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A rusty satellite dish is the antithesis of proper smart home preventative maintenance for any electronics system. Whether you are maintaining your TV, receiver, bluray player or amplifier, consistent attention to each device is crucial in keeping the equipment running smoothly and clean for years to come. Each electronic device can benefit from dusting and cleaning to help prolong the life of the gear. See below for a link to air dusting gas cans that can greatly prolong the life of your electronics. When dirt and dust collect of your electrical equipment it makes it run harder and hotter which can greatly shorter the life of your gear. A simple periodic dusting can help tremendously with how your equipment performs and ages through the years.

To sign up for Deezer Elite follow the link to start your free account today. Deezer Elite Deezer Elite  on Sonos is now available as the go to high fidelity streaming source on the Sonos  music platform. Deezer allows you to create your ultimate music library from the largest music catalog in the world, with over 35 million tracks. In June 2014 Deezer launched Deezer Elite on Sonos where users are able to choose between HQ (320kbps) and Normal (128kbps) music tracking streaming quality. Deezer Elite on Sonos also allows for tagging of music and tracks to run in offline mode which is very handy when cell towers are no where to be found.  Deezer Elite is available on all major mobile platforms including Android, iOS, Windows Mobile and Blackberry. Deezer is not limited to just mobile devices and can be used with Google's Chromecast, Samsung TV's as well as XBOX 360. Device support is also available via networked desktop and laptop machines a...

Apple Music is now offering a free trial for their new streaming music service. The free music trial is good for 30 days and after the trial ends the Apple Music membership service is $9.99 for you or you can also get their family membership for $14.99 per month. <a href="http://analogtechdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/apple-music-phones.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-418" src="http://analogtechdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/apple-music-phones.jpg" alt="apple music phones" width="740" height="644" /></a> The Apple music streaming service can easily be started with any iOS device running the current iOS 8.4 software version. Open the music app on your device and in the upper left press the profile icon and then tap join apple music. Within the new Apple Music streaming app the option tabs on the bottom are as follows: For You - Offers you handpi...

We all have experienced the feeling of "what happened, it's not turning on". If you have anything from a computer to a CD player that flat out just stopped working you are very likely dealing with a broken and dead power supply. This would be especially true if you did not have your piece of electronic equipment hooked up to a surge protector or better yet a power conditioner. Check the power supply with a voltage meter to help see if it does not read to specification if you have a piece of electronic gear that is not cooperating or flat out dead and unresponsive. The power supply is usually one of the most likely elements of a electronic device to go out and cause problems for you and your setup/system. A voltage meter cannot detect all issues with a power supply so a good rule of thumb is if the unit does not show any signs of life test it with a new power supply to help see if you can bring your electronic equipment back to life. The best practice to help com...

Amazon Echo is now shipping from Amazon. The smart hub is primarily controlled with verbal commands which was built in to be the primary source of control over the device. Amazon and the Echo hub is banking on verbal commands being the preferred method for control rather than using your smart phone as many other system utilize. The Amazon echo has a long way to go to be the main smart hub to control your house as it lacks the ability to communicate with many other smart devices currently used in the home. As of now we see the device as a novelty device with many nice features and uses but let's see what future updates will bring to this novelty but still cool device.