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| Topic: | Television Problem... This thread has 5 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday September 24, 2001 at 15:26 |
FrEsH Founding Member |
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The corner of my television screen has a green tint to it in the upper left corner. I have no idea why - unless it was from having my old speakers next to it for too long (unsure if the were magnetically sheilded.) Anyone have an idea on how to get rid of this? A friend told me it's a house call to have service done to de-magnetize the screen (copper wire plugged into an electric outlet, and swirled against the t.v. screen, making a rainbow effect - then it clears up... any truth to this?) So, someone, anyone, HELP!! Is this a home fix or do I have to call for in home $ervice??? Can I buy one of those things? I can't take it ruining the picture anymore. All my Thanks!!
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| Post 2 made on Monday September 24, 2001 at 15:47 |
Sounds like your own diagnosis is correct - speakers too close to TV. I've had this myself and a technician could repair it (apparently they had to order a special "de-magnetising kit" to fix it, maybe just to justify the price...)
Whether you can do this yourself or not, I don't know.
/Allan
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| Post 3 made on Monday September 24, 2001 at 18:07 |
automan Founding Member |
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"copper wire plugged into an electric outlet, and swirled against the t.v. screen, making a rainbow effect - then it clears up... any truth to this?) "
Yes, it's called a degaussing coil, either build/buy one yourself, or you'll have to 'bring someone in.'
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| Post 4 made on Monday September 24, 2001 at 20:28 |
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Also all TV's have their own built in degaussing coil that is activated for a few seconds after turning on the TV from a cold start. I have seen many purity problems like the one described disappear over several days of turning the TV on and off. I had a new TV that I stupidly stacked speakers right next to, during an install, and I got rid of the red tint in the corner by turning the TV on for 30 sec. and then off for several minutes and then repeating the same thing many times.
If the purity problem (green or red tint on screen) is severe and will not go away, then a TV shop will need to do it with a degaussing coil, or they may let you borrow it for awhile and do it yourself.
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| Post 5 made on Tuesday September 25, 2001 at 23:15 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
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FrEsH, if you try this yourself, you must follow the instructions carefully. especially the last step, which is to move the coil MANY FEET away from the TV before turning off the coil. You should probably use an extension cord, so this is easy.
Larry
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| OP | Post 6 made on Monday October 1, 2001 at 10:50 |
FrEsH Founding Member |
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Well - thanks so much for all the input - I hit up the local a/v shop (which isn't really so local) and bought a Degaussing Coil that only cost me $47, and about 4 dollars in gas.
Every tech/repair shop I called was wanting at least $70 for in home service, $25 for the estimate, approx. $50 for the fix, and said other things would probly be wrong so they could rob me more. I saved about $100!!!! It took 5 minutes to do it myself - and it's fixed. Thanks so much guys!!!
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