Connect and plug in the power adapter and then hook up the optical cable, and it's pretty much ready to go -- save for some pairing woes that required us to unplug everything.

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Users connect the adapter via an Ethernet cable to a router, and then plug the adapter into a wall socket.

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When I travel, I carry both a voltage and a plug adapter.

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Simply plug one adapter into an available power outlet and connect the adapter to a router.

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The only way you could get the custom adapter was to ask a union worker, whose job was to fetch the custom adapter and plug it in.

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Plug the second adapter into another power outlet and connect the adapter to a network device.

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It looks like an ordinary cassette adapter that you'd plug your iPod or mp3 player into and play music in your car, but it goes a couple of steps further.

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