Bulk Tape Eraser: Revisited

From: Chris <mythtech_at_mac.com>
Date: Tue Jun 25 20:00:11 2002

>You have, the degauss coil built into the set. Just switch it off
>at the mains when you use it least (overnight or whenever)
>instead of putting it on standby and the set will degauss
>itself in a few days.

Mine either doesn't have it, or it doesn't work (I tried the on/off thing
many times in the past, never seems to help)

It is a Sharp commercial quality TV. I got it from Disney Property
Control when working there. Paid $25 bucks for it. It was pulled from the
Walt Disney World Dolphin AV Department. The front panel that flips up to
cover the buttons is missing, and there is some asthetic damage to the
bezel, and the screen draws a little low, so you can see the synch line
across the top... but other than that, it is a VERY nice TV for $25
(stereo, has S-Video inputs, and its a flat tube so in my opinion, the
colors are a bit nicer and glare is reduced).

So maybe the degauss is also broken, or maybe I just have to unplug it
rather than switch it off. When you turn it off, and leave it in Line
mode, and have an audio feed to the Line such as from a VCR, you can hear
the audio real silently coming thru it, so there is a good chance the
on/off button only does a standby mode. (The audio leak is also REAL fun
when guests stay the night, I leave it in a state where it will leak
sound, and then tell people before they go to sleep that I sometimes have
ghost problems, but not to worry they are harmless ghosts.... then I get
a great laugh in the morning when they are all freaked out because they
heard whispering voices all night long)

-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Received on Tue Jun 25 2002 - 20:00:11 BST

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