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Re: More random questions and irritations

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From: Lawrence Flowers
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 00:00
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Steve Rogers wrote:
> 
> 1) Has anyone found anything in the Application Support folder yet?

No.
> 
> 2) Why does my TV (Apple Video Player) frequently go into
> nearly-but-not-quite-full-screen mode without being asked?  

Never seen that?

> Why does it
> 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).

> Why do BBC1 and BBC2 often come on with no sound and only acquire sound
> after a flip to ITV or C4 and back?  [6200, 40MB RAM, 8.1, RAM Doubler]

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?

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