it's panasonic color set, 15 years old. i have cable and watch the
cable channels thru my vcr.

my TV is prone to turning into snow a few minutes after I turn it on.
turning it off and on again solves it.

what gives? is this a tube problem or is it something else? thanks.

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it's panasonic color set, 15 years old. i have cable and watch the
cable channels thru my vcr.

my TV is prone to turning into snow a few minutes after I turn it on.
turning it off and on again solves it.

what gives? is this a tube problem or is it something else? thanks.

Tube problem? Even someone who knows nothing about how TVs work should
be able to figure out how impossible this would be.

It's probably a bad connection or marginal component.

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Sounds like maybe dry joints ,bad tuner or lacking voltages to tuner.

kip
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it's panasonic color set, 15 years old. i have cable and watch the
cable channels thru my vcr.

my TV is prone to turning into snow a few minutes after I turn it on.
turning it off and on again solves it.

what gives? is this a tube problem or is it something else? thanks.

You should give the model number as well as the name of the set when asking
questions.

This may be a failure in the tuner, or there is a problem with the AGC.

Bring the set in for an estimate if you want to have it properly serviced.

Considering the age of the set, I would think more so it is time for a new
one!

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JANA
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it's panasonic color set, 15 years old. i have cable and watch the
cable channels thru my vcr.

my TV is prone to turning into snow a few minutes after I turn it on.
turning it off and on again solves it.

what gives? is this a tube problem or is it something else? thanks.

Sam:
I am certain that you realize that most customers in most shops always
think that the picture tube is bad WHENEVER there is any kind of fault
symptoms with their television.
electrocitym

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Sam:
I am certain that you realize that most customers in most shops always
think that the picture tube is bad WHENEVER there is any kind of fault
symptoms with their television.
electrocitym

Yes, they also think that there is a film projector inside.

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i cannot afford a new TV.
the manual is buried somewhere; i will later post the make and model of
the TV.

Jana wrote:
You should give the model number as well as the name of the set when
asking
questions.

This may be a failure in the tuner, or there is a problem with the
AGC.

Bring the set in for an estimate if you want to have it properly
serviced.

Considering the age of the set, I would think more so it is time for
a new
one!
what gives? is this a tube problem or is it something else?
thanks.

does your tv have video and audio inputs you can use instead to connect
to the vcr?

sounds like an intermitant problem in the tuner in the tv.

Mark

Sounds like a possibly thermal intermittent IC somewhere in your tuner
section, either RF or IF. "Snow" usually indicates no TV signal at the
antenna, or in your case, some part of the circuitry that tunes and
amplifies the TV signal is intermittently failing. No failure of the
picture tube itself can directly produce snow, at least that I've ever
heard of.

Sam Goldwasser wrote:

writes:

Sam:
I am certain that you realize that most customers in most shops always
think that the picture tube is bad WHENEVER there is any kind of fault
symptoms with their television.
electrocitym

Yes, they also think that there is a film projector inside.

sam


I got a phone call at the shop once from an old lady: "There is no
red on my TV. My husband says that its out of red paint. What do you
charge to refill the red paint can?"

--
?

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

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Sam:
I am certain that you realize that most customers in most shops always
think that the picture tube is bad WHENEVER there is any kind of fault
symptoms with their television.
electrocitym



Except for when the tube *is* bad, then they think it just needs an
adjustment.

what's a scart socket?

will using the audio and video jacks instead of the single coax jack
bypass this problem too? thanks.

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what's a scart socket?

will using the audio and video jacks instead of the single coax jack
bypass this problem too? thanks.


A Scart connector (also called a Euroconnector, so you may not have them in
the US) is a 21 pin audio and video connector for connecting signals - via a
suitable lead - between various AV equipment. Yes, using the audio and video
should also work and bypass the problem as well.

"Barney" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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what's a scart socket?

will using the audio and video jacks instead of the single coax jack
bypass this problem too? thanks.


A Scart connector (also called a Euroconnector, so you may not have them
in
the US) is a 21 pin audio and video connector for connecting signals - via
a
suitable lead - between various AV equipment. Yes, using the audio and
video
should also work and bypass the problem as well.



No US TV's have SCART connectors so it's understandable that someone from
here or Canada has never heard of them.

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"Barney" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
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what's a scart socket?

will using the audio and video jacks instead of the single coax jack
bypass this problem too? thanks.


A Scart connector (also called a Euroconnector, so you may not have them
in
the US) is a 21 pin audio and video connector for connecting signals -
via
a
suitable lead - between various AV equipment. Yes, using the audio and
video
should also work and bypass the problem as well.



No US TV's have SCART connectors so it's understandable that someone from
here or Canada has never heard of them.


Has anybody considered a fluctuation in voltage to the tuner or video amp
bringing signal level sporadically low (say by a component fluctuating
erratically such as a capacitor being drawn by a bad diode)? Not that I'm an
engineer, but humor me, as nobody else has addressed the question well yet
IMO.