Toshiba TV29C90 problem; Image fades to black...

[Larry]

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 15:27:35 -0400, Peter <pdferg@ca.inter.net> wrote:

Fatal Radiation ? From a DVD player, what was powering the thing, Uranium ?


Nah, it contained a Disk of Vast Destruction. They got it from Iraq.

 

[Not so quick]

Have you ever heard a news story
where only the state and not the city
was reported? I thought this was going
to be a joke. It's not funny and I'm sad
that many people will believe it if it gets
distributed.

<americanfamilyagent207@livewire.com> wrote in message
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From the Livewire Newsfeed

August 4, 2003

A New Mexico family was killed by a DVD player last Friday.
Authorities reported that it appeared that the DVD player had just
been purchased. Apparently an accident caused the player to fall off
the television set in their living room. It is suspected that the
family cat possibly knocked it down. The plastic case of the DVD
player became cracked during the fall to the floor, emitting the fatal
radiation which killed the entire family of seven.

Authorities were notified on Saturday when a relative came to visit
and found the family car in the driveway and no one would answer the
door. When the police arrived they used forced entry and were shocked
at what they found. There were dead bodies laying all over the living
room floor, including the husband, wife and five children. None of
them showed any signs of physical abuse, and all other possibile
causes of death have been ruled out. Authorities are positive the
deaths were caused by the DVD player.

Additionally, the first officer to enter the premises was struck down
and affected by the harmful radiation, and is hospitalized in critical
condition. The electric company was summoned and disconnected the
power to the premises before further action could be taken.

A cat was found laying right next to the fatal DVD player, which leads
to the suspicion that the cat was the cause of the player falling off
of the television.

Names of the family members are being withheld until further
investigation and notification of relatives of the deceased.
Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly.

 

[Steve]

Peter <pdferg@ca.inter.net> wrote:

Fatal Radiation ? From a DVD player, what was powering the thing, Uranium ?

Hmmm, perhaps the US should be searching for DVD players in Iraq.

 

[Gary Woods]

"Not so quick" <goodideaSSPPAAMM@lvcm.com> wrote:

It's not funny and I'm sad
that many people will believe it if it gets
distributed.

Hopefully, only the top-posters who quote the entire original message will
believe it, and it will keep them busy for a while.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G

 

[Wayne Tiffany]

Sometimes a cleaning is all that's needed - I just did ours about 2 weeks
ago. Take it apart and wash the case and membrane switch with soapy water.
Then clean the circuit board pads with alcohol. Dry everything and
reassemble. Ours had some kind of oily film on most of it - who knows what
kind of stuff was spilled on it. :-!

The other possibility is that the carbon pads on the circuit board are worn
away enough to barely contact. If so, sometimes you can work a small bit of
graphite into that area to provide some conduction.

WT

"George Earl" <gearl@comcast.net> wrote in message
newsletivghi0vq8t8de8f8oj9bhehplpji34@4ax.com...

The Channel and Volume buttons on my 8-year-old JVC TV remote are both
failing. The Channel button has a short delay before it will react on
both up and down channel selection. The volume button has a long delay
before reacting, as much as 10 - 15 seconds before the volume will
change on both up and down. All other buttons on the remote are
functioning fine. Is this problem something I can repair (how?) or is
it time to go for a universal remote? Thanks!


George
gearlnospamno@nospamcomcast.net

 

[CJT]

Steve wrote:

Peter <pdferg@ca.inter.net> wrote:

Fatal Radiation ? From a DVD player, what was powering the thing, Uranium ?


Hmmm, perhaps the US should be searching for DVD players in Iraq.

Dubya's team probably planted the story in anticipation of another one

coming soon in which the deadly devices are at last found.

 

[George Earl]

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:19:29 -0500, "Wayne Tiffany"
<wayne.tiffany@asi.com> wrote:

Sometimes a cleaning is all that's needed - I just did ours about 2 weeks
ago. Take it apart and wash the case and membrane switch with soapy water.
Then clean the circuit board pads with alcohol. Dry everything and
reassemble. Ours had some kind of oily film on most of it - who knows what
kind of stuff was spilled on it. :-!

The other possibility is that the carbon pads on the circuit board are worn
away enough to barely contact. If so, sometimes you can work a small bit of
graphite into that area to provide some conduction.

WT

Thanks!


George
gearlnospamno@nospamcomcast.net

 

[Alain Beguin]

"Gary Woods" wrote on 4/08/2003;

Hopefully, only the top-posters who quote the entire original message will
believe it, and it will keep them busy for a while.

Nice reply, Gary.
why do we have such humorless people on Usenet?

Bye,

Al


--
e-mail: albeguin at village dot uunet dot be
- 2330 -

 

[Patch]

"George Earl" <gearl@comcast.net> wrote in message
newsletivghi0vq8t8de8f8oj9bhehplpji34@4ax.com...

The Channel and Volume buttons on my 8-year-old JVC TV remote are both
failing. The Channel button has a short delay before it will react on
both up and down channel selection. The volume button has a long delay
before reacting, as much as 10 - 15 seconds before the volume will
change on both up and down. All other buttons on the remote are
functioning fine. Is this problem something I can repair (how?) or is
it time to go for a universal remote? Thanks!


I assume you tried new batteries?

 

[WbSearch]

Had the exact same problem with my 18 yr old JVC TV. The volume decrease,
channel 3 and 7 buttons would work with about a 15 second delay.
Did 2 things to fix it.
1) Cleaned the track side of the PCB with a toothbrush and brake parts
cleaner.
B) Resoldered the frayed wires from the batteries to the PCB.
Been working fine since.

 

[Jeeters]

"Steve" <a@b.inv> wrote in message
news:tketivc3gqq5j2u5kvnmfkg5jr8o9a9b5m@4ax.com...

Peter <pdferg@ca.inter.net> wrote:
Fatal Radiation ? From a DVD player, what was powering the thing, Uranium
?

Hmmm, perhaps the US should be searching for DVD players in Iraq.

And it sounds like we have an untapped alternative power source for home
heating.

 

[Mike]

i dunno.

it must have some sort of imaginary nuclear powersupply.

LOL.


"Alain Beguin" <me2@privacy.com> wrote in message
news:mesnews.25517d38.3b5dd273.15.1136@privacy.com...

"Gary Woods" wrote on 4/08/2003;
Hopefully, only the top-posters who quote the entire original message
will
believe it, and it will keep them busy for a while.

Nice reply, Gary.
why do we have such humorless people on Usenet?

Bye,

Al


--
e-mail: albeguin at village dot uunet dot be
- 2330 -

 

[The Plumply Perverse Pool]

: The plastic case of the DVD
: player became cracked during the fall to the floor, emitting the fatal
: radiation which killed the entire family of seven.

Was the movie Madonna film? :-Ţ

TTFN
Scott
Deaf Does NOT Equate Daft ... in other people's cases.
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"The Buddha said all life is suffering. He was an optimist."
-S Robbins
Giles - We few. We happy few.
Spike - We band of buggered.

 

[eNo]

So that's where Sadam was hiding all his WMDs. Case closed, and a great
relief to Blair and Dubya.

--
eNo
"Why am I here?"

 

[Jeff]

No, they are not compatable.
Jeff

"Ken_B" <ken5229"at"softhome.net> wrote in message
news:vi9089sg4ot699@corp.supernews.com...

I just acquired a used one of these (with no documentation) which I'd like
to mate to a Honda radio. Both have identical 8-pin DIN sockets, but I
suspect the wiring may not be compatible.

I found pinouts for the radio on the Internet, but can't find any
information about the Legacy CD changer other than some very old posts
about
people having them for sale.

Any help appreciated.

Ken

 

[George Earl]

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:30:57 -0400, George Earl <gearl@comcast.net>
wrote:

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:19:29 -0500, "Wayne Tiffany"
wayne.tiffany@asi.com> wrote:

Sometimes a cleaning is all that's needed - I just did ours about 2 weeks
ago. Take it apart and wash the case and membrane switch with soapy water.
Then clean the circuit board pads with alcohol. Dry everything and
reassemble. Ours had some kind of oily film on most of it - who knows what
kind of stuff was spilled on it. :-!

The other possibility is that the carbon pads on the circuit board are worn
away enough to barely contact. If so, sometimes you can work a small bit of
graphite into that area to provide some conduction.

WT


Thanks!


George
gearlnospamno@nospamcomcast.net

Disassembled the remote, found oily residue on the circuit board all
around the contacts for the Channel and Volume buttons, cleaned with
alcohol, reassembled and all is right with the world again . . .
Thanks!


George
gearlnospamno@nospamcomcast.net

 

[JWB]

"Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:bgmcm3$q6fkk$1@ID-82690.news.uni-berlin.de...

Happens every fucking summer. Millions of kiddies in desperate need
of parental guidance, and a social life.

Yea, but to be honest, it's funny to see how many sheep fall for it.

JWB

"blcker" <ohno@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:scyXa.6778$8N.522037@twister.socal.rr.com...
Sheeesh! Let's file this with the Bonsai Kitty story.


"Jeeters" <noham@nospam.com> wrote in message
newsrudnQEtTI10NbOiXTWJlg@giganews.com...
For those that believe this, I got some prime swamp land for ya.

 

[bewtifulfreak]

"JWB" <jwbremoveme3333@excite.com> wrote in message
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"Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Happens every fucking summer. Millions of kiddies in desperate need
of parental guidance, and a social life.

Yea, but to be honest, it's funny to see how many sheep fall for it.

Baaaaaaa!

Ann
(feeling sheepish) :}

 

[Peter Gottlieb]

Tell the truth: Are you that Iraqi Information Minister?


<americanfamilyagent207@livewire.com> wrote in message
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From the Livewire Newsfeed

August 4, 2003

A New Mexico family was killed by a DVD player last Friday.
Authorities reported that it appeared that the DVD player had just
been purchased. Apparently an accident caused the player to fall off
the television set in their living room. It is suspected that the
family cat possibly knocked it down. The plastic case of the DVD
player became cracked during the fall to the floor, emitting the fatal
radiation which killed the entire family of seven.

Authorities were notified on Saturday when a relative came to visit
and found the family car in the driveway and no one would answer the
door. When the police arrived they used forced entry and were shocked
at what they found. There were dead bodies laying all over the living
room floor, including the husband, wife and five children. None of
them showed any signs of physical abuse, and all other possibile
causes of death have been ruled out. Authorities are positive the
deaths were caused by the DVD player.

Additionally, the first officer to enter the premises was struck down
and affected by the harmful radiation, and is hospitalized in critical
condition. The electric company was summoned and disconnected the
power to the premises before further action could be taken.

A cat was found laying right next to the fatal DVD player, which leads
to the suspicion that the cat was the cause of the player falling off
of the television.

Names of the family members are being withheld until further
investigation and notification of relatives of the deceased.
Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly.

 

[David W.]

americanfamilyagent207@livewire.com wrote in
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From the Livewire Newsfeed

August 4, 2003

Let me guess... your tinfoil hat fell off?