[TechAssist] Re: NO audio on TV
- From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:09:51 -0500
Good to know John...But say it isn't so.;-)
Good Money maker north of the border, as I presume it is down your way.
Did 5 mods this week.. no Call-Backs.
Paul Wescott and I decided....if you need "Closed Caption" you're not going
to worry about "Audio"...if you need Audio...you're not going to need closed
caption.;-)
We call it the Thomson's "And-Or-No" Bill.
If it goes through Congress, by the time it gets First Reading...People will
be asking..."Guide+"????????
And time marches on.;-)
-Ed-
----- Original Message -----
From: "John @ Myers TV" <mtv_lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:17 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: NO audio on TV
>I just got a call from a customer who'd been contacted by his cable
> company.
> He had called them about the no sound situation. According to the
> bulletin that they (Adelphia) had, the sound problem was supposed to be
> corrected in the next week & a half.
> Also, it appears to happen more if the customers have been watching
> Spike TV, or the speed channel.
>
> HTH
>
> Thanks
>
> John Myers
> Myers TV Service Co.
> 2212 W. State St.
> Alliance, OH 44601
>
>
> Ph: 330-821-6545
> mtv_lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.myerstv.net
>
> "Do or do not... there is no try."
> -Yoda
>
>
>
>
>
> Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
>
>>I presume this Audio Problem refers to RCA/GE with the Guide+.
>>I have had a rash of them sine last week. Originally I gave them the
>>advice
>>over the phone...but business being a little slow, I now play dumb on the
>>phone.
>> check out their sets...set the Zip Code to 0000, or no input and
>>explain to the customer, if they re-activate the Guide+, same thing (stack
>>overflow) will occur.
>>
>>I find 85% of them do not even use Guide+.
>>
>>Then I charge them my minimum of $35.
>>
>>Works for me. I finally figured it's not my job to spend non-profit time
>>on
>>the phone explaining the Guide+ concept to every owner of an RCA/GE Guide+
>>TV.
>>
>>-Ed-
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Warren" <warrenca@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:56 AM
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: NO audio on TV
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi Jerry
>>>I think that I'm talking about sets in general - - perhaps their kids
>>>get into the menu and just start pushing buttons
>>>Then mom or dad sit down and voila no sound!! Perhaps they should
>>>have a sound system attached to audio out!!!!
>>>Many more people are doing the patch cable thing lately and speakers
>>>on off is becoming less important as time goes on.
>>>Take care
>>>
>>>Warren C.
>>>
>>>J Silverman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>You would find the speakers turned off in the menu on my Panasonic tv
>>>>because I turned it off to send the audio through a stereo. So would you
>>>>be
>>>>telling me that I had no audio because the speakers were turned off? Or
>>>>are
>>>>we just talking about the RCA sets?
>>>>Jerry Silverman
>>>>Greentron Inc
>>>>4 Newland Ave
>>>>Greenville SC 29609
>>>>Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>>>>mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Shoreline Electronics" <jstielau@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:03 AM
>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: NO audio on TV
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>We call it a dum dum fee
>>>>>
>>>>>==========================
>>>>>Jeff Stielau
>>>>>Shoreline Electronics Repair
>>>>>344 East Main Street
>>>>>Clinton,CT 06413
>>>>>860-399-1861
>>>>>860-664-3535 (fax)
>>>>>jstielau@xxxxxxxx
>>>>>========================
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Warren" <warrenca@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:39 AM
>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] NO audio on TV
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi All
>>>>>>I thought that I would throw this out there just for fun.
>>>>>>Isn't it nice when you have a TV brought to you with the complaint of
>>>>>>no
>>>>>>sound and you find out
>>>>>>that the TV menus have been set to "speakers off".
>>>>>>We collect the deposit up front before we start on repairs and when we
>>>>>>get this repair
>>>>>>the deposit fee plus taxes are kept. So quite easy money without the
>>>>>>fight of a repair.
>>>>>>Of course we explain the problem with the customer when the set goes
>>>>>>home.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Have a nice day
>>>>>>Warren Campbell
>>>>>>Campbell's TV & Appliances
>>>>>>Cannington ONt.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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