[TechAssist] Re: CTC140 RVM2630..missing cable channels? Snowafter 64.
- From: "Tel-Tek Electronics)" <teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 22:05:10 -0400
Perry;
All you do is load a self-explanotory article from the net. Keep it on
you computer file. When this question comes up, give the customer the 1 page
print out..save your precious time. I did that for the RCA Lawsuit they had
on their tuners CTC175/177 etc. When a customer wanted me to explain what
was wrong with the set, I would hit the printer, I was even stapling the
explanation to their bill, because the write up showed what the maximum cost
could be, and since mine was always below maximum, I felt good giving them
the info.
-Ed-
Electric Medic The above is the reply to your message dated 7/27/02 9:38
PM
>
> Mark, Jeff, and All:
>
> I wish I could tell some customers to use their old TV as a boat anchor,
> but..they want to keep using them. Usually elderly customers. This is a
> subject that needs to be discussed though. We spend a lot of time explaining
> to customers that their old sets will not get those upper channels, but
> since their display goes that far, they think I am lying. I had a lady that
> could get channel 70 but not 71, (the cable company just added the Food
> channel there and she wanted it bad), that was the cut off on her NAP set,
> even though her display went to over 100. The bad part is she called
> Philips, and they told her that it would. That put us in a bad situation. I
> finally had to replace her tuner to prove to her that it was not a TV
> problem. She finally made the cable company give her a cable box, and she
> leaves her TV on channel 3. I can not believe that the TV designers and the
> cable companies did not stick to the same standards. I guess this will be a
> problem in the future with HDTV. I understand that possible they will be
> changing that to a worldwide standard, then what will happen to the poor
> soles whom have purchased HDTV's now. We will have to make that work too I
> guess.
>
> Perry Bower
> Electric Medic
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Perry Hill
> Electronics Service
> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:32 PM
> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CTC140 RVM2630..missing cable channels? Snow
> after 64.
>
>
>
> Those old sets are history. Some of the mid-band cable channels can be
> received. Of course the OSD number assigned to these channels by the
> micro will be arbitrary. Throw that sucker in the river! Or lake.
> Whatever is most conveinient
>
>
> Mark Wentowski
> Perry Hill Electronics Service
> 3836 Harrison Rd
> Montgomery, AL 36109
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Electric Medic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 5:30 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CTC140 RVM2630..missing cable channels? Snow
> after 64.
>
>
>>
>> Jeff:
>>
>> I can not believe more people are not responding to this. Interesting
>> subject, and we have seen it many times. I am not 100% on the CTC140,
> of
>> course subbing the tuner will tell you for sure, but..I can not tell
> you how
>> many older sets that have digital tuners that will NOT pick up today's
>> modern upper cable channels even though the OSD says it is on that
> channel.
>> We see it a lot especially since cable companies are adding more
> channels.
>> Customers do not understand why their set does not pick them up. I
> have to
>> believe it is because the cable channels on the upper bands are a
> different
>> freq than the TV. I have even seen some current lower band cable
> channels
>> come in on the upper channels on those older TV's. Sometimes they even
>> repeat themselves. I mean you receive the same cable channel on maybe
>> channel 12 on the TV and the same channel on 54 on the same TV.
>>
>> Perry Bower
>> Electric Medic
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>> 3850 Washington Road Suite 5b
>> Martinez, Georgia 30907
>> Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424)
>> Phone: 706-863-3474
>> Fax: 706-863-2316
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of C&W Electronics
>> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 6:10 PM
>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CTC140 RVM2630..missing cable channels? Snow
>> after 64.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeff,
>> I'm an old tv repair guy also, but you might look on the back for a
> UL#. If
>> it's there, it's a US set, if not, then it's Canadian.
>>
>> Seems like there were some problems with the diodes in the tuner. They
> had
>> to be all replaced as a set, either 5 or 7 diodes. These were varactor
>> diodes and determined the frequency, but it's been a looong time since
> I
>> worked on a 140 chassis.
>>
>> Paul W
>> C&W Electronics
>> Azle Texas
>>
>>
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>> To: "Techsonline" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [TechAssist] CTC140 RVM2630..missing cable channels? Snow
> after 64.
>> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 17:53:18 -0400
>>
>>
>> Customer is an ol' TV repair guy, out of the business since the 70's.
>> I sold him this set and cable channels stop at 64. Trying to get
> channel 71
>> and he
>> was insistent that there was a fine tuning for each channel....I tried
> to
>> explain
>> that has been changed for some time.
>> Anyway, manual says this set should get up to 91 cable channels in US,
> 64 in
>> Canada.
>> The fact that the TV OSD will go up to 90, leads me to believe set
> should be
>> receiving these channels above 64.
>> Do I have an electrical problem, or was this set made for Canada?
>> We are both curious about this problem.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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