Oldpinkman
16-11-2014, 10:00
Oh the joy of intermittent faults
Yesterday we went to the "Making of Harry Potter" in Watford - Fascinating exhibition - great fun, lovely butterbeer. But clearly Voldermort or one of the Death Eaters cursed us. We decided instead of going out for a meal as originally planned we would rush back and start the Potter blurays from the beginning.
And were thwarted
The 52" LED TV was showing a ghost image. I tried the science approach but I think only a wizards or witches curse explains it. It is 18 months into a 5 year warranty, so no problem getting it repaired. If its broken. My sisters "man" is an engineer and runs a business repairing TV's and AV equipment (John Lewis are one of their customers who subcontract their warranty work to them). So I'll ask Graham his thoughts later.
Switched off the Quad ESL's. Switched off the whole of the Hifi. Unplugged the dimmer standard lamp on the same ring (Heaven only knows why - they'd all been there for the last 450 days in which the TV had worked faultlessly, but you get funny thoughts don't you)
Unplugged the sole input - an HDMI from the AV amp into which all other inputs are plugged. Unplugged at the TV end. Problem still there (there is an internal image of the inside of a Grand Piano when there is no signal on the chosen input)
So sulked and watched TV in the Dogs room on the 32" - but wished we'd gone out for a meal as planned
This morning, I dig out the warranty paperwork, and wonder if the fault is specific to that one input. Switch on the TV to move it to another input (I had turned it on and off 3 times last night, including a 10 minute physical disconnect from the power), and - you guessed it. Working perfectly this morning.
Just try convincing me that these things are not alive and have no soul. Clearly it was posessed!
Any ideas? :scratch:
Yesterday we went to the "Making of Harry Potter" in Watford - Fascinating exhibition - great fun, lovely butterbeer. But clearly Voldermort or one of the Death Eaters cursed us. We decided instead of going out for a meal as originally planned we would rush back and start the Potter blurays from the beginning.
And were thwarted
The 52" LED TV was showing a ghost image. I tried the science approach but I think only a wizards or witches curse explains it. It is 18 months into a 5 year warranty, so no problem getting it repaired. If its broken. My sisters "man" is an engineer and runs a business repairing TV's and AV equipment (John Lewis are one of their customers who subcontract their warranty work to them). So I'll ask Graham his thoughts later.
Switched off the Quad ESL's. Switched off the whole of the Hifi. Unplugged the dimmer standard lamp on the same ring (Heaven only knows why - they'd all been there for the last 450 days in which the TV had worked faultlessly, but you get funny thoughts don't you)
Unplugged the sole input - an HDMI from the AV amp into which all other inputs are plugged. Unplugged at the TV end. Problem still there (there is an internal image of the inside of a Grand Piano when there is no signal on the chosen input)
So sulked and watched TV in the Dogs room on the 32" - but wished we'd gone out for a meal as planned
This morning, I dig out the warranty paperwork, and wonder if the fault is specific to that one input. Switch on the TV to move it to another input (I had turned it on and off 3 times last night, including a 10 minute physical disconnect from the power), and - you guessed it. Working perfectly this morning.
Just try convincing me that these things are not alive and have no soul. Clearly it was posessed!
Any ideas? :scratch: