Toshiba TV29C90 problem; Image fades to black...

[Arthur Jernberg]

Circuit City automatically returns these sets to the distributor because
specific parts are not available form the manufacturer. Also there is no
technical support of any sort. These sets are not serviceable unless it is
something very simple requiring only a generic part.
"David" <dkuhajda@locl.net.spam> wrote in message
news:3f14d727$1@news.greennet.net...

Did anyone ever find out any information on getting service manual or
access
to the service menu on these?

I tried e-mailing the company and calling them to find out about parts or
service information and they said they would only sell to authorized
servicers. Dead silence when I informed them that they were breaking the
law in many US States. If they sell the item, they MUST have available at
reasonable cost to any qualified servicer service information and parts.
When I asked for a supervisor, click the almost speaking English girl hung
up the phone.

Next time I called I asked about becoming an authorized servicer as there
is
not one within 200 miles of us. Only after much pushing I got the
warranty
reimbursement rates. $29 for a major repair labor on a 24'' and smaller
tv,
get real people. That won't even cover the paperwork costs and the time
for
the person who files the paperwork. On some brands we could count on COD
referal business, but for some reason I don't think we will get much on
the
super cheap stuff.

David

 

[George R. Gonzalez]

"gothika" <gothika@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:mt87hvstbdi82h7do6qvo8msvmo543ggtd@4ax.com...

I need to run a sweep on my phone lines to detect a tap.

Difficult to impossible, at best. If you had run a baseline measurement of
the
phone-line impedance *before* it was tapped, then you might have a small
chance.
But not now.

A tap can be made thru a 10 megohm resistor in series with a 1000pf
capacitor.
This level of impedance is ust about impossible to detect, given the normal
phone-line resistance and capacitance.

How about just abandoning the wires in the walls, hook up a cordless phone
right to the incoming phone line? Cheap and easy. Or use a cell phone.
Talk in code.

 

[Sidney]

Free APEX service manual download:

http://www.worldwideelec.com/apex_asc_site/apex.html

Free Memorex service manual download:

http://ads.hopperinc.com/form/product_search/search.asp?t=1
http://www.memorex.com

Free Hitachi service manual download:

http://www.hitachiserviceusa.com
http://823312-000:hsusa812@www.hitachiserviceusa.com/Service/Manuals/

40 tv EEPROM service mode access sites:

http://members.accessus.net/~090/awh/how2adj.html#5.11
http://members.aol.com/philstv/servicemenu.htm
http://www.tehnicaavtv.com/tvservice.htm
http://www.members.accessus.net/~090/awh/sonypal.html
http://intrepid-video.com/tvtech.htm
http://orpheuscomputing.com/technicians/Sony_service_more.html
http://ftp.unina.it/pub/electronics/repairfaq/REPAIR/F_Sony_setup.html#SON
http://www.calanan.com/panasonic
http://www.peakpeak.com/~pnickell/panasonic.htm
http://cellardweller.com/tw40h80/index.html
http://www.bus.ucf.edu/cwhite/theater/ServiceMode.htm
http://www.alientech.net/tp61h95codes.html
http://www.keohi.com/keohihdtv/brandspecific/hitachi/servicemenu.html
http://www.keohi.com/keohihdtv/brandspecific/thomson/thomson_servicemenu.html
http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/tv__matchline_service_mode.htm
http://www.repdata.de/Service%20Code/service-mode.htm
http://www.n2hifi.com/xbr100.html
http://www.e-repair.co.uk/story4.htm
http://www.neato.org/~page/mitsu/service.html
http://www.artofhacking.com/files/TVMODES.TXT
http://qualitytuner.hypermart.net/codes.htm
http://mapage.noos.fr/tophe/tvser.html?KeohiHDTV
http://www.infocoal.ru/rclub/schemes/guide/chip/!eeprom-code/tv-vcr/
http://www.televideo.al.ru/tv-video/servis.html
http://amt.ural.ru/electronics/tv-servmenu.php3
http://es.geocities.com/Dudaelectronica/modosdeservicios.htm
http://www.servisystem.com.ar/tutorial/tv/micro.html
http://www.comunidadelectronicos.com/articulos/modo-serv.htm
http://www.comunidadelectronicos.com/articulos/desbloq.htm
http://webs.demasiado.com/kueyar/Modos.htm
http://paginadekueyar.iespana.es/paginadekueyar/Modos1.html
http://perso.wanadoo.es/jeli/index1.htm
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_tvfaqb.html#TVFAQB_006
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_techtips.html
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_SonySet.html
http://www.schematicsforfree.com/video/apex_secret_menu.pdf
http://www.schematicsforfree.com/audio/products/Panasonic_Table_of_Error_Codes_for_Audio_Products.pdf
http://www.iwaynet.net/~nesda/SonyBlink.html
http://members.aol.com/philstv/sonyblinking.htm
http://www.videotech.org/self.htm

EEPROM part #'s by model/chassis lookup:
http://www.mainelectronics.com/eproms.htm
http://www.prelcoparts.com/eepromcross.pdf
http://www.iwaynet.net/~nesda/EEPROMS.pdf

 

[Laurence Taylor]

john wrote:

Ok ! Then what is it ??/

It's not anything. There is no attached file - or attached anything.
Just ordinary, plain and simple, ASCII.


rgds
LAurence

.... Keep the streets safe: Run down a cyclist today!
begin the search for better software

 

[john]

Well ! Whats attached ?

kip
--

 

[Jerry G.]

You are absolutely accurate. If a line is tapped, which is sometimes
done for a few moments during servicing lines to test them, the coupling
is extremely high impedance. This is not easily detectable.

For legal taps, they require a court order which is similar to a
warrant. The tap can then be done directly through the main computer
system of the phone company. This is not detectable, because the tap is
done through an active system. They don't have to run hard wires from
the station box down the street like in the old days, or what you see
dramatized in the movies and on TV shows.

There are a number of methods to safe guard telephone conversations.
Get a transmitting, and receiving scrambling system. You will need a
transceiver for this on each end of the telephone line. I have seen this
advertised, and there have even been schematics of simple ones published
in magazines. I have no idea if a commercially built set is available
in North America, for legal reasons.

Another way is to subscribe to an inscription service over the internet,
and purchase some good quality telephone software. Each of you will
require a PC on the net, and the same service to use this, but it is
very effective.

The easiest and cheapest way is to get PCS digital cell phones for you
and your friends. All PCS phones are now encrypted. Only the telephone
company can supply decryption and tapping under a Federal court order,
which at this time is difficult to obtain.

The very best way is to meet in person, and go for a fast drive on the
highway. But, there is laser tapping equipment, where they can shine
the beam on the windows, and can listen from up to the line of site.
This will be hard to work with on a moving car!

Anywhere a medium is used to have a conversation, there is a way to tap
in to it!

--

Greetings,

Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG
==============================================
WebPage http://www.zoom-one.com
Electronics http://www.zoom-one.com/electron.htm
Instruments http://www.zoom-one.com/glgtech.htm
==============================================
"George R. Gonzalez" <grg2@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:AnaRa.64063$sY2.30977@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...

"gothika" <gothika@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:mt87hvstbdi82h7do6qvo8msvmo543ggtd@4ax.com...

I need to run a sweep on my phone lines to detect a tap.

Difficult to impossible, at best. If you had run a baseline
measurement of
the
phone-line impedance *before* it was tapped, then you might have a small
chance.
But not now.

A tap can be made thru a 10 megohm resistor in series with a 1000pf
capacitor.
This level of impedance is ust about impossible to detect, given the
normal
phone-line resistance and capacitance.

How about just abandoning the wires in the walls, hook up a cordless
phone
right to the incoming phone line? Cheap and easy. Or use a cell phone.
Talk in code.

 

[bigdogdude]

Just my 2 cents here...

As already posted, either stick with 900Mhz (which is getting harder to
find, unless it's a cheapie) or head up to 5.8GHz.

Too many items are running in the 2.4Ghz area, and your chances of having
problems is too high. In my house, between the Terk Leapfrog A/V
transmitter, the wireless computer network and the microwave (which I just
replaced with a new one), the poor phone doesn't stand a chance! Actually
the one that looses is the Terk Leapfrog system - my Panasonic phone has
excellent distance.

Funny thing about cordless phones. The best phone I have is an old
pre-900Mhz Sony, when the big sales pitch was 10 channels with auto-scan.
It's a unique phone where it has 2 batteries, one in the handset - the other
in the base, which keeps the base alive during a power outage. You don't
charge the phone, you simply swap batteries. Best darned cordless phone I've
ever had.


"lcoe" <lcoe@c1932201-a.attbi.com> wrote in message
news:uATQa.69453$Ph3.7172@sccrnsc04...

Followup-To: sci.electronics.repair, also, FF:2lbs of TacoBell Condiments
(you haul ;-)
.........

i am looking at some of the newer Uniden offerings w/two handsets and
wonder how much/if i will gain anything over my current setup which
actually works well(900Mhz SS Vtech) these past 5yrs. the batteries
are finally dying so have an excuse.

there is a plethora of new frequencies, with some advantages to each,
including 2.4, 2.4DSS, 2.4DEST, 5.4 in about that order of
cost/performance.

so the Question: the range maybe less on 2.4 and i do _not_ have a problem
w/interference, does it make sense to make just one step up? ALSO, does
Spread Spectrum mean "digital handset" link by definition? if yes, i
would
be going back to analog w/2.4Ghz.

Thanks (!) to my favorite (3) ng's, --Loren

 

[Sofie]

feklar:
This is undoubtedly for YOU.
--
Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
------------------------------


"TheResistor.Net" <info@theresistor.net> wrote in message
news:c2b3dadb.0307160548.b38e1bd@posting.google.com...

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[Sharon Leigh]

Yes, I do have sound in the bad channel. I think the best way to describe it
is that it sounds like a radio station that's not tuned in properly. It's
staticy and garbled.
"bigmike" <bigmike@cornhusker.net> wrote in message
news:3f14de13$0$24599$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com...

"Sharon Leigh" <sleigh@aol.com> wrote in message
news:VA4Ra.1371$KZ.745283@news1.news.adelphia.net...
I was just reading the post about the marantz receiver static problem.
Mine's slightly different, in that it goes away when I turn the balance
all
the way left, and my headphones work fine. I cleaned every conceivable
contact and circuit and still have the static. The receiver's 32 years
old
so I am suspecting something has died or fried along the way. anyone
have
any ideas?


Lot's of possibilities. Dirty or worn speaker switch contacts, bad relay
(if the old amp uses one) contacts, dried up caps, leaky transistors.
Headphones require very little power to produce sound, so some problems in
the output stage might not show up when using them. By the way, do you
have
sound through the bad channel along with the static, or just static?

 

[john]

Thanks Mike I see the attachment on 2 browsers
the Guy that sent it must be slow in the head.
jmo

kip

So why attach it then ?
Sounds really stupid to me to attach nothing.
kip

It's not anything. There is no attached file - or attached anything.
Just ordinary, plain and simple, ASCII.

Oh yes there is an attachment. It might not show up though on some news
browsers.

 

[Chris]

Pretty interesting site. I love what Lenny boy wrote about the store. He
can't be serious. Noone can be that naive and be a CEO. I'm not a fan of
"Hate" sites but the stories and experiences in there seem to agree with
almost everything I've heard, witnessed, or have seen. Thankfully, Ive never
been a RS employee. Only a reluctant customer.

"RedWing196" <redwing196@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030715084558.03088.00000296@mb-m27.aol.com...

I guess it comes down to either you want to run a electronics parts
store or you want to put out a shingle that says your one thereby
tricking the hobbyist in walking in where you can assualt them with a
sales pitch and try and convince them to buy what you do have.


I was working at Radio Shack at the time they brought in Len Roberts to
run the
company. Over the next several years, most of the veteran managers and
corporate execs were basically forced out because they wouldn't adapt to
the
new focus of the company. The company now seems to have a strategy of
hiring
20 year old managers to 'run' their stores. These managers only
qualifications
seems to be that have proven that they can sell; not that they know about
what
they are selling or even the first thing about customer service. Here is
a web
site that has been around a while: radioshacksucks.com

Take a look at the site and you'll see how much the employee's hate their
own
company.

Jim

 

[Jimmy]

"Shiva" <helpdesk@666.com> wrote in message
news:1K2Qa.5127$Y92.1251@nwrdny01.gnilink.net...

"George R. Gonzalez" <grg2@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:hYTPa.43358$N7.5224@sccrnsc03...
I seem to have stirred up a lot of controversy here. Let me summarize
the
responses:


(A) You're right in adding the "missing" snubbers, missing fuses,
missing
bias controls, missing bias filters, missing bias test points, missing
bias
set points, especially since the amp
is acting up, even after replacing capacitors, looking it over... etc.

(B) This Bogen amplifier is a part of our honorable tube heritage, the
ancient designers never made any design compromises, you should be
flogged
for even hinting of any possibility of cutting-corners by the engineers,
or
suggesting
that the amplifier could be improved with a few modern components and
techniques.

(C) Bogen made high-quality stuff that lasted forever.

(D) Bogen made some stuff that was marginal, that blew tubes a lot.

---

In other words, all over the spectrum, and a lot more heat than
illumination.

I'll readily concede that all of the above may be true, although not all
for
the same
amplifier model.

But as my viewpoint is mainly an engineering one, I see this more as
a challenge to tame, not as a historical artifact that should be
preserved
and worshiped as-is.

You all, are of course are entitiled to differ and to treat your
amplifiers
as you see fit.



Regards,


George



Occasionally one of these amps used to come into my shop with the output

tubes crispy fried. Usually this waas because the grid coupling caps were
shorted. replace these with 600 volt units. Also check other associated
componets for "doneness". Also be prepared to lay out much bucks for
replacement tubes. I wouldnt think an engineer would have much trouble
replacing these with something a little more economical, 6550's should be a
good choice I think.

 

[bigmike]

"john" <va3mm@niagara.com> wrote in message
news:newscache$wib4ih$ibm$1@newsfeed.niagara.com...

So why attach it then ?
Sounds really stupid to me to attach nothing.
kip

It's not anything. There is no attached file - or attached anything.
Just ordinary, plain and simple, ASCII.

Oh yes there is an attachment. It might not show up though on some news

browsers.
>

 

[Marvin Moss]

I love to fix VCR's, 2-way radios, TV's, CD Players, ham radios, CB radios,
etc. I fix the stuff for free because I love the challenge of fixing exotic
equipment. I learn so much more and get a chance to use all of my scopes,
sig. gen.'s, etc. I only charge for parts and since I have dozens of old
dud chassis' I get a lot of the parts for free, too. It is so much fun I
can't tell you how happy it makes me to see the results of my repair and the
very happy person who receives the fruits of my labor.

Oh, yes, I am retired and don't need to make a living at it. It is just a
hobby to me.

 

[Sofie]

Clifton T Sharp Jr.:
No external shields around the CRT..... they use speakers with "shielded"
magnets in the speaker itself.
If it is "new"..... take it back and exchange it or get a different tv.
--
Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


"Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <clifto@clifto.com> wrote in message
news:3F1582C1.2BDB1ACA@clifto.com...

32A62. Purity problem alongside the right speaker. Are there supposed to
be shields?

--
The function of an asshole is to emit quantities of crap. Spammers do
a very good job of that. However, I do object to my inbox being a
spammer's toilet bowl. -- Walter Dnes

 

[Andre]

"Mike CJ" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<bf336v$a8kv9$1@ID-152947.news.uni-berlin.de>...

"Andre" <testing_h@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2c2cf14c.0307151106.36627707@posting.google.com...
"Chris F." <zappyman@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:<HuUQa.7179$jL2.864362@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>...
Best of luck, and try not to get discouraged in these difficult times.

(snippage)

One good thing the EU and/or UK govt. could do is to pass a law to
*require* all electronic equipment to be recycled down to the nuts and
bolts . All new equipment sold has a 10% sales tax added to pay for
proper recycling facilities , *with the tax cut to 2% if it is
specifically designed to be repairable and recyclable* .

In addition, any company that repairs consumer equipment should be
able to apply for a grant to cover running costs etc . Should keep
things ticking over .

-Andre

How do you decide if something is recyclable?

Most things are .

For example :-

1) Use reconfigureable chips . Rather than paying $$$ for the latest
HDTV with some must-have feature, the engineer comes round and plugs
in the hardware tool, upgrading the firmware to the new features .

2) Use Flash chips more . OK that phone is now a $300 paperweight due
to a failed component, but those chips can be reused on another phone
..

3) Solder with a low melting point , to allow chips to be removed more
easily without damage .



-A

Mike.



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[gothika]

Thanks for the tips.
I use alot of sealed lead acid batteries for various applications.
Power for photo strobes, handheld spotlights, camcorders etc...
Up till now I've been using wall wart type power supplies for
charging.
The batteries I use are the sealed lead acid type normally used in
emergency lighting etc...
The work very well for the job but tend to die out after 2-3 years
whether used heavy or lightly.
I never knoe if it was simply their usable shelf life or what as I
tend to avoid complete discharge as much as possible.(typically I'll
top charge after battery has reach 50% discharge.)
The wall warts I use match the voltage of the battery(6 or 12) and
have a milliamp output rate no more than 70% of the max allowable
charge rate of the battery.(Most of my batts have a max rate around
800ma, the wall warts 500ma.)
Can you recommend some smart chargers for these types of batteries?
Also, would I be better off switching to sealed gel-pack lead acids or
some other form of battery?(I don't stay up on the latest in battery
technology.)
I gotta stay away from nicad and other forms of "memory" batteries
though.
Thanks again.

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:19:51 +0200, Bill Darden
<william.darden@uumail.de> wrote:

Top Ten Deep Cycle Battery Tips

1. Wear glasses when working with a battery, because it might
explode.

2. Recharge your battery as soon as possible after each use. To
prevent permanent sulfation when not in use and especially in hot
weather, keep your battery continuously connected to a "smart" or
maintenance charger or recharge your battery when the State-of-Charge
drops below 80%. Cheap unregulated "trickle" chargers will kill your
battery.

3. Keep your non-sealed battery away from salt water, cool, properly
filled with distilled water, and the top clean. The plates must be
covered at all times.

4. The lower the average Depth-of-Discharge the longer the service
life.

5. Follow the battery manufacturers recommended charging voltages and
procedures. People kill more deep cycle batteries with bad charging
practices than die of old age. Permanent sulfation kills
approximately 85% of all deep cycle batteries.

6. When buying a replacement battery, be sure it matches your
charging system & ampere hour (Ah) requirements and is fresh. Heavier
is better.

7. Keep the battery cable mating surfaces and terminals free from
corrosion.

8. Avoid a shallow (below 10%) discharges or deep discharge below 20%
State-of-Charge of your battery. This could kill it.

9. For longer battery life, do not add acid or additives, keep your
battery securely fastened, and equalize charge it (if recommended by
the battery manufacturer).

10. Use chargers (or settings) that will recharge batteries over
eight to ten hours.

For additional battery information, please go to
http://www.batteryfaq.org.

 

[gothika]

I used to work in military intelligence skunk works though my
knowledge is dated.(Been out of the service for just over 20 years
now.)
During the early eighties Reagan starting loaning out military units
to civilian agencies, though it was against the constitution.
My unit got assigned to the CIA for a couple of years.
While my specialty was lenswork I saw and had to work with alot of top
level gear pertaining to audio.(Tapping gear as well as long range
audio pickup.)
Most of this stuff was top secret or unknown of at the time in the
general populace, but now is common place.(I used some of the laser
systems designed to pick up vibrations off of windows and drop them
form the ultrasonic back down into the audible range. They can do more
than you can imagine. we'd do sweeps from moving vehichles on fixed or
moving targets with no problem and that was in the early 80's.)
Unfortunately I never got to actually pull any of this gear apart for
a closer look at the boards, the handlers were very tight with it.(We
were basically considered flunkies brought on to do the hard or risky
work.)
I'm sure if I searched around the net I could find blueprints or a
source for some of this gear. Though with my background I'd be ill
advised as most is as you said, illegal for civilians, doubly so for
someone such as myself.(The government takes a very dim view on former
employees going out on their own.)
The last time I checked the sentence for even owning an infinity
transmitter was 25 years.
To get back to my current problem, the guy I'm dealing with claims to
an employee of the phone company.(I've checked and he is currently
not, though he may have been in a different state or sometime in the
past.)
He'd gone around to the other tenants in the apartment claiming to be
from the phone company and offering to reconnect their service for
free.(He's done so with one tenant who had her phone service with Cox
digital turned off.)
I'm even more certain that he's tapped into my line as every time I
try and make a call I keep getting a clicking noise like someone is
trying to hang up a phone.(It's repeated constantly in an attempt to
disrupt any conversation. It happens especially when I try and talk to
either my local sherriffs office or the phone company.)
I've had Bell out and they couldn't find anything at the box and told
me any tap on the house side was my problem.
Nor could they find any problem with the line that could account for
the noise.
They did switch me over to another feeder line on the block.
The problem is still persisting which tells me that it's definetly a
tie in somewhere on the residential side.(We share a wall as this
prick lives right next door.)
We're working on an eviction at this moment.(My mother-in-law is the
landlord, we handle the caretaking of this block of units.)
He's planning on contesting and we're headed to court tomorrow.
I'll take all the evidence I have, Police reports as well as the
service statement from Bell attesting to illegal dial tone theft and
statements from all of the tenants whom he's tried to con into letting
him hook them up.
We're getting a Judge whose record leans toward favoring owners rights
vs. tenants. This guy is also a convicted felon.
Hopefully that'll be enough to hammer him.
If we get a favorable descision it'll alleviate the need for buying
any detection gear at this time(It's very costly) though I'm still
open to anyone who can point me in the right direction for future
needs.(I'm especially interested in a meter for checking phone lines.)


On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:41:46 -0400, "Jerry G." <jerryg@total.net>
wrote:

You are absolutely accurate. If a line is tapped, which is sometimes
done for a few moments during servicing lines to test them, the coupling
is extremely high impedance. This is not easily detectable.

For legal taps, they require a court order which is similar to a
warrant. The tap can then be done directly through the main computer
system of the phone company. This is not detectable, because the tap is
done through an active system. They don't have to run hard wires from
the station box down the street like in the old days, or what you see
dramatized in the movies and on TV shows.

There are a number of methods to safe guard telephone conversations.
Get a transmitting, and receiving scrambling system. You will need a
transceiver for this on each end of the telephone line. I have seen this
advertised, and there have even been schematics of simple ones published
in magazines. I have no idea if a commercially built set is available
in North America, for legal reasons.

Another way is to subscribe to an inscription service over the internet,
and purchase some good quality telephone software. Each of you will
require a PC on the net, and the same service to use this, but it is
very effective.

The easiest and cheapest way is to get PCS digital cell phones for you
and your friends. All PCS phones are now encrypted. Only the telephone
company can supply decryption and tapping under a Federal court order,
which at this time is difficult to obtain.

The very best way is to meet in person, and go for a fast drive on the
highway. But, there is laser tapping equipment, where they can shine
the beam on the windows, and can listen from up to the line of site.
This will be hard to work with on a moving car!

Anywhere a medium is used to have a conversation, there is a way to tap
in to it!

 

[Sofie]

hoss / Adam::
If you can provide a model number I think you might get some more specific
advice..... obviously not all Sony 13" televisions were designed and built
the same.
Cable television channels over the years have expanded several times as
allowed by FCC rules..... so in the earlier years the television
manufacturers did not build capability into a television that was not
needed.... or was not even an issue.
Depending on the features and design of your television and how old it is,
up to cable channel 47 just may be all it can receive..... slightly older
televisions may have only gone up to cable channel 36, and older than that
maybe cable channel 22.
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Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
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"hoss" <mulletman1968@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bf485l$1mi$1@news-int.gatech.edu...

I have a sony trintiron 13'' TV. unfortunately I don't know the year. for
some reason I can't get any channel above 47 on it while about 100
channels
are available when another TV is connected to the same cable. in addition
the problem still remaines when the problematic sony is connected to
anyother cable. Of course I've tried reprogramming the TV but that doesn't
work. it doesn't even receive the higher channels when they are
specifically
typed into the remote, just static.

I wonder if anyone has any advice on what the problem may be and how to
fix
it aside from getting a new TV.


Thank you very much,
Adam



mulletman1968@hotmail.com

 

[ShrikeBack]

Guillaume <grs@mail.com> wrote in message news:<3f11a0d8$0$9620$7a628cd7@news.club-internet.fr>...

if the past were infinite, there would have been an infinity
of passing time before the present. Saying something will not
occur until an eternity has passed is equivalent to saying that
it will never happen. Thus, the present would never have been
reached.

This logic is inherently not usable. Its a 101 math standard fallacy.
When one discusses infinite, in general, all bets are off. Its only
specific examples that can be handled, by taking the limit as x-
infinite, and this requires that the function be continuous. Most logic
deduced by assuming infinite leads to contradictions, e.g. 1=0, so you
simply can't use an argument like the one you describe above.

Exactly, this is an uneducated fallacy, which can look "ok" to most
people though.

Just because there is an infinite quantity of real numbers between 0 and
1, doesn't mean that 1 doesn't exist. That's basically what the
"infinite past" fallacy is pretending to prove.

Infinity is not equal to non-existence.

Another example of something that would falsely try and prove that
it's not possible to go from A to B, two distant points:

just cut the path in half: going from A to B can be achieved
by going from A to the middle of A and B, and then from the
middle to B. Apply the same principle for each such part of the
path. Since you can always cut a segment in half, you reach the
conclusion that you'll never be able to make it to B.

You aren't giving Xeno enough credit, and Math 101 texts do not
give him enough credit either. Actually, Xeno's paradox of
Achilles and the Tortoise is logically valid. If anything, it
is a reductio ad absurdum for the proposition that the universe
is infinitely subdivisible. Hume also took the stance that the
universe is not infinitely divisible, so it is not limited
to the simple uneducated, or to ancient Greeks.

Xeno also has the paradox of the Arrow, however, which seems
to prove infinite subdivisibility. You have to respect a guy
like that.