Magnavox TV colors went crazy

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labrick

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Our Magnavox TV (about 13 years old) has this problem:

Something went wrong with the color, I'll try to explain it.It's as if
someone is holding a see thru color screen in front of the picture and
the colors of the screen are very psyco-delic. Kind of a neon green
oval in the middle, surrounded by a hot pink, surrounded by a blue and
then surrounded by a mix of green and brown. So the reception is good,
the colors are very crazy.

It's a 27" monitor.

There was a definite sizzle or crackle the day I turned it on and it
did this.

There's a place in town that does free estimates, but I thought I'd
look around the internet and see what I could find out about this
problem before we drag this big thing around town. Will it be
expensive? Should we look for a new TV vs cost of repair?

Actually our living room TV is goofy too, I'll post seperately about
that (RCA TV left & right sides have black area).

Thanks!
 
Failure in the degaussing circuit...
me

"labrick" <tmj2015@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b355ac46.0312011302.6398ccd1@posting.google.com...
Our Magnavox TV (about 13 years old) has this problem:

Something went wrong with the color, I'll try to explain it.It's as if
someone is holding a see thru color screen in front of the picture and
the colors of the screen are very psyco-delic. Kind of a neon green
oval in the middle, surrounded by a hot pink, surrounded by a blue and
then surrounded by a mix of green and brown. So the reception is good,
the colors are very crazy.

It's a 27" monitor.

There was a definite sizzle or crackle the day I turned it on and it
did this.

There's a place in town that does free estimates, but I thought I'd
look around the internet and see what I could find out about this
problem before we drag this big thing around town. Will it be
expensive? Should we look for a new TV vs cost of repair?

Actually our living room TV is goofy too, I'll post seperately about
that (RCA TV left & right sides have black area).

Thanks!
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"labrick" <tmj2015@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b355ac46.0312011302.6398ccd1@posting.google.com...
Our Magnavox TV (about 13 years old) has this problem:

Something went wrong with the color, I'll try to explain it.It's as if
someone is holding a see thru color screen in front of the picture and
the colors of the screen are very psyco-delic. Kind of a neon green
oval in the middle, surrounded by a hot pink, surrounded by a blue and
then surrounded by a mix of green and brown. So the reception is good,
the colors are very crazy.

It's a 27" monitor.

There was a definite sizzle or crackle the day I turned it on and it
did this.

There's a place in town that does free estimates, but I thought I'd
look around the internet and see what I could find out about this
problem before we drag this big thing around town. Will it be
expensive? Should we look for a new TV vs cost of repair?

Actually our living room TV is goofy too, I'll post seperately about
that (RCA TV left & right sides have black area).

Thanks!
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Sounds like the picture tube has become magnetized. Probably the
auto-degausser has crapped out. Call a service tech.
 
"labrick" <tmj2015@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b355ac46.0312011302.6398ccd1@posting.google.com...
Our Magnavox TV (about 13 years old) has this problem:

Something went wrong with the color, I'll try to explain it.It's as if
someone is holding a see thru color screen in front of the picture and
the colors of the screen are very psyco-delic. Kind of a neon green
oval in the middle, surrounded by a hot pink, surrounded by a blue and
then surrounded by a mix of green and brown. So the reception is good,
the colors are very crazy.

It's a 27" monitor.

There was a definite sizzle or crackle the day I turned it on and it
did this.

There's a place in town that does free estimates, but I thought I'd
look around the internet and see what I could find out about this
problem before we drag this big thing around town. Will it be
expensive? Should we look for a new TV vs cost of repair?

Actually our living room TV is goofy too, I'll post seperately about
that (RCA TV left & right sides have black area).

Thanks!
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Your degaussing circuit failed, sounds like the thermistor burned up, part
is a few bucks, figure an hour of labor at most, worth getting fixed.
 
labrick(tmj2015@yahoo.com) slammed into the keyboard with a 100-lbs hammer:
Our Magnavox TV (about 13 years old) has this problem:

Something went wrong with the color, I'll try to explain it.It's as if
[...]
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Probably the degaussing circuit has failed. Nothing too complicated for an
experienced tech, and worth the repair.


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