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- Newsgroups: rec.video
- Path: sparky!uunet!omen!caf
- From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
- Subject: Re: How do you degauss a TV set?
- Organization: Omen Technology INC, Portland Rain Forest
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 12:19:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.121954.27452@omen.UUCP>
- References: <1jtf38INNo2l@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
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- In article <1jtf38INNo2l@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa716@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Scott Fields) writes:
- >
- >I moved a rather large speaker by my TV set, then when I moved
- >it away I noticed that the colors on the bottom fifth of the screen
- >were distorted (purple/green). Did I just completely ruin my TV?
- >
- >I know that more expensive Mitsubishi's have a degauss button. This
- >is a Mitsubishi, but has no button. Help me please.
- >
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- I've "de-goosed" monitors with a Weller 260 watt soldering gun.
- Just hold the element away from the screen.
-
- A bulk tape eraser should work but may be too strong, putting
- alignment magnets at risk.
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- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf
- Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ
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