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- From: stud1b53@bnr.ca (Anshu Prasad)
- Subject: Re: How do you degauss a TV set?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.175337.12469@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <1jtf38INNo2l@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <gre253-250193110858@152.83.8.10>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 17:53:37 GMT
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- In article <gre253-250193110858@152.83.8.10>, gre253@its.csiro.au (Steve Green) writes:
- |> In article <1jtf38INNo2l@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aa716@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
- |> (Scott Fields) wrote:
- |> >
- |> > 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.
- |>
- |> It's my understanding that TV sets are auto-degaussing. Therefore your set
- |> will heal itself - in time.
- |>
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- Isn't the degaussing function implemented by the on/off switch? I
- read somewhere that repeatedly turning the set on and off will accelerate
- the deguassing process (in the absence of a dedicated degauss button, of
- course).
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