Haha good joke》》》A HS2 station.

Got the same problem

Kevy Williams I don’t own this keyboard but yes it does, it has a switch for android

Kevy Williams

Exactly. Mine unit also has the same problem. It works only when plugged in.

There's no optical drive built-in to this machine, so you'd need an external drive. However, the real limiting factor is going to be the power of the on-board graphics. You'd be able to play old games, perhaps some from a few years back with the settings turned down (but don't quote me on that; I've not tested it), but modern games or games on high/ultra, likely no. Much as the form factor would be nice for a gaming machine, that's not what this is intended for. Unless you're limiting yourself to old games, you'd be better buying/building a mini-ITX gaming PC. You won't get as small as this NUC, but taking care of your hardware choices, you should be able to build something that's compact, with the bonus of a full GPU.

Whether or not you can transfer your existing copy of Windows will depend on its licence. If you have a retail copy then you should be able to transfer the OS. However, if you have an OEM installation (i.e., it came with the laptop), then you cannot transfer it to a new machine and you will need to buy a new licence. A straight swap of the hard drive from an old machine to another to 'get around' this requirement is unlikely to be successful. The new machine will have different hardware which Windows be aware of, causing an activation issue. Also, the different drivers and configuration required by the hardware of the new machine will cause their own problems likely requiring a re-installation of the OS from scratch. As to the practicalities of transferring the hard-drive to your new machine, this may be physically possible, assuming they both adhere to compatible standards and size (e.g., SATA, 2.5"). Note that not all NUC machines have space for a 2.5" hard-drive, in that case limited to only mSATA SSDs. If that's an issue, you can buy caddies which convert internal hard-drives to USB hard-drives, which will allow you to make use of the old drive as secondary storage.

Ben Gamblin sir thank you so much for your answer! Ive been thinking lately what to purchase, either laptop or PC. And your answer helps me to choose what is the right gadget for me.

Unless you're in a very strong signal area, you're always going to have a bit of an issue with indoor reception with regular radios, be they AM/FM or DAB - although the effects of a weak signal will differ with each system. So, yes, you will need to be in a reasonable coverage area for the ensembles you want to receive. Radios in camper vans (or cars etc.) have a particular problem because you're putting the radio in a metal box - a Faraday cage effectively - which attenuates a signal even worse than a brick or wood construction. In this situation, an external aerial would be ideal. I would suggest though, that a radio more intended for static placement would be a better option in that case. This one really is designed solely as a portable, to be moved frequently, something that an external aerial would hinder. Having said that, you may have a bit of luck clipping an external aerial to the collapsed telescopic aerial, using a crocodile clip connected to the centre braid of the coax to the external aerial. It won't be as good as a proper installation since you'll be missing a proper ground connection, but may yield better results for you than the built-in aerial alone. However, if you're out of the coverage area for what you're trying to receive, even this won't help you.

Yes u´r right..it would be possible to adapt or build something...outdoor is a challenge anyway...an other aproach i´m currently testing is the ability to "receive" radio stations via the internet...the dataTransferUsage is quite less...so i test this netgear aircard NTGR2181 in combination with 2x wideRange amplifier(s) www.shop-alarm.de/WLAN_Verstaerker_WLAN_Booster_-_WLAN_Reichweite_erhoehen_WLAN_Empfang_verbessern.html tomorrow i´ll receive the missing TS9 cable...we spent 2 day´s in the blackwood forest..got only 2G..no good internet connections...next time we will see if this litte boosters will do some good job i´ll let u know...

No, I've not changed the battery as mine is running fine at the moment and I'd expect to for a few years at least. I don't know enough about working with Li-Ion batteries (presumably what is contained in this radio) to know how easy it would be to swap, but I would just say to exercise some caution due to the volatile nature of this battery type.

Hi thx 4 reply Ben ...u´r laser fast :-)...yeaa i know...i guess i will first get the device ..Sony is producing great devices ..last week i got the PL-880 TECSUN...so great radio...but here in germany the old fashion way with LW, MW and even UKW is going down ( unfortunately)...so i will mainly use this for SW...The sony will be my Daily-Sound-Machine for here and there or camping...the biggest advantage for ME..and finally the reason for BUY was the capability to charge the sony via USB....we spend lots of time with our camper and outside...we can charge it with simple SOLAR-panals...same is the Tecsun...charging via USB...this is so great and prevent me to buy all the time new AA batteries

Ben Gamblin Great video my friend. I'm after a small dab radio for fishing . Does this radio have a station lock button?

Thanks. It has a hold switch that locks out all of the controls until released. It's part of the power slider switch (slide right to turn on/off, slide left to enable/disable hold).

Don't seem to be, no. There is a sleep option in the menu but I can't see one for an alarm.

Ben Gamblin thank you for your fast reaction bro

I noticed that the programme information cuts off the last character - or rather, I suspect it technically shows it but immediately loops back to the beginning meaning you can't actually read it. The looping behaviour makes sense due to the limited display capacity. What I suspect Sony has not done is code in a short delay of, say, a second, before the loop starts again. This is a bit of an irritating usability oversight and would require a firmware update to fix. I don't know if that's possible for this unit nor if it is, whether one is available.

Well, I think you're right. But nevermind, it sounds very good for such a small radio. Thank you very much!

It's a regular PC running ordinary Windows. So, whatever you would normally use. If you don't have a preference, technology news outlets regularly review the latest versions of the most common antivirus products which should be fairly easy to find in your favourite search engine. I won't recommend one myself as I've not conducted a thorough test and general recommendations do change over time.

Thanks Erick. No backlight unfortunately. I think this is reasonable in order to maximise battery life but the option on a toggle switch would perhaps have been nice.

Yes, in the sense that both 'plus' versions are enhancements to what has gone before. DAB+ is an improvement on the original DAB standard and is backwards compatible with it but not forwards compatible. So, a DAB-only radio cannot decode DAB+ broadcasts but a DAB+ radio can decode both. In theory, DAB+ can offer better audio quality where it's offered, depending on the chosen bitrates (poor on the UK's newest national ensemble), with stereo being possible at lower rates and a better handling of loss of signal (fades out rather than the chirpy, bubbly mud sound of original DAB). Whatever digital radio anyone chooses, be it this one or another, it is important now to ensure it is DAB+ compatible otherwise the full complement of available stations won't be receivable. This shouldn't be assumed as at least in the UK, I believe original DAB only radios not compatible with DAB+ are still sold. So, check the specs carefully!

Ben Gamblin Ok, thanks for the explanations. This will help me in the future, because in my country, we still don't have DAB radios, because our regolations can't allocate spectrum. Hopefully in year or two, we can have DAB.

Thanks Hugo!

Not part of the user-installable options. The CPU and fan will be on the other side of the motherboard. You can see the exhaust vents above the HDMI, Ethernet and USB sockets at 6:28.

I would be surprised. It's not something I've tested but there's no dedicated GPU here, just the on-chip graphics which I suspect will struggle. Indeed, I've had difficulties with PS2 emulation on a PC with a proper GPU (albeit a low end one - a Radeon HD7750).

No idea why that's happening I'm afraid. I'm not using Windows 7 anymore so can only give you generic advice. Check your installation media to ensure there's no problem with it being read (e.g., is there obvious damage to the CD?). Check your external optical drive is functioning correctly (do other discs work okay with it?). Use a different USB cable (they're not all created equally). If your external drive is USB powered but it has the option to accept a power supply then try using it with that. Use a different USB socket. Try removing any non-essential peripherals for the duration of the installation (e.g., webcam, printer, scanner - even perhaps the mouse) in case there's a conflict. Finally, are you sure it's freezing? It may be worth trying a different (preferably wired) keyboard and mouse in case there's a problem there rather than with the installation process itself.

hi gabay1953. Maybe you already figured it out but you need Windows 7 installer with USB 3.0 drivers added to it. Intel has a guide and tool which will help you do this. This NUC will work fine on Windows 7 though after following all the steps. It's kind of fiddly but definitely can be done.

Thank you dear friend

Good idea. Don't know why I never thought of that!

Can you play PC games on it. I mean CD or disc games

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Hi Michael, It's not something I use my machine for so I can't give you an answer from a position of experience. Also, the nature of video editing can be so broad that a definitive answer is difficult - e.g., simply joining lots of small video clips together that have been filmed on a mobile phone, with minimal transitions between them, for a final 1080P home movie is a different matter to creating a 4K professional production with very high quality source material, many transitions, VFX and titles. I suspect though that light video work on this machine would be alright but anything more on this particular model may be slow compared to a purpose-built desktop machine, particularly when it comes to rendering where you won't have the advantage of hefty GPU acceleration. Of course, there are NUC machines with higher grade processors up-to a Core i7 which may be more acceptable depending on your requirements and RAM shouldn't be an issue but it's important to remember that the processors are similar chips to what you'd find in many laptop computers and so don't have the same power as a desktop designed for the purpose. Also you need to consider storage where you're limited here to 2.5" drives. Unless you look at an SATA or m.2 SSD (both of which could be very expensive considering video editing requires a fair amount of disc space), you'll be limited to a single slow mechanical drive and/or external USB hard drives. With the latter, the appeal of the small form factor is perhaps reduced over a compact but more flexible traditional desktop. In short, you should be able to do some video work but don't expect the high performance of a purpose-built desktop machine with a high-end processor and GPU acceleration for rendering. Your experience may vary though depending on the exact nature of what you're trying to do. I stress again as well that I've not done any tests in this area so this is all purely hypothetical.

+Ben Gamblin (M0GKY) thank you very much :)

Couldn't tell you unfortunately - I managed to break mine and am using a different device. I wouldn't expect it to get hot per se or uncomfortably warm but a little bit of heat wouldn't concern me too much.

+Ben Gamblin (M0GKY) do you recommend any other 4g mifi devices?

Not at this time. I fell back to a 3G one just because I needed a cheaper option at the time. I'd be interested in a new 4G option too actually so if any viewers have suggestions, feel free to make them.

+aunumero73 Hi Patrick. It's not something I can comment on I'm afraid as I don't use FM much anymore and don't have another set useable to compare - hopefully somebody else can comment on that aspect. What I will say is that the auto-scan seems to skip over a lot of weaker stations that when tuned in manually are listenable, if noisy.

+Ben Gamblin (M0GKY) Thanks Ben ! The auto-scan feature always showss this weakness ; the same applies to HF receivers (I'm also HAM op). I hope someone can reply my question. 73's.