipment that are now available in the technology marketplace. Below are the links to two such articles that can help guide you before your patience \u201cwear thin\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the first article published at crutchfield.com, Advisor Kramer Crane provides a \u201cBeginners Guide to Getting Better Sound from Bi-amp Cable Speakers\u201d. The article covers the bi-amping of home theater receivers (passive bi-amping), and is written for people who are attempting to connect speakers to a 7- channel home theater receiver with unassigned channels of power. The full article is available at https:\/\/www.crutchfield.com\/S-LOlrQcFxgcg\/learn\/why-biamp-your-speakers.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Bi-amp Cable Receiver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the second article, Crutchfield\u2019s Dominic DeVito provides a thorough description of Apple\u2019s CarPlay and how it works. This new automotive technology is a convenient way to access your iPhone\u00ae through your car stereo.<\/p>\n

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Apple CarPlay Dashboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can use certain phone functions as you drive – in a manner that will let you stay focused on the road. It gives access to your stereo, iPhone’s calling option, music, mapping (including both Waze and Google Maps), and message applications with a simple one-cord connection to your iPhone using the phone’s Lightning-to-USB cable, or \u2013 in some cases \u2013 wirelessly. This article \u2013 with video is available at: https:\/\/www.crutchfield.com\/S-fM0pSnRUCol\/learn\/what-is-apple-carplay.html?omnews=12999927<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this age of rapid advancement in technology, acquiring a new piece of equipment sometimes requires a course in engineering or technology to understand how to make it work properly. 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