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Newby question on TV sound
I recently bought an inexpensive Magnavox TV. After two months of use,
the sound has begun to misbehave -- it somtimes fluctuates erratically in volume. Is this something that I could get fixed under the Circuit City warranty? Thanks for your consideration. |
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You might find something at the sci.electronics.repair faq. http://www.repairfaq.org/ -- Say no to fixed width tables. They look terrible in all browsers. |
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You should bring it back for warrenty service. They will normaly give
you a new set, if it is complated or expensige for them to service. It is impossible to guess at what the cause is, without properly diagnosing the proglem. Jerry G. ======= |
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wrote in message ups.com... Is this something that I could get fixed under the Circuit City warranty? You bet. It's a real fault. N |
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I believe that I have found the actual basis for the problem -- a loose
antenna connection. The connector on the TV is the screw-on type, not the plug in type (forgive my ignorance of the terminology), and therefore not entirely compatible with my antenna cable. Although I had taped the cable in place, I think that it had drifted enough so that the connection was imperfect. I positioned it more securely, and I have not had any volume fluctuations (for the time being), so I'll look for the appropriate adaptor. Does this explanation seem reasonable? Thanks. |
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wrote in message oups.com... I believe that I have found the actual basis for the problem -- a loose antenna connection. The connector on the TV is the screw-on type, not the plug in type (forgive my ignorance of the terminology), and therefore not entirely compatible with my antenna cable. Although I had taped the cable in place, I think that it had drifted enough so that the connection was imperfect. I positioned it more securely, and I have not had any volume fluctuations (for the time being), so I'll look for the appropriate adaptor. Does this explanation seem reasonable? Thanks. A push on connector will work fine on that connector. But sometimes the contact is poor, and moving it clears up the problem. N |
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As it turns out, according to a Radio Shack salesman, no adaptor exists
for this combination of connectors. Apparently the use of cable TV is considered commonplace, and antenna use exotic. |
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wrote in message oups.com... As it turns out, according to a Radio Shack salesman, no adaptor exists for this combination of connectors. Apparently the use of cable TV is considered commonplace, and antenna use exotic. When you say "Screw on" do you mean two ordinary screws? For 300 ohm twin cable? N |
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NSM wrote: wrote in message oups.com... As it turns out, according to a Radio Shack salesman, no adaptor exists for this combination of connectors. Apparently the use of cable TV is considered commonplace, and antenna use exotic. When you say "Screw on" do you mean two ordinary screws? For 300 ohm twin cable? No; I mean that the input is threaded, for a standard cable TV cable. The antenna cable is not threaded, and it will connect, but only imperfectly. The salesmen at both Circuit City and Radio Shack, who may be bull****ters, told me that you just stick in in there and wiggle it around until you are satisfied with the results. Up until this morning, I was convinced that the problem was solved, but now I am having picture problems, which also seem to be antenna-related: if a human being is near the antenna, the picture becomes much clearer, but if said human moves away, the picure becomes blurrier. I live at the bottom of a hill in L.A., and I have been told that this is a problem for reception. I bought the $20 Terk antenna to replace my generic rabbit-ears antenna, and initially the picture was very good. This antenna stuff mystifies me. Does reception change with the weather, or cosmic rays, or things like that? The problem may also lie with my bargain-priced 13" Magnavox, which is now two months old. Interestingly, the sound problem is completely gone. Now it's a picture problem. |
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Oops -- it's not a picture problem. The Terk antenna has a round button
in the center that I think, for some reason, turns off the VHF part of the antenna. My girlfriend pushed it, for some reason. Now that it has been pushed again, things seem to be fine. |
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wrote in message ups.com... No; I mean that the input is threaded, for a standard cable TV cable. The antenna cable is not threaded, and it will connect, but only imperfectly. The salesmen at both Circuit City and Radio Shack, who may be bull****ters, told me that you just stick in in there and wiggle it around until you are satisfied with the results. That's normal. I'd try gently squeezing the connector and see if it fits better, but you have to be cautious doing that. The "a human being is near the antenna" problem is normal. If you can put up an outside antenna you'll do better, or sometimes I'v eput one of those in the attic for better results. The problem may also lie with my bargain-priced 13" Magnavox, which is now two months old. Interestingly, the sound problem is completely gone. Now it's a picture problem. No, it's not at all likely to be the set. N |
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