Category: Technology

Fix Singtel mio TV gears and cross problems

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mio TV died on me when I wanted to watch a “Live” Europa League Semi-finals match on Football Frenzy. Here’s a fix which works for me after calling helpdesk when after several power on and off of the modem and set top box which did not solve the problem. The display just simply shows 2 gears and a bar running below endlessly or a big red cross with both Link and Record lights on the set top box ON.

With the modem still connected, hold down POWER + OK + DOWN button on the front of the mio TV set top box for 5 seconds, release and wait up to 15minutes or more for the entire process to complete (Patience). Seems to me this helps to reset the set top box settings and restoring the STB firmware hence taking such a long time (I guess).

Single gear with incrementing progress bar
Single gear with incrementing progress bar

2 Gears with looping progress bar
2 Gears with looping progress bar

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Apple Magic Mouse Review

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Apple Magic Mouse with Razer Pro|Pad
Apple Magic Mouse with Razer Pro|Pad

The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse is here! Is it really that good?

Pros

  • Being an iPhone user, the use of gestures for the mouse is most welcome. The ability to do momentum scrolling like the iPhone and iPod Touch makes scrolling up and down a lengthy webpage effortlessly.
  • No more irritating wheel sound doing up/down scrolling with normal mouse.
  • The powerful laser tracking is higly sensitive and responsive.
  • The design of the Magic Mouse makes it suitable for both left and right handed mouse users.
  • Easy to clean as there’s no buttons or scroll ball found on the mighty mouse

Cons

  • Tracking speed is still relatively slow even though tracking speed has been set to the maximum. My Razer Pro|Click 1.6 wired mouse with tracking speed set to 50% moves way faster.
  • The mouse skates beneath the Magic Mouse do not move that smoothly on a smooth wooden surface table
  • Gestures do not allow access to Expose

Overall rating: 6/10

Nike+ SportBand with SwitchEasy RunAway Review

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Bought the Nike+ Sportband (available in Pink & Yellow) from Nike Wheellock Place in Singapore and the SwitchEasy RunAway Adapter from Epicentre which is just opposite the same Nike store.

Test setup:
iMac 24″ (Snow Leopard)
Asics Gel-Kayano 14
Nike+ Sportband
Nike+ iPod Sensor
SwitchEasy RunAway Adapter

After installing the Nike+ Utility. Connect the Nike+ SportBand Link to the USB Port on the iMac to customize settings as well as charging the battery.

Charge the Nike+ SportBand Link by connecting it to a USB port
Charge the Nike+ SportBand Link by connecting it to a USB port

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