Electronics: Page 19

Take apart a Canon My lens stopped focusing past 3m so i decided to take it apart to figure out what the hell. Canon would have charged me...i'd guess at least $150 for this.

This how-to video will help you expand your iPod library. Rockbox turns your iPod into a FLAC- and OGG-playing, open-source monster. Learn how to install this custom firmware on your iPod to enable it to play all sorts of audio file types and even games. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to free your iPod with Rockbox.

In this video, Paige Williams shows you how to use a mini DV camcorder, how to troubleshoot it, and how to watch your recordings on tv.

Eric Skiar shows beginners how to use an iPod.

Worried about getting your camera wet or planning to shoot in the rain? Alan K. from Indy Mogul teaches you how to make a camcorder rain shield from a detergent bottle.

This video shows how to use the click wheel to control and iPod. It demonstrates getting to the main menu, forwarding and rewinding, and playing and pausing using the click wheel.

This video shows you how to replace the LCD Screen & Logic Board on your 4th Generation iPod. If you can pull it off, you'll save yourself a lot of money, just make sure to get the right tools in advance and go slowly!

If your 3rd gen iPod screen shows a sad face or a file folder with an exclamation point icon whenever you try to turn it on it is a likely indictation that you need to replace the hard drive. Learn how you can replace the hard drive yourself in this tutorial.

This shows you how to save your iPod and a ton of money by fixing a dead battery yourself. Here's how to take apart the 3rd generation iPod and remove and replace the battery.

This video shows you how to disassemble a first generation iPod nano so you can replace the battery. You will need a soldering iron and need to do some electronic soldering so make sure you're comfortable with soldering or have practiced a bit beforehand. Be careful or you'll be buying a new Nano!

This video demonstrates how to speed up or slow down the narrator's voice in an audio book. All you have to do is access the audio book menu from the settings menu and select the speed you want.

This video shows you how to quickly set your iPod Shuffle to play songs by rating through iTunes. All you need to do is connect your iPod Shuffle to your computer, open iTunes, and click the rating tab in iTunes.

This video demonstrates how to add specific photos to an iPod through iTunes. To do this, all you have to do is connect your iPod to a computer, click on the photos tab in iTunes, click on the selected albums button, and select the albums you want to import.

Logic boards fail generally in water issues and power issues. These two repairs are linked, the logic board and click wheel. You need a flat head screwdriver, pry tool and patience.

n this Video Tutorial we show you how to replace the Click Wheel or Faceplate on your iPod Photo. The click wheel is interchangeable with 4th generation iPods, but the faceplate is not interchangeable. You'll need a pry tool, screwdriver and patience.

This video shows you how to download an audio book from the iTunes store and import it into your iPod, focusing on Macs. It demonstrates how to find the audio book you want, buy it, sync it with your iPod, and how to listen to the audio book once it is on the iPod.

This video explains how to play an iPod slide show on a TV using an iPod A/V cable. Just connect the cable to your iPod, select the slide show you want to watch, and set the iPod to TV on.

Need an ipod dock for the car? This video will show you how to make an ipod car dock charger. Now you will be able to charge you ipod through the cigarette lighter in your car!

If you own a digital camera then here is a fun way to take infrared pictures. With a homemade filter that takes minutes to make, turn your digital camera into one that can take infrared photos easy and effectively.

Digital projectors can be prohibitively expensive, particularly for those who stand to benefit the most from their use—that is, young people who prefer watch television and movies on their home computers. No longer. This hacker's how-to demonstrates how to make a simple digital video projector out of an old LCD flatscreen monitor and a slide, or overhead, projector. For detailed, step-by-step instructions on fabricating your own LCD/overhead digital projector on the cheap, take a look!