Our keeps turning itself off. i.e. Turn it on, with the remote, sit down, then off it goes. This happens two or three times when we get in at night, the occasionally during the evening. Simple fix, or a trip to the skip? Linda's patented "solution" of thumping it and swearing at it doesn't seem to be working too well. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..87446../..22490.../..31893. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR Clues: 84 Pts:1800 Miles:5704
It's fucked - I'll give you^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h Choose one of: a) Get it repaired b) Buy one from a pikey supermarket. Will be cheaper than a) c) Buy a 42" HD LCD. I'd go for c) but YMMV.
A thermal trip maybe? Try taking the back off & hoovering all the dust out. If that doesn't work, I've used Comet's repair service a few times in the past, & it's been surprisingly cheap. That was a few years ago though, so things may have changed. -- Krusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250
Mine did this a year or so ago, turned out to be a couple of dry solder joints, the TV dude showed up, popped the back off, soldered them, relieved me of £15, and it's been good since then. Of course, having posted this my 7 year old TV is now bound to blow up.
you forgot the disclaimer - warning - big ol' caps in the back that will kill you if you're not careful, even with it unplugged.....
Fucking safety nazi - spoil the fun why don't you. -- Krusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250
Neighbour has a compatible remote and is playing silly buggers ? "Ooo look he's just sat down <press's button> bwahaha "
Oh, I saw this on one of those programs about Americans - it's obvious: either yourself or Linda has got the spare remote wedged somewhere in a fold of flesh.
I like SD [1] and wouldn't want to see him come to any harm..... [1] - Not in a BGN kinda way though.
To test this theory, select channel for the night, then cover IR receiver on telly with black electrician's tape (or better, aluminium tape if you have it -- duct tape would also do). -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
It is also commonly dry solder joints on the coil. I had a television that did exactly this and I have seen it with computer monitors. Trace the Ht lead from the tube to board and solder all the large joints under the coil. Be very careful with this area of the telly as it keeps a very high voltage charge for months.
Why, you cheeky young whippersnapper ... -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..87446../..22490.../..31893. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR Clues: 84 Pts:1800 Miles:5704
Which is why a resistive discharge stick should be at hand and used before anything is done. I don't bother delving into TVs now - they're so cheap they get tossed. Heavens above, what a feedline.
I feel this bit needs more explanation, technique-wise, before I take the back off. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..87446../..22490.../..31893. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR Clues: 84 Pts:1800 Miles:5704
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SD Nah, you'll be fine. Only... Would you mind asking Linda to video it? -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer As featured in Performance Bikes WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer
On a CRT, the electron stream to the face of the screen is attracted their by an extremely high voltage (Extra High Tension - EHT) of the positive persuasion. This is usually around 10KV for a small black and white telly/monitor, but can easily reach 25KV for a large colour set. The circuitry that drives this isn't, in itself, all that deadly, but the CRT acts like a capacitor which can store the EHT for ages after switch-off. You don't want to be touching any o' that shit, no sirree. Mind you, very few TV technicians have actually _died_ from it, just a few burns and nervous tics; nothing to worry about, really.
It is. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..87446../..22490.../..31893. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR Clues: 84 Pts:1800 Miles:5704
