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Re: More random questions and irritations

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From: Lawrence Flowers
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 00:00
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Steve Rogers wrote:
> 
> Lawrence Flowers <leaf@leaftech.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > 2) Why does my TV [snip] often respond, not to *one* channel-changing
> > > click on the remote, but only to *two* clicks or more (with two or more
> > > changes of channel)?
> >
> > That could be Infra-red interferance from another source (like direct
> > sun).
> 
> What exactly happens is this: I try to change the channel with one click
> - nothing happens - I click again and it goes to the
> next-channel-but-one.  It seems to "store" the first click and then
> release both of them after the second click.  It can store more than two
> clicks, too.

Very odd!  I don't suppose you have spilt anything on your remote at anytime
have you?
 
> > My 5200 had a hardware fault similar to this which was corrected under
> > warranty; I assume you have had the other standard 5200/6200 warranty
> > fault fixed?
> 
> Mine doesn't suffer from that problem.  So this TV thing is a separate
> bug?

Yes, but not a bug, a hardware fault on the TV card.

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