Walter where do you download the text book? Do you have to be ASC? al marquardt ampm@xxxxxxx Al Marquardt Electronic Repair 206 W Main Girardville Pa. 17935 ----- Original Message ----- From: "walter wood" <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Training in Ohio > Toshiba is doing on line training now, in real time > using the 'puter and a head set and microphone. > One can also just download the text book and fax > the test in. > It's just as effective as a in person class, and > much cheaper for all concerned. > Walter > --- Teltek3 <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Right on Don. > > I missed the last Toshiba Seminar, due to medical > > reasons. I'm still here. > > Normally will take advantage of their > > Seminars,but as Perry mentioned, > > seem to schedule these through the bussiest > > times. > > > > -Ed- > > Ed Gaidies > > Tel-Tek Electronics > > Ontario-Canada > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:14 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Training in Ohio > > > > > > > A short note on ''training''.We here in Canada > > have little if any > > > opportunity to attend these seminars as most > > manf's have left & are states > > > side.They have there pro's & con's.As a single > > shop owner/operator I have > > > since 1965 attended some of them with mixed > > results.As an ASC for some 16 > > > different manf's they will sometimes say you > > must attend or lose your > > > status.I have not attended a ton of them & > > never lost a one.The best > > > training I have ever received is from Jacques > > Benoit;the National > > Technical > > > Service Manager for Philips.He retired this > > past year & IMO one of the > > > finest techs that ever picked up a test > > probe.He would drop in my humble > > > little shop at least once a year;walk me thru > > the new sets,service > > > updates,mod's & leave all the service > > literature related to them.He toured > > > all the ASC's he was responsible for in his > > region.A great individual & > > even > > > would call me at least once a month to see if I > > was having any problems > > with > > > parts,warranty etc.If there were more like > > Jacques,service centres & > > manf's > > > & customers would benefit.My > > .02........................ > > > Don of HARTS-TVCR-ASC > > > 9 Robert St,Oromocto,NB,Canada,E2V3N2 > > > Tel-506-357-9785,Fax-506-357-6010 > > > hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Electric Medic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:08 PM > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Training in Ohio > > > > > > > > > > I am fed up with training. The last seven > > schools I have traveled to > > don't > > > > even send you certificates. One school was a > > 8 hour drive. Sony sends > > them > > > > to you and you don't even have to leave the > > shop with online training. I > > > > love all this Kine stuff, why don't they just > > say CRT, are they trying > > to > > > > make it seem more complicated. I also sure > > don't want to learn > > technology > > > > that hasn't even happened yet, it is liable > > to change 10 times before it > > > > hits production. The CRT may be going by the > > wayside, but..they are > > > stacked > > > > up in the shop right now. I don't know about > > the rest of you but..I like > > > my > > > > customers to see that we have been trained, > > That is all our customers > > care > > > > about, prove to me you have been trained. > > Other than that what good is > > > > training, It sure hasn't help me fix a TV. > > And when you call the tech > > > Assist > > > > lines it is like watching a dieing dog, I > > love when they tell you to > > call > > > > them back when I find the fix. It is amazing > > how cheap and lazy some > > > > Manufacturers are getting. Don't they realize > > simple certificates and a > > > few > > > > coffee mugs works wonders for > > Servicer-Manufacturer relationships. Plus, > > > > this is lightning season in the southeast, > > the busiest time of the year, > > > > great time to plan schools, August and > > September. I have never figured > > > that > > > > one out. I bet the schools would be full in > > March when we are twiddling > > > our > > > > thumbs. Sorry about this but..if we can't be > > honest here, what good is > > > this? > > > > > > > > Perry Bower > > > > Electric Medic > > > > "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" > > > > http://www.electricmedic.com > > > > Free Electronic Screensaver: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.eyetide.com/download/?s=O3OfmSLHXygGHCv1W6Gz3Bgjtq3DNNMNdcKsYSVGC > > > > 3850 Washington Road Suite 5b > > > > Augusta, Georgia 30907 > > > > Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) > > > > Phone: 706-863-3474 > > > > Fax: 706-863-2316 > > > > mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > > Behalf Of walter wood > > > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 3:51 PM > > > > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Training in Ohio > > > > > > > > > > > > It also means the projection CRT's, the > > display > > > > tube in your o'scope, and the computer > > monitor that > > > > most of us still have. > > > > Kine is the older term for CRT/ Cathode Ray > > Tube. > > > > Some of us old timers call capacitors > > condensers. > > > > Just a different age, although, I've seen > > some > > > > modern schematics refer to "kine" drive. > > > > HTH > > > > Walter > > > > > > > > --- Kevin <kevintv@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > What does Kinescope mean? A assume you > > mean > > > > > direct view glass picture > > > > > tubes. > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Wilks > > > > > Kevin's TV & Video Repair > > > > > Penticton BC Canada > > > > > kevintv@xxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > > > > Behalf Of Ron Purkhiser > > > > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:54 AM > > > > > To: All Tech-Assist > > > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Training in Ohio > > > > > > > > > > TRAINING IN OHIO > > > > > > > > > > Hello All ! > > > > > Are you always griping about there never > > being > > > > > enough > > > > > training - especially if you're not an ASC > > ? > > > > > Here's the answer to your > > > > > needs. > > > > > NesdaOhio is hosting a Weekend of Training > > in > > > > > Hudson, Ohio (halfway > > > > > between > > > > > Cleveland and Akron) at the end of > > September. > > > > > > > > > > This is especially needed now that the > > > > > Kinescope is heading the way > > > > > of > > > > > the Dinosaurs and DoDo Birds. That > > statement was > > > > > made by almost every > > > > > manufacturer at the Nesda National > > Convention > > > > > recently held in Reno. In > > > > > just a very > > > > > few years there will be almost NO TV's > > produced > > > > > with Kinescopes. > > > > > > > > > > What will replace them? Well a variety > > of > > > > > products: LCD's, Light > > > > > Engines, DLP, Plasma, and LCOS. Yeah, some > > new > > > > > stuff to learn about, > > > > > and > > > > > you can > > > > > get in on the ground floor at the NesdaOhio > > > > > Weekend O'Training. Six > > > > > Manufacturers have agreed to send their > > Finest > > > > > Trainers to Ohio and > > > > > present > > > > > classes on > > > > > these very subjects. Two classes a day for > > three > > > > > days on cutting edge, > > > > > state-of-the-art Technology, that will > > definitely > > > > > change the way we > > > > > think > > > > > about > > > > > Television. > > > > > > > > > > LOOK AT THIS LINEUP > > > > > > > > > > THURSDAY Sept 25 > > > > > AM... Philips LCOS > > > > > PM... Hitachi DP3X HDTV > > > > > > > > > > FRIDAY Sept 26 > > > > > AM...Thomson DLP > > > > > PM...Zenith LDC TV > > > > > > > > > > SATURDAY Sept 27 > > > > > AM...Toshiba N3PSP PTV > > > > > PM... Sencore Introductions to Audio and > > Video > > > > > Calibrations > > > > > > > > > > The Sencore Class promises to be > > interesting. > > > > > You may have read > > > > > discussion about the ISF/HAA calibrations > > on the > > > > > service forums and > > > > > wondered > > > > > if that's > > > > > something that you should get into as part > > of > > > > > your business. Sencore > > > > > will > > > > > present a "short version" of these > > procedures so > > > > > that you can make an > > > > > informed > > > > > decision about whether you want to take > > their > > > > > week-long calibration > > > > > class. > > > > > Many have found it to be a new business > > > > > opprotunity, and many have not. > > > > > Now > > > > > you > > > > > can decide. > > > > > > > > > > The rest of the classes speak for > > themselves. > > > > > A variety of New - > > > > > Emerging technology that WILL change our > > > > > business. Not all of these > > > > > formats > > > > > will > > > > > survive, but YOU will be able to get a leg > > up on > > > > > all of them to help you > > > > > during > > > > > these "Shakeout" years, so that YOU will be > > a > > > > > survivor. > > > > > > > > > > If you want to learn these skills, We > > invite > > > > > you to come to this > > > > > training. You need Not be a Nesda member > > to > > > > > attend, although there IS a > > > > > discount for > > > > > Nesdamembers. You get all 3 days for > > $79(member) > > > > > $89(non-member). It > > > > > will > > > > > be at the Hudson, Ohio Holiday Inn. About > > 500 > > > > > yards North of the Ohio > > > > > Turnpike > > > > > exit 180 (old exit 12) on State Rt.8. > > There is a > > > > > special Nesda room > > > > > rate if > > > > > you're staying at the hotel - you have to > > make > > > > > your own hotel > > > > > reservation, > > > > > it's not part of the registration fee. If > > you're > > > > > too cheap to stay at > > > > > the > > > > > Holiday Inn, there's a Motel 6 & Knight's > > inn > > > > > about 3 miles farther > > > > > north. > > > > > Bring > > > > > the family & make it a mini-vacation. > > There's > > > > > lots to do in the area > > > > > while > > > > > You're packing Your brain. If you're > > flying in > > > > > (and we've received > > > > > registrations > > > > > from both coasts of the country, already) > > You > > > > > can fly into the Big > > > > > Cleveland-Hopkins airport, or the smaller > > > > > Akron-Canton Regional > > > > > airport. > > > > > The Holiday > > > > > Inn is about halfway between them. > > > > > > > > > > I'm looking forward to this Weekend - > > I've > > > > > already sent in MY > > > > > registration since it's limited by room > > size to > > > > > the first 60 applicants. > > > > > Hurry & get > > > > > YOURS in so that you're not #61 and > > standing > > > > > there with your nose > > > > > pressed to > > > > > the > > > > > window - looking in from the outside. Go > > to the > > > > > NesdaOhio website > > > > > www.nesda-ohio.com There's more > > information > > > > > about the event there. > > > > > Print > > > > > the > > > > > registration form, and mail it with your > > check to > > > > > Ron Purkhiser at the > > > > > address on the > > > > > form. I hope to see you there - Look for > > ME > > > > > sitting in the Front Row ! > > > > > > > > > > Questions? Call or email me at: > > > > > Joe Sopko (jsopko112@xxxxxxx) > > > > > Consumer Service > > > > > S.Euclid,Oh > > > > > 216-381-1140 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > > > > > ***** > > > > > Classifieds! 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