This is some general advice for those looking to upgrade their car stereo system. I have recently decided to upgrade my existing, seven-year-old Kenwood DDX9016 CarPlay unit. I recently purchased a Sony XAV-AX4000 (https://www.sony-asia.com/electronics/digital-media-receivers-with-touchscreen/xav-ax4000) USD350. My key driver, pardon the pun, was a better screen, Sony quality and wireless…
After decades of travelling with kit, I think I have finally landed on the perfect travel kit for me. And it’s not a computer or iPhone/iPad travel kit… it’s the home away from home kit. Let me explain. This is my audio-visual and home automation kit, connected to a mobile 5G router. It enables me to use my voice to control everything… Chromecast, lights and music. It operates on the Google…
If you have a Chromecast as (as I do for travel), this Android app makes your Chromecast an AirPlay video and audio device. This means, I can AirPlay video from a Safari webpage to my Chromecast. Awesome. I can also stream anything on my iPad/iPhone/Mac to the Chromecast. This is great, particularly for Apple Music. Here’s what’s also cool, you pull the App up on the Google play store web page…
This follows up from our chat. Here’s how I keep up with the nonsense in the USA. I love the US tonight show starts, they’re brilliant comedy. The networks upload Tuesday to Saturday from around 4 pm AUS time. I just watch the monologues but sometimes they do other interesting interviews. Seth Myer does a segment called “A closer look”. That’s very good. The monologues go five to ten…
