or, in an emergency -- lacking ac mains -- don't deal with TV at all. Unless you're a first responder. John Willkie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "opendtv" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:32 PM Subject: [opendtv] My non-wind-up TV > A couple weeks ago I promised to report back on this item, the Vector > combo wind-up TV/light/radio. The results were somewhat disappointing > so I haven't played with it much. > > The unit consists of a radio, TV, flashlight, and LED area light. The > crank can charge an auxiliary battery. Sadly, as I was warned on this > list, the aux battery cannot power the TV or, for some reason, the > flashlight. Those will run only on C batteries or the car or AC > adapters. I haven't tried anything using the needed C batteries yet. > > The 5" B/W TV has maybe the worst reception I've ever seen though it > gets slightly better if I hold onto the antenna. Generally I'd suggest > just buying a wind up radio and dealing with a portable TV separately. > > - Tom > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.