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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by fadeaway, Jul 9, 2001.

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  1. fadeaway

    fadeaway Member

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    The client:

    - 19 inch Goldstar
    - approx. 10 years old


    The setup:

    - cable comes out of wall, plugged into VCR
    - cable comes out of VCR, plugged into TV (VCR is only 3 years old and should be fine)


    The symptoms:

    - TV works fine for an hour or so, then inexplicably refuses to operate. Instead of getting snow, the signal reverts to one specific channel (Teletoon). Pushing the channel-up or down buttons do nothing (the channel number changes on the screen, but the channel itself remains on Teletoon).

    - if you turn the TV off for a while (several hours) and then turn it back on, it will usually work for a while before reverting to its screwed up state.

    - while in the screwed up state, it is impossible to watch movies or even play videogames. When you turn on the VCR or Playstation, nothing happens; it just stays on Teletoon.


    I am assuming the TV is dying and must be replaced. Or maybe I'll bring it down to the TV repair shop first. However, if someone reading this knows a lot about TVs and recognizes what is going on here, I'd love to hear from you.

    Thanks for reading.

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    #1 fadeaway, Jul 9, 2001
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    Or you can buy a TV tuner and watch tv on your PC and become a certified geek. [​IMG]

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    There are advantages to being a certified geek. I can watch my 'stros/rockets games while i'm "working" on research papers or programming [​IMG]

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    That used to work for me, when as an 11-yr-old, I would perform pugilistic surgery on my tiny black-and-white Hitachi set in order to restore its audio.

    Until the day when, instead of fixing the audio, I knocked out the picture too. [​IMG]
     
    #4 BrianKagy, Jul 9, 2001
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    #5 rockHEAD, Jul 10, 2001
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    It's a 19 inch TV, and its 10 years old? rH is right. It's junk, and it would cost you as much to fix it as it would be to buy a new one (as I found out a year ago when my old 20 inch set died). Repair shops ain't cheap.

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  7. Behad

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    If money is a problem, I've bought a couple of 19" TV's at a pawn shop for my kid's rooms. One cost $80, the other I got for $90.

    It's a good, cheap alternative to buying new.

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    #7 Behad, Jul 10, 2001
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    Have you tried banging on the outer casing with your fist?

    It always works for me.

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    #8 Kingrene, Jul 10, 2001
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