16 most-anticipated tech products of 2012

Each year around this time I do a roundup of the most-anticipated products of the coming year. This year I came up with 16 things we can't wait to see.

Since many companies like to keep future new releases under tight wraps so they don't short-circuit sales of their current products, we can't predict what all the new hot gadgets will be. But as usual, we expect to see a fair amount of intriguing stuff at this year's CES in Las Vegas, and we know that plenty of sequels to today's popular products are on the way--whether the company wants you to know it or not.

  

Here's our list. As always feel free to voice your opinion. And if you don't like our selections, suggest new ones. As I said, right now, we're at 16 picks (they're listed in random order), but I've left a few slots open for reader contributions. Make a good case and I'll add the product to the slideshow.

Nintendo Wii U

Once again Nintendo is trying to revolutionize the gaming industry with a system that has a new controller with an embedded touch screen that allows you to continue a gaming session on the portable controller even when your TV is off.

On a more mundane level, this Wii supports 1080p visuals and is backward-compatible with all Wii gaming accessories and games. That latter trait may be its biggest selling point.

No word on pricing or exactly when the Wii U will hit the market, but Nintendo says it will be in stores in 2012. CNET's game experts got some early hands-on time with the Wii U. Here's what they thought.

Image credit: Nintendo

Google Ice Cream Sandwich products

The first Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) smartphones have just started trickling out onto the market. Loads more are coming in 2012. Yummy.

Screenshot by Josh Long/CNET

Image credit: Screenshot by Josh Long/CNET

iPad Mini

Will Apple do a 7-inch iPad? Some say no, some say yes, particularly with the success of Amazon's Kindle Fire. We hope Apple does go small. $299. 16GB. Slam dunk.

Better, more-affordable ultrabooks

Forget those underpowered Netbooks. The ultrabook is the new Netbook. We already saw the price for these lightweight machines head into reasonable territory in 2011. Now we look forward to the next batch offering similar performance for even less money.

Next-gen MacBook Air

Rumor has it that the next generation of MacBook Pros and Airs will get new designs, and we may very well see a 15-inch Air. Will the Air get even slimmer?

Why not?

Image: MacBook Air  (Apple)

More-affordable Apple AirPlay products

In case you don't know what it is, Apple's AirPlay is a wireless streaming feature available on Apple mobile devices that allows you to stream audio and video over Wi-Fi. However, except for Apple TV and AirPort Express, AirPlay-compatible products tend to be pricey (most are speakers).

They could all stand to shave $100 off their list prices (and more in some cases). Hopefully that will happen in 2012.

MacBook Air. (Apple)

Image credit: James Martin/CNET

Kindle Fire 2 (and Amazon's 10-inch tablet)

The Kindle Fire's been a big hit and it isn't even that great. Just imagine what the Kindle Fire 2 will be like. And oh, Amazon may well release a 10-inch tablet that undercuts the iPad's price significantly. Can't wait for that to happen.

iPhone 5

For those of you who waited all 2011 for an iPhone 5, we've got news: you get to do some more waiting in 2012. When we'll see the iPhone 5 launch is anybody's guess, but whether it's released in June or November, it seems like a safe bet that it will have a new design and most likely support for 4G networks.

Apple iTV

Rumor has it that Apple will enter the TV market in 2012 with a set that will be a game-changer and once again turn another market on its head. We'll believe it when we see it.

iPad 3

Everybody's waiting--and expecting--an iPad 3 with a higher-resolution display. If the past is any indication, hear all about it in February or March, with a release soon after.

PlayStation Vita

Sony's next-generation handheld gaming device is slated to arrive in the U.S. on February 22, with dual analog sticks, a touch screen, and graphics that rival the PS3's. The Wi-Fi version is priced at $249 and the Wi-Fi/3G version will cost $299.99 (3G service plan extra).

While many think the Vita has an uphill road, it also has the potential to be a much-needed hit for Sony, which has lost a lot of luster in recent years. CNET editors got an early look at the Vita. See what they thought.

Wider LTE (4G) rollout

We'll see lots more 4G phones in 2012--and hopefully lots more 4G service

coverage with true broadband speeds.

Nook Tablet 2

Barnes & Noble continues to do a lot of things right with its color Nook products. One request for the next model, most likely due to arrive in November: a little Bluetooth, please.

Nikon D800

The much-anticipated successor to the full-frame Nikon D700 was supposed to arrive in 2011. Alas, it didn't. Word is this rumored 36-megapixel prosumer camera will finally launch in early 2012. Price tag: We're guessing somewhere just south of $3,000.

Canon 5D Mark III

Like the Nikon D800, Canon's full-frame follow-up to the EOS 5D Mark II was widely expected to arrive in 2011. It failed to come, and was most likely delayed by the combination of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and Thailand flood tragedies. The current 5D Mark II costs around $2,000. This one will start out higher, most likely in the $2,500 range.

Windows 8

Unity is the theme with Windows 8, as Microsoft is bringing the Metro UI found on smartphones and Xbox 360 to the PC and tablets. Word is a beta may be out as soon as February with the final product ready to ship on PCs in late fall. 

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Holiday Gaming Stinkers: The Must-Not-Haves

It's easy to be tempted by low prices, especially during the holidays. Often times, deals are so good that you grab an item without thinking it through just so you can check someone off your shopping list.

The problem? Your friend or loved one winds up with a gift that sounds great in theory, but ends up having a shelf life shorter than a piece of bread. It might be good for a day or so, but you're not going to be real happy with it after that.

With that in mind, we've put together a cautionary list of gaming choices that might sound tempting to bargain-hunting shoppers, but may not be the wisest use of your money this year.

Nintendo Wii

The Wii is one of the most successful gaming consoles of all time, and it packs a sizable catalog of terrific games. It's also running for as low as $99 this holiday, making it seem like a steal.

But it's also about to become yesterday's news. The system's successor, the Wii U, is coming out next year. In terms of major new releases, Nintendo is largely done with the Wii -- the next Mario and Zelda games will almost certainly be Wii U exclusives, along with all of the company's other major franchises. And at the end of the day, Nintendo itself makes the best titles for any Nintendo system.

If you're buying for someone who is seriously behind the video game curve, it's at least an affordable choice. But gamers love looking to the future — and frankly, the Wii just isn't on that horizon.

PSP

Sony's handheld gaming system has a lot working against it. It's not a major focus for any publisher these days. It's facing increased competition from mobile devices. And, like the Wii, it's about to be replaced by a newer model.

While the success of next year's Playstation Vita is hardly a guarantee, it's certain to overshadow the PSP and take the wind out of that system's tattered sails entirely. If you want to get someone a good portable gift, pre-order a Vita and leave the current PSP on the shelf.

Original iPad or iPhone 3GS

Apple's devices are top retail items this year, but that doesn't mean you should grab anything that has the company's logo on it. The original iPad is available at discount at a number of outlets and the iPhone 3GS is either very cheap or free for most carriers, if you're willing to sign a two-year service agreement.

The prices can't be beat, but if you're a gamer (or buying for one), you're going to be disappointed. Both devices run on older hardware, and while they can handle Angry Birds and Cut the Rope without breaking a sweat, they struggle with newer hits like Infinity Blade 2. And that's just going to get more pronounced; some new games can't be played at all on the older iOS systems.

They're still just fine as tablets and phones and music players, but if you like to play the latest and greatest apps, you're better off paying for more recent models.

Need for Speed: The Run

Sometimes taking a game in a brand new direction re-energizes it and attracts a brand new audience. Sometimes it drives folks further away. Care to guess which effect this driving/action title has?

On paper, it's a winning formula: blend the franchise's blazing sense of speed with an action game element and a story reminiscent of The Cannonball Run. And, as an added bonus, toss in appearances by Christina Hendricks and a couple of Sports Illustrated swimsuit models. It should be the perfect guy-oriented game, right?

Maybe, but the final result earned just a 67 Metacritic score and was lambasted for its short gameplay and troubled design. Want a great arcade racer? Try Driver: San Francisco instead.

Duke Nukem Forever

Frankly, it's a miracle this game ever made it onto shelves — and after a dozen years in development, expectations were unreasonably high. Still, no one was prepared for what was ultimately released: A disastrous game trapped in the mid-90s.

Some fans were thrilled with the retro feel, but most were shocked at the outdated graphics and aged potty humor. You'd have to be a true fan of the series to enjoy the game.

To Gearbox's credit, the developer continues to support the game with DLC — and has stated it plans a Duke Nukem game that's entirely its own for the coming years. Even if you love Duke, you're  better off waiting for that one.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts One and Two

The final tome in the Harry Potter series was a rollicking ride that perfectly ended the tale of the Boy Who Lived. The movies were thrilling adventures that earned Oscar nominations, with Part Two whispered to be a contender for Best Picture this year.

But the games? They kind of sucked.

We're not sure why EA's quality control failed so miserably on these -- which had plenty of good source material to draw from -- but both parts of this series were absolutely terrible. Unfortunately, that's something a parent, aunt or uncle might not know. If you've got a little Muggle whose dream is to get into Gryffindor someday, buying them either of these games would be akin to tossing them in a room with Lord Voldemort. Opt for the exceptional Lego Harry Potter games instead.

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TRIBUNNEWS.COM,JAKARTA-The line hunters Bellagio Blackberry 9790 which sold for half price in the South Lobby, Pacific Place, Jakarta, Friday (11/25/2011) stopped, because things started to not be controlled.

"Now we break up for security reasons, if someone dies how", said South Jakarta Metro Police Chief Comr Imam Sugiyanto.

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About the JMC Academy

Established in 1982 by John Martin Cass, the JMC Academy was originally founded in Sydney to meet the demand for qualified professionals in the entertainment technology industry. From day one, the JMC Academy broke ground as Australia's the first private college to qualify for accreditation in the fields of Audio Engineering, Digital Television and Digital Multimedia.

Today, the JMC Academy is Australia’s leading private education and training provider for the Music, Film and Television and Digital Media fields.

With advanced-design campuses, ongoing technology upgrades, a dedicated team of academics and industry professionals, and a network of international master class lecturers, JMC Academy is committed to ensuring our graduates make their own indelible mark on industry.

Our programmes are structured to reflect the diverse and interrelated networks that underpin this multi-faceted industry. It is crucial that students understand the industry as a whole as well as their prospective place within it. This also impacts on the need to ensure graduates leave with specialist knowledge, advanced skill, strong business acumen, and a global perspective.

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Introduction To Microsoft Security Compliance Manager

The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager provides centralized security baseline management features, a baseline portfolio, customization capabilities, and security baseline export flexibility to accelerate your organization’s ability to efficiently manage the security and compliance process for the most widely used Microsoft technologies.

Key Features & Benefits

• Centralized Management and Baseline Portfolio: The centralized management console of the Security Compliance Manager provides you with a unified, end-to-end user experience to plan, customize, and export security baselines. The tool gives you full access to a complete portfolio of recommended baselines for Windows® client and server operating systems, and Microsoft applications. The Security Compliance Manager also enables you to quickly update the latest Microsoft baseline releases and take advantage of baseline version control.

• Security Baseline Customization: Customizing, comparing, merging, and reviewing your baselines just got easier. Now you can use the new customization capabilities of the Security Compliance Manager to duplicate any of the recommended baselines from Microsoft—for Windows client and server operating systems, and Microsoft applications—and quickly modify security settings to meet the standards of your organization’s environment.

• Multiple Export Capabilities: Export baselines in formats like XLS, Group Policy objects (GPOs), Desired Configuration Management (DCM) packs, or Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) to enable automation of deployment and monitoring baseline compliance.

• Security baselines for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Hyper-V, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Windows Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Office 2010, and Microsoft Office 2007 SP2

• Setting packs for Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8

System Requirements

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• Supported Operating Systems:Windows 7;Windows Vista Service Pack 2

• This toolkit is intended to work with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and the desired configuration management (DCM) feature.

• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats (available as a free download) can be used to open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office 2007.

• Microsoft Word or Microsoft Word Viewer (available as a free download) can be used to view Word documents.

The Security Compliance Manager Getting Started Guide is available on microsoft official website. Download this short guide to quickly set up and customize the Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool. The guide also includes brief instructions on using the SCM tool to deploy and monitor security baselines for the latest server and client operating systems from Microsoft.

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The best MTS working file converter for your mac

The iSkysoft MTS converter is easy to use video converting software. It will enable you to convert the camcorder or camera files in the MTS to the video in AVI, WMV, and MP4, MKV or other popular file format. The audio extraction will be supported. This kind of the professional converter will provide you the enough supporting for the devices such as the Apple iPhone, iPod or iPad, Sony PSP or PS3, Android phones such as HTC and many more.

Now, the mts is the high-definition of the MPEG, AVC, and H.264 transport the stream video file format which are commonly used through HD camcorders like the Sony, Canon, Panasonic. The Mts files are used mostly together with the Sony hardware. The camcorders make use of MTS in the form of the AVCHD, a recording format made the special application for the camcorders. There are some camcorder models which from the Canon are also being used the MTS files. Those files are also being represented in the Blu-ray disc compilations. Therefore they are capable, they have the availability of storing the huge amount of the information and the data tracks.

I know that you are wondering if, how to convert the MTS for Mac, then to start that conversion, the mac while give both the Inter version and the PowerPC version. The free download the right version of the MTS converter for Mac according to your Mac hardware. If you don’t know which version of the MTS converter that will fit or good for the conversion, you can try the Inter version the more universal todays situation. As the owner of the popular players such as the iPod, iPhone, Zune or any, it is already literal to us to convert the video file formats like the MTS to MOV or MP4 so that we can just easily play the best videos on our portable players anywhere. The MTS converter for the Mac will help the user who likes to convert the MTS video files to many formats like the AVI, FLV, WMV, 3GP2, 3GPP, 3GP, 3GPP2, QuickTime or the MOV, MPG, MKV and may more. Then, after the conversion, you can directly import into one software program from another, the MTS video files to the many portable players like the iPod, iPhone. Apple TV, PSP, Zune, PDA or the pocket PC which include the BlackBerry, creative Zen, Archos, Epson media players and any cell phone, it is the process with only just the few click at the short time.

How to play the MTS files on the Mac for free? Playing MTS on snow leopard? How? Will since the MTS is an MPEG variant to some extent, you can directly play the video files on the VLC media player, which is the most powerful player for both the Mac and windows users to play many popular formats. Moreover, Mplayer OS X is another good choice to play MTS video files on Mac running Mac running Mac OS X snow leopard, Mac OS X Lion and many more, if you are already using the special player which will never supports the MTS, you could use a mts video converter before you play MTS on your favorite video player.

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Dental Recall Systems

So here is a quick preview of how most dental offices work. Sallie from the front desk needs to call Todd, a new patient, to confirm an appointment and remind him to bring the insurance check that was sent to his home.
Sallie opens a family file, finds the cell phone number for Todd, and manually dials the number. Todd doesn't answer so Sallie leaves a message.
Later Todd returns the call. All the dental phones in the office ring. Somebody picks up one of the dental phones and confirms the appointment with no mention of the insurance check. The staffer didn't look in the office journal or wherever else because it's likely not necessary.
This seems to be the typical process of phone calls in the dental office. Because there is no dental phone, specifically designed for the dental industry, there are many inefficiencies that cause problems in many practices.
How about this instead? What if we had dental phone that did something like this?
Sallie looks at the appointment book and sees tomorrow's appointment needs confirmation and the insurance check is due. She clicks on the appointment and the phone numbers are displayed.
She selects the cell number and presses auto dial. The phone dials from her desk extension and the office journal for the patient appears and populates with date, time, and "phone call".
She picks up her handset as the patient picks up or as it goes to voice mail. She leaves a message about the appointment and the check.
She enters the nature of her call in the open window that is staring her in the face. With the simple click of the mouse she saves the data to be able to return to it when needed.
Later the patient sees the voice mail, listens and clicks redial on his cell. The call goes directly to Sallie's desk.
As the dental phone rings, a screen pop, displays the patients name and the nature of the most recent correspondence. In this case the journal pops up with "left VM to confirm, and instructed to bring insurance check".
Sallie knows who it is and why they are calling before the phone is ever answered. No time on hold.
No other staff involved. The process of phone calls on this new dental phone system is absolutely seamless.
There's no telling how much time dental staffs wastes answering calls for other staffers. No telling how many messages are lost in translation.
No telling how many hours are spent looking up and manually dialing phones. All of these issues could be solved with a new dental phone system.
Imagine a dental phone that connected your practice management software to every phone call. Imagine a dental phone that could keep all of your data in one place, very easy to reach for each phone call just as discussed in the example above.
Well the future is here, Weave Communications is preparing to launch the dental phone of the future with all of these capabilities. Managing you practice will be easier than ever before with this new dental phone.

Jake Larsen is a marketing specialist for Modern Communications inc. He has worked with hundreds of dental offices across the United States and Canada to better their dental recall services and better their practices. For Dr. Mohan's office in Iowa the recommended recall system was able to schedule 35 appointments in one day. These recall services can work miracles for dental practices.

Will Onlive and Cloud Gaming Change the Video Game Market?

With the recent release of OnLive cloud gaming in the UK, the questions has to be asked, will cloud computing change the video games industry?

The concept of cloud gaming is having the ability to play your favourite video games without the need of a games console or an expensive computer. By using the internet the user can stream game play from a remote server hundreds of miles away without the need of having your own hardware to run the games, only a stable internet connection. The user can buy or rent games from the company's site without the need to ever have the game physically. The concept seems simple and effective however in practice there can be a few problems. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of cloud gaming.

Advantages

• With the price of games consoles and high performance computers begin so high, one the advantages of the on live is the cost of the package. It is a one of payment for the receiver with monthly payments for using the service. They also claim their prices for purchasing games are competitive and are similar to the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii retail versions
• OnLive has a large range of the newest games available for the service featuring the same games your can play on your games console or on your PC. 100+ games are currently available for the service and new ones are added most weeks.The receiver is easy to use and quick to set up.
• The device used to stream the games from the internet is a small box that can plugs into a monitor, TV and even tablet devices. Users that prefer to play on the PC will just need to download the program for their website.

Disadvantages

• The main disadvantage of the OnLive package at the moment is the internet. OnLive requires a reliable and fast internet connection to stream the game play to your TV or monitor at home. Without a decent connection, it can make games look slow and unplayable
• Another thing that may cause a problem is the Internet Service Providers. With most of the ISP in the UK capping the amount of data your can download, playing OnLive for long periods of time may rack up a large bill at the end of the month. Make sure you have no restrictions on downloads if considering purchasing the service
• In the UK (and other countries) there is a large amount of people who buy second-hand games. Once you completed your title, people generally trade in their old game for a new one. With Cloud gaming and OnLive, you never own a physical copy making the whole process of trading in your old game for a new one redundant.

Conclusion

As mentioned about the OnLive package is a very good product with a great concept, bringing high quality, detailed games to people without the access of a games console or the money to afford one. However the fact that most peoples internet connections may not be fast enough and that ISPs enforce download limits, might hold this product back. While the concept is brilliant, the product is well delivered, i don't think the majority of the world is ready. Until that time, i doubt the big three (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo) have anything to worry about.

Electronic | A New Look at TV

In a few short years, we've made huge strides in electronics & technology as far as television is concerned. From those huge old pieces of furniture with ten or twelve inch snowy black and white pictures and tinny sound, we've advanced to flat screen TVs which range in size from thirty to seventy inches and have crystal clear pictures. Surround sound stereo speakers make you sure you are in the middle of the action.

Electronic | Flat Screen TVs

As technology has been changing and advancing, flat-screen TVs have been too. Many of the flat screens that are available now have features that allow for connecting them to computers and using them as the computer too. The technology has advanced greatly and knowing what to look for in a flat-screen TV is more important than ever. You do not want to buy a TV that will only perform half the functions which you want it to, or that you have to upgrade regularly.
Types Of flat-screen TVs

Electronic | The Best Outdoor Game Experience

Many establishments such as restaurants, bars, and other entertainment venues are always looking for new ways to draw people in. One of the best ways to do that is to create events surrounding big sporting events or games. For example, a bar offers large specials during the Super Bowl to get people to bring their Super Bowl celebration to their place. Creating specials on drinks or food isn't enough though. People demand more and saving a couple bucks just isn't that exciting, especially when every other bar or restaurant in town is doing the exact same thing. There are no "barriers to entry" in any sense, so everyone can do it, and if they're not doing it now, they may start in the future if they see you are successful.

Electronic | Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx GPS Navigator Review

I had recently bought a 60CSx by Garmin and it is one of the best GPS navigators in the market. My old navigator was old school anyway so I had to buy a new one.
The 60CSx has practically everything that you can ask for. It weights 7.5 oz with batteries and has highly sensitive, insanely accurate GPS receiver to track your exact location- even if you are in thick forests or deep canyons. And it has a brilliant TFT color display that works even in bright sunlight.

Electronic | External Sound Card - An Innovative Tech Solution to Use

An external sound card may be exactly what you need if you are using your computer to make and record music, if you are a passionate and dedicated music fan or if you love playing games and watching movies. Laptop DJs are the ones who usually take advantage of this tech solution. However, such devices have become extremely affordable so anyone can get them and use them.

Top 5 Cloud Computing Service Providers

Many businesses who are seeking to expand their enterprise applications are looking to the cloud to outsource their infrastructure needs. Selecting the right service provider can be a daunting task as there are many to choose from. Here is a list of five of the top cloud computing service providers who have remained solid contenders in this growing market.

Amazon Web Services - A long time front-runner in the cloud computing sphere, Amazon delivers a suite of tools that provide an inexpensive and scalable infrastructure as a service to companies who need reliable computing services and storage. Their Elastic Compute Cloud service, otherwise known as EC2, is a cloud-based service where users can create virtual machines and run software of their choice on a per-need basis. Users pay by the hour for the server usage and have control over the location and deployment. It is designed to work directly with other Amazon Web Services like Simple Storage Service (S3) which allows users to store and retrieve unlimited data, paying for only the resources that are used.
Google App Engine - As the major player in Internet technology, Google has joined the ranks of cloud computing providers with its Google App Engine platform as a service. This service is aimed at developing and hosting web applications using Google's infrastructure and data centers. The engine supports several languages including Java, Ruby and Python. This scalable service allows developers to pay for what they use without startup costs or recurring fees.
Microsoft Azure - Microsoft's answer to cloud computing is Windows Azure Platform. This platform as a service allows developers to utilize Microsoft infrastructure and data centers to develop, host and run web applications. Azure provides a complete set of services including computing environments, scalable storage, database functionality and a content delivery network.
Rackspace - This company is the leader in cloud based web hosting. Their easy-to-use server and on-demand solutions provide customers with a way to get servers online as quickly as possible without investing in the hardware. Users pay for server usage by the hour and can add or delete server instances on-demand. Their major selling point is their Fanatical Support service that provides excellent customer support through rapid response to problems, finding solutions that will benefit the customer, and providing technical expertise.

Salesforce.com - Salesforce is a software-as-a-service provider that specializes in distributing business applications through the cloud. Its suite of tools provides businesses with customer relationship management services to help them bolster sales and stay connected with customers. Force.com is a platform-as-a-service that allows developers to use the Salesforce infrastructure to develop add-on applications that integrate with the Salesforce solution.
Although these cloud computing providers merely scratch the surface of options available for enterprise solutions, they serve as a great starting point for further investigation for your business needs.

For more information about cloud computing development, visit Magenic Technologies who have been providing innovative custom software development to meet unique business challenges for some of the most recognized companies and organizations in the nation.

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Television Repair for the beginner

Tevision repair is is the work of very very complicated and tedious, but if you know the intent and purpose then refit the TV is an asset to get money that are invaluable banyaknya.Bagi berkipra beginners who will repair the world, should hold on to the steps in below: Step 1.It must be equip-Equipment below:

          a.A long screwdriver.

          b.Multimeter / Avometer

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          d.solder wire
Step 2.Open all the existing couplers on television sets that will be repaired.Clear the PCB all disposable brush with paint thinner (thinner A special cultivated). Solder the components that are less good  on PCB / cracks, check fuse / sekeringØ elco Check power supply, elco most.large size of its ownusually alternating 100uf/400v.Please testavometer two disconnected scale of 10 ohm.jika possibility diode or transistor is damaged or Try test / measuring diodes that are on near the switch on / off, there are 4 buah.pake avometer on a scale of 10 ohm.Test alternating Rotary.If connect both mean broken. Try measuring the transistor regulator.Check numbers 2 and 3 feet back and forth use avometer 10ohm.If scale means broken.replease connect both with the same number or sameto use then Try measuring the horizontal transistor, measuring the number 2 and 3 feet back and Behind pake avometer 10ohm.If scale both mean broken.Replease connect with a similar number.
Step 3.Tombol On / Off the TV and rated voltage, what happens? Have you tested the voltage on elco 100 uF 400V, here there must be more or less voltage is 285V or less, this indicates the regulator stem has aktif. Next is to test the induction regulator is strom that has passed the travo Infenter tested at 160V 100uF elco, here should be no voltage 110-135V depending on the brand of your TV repairman.
Output voltage at Step 4.Check infenter All at infenter output diode conduction strom there are some brothers please check one by one and there should be voltage on each diode out.for example one diode out there is no voltage then can blame tv would not normally thus you have to down one by one diode was filled strom , if there is no charge to the IC sound strom then automatically it will live TV with no sound as well as beyond.
Step 5.Apabila step in repairing TV JAR step is close behind the TV that you reparation. (Just waiting for the TV is taken the owner) means you can get money from the TV repair. While this is only what we can to do to the brothers who happened to stop at Blogg kami.Got bless you and Good luck.
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