Boomboxes

Connecting a 12-volt AA battery holder is sometimes a necessity when repairing portable electronic devices. The majority of AA battery holders are molded plastic with plastic dividers between each...

Sony calls the Xplod a "CD Radio Cassette-Corder." You may know it as a boombox. The Xplod is an aggressively styled device featuring a large 130mm power-drive woofer. The 20-watt device has an...

You can import digital photos to your computer and download them to the iPod. You can then view your photos on the iPod or as a slideshow on your TV. You can also import photos from a digital card...

There are certain specific pieces of equipment needed to start as a DJ, and they can be expensive. However, once you have obtained these pieces of equipment you can build on them as you become...

Eight tracks were once one of the most widely used mechanisms for enjoying music. Although the use of eight track tapes has faded in the wake of technological advances in sound reproduction, there...

Circuit boards or printed circuit boards (PCB) are thin plates containing electronic components mostly found in electrical and communications devices. The plate allows circuit components to...

You're listening to your favorite tape on your old cassette player, and suddenly it stops working. It might not be necessary to take it to your local electronics repair shop or lament the fact...

Over time, compact disc players become dirty, causing your music to skip. Cleaning is required after about every 20 hours of use. But most modern home audio players and most CD ROM drives do not...

We all remember singing along to our first 8-track or cassette tape, and many of us carried around our very own plastic cassette recorders as kids. Now, they are used mainly for voice recording...

The Sansa e270 is a multimedia portable player that is part of the e200 series that allows you to upload music, photos and videos, and it supports voice recording capabilities. It comes in a...

The boom box was born when stereo capabilities were added to radio cassette players. The boom box was introduced in the late 1970s. Boom boxes were also called ghetto blasters, jam boxes and radio...

5 keys to choosing the right portable audio sound system for you. These steps will allow readers to further understand the steps that they should take when buying an audio system.

With a software program, hardware controller, and some lights, anyone can make a light display that flashes and pulses to the beat of music. Christmas light displays are a common display where...

Batteries are an electrochemical machine. They use the chemical reactions between two different materials to generate electric current. Fundamental battery designs use a model of two electrodes:...

Long before the CD was a twinkle in technology's eyes, music lovers had to make do with the cassette tape. The cassette tape was the answer for anyone wanting to have a portable, more convenient...

The battery works by creating the movement of charged particles, which is usually just called electric current. This is created by the electrochemical reactions between two electrodes, the cathode...

Are you looking for the best stereo cheap? It is possible to find a great stereo for a lot less than you would expect. If you are willing to buy slightly used it will be possible to get a big bang...

Small speakers don't have to sound small if you take some effort into preparing your room to get the most out of them. Acoustics is the study of how sound propagates through space. When sound is...

The workings of a portable cassette start with the cassette tape itself. An audio cassette is the device that stores the musical information. It consists of two spools seated inside a hollow...

Less expensive carbon batteries have a very limited energy capacity and operating life. Batteries that are left too long in electronics can leak and ruin expensive toys, games, etc. A leaking...

FM reception refers to the quality of sound received from an FM broadcast station. Because FM stations broadcast using frequency modulation, they are generally heard in high fidelity, but several...

Batteries are an elementary part of every day life. You use dozens of devices that are battery-powered from the minute you rise to the moment you go to bed. Chances are that battery power is a...

They may not seem that long playing now, but LPs were a major innovation when they hit the market. Most of modern music from the 1950s to the 1980s was based on the LP, which determined how much...

Sound information is stored digitally on a CD. When the CD is recorded, a sound wave is turned into digital information. The amplitude of the signal is written down on the CD as a tiny...

Store-bought batteries are used in many of the appliances and electronics that we use daily in our homes and in our lives in general. It comes to our annoyance when these batteries die on us while...

Handstands and handsprings are vital elements in gymnastic routines. The art of using your hands instead of your feet has been practiced for centuries in acrobatics. This technique requires a...

Love your Sirius but hate being stuck in the house or car to listen to it? With the JVC KS-SB2000 Boombox, you’re stuck no more. Now you can take your Sirius with you wherever you go. Just plug...

As popular as audio CDs are, there are still many people who have music collections on audio cassette tapes, or who use the tapes to record music they like. The Sony CFD-ZW755 Boombox includes a...

The Sony CFD-ZW755 Boombox includes an audio cassette recorder that lets you record your own audio tapes from the radio, the CD player or from another tape. One way to build your music collection...

Your Sony CFD-ZW755 Boombox is capable of recording to audio tapes directly from a CD.

Do you get bored listening to the tracks on your favorite CD in the same order over and over? The Shuffle Play function on your Sony CFD-ZW755 lets you change it up by playing the tracks in random...

Have you ever wanted to listen to the tracks on a CD in a different order? Perhaps you think two songs simply sound better when played consecutively, or you want to set up a program to work with a...

You can store your favorite radio stations as presets in your Sony CFD-ZW755 Boombox. The radio is capable of storing up to 30 radio stations—10 on each of the three different radio bands on your...

The Panasonic RX-D29 is portable boombox, great for almost any room in your house. CDs can be played back in standard, random or a programmed order. Setting a programmed play list is fairly simple...

One of the great features of the Panasonic RX-D29 is its ability to play MP3 CDs. MP3s are the most common audio file type for use on a computer. You can find songs or audio clips online or other...

The Panasonic RX-D29 is portable boombox and serves well as a home stereo. Audio cassette tapes can be recorded and played with just a few simple steps. Read on to learn how to listen to an audio...

The Panasonic RX-D29 is portable boombox and makes an excellent home stereo. Not only can you listen to CDs, radio channels and audio cassettes, you can record radio broadcasts onto an audio...

The Panasonic RX-D29 is portable boombox as well as an excellent home stereo. Not only can you listen to CDs, radio channels and audio cassettes, you can record an audio CD to audio cassette. Read...

The Panasonic RX-D29 is portable boombox as well as an excellent home stereo. By setting and using the play timer, your boombox will turn on at a specified time and play for a preset time limit...

The Panasonic RX-D29 is portable boombox as well as an excellent home stereo. One feature, the sleep timer, allows you to set the duration of play time before the boombox automatically shuts off....

The Sony CFD-F10 boombox is great if you need a high quality player that is portable. One of the key features of this system is the ability to adjust the sound settings and emphasis on a track by...

The Sony Psyc Boombox (Model #CFD-E95) allows you to play CDs in several different modes. You can just listen to a CD straight through, but the different modes allow you to repeat a single track,...

You can listen to up to 30 preset radio stations on the Sony Psyc Boombox. The Sony Psyc Boombox allows you to preset up to 20 FM radio stations and 10 AM radio stations easily. Read on to learn...

The Sony CFD-ZW755 Boombox lets you listen to music many different ways. The CD player has several different play modes, including special effects and the ability to create a program of tracks to...

No matter how much you enjoy listening to your Sony CFD-F10 Boombox during the day, you'll love it even more during the night. Fortunately, Sony makes it easy to fall asleep to music with the Sony...

The Sony CFD-F10 Boombox provides you with a source to listen to your music that is so easy even a child can do it. Read on to learn how to select the play mode on the Sony CFD-F10 Boombox.

The Sony CFD-F10 Boombox has many great features that allow you to listen to the music you want, how you want. One such great feature is radio station preset. Read on to learn how to preset the...

The great thing about the radio is that you can listen to a variety of artists and songs without having to make a purchase. A Sony CFD-F10 Boombox allows you to listen to the radio with great...

The Sony CFD-F10 Boombox is perfect for music lovers. Since you can play an audio tape on the Sony CFD-F10 Boombox, you can listen to all of your cherished music. Read on to learn how to play an...

Do you love listening to a favorite radio show and wish it was on all day? Do you regularly miss your favorite radio show because you have other obligations? If you answered yes to either of these...