[TechAssist] Re: NO audio on TV
- From: Kevin's TV Repair <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:07:30 -0800
Why are we still talking about this on the "open" forum?
Kevin Wilks
Kevin's TV Repair
Penticton BC Canada
kevintv@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tel-Tek
Electronics
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 4:46 AM
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: NO audio on TV
Yup...Money in the Bank...eh?;-)
-Ed-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Westcott" <westcott@xxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:36 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: NO audio on TV
> Ed,
> Did 15 in the last week and a half.
> Easy money for the work.
> I explained the problem and the " fix " to each customer so there
would be
> no misunderstanding
> and each one of them said that the CC loss was no big deal.
> Paul Westcott
> Kingsway Electronics
> Sudbury,Ontario
> Canada
> westcott@xxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:09 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: NO audio on TV
>
>
>> 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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