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Conference turris::video

Title:Consumer video topics
Notice:For Sale/Wanted ads in note 10
Moderator:QUARK::LIONEL
Created:Mon May 07 1990
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1216
Total number of notes:10064

588.0. "TV Repair Advice Needed" by WASTED::tomg (My paradigm is broken) Thu Jan 16 1992 13:54

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588.1wild guessHELIX::TABORThu Jan 16 1992 16:463
588.2KOMRAD::FRANCKJIM - DTN 237-3436Fri Jan 17 1992 07:455
588.3bad ucroWS3::COHENNOTHING is EVER easy...Tue Jan 21 1992 12:4610
588.4ELMAGO::PJENKINSWed Jan 22 1992 21:2011
588.5curiousHELIX::TABORThu Jan 23 1992 13:306
588.6ELMAGO::PJENKINSFri Jan 24 1992 02:104
588.7Emerson 19" TVBROKE::LOMMEAnd now... for something completely different...Fri Jan 24 1992 19:4416
588.8open fuses ? STUDIO::CHOIKye DTN 234-5170,' Campaign, USA, ++PRD'Mon Jan 27 1992 10:094
588.9Watch out, where there is smoke....BROKE::LOMMEAnd now... for something completely different...Mon Jan 27 1992 13:4616
588.10blown diode?STUDIO::CHOIKye DTN 234-5170,' Campaign, USA, ++PRD'Tue Jan 28 1992 09:568
588.11BROKE::LOMMEAnd now... for something completely different...Tue Jan 28 1992 16:3512
588.12"Sniff..." "Sniff?" "SNIFF!!" "COUGH!"PORI::SCHMIDTThinking globally, acting locally!Thu Jan 30 1992 10:438
588.13ESOA12::GRILLOJJohn Grillo @ DecusThu Jan 30 1992 15:1911
588.14Sylvania 27" TV in trouble.VOLAPM::HAIGHThu Apr 16 1992 15:0922
588.15TV repair 101 or Yellow pages...ROULET::CASSIDYAspiring conservationistTue Sep 22 1992 06:3715
588.16what is it?GJO001::REITERFri Apr 02 1993 10:4210
588.17Probably Not Cheap To FixKOALA::JAYNEFri Apr 02 1993 19:1214
588.18Yet another strange HitachiSOFBAS::SHAPIROSteve - Will Consult for Food!Tue May 25 1993 23:0634
588.19VAXWRK::SWARDCommon sense is not that commonWed May 26 1993 12:095
588.20How low is low?SOFBAS::SHAPIROSteve - Will Consult for Food!Wed May 26 1993 15:3411
588.21Could be HV shutdownAIDEV::LANDINGHAMIt's okay --- I'm an intellectual, too.Thu May 27 1993 14:1630
588.22voltage seems ok...SOFBAS::SHAPIROSteve - Will Consult for Food!Thu May 27 1993 20:4934
588.23Forget using a VTVM...AIDEV::LANDINGHAMIt's okay --- I'm an intellectual, too.Fri May 28 1993 09:4227
588.24TV Repair ShopAFW5::OBRIENTue Jan 28 1997 09:1913
    Any advice of a good place in the Acton/Boxborough/Maynard... area to
    get a NEC 20" t.v. repaired?  I think we experienced a voltage spike
    and it messed up a few things(time to install a voltage protector).
    
    Anyway, the problem is that the sound goes in and out until it warms up
    for about 15-20 minutes.  Sometimes a tap on the side will get it to
    work... but then continues to go in and out.  
    
    Any repair shops that anybody can recommend?
    
    thanks
    
    John
588.25JAMIN::WASSERJohn A. WasserFri Jan 31 1997 20:5919
> Anyway, the problem is that the sound goes in and out until it warms up
> for about 15-20 minutes.  Sometimes a tap on the side will get it to
> work... but then continues to go in and out.  

	If it has a headphone jack, insert and remove a headphone
	plug a few times...  It might just have crud in the
	contacts that switch off the speakers when a plug is
	inserted.

	If no headphone jack (or the above procedure does not help),
	open up the TV (unplugged, of course). [Steer clear of the
	big (usualy red) wire that goes to one of the sides of
	the picture tube (usualy top or right side).  It provides
	a high voltage that may be present long after the TV had
	been unplugged.]  Wiggle the plugs on whatever wires and 
	cables have plugs.

	With luck you can save the cost of having someone do
	that for you.
588.26thank youAFW1::OBRIENMon Feb 03 1997 13:4012
    Thanks John.
    
    Headphone jack... I think it has one, but it's never been used so there
    could be crud in it.  That'd be a great fix.
    
    I had taken the tv apart, but it was difficult to get to everything
    since it didn't open up nicely/fully.  If the first thing doesn't
    work.. maybe I'll try opening it again.
    
    Yes,.. it would be nice to save the $$ for a simple wiggle.  
    
    -John