Change – Increase\Decrease the volume of Nokia Internet Radio on Nokia E63

Hey folks.... howdy !

Just saw a lot of people complaining about the Nokia Internet Radio, found on the OVI store. The primary problem that they experienced was the they could not change the volume ( Increase or Decrease) on a Nokia E63.

There is a simple way to do it.

1. Start the Internet Radio and start listening to a station.
2. Now press and hold the function Key
3. Press either the top or bottom button of the D-Pad.

Viola ! You’ll see that the volume level is now controllable. In fact there is a slick little UI that comes up on the screen that shows you the current volume level
too.

Do comment, if you found this post useful.

Cheers
Dennis

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Unlock Samsung SGH J706 Mobile Phone

I just unlocked a Samsung SGH J706, which was locked to the Canadian wireless network Rogers.

Here’s how you can unlock your phone too.

1. Make sure that the battery is completely charged

2. Make sure the phone has the Rogers SIM card in it.

3. Now start the phone

4. Input this number combination in the keypad *2767*3855#

5. The phone display a message which tell you that the EEPROM is being reset

6. The Phone would then reboot & in my case the display language changed to French.

7. Now switch off the phone and change the SIM to the one you are intending to use ( In my case it was a Vodafone SIM)

8. Restart the phone.

9. Now type in the following combination into the key pad *7465625*638*00000000*00000000#

10. The zero’s would be represented as dashes ‘-‘. This is fine and no reason to panic

11. Once you have entered the above combination, enter this #7465625*638*00000000#

12. Again the zero’s would be represented in the form of Dashes ‘-‘

13. On entering the number as in Step 11, you do not see the numerals appearing on the screen, just press the call drop/disconnect key and try entering the number. It would work

14. Now to verify if the phone has been successfully unlocked type this code *#7465625# and you can scroll down all the locks to see if it is ‘INACTIVE’

15. Now restart the phone.

16. Enjoy using it with your new operator.

If this helped you, please do comment. Have fun :-)

Cheers
Dennis

This unlock is for educational & illustrational purposes only. Please do not attempt to do it in regions where it is deemed illegal.

PS: I had major troubles trying to get the back/battery panel of the Samsung SGH J706. The easiest way to do it, is by using a Rubber Kitchen Gloves (by 3M) which have grips in the finger tips.

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Region Unlock Code - Philips DVP 3388/94

Here's a quick way to unlock the region coding on your Philips DVP 3388/94

1. Press the Setup button on your remote control
2. Using your remote control, highlight but do not
select the Preferences menu
3. Press the 1 button on your remote control
4. Press the 3 button on your remote control
5. Press the 8 button on your remote control
6. Press the 9 button on your remote control
7. Press the 3 button on your remote control
8. Press the 1 button on your remote control

A pop up screen would now appear on your screen

9. Using the Up and Down buttons on your remote
control select 1 for region 1, 2 for region 2, and so on, or
0 for multi-region playback
10. Press the Enter button on your remote control
11. Press the Setup button on your remote control

I have tried and tested this on my player & it worked great.

Please make sure that you have connected your player to an uninterrupted power source (UPS)) while doing this. Disconnecting\switching off\Unplugging of your player during the process may cause your DVD to malfunction.

Do comment if this hack worked for you.

Cheers
Dennis

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DnZ's Video Bitrate Caculator V 1.0

I've got a lot of video files and was always curious to know what was the exact video bitrate of the file.

Laying my hands on my first HDTV drove me more to know everything about the bitrate of the file being played. I searched quite a bit on the net & did not find anything that helped me in knowing the bitrate & I finally decided to create spreadsheet that would help me determine the video bitrate of the file.

Hope this helps you as much as it did to me. Have Fun :-)

Here is the LINK to download the Bitrate Calculator.

Do comment, if you liked the calculator.
Dennis

PS: The calculation of the bitrate is based from http://www.videohelp.com bitrate calculator.

In the next version, I'll make the spread sheet support video files with multiple audio streams.

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